29 Jun 2022 19:41:18
Does anyone have a clue what Rob Oldwoman has been doing? He is supposed to find players for dithering Dave, I thought that between the 2 of them they would have players lined up early on, but no this window is exactly the same as previous ones.


1.) 30 Jun 2022
30 Jun 2022 07:08:19
Its the way we work dude. Scatter gun and then they wait to see what's the best deal they cam get. Every window is the same and I for one am getting a little suck of hearing pondering, mulling, considering


2.) 30 Jun 2022
30 Jun 2022 07:52:53
Whilst I understand what you are both saying about our scattergun approach but there is an air of difference this window compared to previous windows.

We are being linked to all and sundry because journalists know we need players and therefore link us to all and sundry.

We have signed our first choice left footed centre back and our first choice goalkeeper already this window. Admittedly, it might have taken longer than people anticipated, but both were on international duty and signed within a short period of being back.

We have a first choice striker target it would appear and that’s Armando Broja but Chelsea aren’t going to sell just because we are interested, especially now Lukaku has rejoined Inter Milan, they’re going to want to see what the lad can do in pre-season or at least sign a forward or two of their own before letting him go. Apparently they have bids in for Raphinha and Sterling, so it might not be all that long we have to wait.

I get the impression we have our preferred targets in mind, we’ve probably approached their respective clubs and we are prioritising those whilst still looking at other options if our preferred choice doesn’t work out.

Borja might not happen so we’re exploring the possibility of Danjuma from Villarreal instead. Perfect example.

Most of what you are reading or seeing online is journalists and news outlets and sports pages simply throwing names about because they’re a player West Ham MIGHT be interested in should they like to sign a player in a position.

What I don’t understand and I am struggling with this window is the lack of central midfielders we are looking at. We lost Noble and Kral at the end of the season and apparently we’re willing to sell Soucek. Which would leave us with Declan Rice as our only real central midfielder (Lanzini, Fornals and Vlasic are more attack minded).


3.) 30 Jun 2022
30 Jun 2022 19:29:02
Plenty of time left to look at centre midfield and i'm not convinced Soucek is going anywhere, its just journalists making up stories