West Ham Banter Archive December 06 2013

06 Dec 2013 15:33:28
West Ham this season haven't played too bad, we have just seriously lacked that cutting edge. We've not been able to find the back of the net, or see out games properly. Is that Allardyce' mistake or the Boards for their lack of spending on forwards in the Summer. We all know Carroll is injury prone when we signed him and yet we didn't sign a worth replacement should he get injured. Allardyce playing with a 4-6-0 formation is ridiculous I admit, but it worked against Tottenham. We played brilliantly against Fulham, and against Palace we just couldn't find the back of the net. I don't understand why, when we were 1-0 down at Palace we took off a striker and continued with only the 1 up front. Why not play 2 up front and really go for it? I also don't understand why when Mohammed Diame got man of the match in the previous 2 games playing central midfield, he is then moved out wide against Palace? Something is amiss.

That being said, I still think we should give Allardyce the next 2 games before we let him go. We play Liverpool tomorrow and then Sunderland at home. If we can get 3 or 4 points from those 2 games, then I'll be happy. If we don't then let Sam go, and bring someone else on board with real passion. Someone that will bring out the best in Morrison.

In my eyes there is only 1 man for the job, however, he is currently employed in Turkey, managing Besiktas. His current contract has just over three years remaining and is worth £4.8 million a year to him. Whether he is a viable candidate at this moment in time, only time will tell. That man is Slaven Bilic.

Bringing in Bilic as Manager would make a statement to the teams around us and to the Hammers fans. He is a proven manager, having a better than 50% win ratio at all the teams he has managed with the exception of 1.

He is an excellent tactician, a defensive genius and has previously expressed an interest in the role. He made Modric into a superstar with the Croatian national team, and I don't see any reason why he couldn't turn Morrison in to the next Luka Modric.

Give him some money to spend in January and let him trim the fat in the squad by selling the likes of Henderson, McCartney, Collison, Diarra, Nolan, Taylor, Vaz Te and Maiga. Selling all of those players for a combined total of £20 million isn't unreasonable. Then let him sign the players he wants, give him a free reign on transfers because I trust him.

I'd also like to see the Board retract their previous statement when Sullivan publicly said that West Ham would NEVER employ Fascist Paulo Di Canio. Having Paulo as Bilic' number 2 would be great, but I don't see it happening.

06 Dec 2013 11:09:24
West Ham this season haven't played too bad, we have just seriously lacked that cutting edge. We've not been able to find the back of the net, or see out games properly. Is that Allardyce' mistake or the Boards for their lack of spending on forwards in the Summer. We all know Carroll is injury prone when we signed him and yet we didn't sign a worth replacement should he get injured. Allardyce playing with a 4-6-0 formation is ridiculous I admit, but it worked against Tottenham. We played brilliantly against Fulham, and against Palace we just couldn't find the back of the net. I don't understand why, when we were 1-0 down at Palace we took off a striker and continued with only the 1 up front. Why not play 2 up front and really go for it? I also don't understand why when Mohammed Diame got man of the match in the previous 2 games playing central midfield, he is then moved out wide against Palace? Something is amiss.

That being said, I still think we should give Allardyce the next 2 games before we let him go. We play Liverpool tomorrow and then Sunderland at home. If we can get 3 or 4 points from those 2 games, then I'll be happy. If we don't then let Sam go, and bring someone else on board with real passion. Someone that will bring out the best in Morrison.

In my eyes there is only 1 man for the job, however, he is currently employed in Turkey, managing Besiktas. His current contract has just over three years remaining and is worth £4.8 million a year to him. Whether he is a viable candidate at this moment in time, only time will tell. That man is Slaven Bilic.

Bringing in Bilic as Manager would make a statement to the teams around us and to the Hammers fans. He is a proven manager, having a better than 50% win ratio at all the teams he has managed with the exception of 1.

He is an excellent tactician, a defensive genius and has previously expressed an interest in the role. He made Modric into a superstar with the Croatian national team, and I don't see any reason why he couldn't turn Morrison in to the next Luka Modric.

Give him some money to spend in January and let him trim the fat in the squad by selling the likes of Henderson, McCartney, Collison, Diarra, Nolan, Taylor, Vaz Te and Maiga. Selling all of those players for a combined total of £20 million isn't unreasonable. Then let him sign the players he wants, give him a free reign on transfers because I trust him.

I'd also like to see the Board retract their previous statement when Sullivan publicly said that West Ham would NEVER employ Fascist Paulo Di Canio. Having Paulo as Bilic' number 2 would be great, but I don't see it happening.