West Ham Banter

15 Nov 2025 07:39:05
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10 Nov 2025 18:58:28
I’ve watched a few U21 games this season.

Kante is big and powerful: a hulk compared to the average he contends with at U21.

In the PL, however, there will be plenty of mega units of similar size.

He has drive, but lacks finesse. He is all about power and energy.

One for the future, probably, but I wouldn’t mind seeing him get a few minutes at the top level.

10 Nov 2025 21:34:09
I haven’t watched him throughout the matches the goals he has scored have been great and in the under 21s it’s like watching an adult playing in a kids side. I’d like to see him get some minutes

11 Nov 2025 08:35:28
He’s a bit rough and ready, needs a lot of polishing up, he’s championship level at this time, only my opinion

12 Nov 2025 04:33:56
Agree about him being championship level currently and there is talk of a loan move. Trouble is a lot of the championship clubs are changing managers/ in turmoil so its hard to pick where would be a good fit for him.

12 Nov 2025 06:04:57
I think we heard this argument with Potts last season. He is only championship level. People wanted him brought back from his loan period. Well he has more than proved he is better than that. What happened to us bringing in through players young most of these players spoken about are already in their early 20s which I know isn’t old, but I’m sure players like Carrick, Ferdinand and Cole were brought through earlier. I think the ones that suffer are the ones who are not physically up to the premier league players like Kante and Fearon would be able to cope with that side of things

09 Nov 2025 18:09:14
Many don't rate JWP, yet he is significantly better than Rodriguez - who gains a place on the subs bench. This, I don't understand.

09 Nov 2025 19:00:14
I don’t have much time for rodregez but I don’t think JWP is better than him. But it’s like arguing which is better a morris marina or Austin alegro . The fact is they are both crap.
But JWP takes it because that waste of space was put on big money on a ridiculous long contract by Moyes. And was continually picked by our worse ever manager, Potter!

09 Nov 2025 19:01:31
And this is the only thing you don’t understand?

09 Nov 2025 20:41:08
Would prefer to see academy player take that place on the bench tbh. Earthy would be best bet or marshall when fit, but Nuno seems to like a defensive change. Also at CDM surely bringing on magassa over rodriguez if it came to it so yeah wasted space on rodriguez imo.

09 Nov 2025 20:43:43
You really have a thing for jwp don't you. I don't get it brooks

09 Nov 2025 23:08:52
Different type of player but he's really not significantly better, at set pieces yes but that's it unfortunately. Rodriguez had some of the highest ball winning stats in la liga and europa league for betis while walking pace has spent most his career in a relagation battle/bottom half the prem.

Either way neither should have been signed, one was an expensive free the other we ridiculously over paid for, still winds me up that Moyes sold Fornals on the cheap, refused the likes of Youssofou fofana and Rios, so that he could sign prowse.

10 Nov 2025 07:53:16
The difference is JWP has had significant playing time over the last year and has been the biggest problem within our team it's obvious to all that can see how much better we are without him in the line up, Rodriguez is terrible also but has not had anywhere near the same amount of minutes as JWP to bed himself into the team, both crap but JWP crap over a longer period of time

09 Nov 2025 07:39:06
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