08 Nov 2024 05:59:40
Steidten is possibly being lined up to replace Edu at Arsenal ?
1.) 09 Nov 2024
09 Nov 2024 10:36:19
Good. He’s proven to not be the mastermind we hoped.
2.) 09 Nov 2024
09 Nov 2024 19:07:41
So Brooking10, you’d prefer to go back to Sullivan picking our transfers… because that would be the biggest tragedy.
Steidten said this would be a 5 year project, he has had 18 months.
Kudus, Todibo, Alvarez (if he had someone with pace alongside him) would have been unattainable without Steidten. We’d of had Maguire, McTominay and god knows who else without Steidten’ influence.
3.) 09 Nov 2024
09 Nov 2024 19:50:45
Good?! So you'd go back to sullivan making the signings?
How can you mastermind anything when you've got the dwarf overuling him and getting players he or the manager wants it's not a good set up.
Steidten wanted Fofana when Moyes wanted jwp sullivan went out and got jwp for Moyes at a bigger expense with likely no resale.
Stiedten wanted fabricio Bruno 10-15m, loppy pushed sulli to get 40m kilman.
Whetstone sullivans mouthpiece claimed that summerville was a sullivan signing. Again we were linked to cheaper wingers such as Arias.
Chased walker Peters ended up with AwB a Salthouse client and a player loppy wanted.
If stiedten was given the full control in the summer as director of football. We'd have a different team and a different manager, like an amorin or a herlezer instead we've got the dwarf picking a choosing and playing the manager and director off against eachother.
People will point to fullkrug as a dig at stiedten but if he had been given full control I wouldn't be surpised if we signed both duran and fullkrug alongside a top midfielder.
4.) 09 Nov 2024
09 Nov 2024 19:56:25
Let the manager select the players. Nice and easy. Steidten was like a kid in a candy store with the money and spent much of it over the summer unwisely. We are West Ham and do not have time for 5 years projects! When City were taken over they brought experienced players and the youngsters were purchased years later. The age is now approximately 15 months higher than this time last year. Good job Steidten.
5.) 09 Nov 2024
09 Nov 2024 20:21:17
Die4, don’t go along with the “it will be a 5 year plan” is that so he can jog along on 4 years plus of no input being paid £m’s?
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6.) 09 Nov 2024
09 Nov 2024 22:11:34
Can't afford to be that short sighted now.
Having a coach that works under a director of football is nice and simple. The problem Is we don't have that because of sullivan.
City didn't have ffp to contend with and made all kinds of signings so its not even comparable.
Not going to explain all the benefits of having a DoF compared to just a manager doing everything the proof is in the pudding at other clubs that have this set up, villa, Brighton, Newcastle. Sure many others across Europe.
You're stating we don't have time to wait 5 years which no one is saying we do, the point of having a Dof is that we have a constant at the club who can build a balanced sqaud of youth and experience knows the squad and what managers would suit the sqaud.
Youre complaining that the age of the squad got higher but at the same time talking about how city signed experienced players first so I'm not quite sure what you want?
7.) 10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 04:14:21
Well said AI. ??
8.) 10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 12:51:53
Experienced players do not have to be old, experienced players can be 23-26, and have played at a good level for a period of time. What we did not want were 30 year old players coming in! That is obvious. This time last year we had just beaten Arsenal and we’re on the highest point total we’ve ever had in the premiership. Admittedly, we imploded after Christmas. Yet this season is the worst we’ve been. Summerville and Kilman look our only decent signings. £140m spent unwisely.
9.) 10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 13:49:47
Brooking,
By all accounts, Steidten has not been allowed to carry out his role properly by Sullivan. Both Sullivan and JLop have had major input in the summer signings and you have fallen for the nonsense put out by the poison dwarf in order to distance himself from the debacle of this season. Had Steidten been left to do his job properly, JLop would not be manager and some of the signings would not be wearing claret and blue. I’m not saying Steidten is perfect, but to suggest he is solely responsible is not only misguided, but naïve.
10.) 10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 14:26:41
@brooking, your arguing against your own point with that last comment a Dof is there to help facilitate what your suggesting. The problem is Stiedten hasn't had the control to do so as sullivan won't step back and allow him to do his job.
It's clear you're still upset about about Moyes and hold some resentment towards stiedten, but your frustration should be directed at Sullivan and Brady.
They've brought in footballing people in Noble and Stiedten and ignored them.
Multiple people are said to have warned sullivan about appointing loppy, but he ignored them there are also said to be links between loppy and Salthouse.
The amount of managers that were available in the summer that would have worked better with stiedten is crazy unfortunately they didn't fit the sullivan criteria of prem experience and out of work.
11.) 10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 15:55:05
That sounds like speculation Tinlegs. Thought you didn’t do speculation…
12.) 10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 17:10:22
Tinlegs, How do you know Steidten has not been allowed to do his job?
13.) 10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 18:57:05
Spoke to someone I know and Steidten has, in so many words, admitted so himself.
14.) 10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 19:36:53
Cobblers, ‘in so many words’ - you talk like your in the boardrooms with these people. You have as much idea as me or anyone else.
15.) 10 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 21:59:22
Very sad, your obvious obsession with attacking me and my opinions.
In answer to your pathetic and immature rants under various usernames, I will say that I have been a WHU supporter for 61 years; I worked in the premiership in the 1990s, mainly at a different Prem club. During this time, I made a lot of contacts. I have maintained contact with one or two since then. A member of my family is currently on the coaching staff of a Premiership club. My postings are purely based on my opinions and do not reflect directly anything said to me in confidence. I will never reveal any source of the information I am given. You, Irongeez or Caligula, or any other name you want to go by, do not know me, nor do I ever want to know you. All I ever do is post my opinion, based upon what I am told or what I hear or read. No matter how insulting you become, or whatever nonsense you post, will change that. Carry on with your inane attacks; they just look silly. ?
I suggest you research what Tim Steidten has said in interviews both here and in the German press before you make yourself look even sillier.
16.) 11 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 22:43:32
Oh, and clicking on “Agree” in your own posts to make it look like others agree with your comments, does not carry any weight.
17.) 11 Nov 2024
10 Nov 2024 22:59:36
@irongeez, Exwhuemployee gives a lot of good info on his patreon been following him for years.
He is well ahead of the media when it comes to West Ham related matters, he has confirmed how its operated between the manager, stiedten and sullivan unfortunately sullivan is still heavily involved and gets recommendations from his favoured agents on players and managers. Now me personally I'd say you should be listening to the advice of your DoF and you should get the players he wants rather than listening to the advice of agents that have their own self interests.
It's looks to me stiedten was kretinskys man.
18.) 11 Nov 2024
11 Nov 2024 02:21:11
It’s quite well known that Sullivan has his favoured agents, Will Salthouse being one of them.