West Ham rumours 2

03 Sep 2024 19:04:03
NOT easy on either of those free agents, Hummels is considering possible retirement, and Matip may prefer Leverkusen, so we shall see?VILLA, have informed WH that Duran may now not be sold and IF he will be, no loans plus, outright sale only! TIN LEGS, agree with you .re Antonio, yes he's been a great servant to the club, but he's time is long over, plan is to get two strikers in, one top and one younger perhaps behind Fulkrug making 3 in all Steidten has big big job getting in those strikers plus , the other three positions, when their contracts expire end of season, WH will become a good side under this stewardship, but patience is the key

03 Sep 2024 20:24:29
Evening Joyful, I’m easy on Hummels and Matip, if they come they come if not I think Alverez could slot in at CB if needed. As for forward I’d be inclined to see how Summerville works in a central position, after all it worked for Antonio and even better for Thierry Henry ….I think the improvment against the best club side in the World on Saturday was vast compared to previous years/seasons. i'm really really excited by what we have and are trying to do ?

03 Sep 2024 21:59:16
Early days dabber, I’m not as excited as yourself, because clearly it’s a long term project, there’s going to be a lot of up and downs on the way, there’s two old football sayings, 1/. No team ever won anything without a great defence (which we havnt achieved as yet ) 2/ you can’t win anything without scoring goals ( without proper strikers we won’t score many goals ) so this leads me to believe we will be better than some but not a threat ( this season ) to any top sides I would like to be wrong, but that’s how I see it

04 Sep 2024 19:47:33
Apparently, we have an up and coming striker from our own academy - Josh Ajala. He is very highly thought of and looks to be a promising candidate for knowing where the net is. Maybe Steidten’s job will be a little easier?

04 Sep 2024 21:05:13
Good kid seen him play, but prem is a country mile away , have to be careful not too rush him in too quick, but agree great promise, about time we got some quality youngsters coming in.

05 Sep 2024 05:56:36
I agree. I’ve also been a long term big fan of Oliver Scarles and hope to see him develop into a regular first team starter.

17 Sep 2024 09:46:52
The youngsters who do not progress are not necessarily up to the standard. If one of our 18 year-olds was good enough now, they would be in the team. they are not, therefore, not good enough. It's simple. Moyes, Loppy, Bilic and so on have never promoted the younger players as no-one has been good enough. The last good youth player to emerge was Noble. Scoring goals in the U18 and U23's is not like the Premiership.

31 Aug 2024 17:26:38
Looks like a decent team selection apart from Antonio. At least Soucek has been dropped.

31 Aug 2024 18:06:32
Oh my God, Antonio is a waste of space. Get him off!

31 Aug 2024 20:20:20
City on this form would have scored at least 3 at any ground in the country today. We were a bit rabbit in the headlights 1st half but pretty decent in the 2nd. I think once everyone's settled in and the manager has had a chance to instil his philosophy in to the the team, we'll be a pretty good outfit.

It'll take a few games, especially at home since we've been dealt a bit of a stinker in the old fixtures list - Chelsea up next, but on this showing I think we'll have at least a solid if not spectacular season this term.

That said, we really should've gone that tiny bit further this window and got in a pacey, mobile striker. Who knows, January maybe?

31 Aug 2024 20:55:12
Lack of striker is going to cost us

31 Aug 2024 22:24:31
Anthony Martial's still without a club. Bit of a no brainer really considering Antonio's inability to do football anymore.

31 Aug 2024 23:36:54
ITS the money Billy, he was on 210 k a week at man untd, but he and Depay have no suitors at present because of their demands, few weeks go past no one comes in things can change? However he was never a great trainer at United, and always on the treatment table, depends what happens, but no strikers glaring mistake

01 Sep 2024 05:51:28
Personally, I thought Antonio did ok yesterday, against the best team in the land. He was feeding off scraps, yet did try to push us up when he had the ball. Not one person can fault his endeavour, and he is the best striker we have.
Pacquetta was really poor yesterday. In the big games he goes missing.

01 Sep 2024 07:37:31
? I didn’t realise there was another game being played in a parallel universe! If Antonio is our best striker, then we really have got problems.

01 Sep 2024 14:40:50
Agreed Brooking?I think Ant was OK, at least I knew he was getting involved, as you say we were playing perhaps the best team in the world! Who else could he play instead of Ant, Paqueta is well we’ll overrated for whatever reason, wtf would City want with him, bloody liability!
Fullkkrug was awful last week, don’t take all the “not getting the service “ rubbish, it’s a Team game, bloody get involved, much rather have seen Nketia/Broga/Abraham!
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02 Sep 2024 09:06:57
We were playing a fully established team that can probably say it is the best in the world.

We are a revamped team, learning to play together under the different ideas of a new head coach.

Yes, they were obviously and expectedly the better side, but we made chances to score goals.

I am encouraged.

02 Sep 2024 15:33:06
Antonio has been a great servant . The blame is on the club for not replacing him sooner . Always comes to one thing haller apart . Lack of funds from the owners. While DS is in charge nothing changes . But there's good news in that department going forward . Taps nose . ?⚒️⚒️⚒️

02 Sep 2024 15:35:00
Top 6. mark my words.

02 Sep 2024 23:46:09
Lack of funds a bit unfair, WH spent all available funds in that window, we will need the same and more, the next two three four windows, it’s a massive job, turning an old tired, shell of a team, into a strong 25 player squad, able to compete with top clubs, look at the size of the next job, 5 players end of contracts, plus two strikers required!

31 Aug 2024 10:34:42
ALL ABOUT two positions now, CB AND CF, Don't think there will be any rush, to try and sort out free agents, more likely wait and watch, see how we go, HERMOSO was spoken to in I early July, good player an asset, but he wanted, crazy money knows Loppy well, Roma and two Turkish clubs keen, HUMMELS, top player but he's 35, if he ccan do one season that would be enough, we shall see, UP front, more difficult not much about. Apart from Martial, and Depay both talented players but early on would want too much money, if they can't find a fit their requests. Will dive down Anyway windows done, we can just sit and watch football now, Iwould like to know what you all predict for this season?

31 Aug 2024 14:43:10
7th for me.

31 Aug 2024 16:49:20
Mid-table, no silverware.

31 Aug 2024 18:31:33
Yup I’m with you, you can see plusses , there will be many worse than us, and quite a few better 10 th place, 2 top strikers required if we are looking at getting. Near top six

30 Aug 2024 22:29:34
Still haven't seen confirmation of the Soler signing, is it done and dusted?

30 Aug 2024 22:50:36
All gone a bit quiet. All I've seen is Southampton putting in a deal sheet re Cornet, to extend the deadline by a couple of hours.

30 Aug 2024 22:53:57
Cornet looks like it may have fallen through. Not surprised after Southampton signed Fraser.

30 Aug 2024 23:05:15
JWP signs for Soton.

30 Aug 2024 23:42:31
You mean Forest.

31 Aug 2024 11:52:05
I did mean Forest lol.

30 Aug 2024 18:44:07
Cornet done, ; shame. We couldn't get one more player in, Carney would have been great or another defender

30 Aug 2024 18:36:11
Now we have Rayo Valecano, joining Sociedad and Villarreal in the Aguerd chase, GOOD. Question where were all these clubs two days ago? We could have got him gone and probably signed a replacement, crazy

30 Aug 2024 18:19:42
Soler undergoing medical, he's well in time nearby 5 hours to run, shouldn't be any problems here, , BUT you never know former WH target Danso, failed medical at Roma today

30 Aug 2024 18:16:34
Deal with Sociedad for Aguerd looks to be. Loan with certain criteria happening to make it permanent, good if he eventually goes, but point is if he goes we have just 3 centre backs

30 Aug 2024 18:23:39
Think I mentioned it in the post below, but what about Chalobah ?

30 Aug 2024 18:41:24
Alvarez can play centre half . Does for Mexico. Awb can do it as well .

30 Aug 2024 19:02:43
Right he sure can, and do it well, BUT that definitely was not the intention that’s for sure.

30 Aug 2024 14:51:56
Anymore incomings after Soler, would love another striker?

30 Aug 2024 17:14:37
Now geography takes the stage, IF a player gets to Rush Green by 6-30 pm it’s doable, by 11 pm plus an hour extension if needed, so if they are in or around London , can be done, further away don’t see it

30 Aug 2024 18:12:22
Trevor Chalobah maybe as a replacement for Aguerd ?

30 Aug 2024 18:27:02
Would be great, but too late in the day, methinks, No question that Challobah, would have been An obvious target but Aguerd. Messed about so much, Wednesday yesterday and today, it’s making it impossible to move on

30 Aug 2024 12:52:52
Was sort of half expecting WH to make some kind of local move, as time runs out, and from Chelsea see yesterdays post, and CARNEY, (or FOFANA ) would definitely suit us, some might remember him scoring against us last year, when he turned our defence inside out, he has magic this player, , got injured, needs lots of playing time , which he's not getting, Big wages, but can impress no question!WH dithered between the two. Fofana striker but, Carney ATM winger second striker, so WH chose the more adaptable one! Let's hope we can get him, on loan, ( maybe an option?)

30 Aug 2024 15:30:25
We're only allowed 2 loans for the squad, Todibo and Soler in so no other loan place available

30 Aug 2024 16:21:03
DONT look to me for expertise, ,! but rules vary for under 21i I believe

{Ed002's Note - Clearly neither of you understand the rules.}

30 Aug 2024 16:49:51
I admit to ignorance here, please put my fellow WH supporter, right with an interpretation

{Ed002's Note - What you have said is for loans from other PL clubs.}

30 Aug 2024 17:11:45
I'd googled it earlier and it stated that premier league teams can only have a maximum of 2 loan players at the same time however, these rules didn't apply to players under 21 or players classed as homegrown.

So that would mean we could loan chukwuemeka. Exwhuemployee saying unlikely though.

{Ed002's Note - From other PL clubs.}

30 Aug 2024 17:24:52
Stab in the dark, but I think it’s a max of 2 loans that can be registered from other PL clubs.

Presumably we can register more from other sources.

{Ed002's Note - Right.}

30 Aug 2024 18:02:35
Matter cleared up, as that player is an under 21, WH are trying to get Aguerd out to Sociedad, time wise don't see this, Spain an hour in front, it’s 7 pm in San Sebastián, window shuts 11 pm,

30 Aug 2024 18:01:37
Thanks Ed