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21 Jan 2026 12:57:44
YISA ALOE, young Sheffield Wed, defender, is being monitored by WH. Nothing happening at present, but one for the future maybe? WH are apparently using a former player (? ) on occasion to give them information, about interesting youngsters
Better than using overpaid agents all the time
20 Jan 2026 15:31:46
QUENTIN TIMBER brother to Timber of Arsenal wants to play in premier, he's a decent mdf
WH are interested, BUT CAVEAT EMPTOR, as they say, buyer beware, players had his fair share of Injuries
Looks value on paper, at 17.5 m euros. BUT?WH have had their fill of sick bay punters, chancy business
1.) 20 Jan 2026 17:13:32
I thought he was going Marsielle?
2.) 20 Jan 2026 19:10:18
He is now! WH might have done themselves a favour, leaving this alone,
3.) 20 Jan 2026 21:42:42
Shame, i think that's the type of player we are missing in midfield.
4.) 21 Jan 2026 05:18:54
Has he not had major injury issues?
5.) 21 Jan 2026 05:52:51
Er, isn’t that what Joyfull is saying?
20 Jan 2026 15:19:39
OOSTERWOLDE. WH for some reasons passing this over., he's now in talks with Leeds, could be a mistake
ASPRILLA. Yasser another winger, WH out searching for gems, let's hope they can find a couple
RODRIGUEZ, now loaning out to. Valencia or Seville, both will pay him his full wage, WH can't wait to-get shot of him, his contract is done June
CORNET, Genoa on the phone, want to send him back, end his loan he is always injured, WH having none of it
PAQUETA.
ET wants to go home, time to, let him go,
CRESSWELL, price increasing, as was always going to be the case, he was too dear at 13 m euro in summer, now Toulouse want 22 m euro well done Sullivan
CENTRE BACKS, WH getting nowhere with either Gabriel of Lecce, or Lucumi of Bologna
Have to move on, those two reluctant to come to WH At present
19 Jan 2026 21:02:00
JWP, as first posted on the 16th, Burnley are moving along with this loan and option project
CHEEK, Burnley want WH to pay a portion of his salary of £115 k a week
Why should WH pay a relegation rival, a subsidy?, next they want loan only if they are relegated, no mandatory clause inserted
JWP contract runs till summer 27
He's not giving up those wages for sure
This is the proof of the pudding, if he wanted to play regular football, he could voluntarily take a wage cut, as suggested by WH,
and be off to Burnley for the season at least to prove himself, which WH would sanction,
I know there's been a lot of discussion around this player, on this page
I havnt given an opinion, but at present time, looks like the player, prefers the bench and money to playing football
Yes contracts can be changed, for a temporarily, period if both parties are willing, let's see what happens
19 Jan 2026 16:00:26
MAGASSA, 4 clubs now enquire availability of Magassa, Galatasaray Juventus A. C Milan, plus one un named
No transfer request has been made
HAYDEN HACKNEY, the player WH SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT, 6 months back
Then available for £18 m, Will Boro take £30 m now if offered?
They are in great slot for auto promotion, so they should say No thanks, BUT money talks but this would be NO CHEAP deal
For WH a definitive YES, serious player, exactly what's needed
1.) 19 Jan 2026 16:44:19
Was going to say we should be looking at Hackney again but didn't think boro would sell in the position they are in, he would add something to our midfield for sure and if we went down we would have arguably one of the best midfielders in the championship. Is this something we are actually considering or someone you think we should get?
2.) 19 Jan 2026 17:06:17
WH are seriously thinking about a bid, how much, do we pay ? But there’s no cheap way here, WH can forget about that, but I hear, they may have a go
BUT a big asset he would be, either staying up or going down, very skilful mdf
3.) 19 Jan 2026 18:52:36
big big mistake selling Magassa in my opinion. fans won't want to hear it but he is way better than Potts. Should be keeping him and starting alongside Fernandes
4.) 19 Jan 2026 19:12:26
Problem CM, can’t have players coming in, and no exits, also they have to look at who is going to bring in money
It’s a difficult balance anyway, much further complicated by our league position
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17 Jan 2026 17:12:51
CAN WE, never saw this coming!
1.) 17 Jan 2026 17:31:42
Was never in doubt. Need some signings in, players looked knackered in the second half game could have got away from us.
2.) 17 Jan 2026 17:32:05
Great result. Listening on the radio sounded it 1.1 we were clinging on for grim death but hey a wins so important. Let’s hope they follow it up next week.
3.) 17 Jan 2026 17:39:08
Need it settled by 5th Round FA Cup
Sunderland W
Chelsea D
Burnley W
Man Utd D
Forest and spurs LLLL
4.) 17 Jan 2026 17:48:06
Just seen glasners post match interview and I think palace could end up being dragged into the battle for the drop even though they do have many more points than us
5.) 18 Jan 2026 08:22:57
Yep, he’s a very unhappy bunny.
10 Jan 2026 15:58:47
IF Macclesfield can beat Crystal Palace, I watched whole game, astonishing! Palace, disgraceful, shows anything can happen in football
WH should just go, for it 51 points still available, no timidity, shoot on sight
Palace under pressure, could not shake the part timers off
Shows these overpaid primadonnas, are just that, shown up by teachers butchers, and electricians
1.) 11 Jan 2026 14:02:39
funny, that was exactly went thru my mind Joyful when i was watching. not an expert but a fan for best part of 70 years.
No matter how much i shout and scream they are still MY team.
COYI
08 Jan 2026 16:00:14
DEAR ALL, on here, I would like you all to cast your minds back to last season, when frankly we were not much better than we are now
Normally I sit about 12Yards from Sullivans perch, I mention this only that we must have been watching the same games
Mentioning 3 games at home, Man Untd, Fulham and Wolves
Game against Man U was totally one sided, first half, they hit the post twice and the bar from close range, this was followed by them missing 4 easy chance, that my wife would have scored, HT I could not believe it was 0-0
We then scored a fortuitous goal, followed by a penalty that never was and won 2-1
V Fulham, the cottagers were far superior and gifted us three ridiculous goals, nothing was deserved we won 3-2
V Wolves, who again were the better side by a street, they missed several easy chances, we had 5 attempts, and won 3-0
In those games Lady Luck was not on our shoulders, she was playing for us!
Those 9 points, along with a couple of lucky away games, saved us, this accompanied by 3 terrible promoted teams sealed the deal
Sullivan, saw what a crappy outfit we really where, and did nothing, that type of luck was never going to happen again
And it hasn't
No one deserves relegation more than Sullivan
1.) 08 Jan 2026 17:58:57
Sullivan just looked at the results and not the performances which last season was good enough to stay up, but this season we’re getting neither, and it’s all down to him.
08 Jan 2026 07:39:05
{Ed's Note - Joyfull has posted a new article entitled, The Championship Drop and What It Means for West Ham United
1.) 08 Jan 2026 09:06:00
Well written Joyful, must have taken hours to put all that together, excellent Journalism?⚒⚒⚒
07 Jan 2026 21:43:32
Joyfull has written an article entitled, The Championship Drop and What It Means for West Ham United
1.) 07 Jan 2026 22:36:30
Good article Joyfull and thank you for taking the time to do it.
As a discussion point, you list the players to be sold in a fire sale but realistically would they all need to be sold? Bowen will want to play in the PL as will Paqueta and possibly Todibo and AWB but isn’t it likely that Fernandes, Mougassa and Diop could be retained giving us a better chance of 1st time return?
2.) 08 Jan 2026 06:41:16
I second that. I do feel the current ownership is now aggravating the fan base so much that even the more loyal fans will give the club a miss until they go. I believe many already have. I don’t put myself in the more diehard group but I won’t be struggling to go every other game until they are gone. Crowds are going to plummet.
I think you are probably right regarding the players that will go. I’d like to see Magassa and Fernandez stay but Fernandez left Southampton when they dropped but maybe he would consider staying.
I would make Potts the new captain or maybe Fernandez if he stayed. But one thing where we are in a decent position is that our youth side is very handy and many have already shown their ability by being loaned. I would love to see them make the backbone of our side. I do feel we need another more progressive and enthusiastic manager but all depends on if Sullivan either goes or gives the power over to professionals (highly unlikely) . While Brady and him remain in place our demise will continue.
3.) 08 Jan 2026 08:14:20
We have a dressing room that's got, or has had, too many bad apples which need to be gotten rid of. That was the first thing arteta did at arsenal getting rid of abameyang and Co.
3 managers this year and each of them has had issues with the players. Lop got punched, Potter had a raging argument and now seemingly Nuno has lost the dressing room.
Too many bad players with huge egos that should have never been bought. Weve had 3 decent managers this season and each one has had problems with this group of players. Little wonder we can't win a game of football as a team because they are not a team.
Suffice to say, no matter who the manager is, things will not change until the poison is gone
4.) 08 Jan 2026 08:20:44
I think the likelihood on any good player staying, is tiny, the loyalty factor these days, hardly exists, WH cannot pay premier wages in the championship
There are others I’ve not even mentioned, like Soucek, captain of Czech, never going to stay, so the exodus will be closer to a dozen
In a situation like this, All the WH players will have some kind of relegation. Clause in their contract, forcing the club to part with them
That means taking less money in a forced sale, rather than getting true market value
If you like it’s a sickening rerun of 2003, when good players, were sold for nothing
Unfortunately there’s nothing you can do about it, that’s football, you can blame Nuno, Potter Loppy, Moyes. Bilic, whomever you want
They are all just passing through, the demise of WH is down to one man only Sullivan, Mrs Brady is just a handsomely paid mouthpiece
The only question to answer, will be, Will Sullivan go all out trying to return WH to the premier, or will he try to sell up?
5.) 08 Jan 2026 10:30:26
Even if we came back up, i doubt we would stay up not under Sullivan he's clueless.
Joyful you mentioned our Waterloo moment under him was when we were in top 4 and Moyes wasnt backed in January, then the season after when we were going strong in europa league and again not backed in January, you can go back to the last season at Upton park, we had Lanzini, Payet, and i'm sure we were top 4 at the half way point and sullivan again didn't spend. Waited until the summer and diluted the squad with rubbish, cheap deals and free agents, Nordviet, Feghouli, Calleri, Ajeti.
Point is its never been 1 moment, he's had numerous moments to kick on, show some ambition, stabalise the club, but every time he gets it wrong, the amount of clubs that have taken over us in a short space of time is crazy, whether due to competence, ambition or both, they capitalize we dont.
The stadium move wasnt about ambition and challenging it was about increasing revenues so Sullivan didn't have to put his own money in when he couldn't charge the club huge interest anymore. Just keep us in league and hope someone matches his ridiculous asking price for the club.
We need new owners and a purpose build stadium or we are done.
6.) 08 Jan 2026 14:05:50
It almost feels like we need to be relegated in order to instigate ownership change and beyond. Staying up will just ensure that these incompetent and greedy owners stay in situ. I never want us to lose however the thought of relegation potentially speeding up Sullivans demise does make it an easier pill to swallow.
We just have to be prepared for things potentially getting a lot worse, like Sunderland endured, before they get better
7.) 08 Jan 2026 14:09:37
I think its known universally how the West Ham owners are disliked (trying to be diplomatic) .
Read a great article today about how relegation wouldn't be so bad after all, if only to get rid of Sullivan and Co and start again
Yeah it would hurt for a while, but I tell you that they sell up, it will be more than worth it
8.) 08 Jan 2026 14:13:27
AI, that is a post with which I wholeheartedly agree. Well said.
9.) 08 Jan 2026 15:26:08
It is possible as Dabber says that things may get worse before they get better. Because we must owe a lot on players bought the last couple years. Then we have the likes of cornet and JWP on long expensive contracts.
Everyone can see how many empty seats there were there the other night that is only going to get worse.
I think the thing that has always held us up is the price that Sullivan wants to sell up for with his greed, and the reality of the actual market price what the club is really worth.
Even selling at a lower price he must have still made a fair profit on his investment?
We could end up like Queens Park in Scotland who play their home games at Hampden in front of of a few hundred fans in our case a few thousand.
10.) 08 Jan 2026 15:45:31
Mac, I understand what you are saying, and I agree with the gist, but………,
The Championship is not as easy to get out of nowadays. We might struggle. This time we don’t have our own stadium and the club is heavily in debt thanks to that worm Sullivan and his cohorts. We need to fight to stay in the Premiership, and to that end, even though things are looking grim, we should buck up and fight.
We are going to beat QPR and go on a cup run. That will give us impetus to beat Spurs, and then the gap looks brighter. Forest are catchable because they are crap with a crap manager, and even though we’ve got our own crap manager, we are West Ham and we’ve got some bloody good players. So come on you Irons!
11.) 09 Jan 2026 07:07:55
Regarding the captains armband it should be Soucek. He is captain of his nation, gives us 100% and appears to genuinely care.
12.) 09 Jan 2026 11:35:42
The problem is, he’s not good enough for the Premiership and can’t hold down a regular starting place in the first team.
13.) 09 Jan 2026 14:33:20
He is the sort of player to get us out this mess. The prima donna ballers have done nothing, the youngsters only a little more, and the forwards don’t score. One thing he’ll do is lead from the front and not hide. This is what we need.
14.) 10 Jan 2026 06:43:19
The big problem with that is we’d have a captain who would lead us from the bench. We don’t need that.
15.) 10 Jan 2026 08:04:33
Then he has to start then
20 Jan 2026 19:10:18
He is now! WH might have done themselves a favour, leaving this alone,
19 Jan 2026 20:46:48
STEVIE, it was posted last week mate, Sullivan doesn’t want to pay 20 m euro plus for Cresswell
Sullivan turned down the chance to buy him for 13 m euro last summer and wouldn’t go above 11 m
He may have to go for it though as, others are reluctant to come
19 Jan 2026 19:12:26
Problem CM, can’t have players coming in, and no exits, also they have to look at who is going to bring in money
It’s a difficult balance anyway, much further complicated by our league position
19 Jan 2026 17:06:17
WH are seriously thinking about a bid, how much, do we pay ? But there’s no cheap way here, WH can forget about that, but I hear, they may have a go
BUT a big asset he would be, either staying up or going down, very skilful mdf
19 Jan 2026 16:56:38
U tube films mean nothing unfortunately, premier league a different situation, to where these players come from, the speed and intensity , sometimes comes as a shock
But not much of a gamble, involved
20 Jan 2026 15:07:19
It’s not complicated as far as Paqueta is concerned, the player wants to go back to Brazil
WH. maybe.
could get a I bit more from Premier league, but he doesn’t want to change clubs in England
This has been on the cards for along time, if not now when? Although seriously talented, he’s been off the boil for us for months now, time to go, he will be missed, WH need to move on
19 Jan 2026 13:44:26
Can’t get the players they prefer is the answer, trying not to make the mistakes of the past ( I’ll believe it when I see it )
They are trying to offload present problems, like
Fulkrug, Rodriguez etc, and not buy in other potential problems for down the road
If we drop, the economic flexibility, which is not exactly vast, then takes a big hit
So trying to stay up, and if not gain the possibility of a core of players, that can get out of the championship
That’s how it’s looking
16 Jan 2026 08:37:56
That is absolutely correct Hammer D, WH are less than zero as an attraction, for the vast majority, of players
There is just a small clutch of people we are an attraction for, lesser knowns, in order to get known, and tried professionals, who are willing to acknowledge, the drop, if and when it happens
Gallagher refused WH 3 weeks ago as I posted on here, because of this situation
15 Jan 2026 10:21:00
Certainly a useful player
WH are handicapped, in so far as any player now signing would be expected to make the drop with the club if it comes to that
Any player like Lascelles will try and stay in the top league if possible as first option
That’s why WH are finding it-very hard to attract certain players
14 Jan 2026 18:59:18
Arsenal have so many potential games, they would much prefer. Not to let anyone leave