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28 Jan 2014 22:49:41
tv claim west ham have made 5 signings this January. My count is Carlton cole resigned, roger Johnson and 2 Italians. Anyone remind me of the 5th??
Jaanai Gordon from Peterbourough, good young prospect for the future, he banged in a few goals in trails and friendlies
28 Jan 2014 17:13:31
So we go out tomorrow at Stamford Bridge and what do we expect? Most of us expect to come away pointless, so its the perfect time for BS to experiment some formation changes around the two Italians. Playing a diamond in midfield of Noble holding, Nocerino and Diame, with Morrison pushed up in front of Carroll/Cole and Borriello. If it doesn't work (which I think it would more so than lone striker) at half time switch to the typical big sham football again and hold out for a point. If we were to go into half time 1-0 up then pulling Diame back with Noble in CDM positions would give us a nice chance of holding out for all three points, just got to give Oscar/hazard/willian a typical rough west ham 90mins. We are always a lot better when we go in hard on the tackle from the first whistle (just not within 25 yards of goal!) COYI!
Diame is injured so he will more than likely play dm collison/noble/diarra if diarra ain't in the squad means he is on his way.
if ashley cole is playing i'd play jarvis ashley has had problems with pace this season jarvis can give him real problems
when they are in our half need to double up and press em with a high tempo let them make the mistakes.
and don't give any freekicks in and 25/30 area.
we need something from this game it won't be easy but with the right attitude anything is possable.
pre match needs to tell the players this ain't a sponsored walk like the citte game put in 100% for 90 plus minutes and we will get something from game
28 Jan 2014 17:11:05
Pellet ruddoxk has left which should free up a space to get lescott
28 Jan 2014 15:51:56
Maiga leaving could seal the new lad from the dutch league although I think we should have pursued Raoul Loe from Osusana, now they have blasted us for being unprofessional we won't have a chance to get him in the summer. Anyway dutch league 2 top scorer Piotr Parzyszek looks like a good move at only 20 years old!
Still think we should go for Meireles though, he's a great player and has vital PL experience!
28 Jan 2014 12:18:06
Surely they have signed Noccerino knowing that a couple of midfielders where on there way out considering how many we have, and how much we need players elsewhere.
Surely two to leave probably Maiga and Diarra perhaps McCarthy.
Then we get in McCormack and Lescott, if this don't happen and we go down the manager and board only have themselves to blame.
Sell taylor and loan out vaz te loan out maiga if diarra want to leave let him and how long is diame out for might be able to him get him of the 25 man list
28 Jan 2014 06:40:14
who handles our transfer policy?
yes given our current postion attracting players was always going to be a hard sell but we have struggled to move players on aswell.
due to our current relegation battle I never expected any sales to come in only loans/frees that way if we do go down there been very little outlay only wages and loan fees. come the summer if we stay up feel there need to be radical changes.
lets start looking at postions over next 6 months where we can improve,
not going to mention the striker situ because we need to judge that over coming months.
so we have a/c c/c and m/b they are the main strikers if bfs wants mccormack get rid of maiga/vazte either loan or sale.
midfield we have 12 midfielders we have make some cuts here a/m for me ravel/nolan/joe cole all can find the back the net. dm, s diame out noble/collison/diarra.
playing a/c upfront
c/c/m/b playing of loan striker
a midfield of downing lw joe cole am jarvis on the rw those 3 are interchangeable with either noble diarra d/m.
at the back reid/tomkins unless a good cb comes in demel/rat rb /lb look to strengthen in the summer bertrand/solly.
we have far to many players the wrong side of 30 yes they expirenced but tend to takes far longer to recover and wages are to big, offer them decent wage made up of win bonuses
i would like see to someone brought into handle transfers in/out not really a dof.
im not suggesting that should be the line up just saying there are alternative to 4231 or 451.
id really like to see downing in certain games play as a wing back (he has played this post for lfc with jarvis in front of him, jarvis speed would allow him to track back and help should they begin to get some the other teams player would to step up allowing more space for the like nolan/cole/morrison to exploit
one thing if for sure chelsea won't be a easy game we need at least a point to take us into the swansea game, come you irons come out fighting and we will be there for 100%
I would not disagree with any of the above a radical review of transfer policy is long over due. It is not rocket science look at what the top clubs do, they have 2 players for every position that are inter changeable depending on injury's, suspension or form, we don't see them playing full backs as centre backs or no strikers because your main man is injured. A constant gripe of mine is they all have a plan B a different formation that actually changes during a game depending on your opponents tactics. We just keep lumping long balls, how many times do we see our goalkeeper throw a ball to the full back and start a passing movement and keep the ball, very rarely if at all.
It will be the same old stuff tonight, I hear one Italian may be on the bench but the other is not match fit. They are professional sportsman for goodness sake. I would rather have an unfit Italian than some of the wasters we have had to put up with this year. The whole thing needs a lift if we are expected to get behind the boys tonight give us something to cheer. COYI