So as the constant raft of strikers we are being linked with grows each day let me ask you lot what would you do? get a loan in with no option to buy and wait until the summer to set about a sensible rebuild.... Or do you want us to dive in at the deep end empty the coffers now for a striker? and if so who might that be?.

As is clear the squad is woefully thin and needs serious work i really think we have to keep our powder dry to an extent and so i come down on the loan side but not an injury prone striker like the always linked Callum Wilson kind.

In the Summer and again it all depends on what kind of striker Potter likes a big bustling hardman who knocks defenders about for fun or a slick pacey little git who defenders cannot get near and i honestly am unsure as to what he prefers.

If i were given the money and this is just my own personal like and whilst i have seen all the good in that raw kid Delap that boogers and others like i just see there being to much competition for his signature and then the price goes up to much so that's why i would not get involved but another player in a relegation dogfight that i would like to see is Jorgen Strand Larsen of Wolves....now they got him in the summer but the deals not 100% safe as certain targets have to be made or Wolves can say no and send him back.....He is big strong manoeuvrable and has been unlucky in front of goal but i just see him being a great fit with Bowen on the right Jimmy on the left getting balls into the box and i think we can snatch him of Wolves go down and do a deal.

Not a great goalscoring record i hear the cry we need a 15/20 goal a season striker well that would be wonderful but they are as rare as hens teeth and would cost money in the region of £100million easy. So like the majority of clubs you have to be creative and look away from the bright shiny objects for one hidden in plain sight but nobody notices.

We have no money we are poor have to be careful of FFP and yet just heard we have bid £40million for Duran again.
Silly Question but as we would not go that final push and bid exactly that in the summer because that is overpriced what is the difference now? i know Villa have said no and clearly with them trying to strike a deal for another striker themselves they clearly will sell but the price has gone up as they know we are desperate.
So where has Sullivan found the money? worried we could be pulled into a relegation dogfight and his bank balance could take a serious hit so he magics money out of the pot that apparently we don't have to piss in.
Personally i would look elsewhere as we also have urgent need in other areas of the squad so if we do have funds and the cats out the bag now i would not be going back with a further bid to Villa.

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Ward prowse and aguerd. Both good players who could improve us imo. Call em back?

Being cast as a villain and Potter warned to sleep with one eye open as this man is a backstabbing S.O.B. Well that is the story playing out in the media and pushed i have no doubt by Sullivans Cohorts.
He was brought in with Sullivan not wanting him but for once Kretinsky flexed his muscle and so he was hired Moyes hated his power being diminished and did everything he could to obstruct any signings made and refused to play most that he had no say in... he left and as has been mentioned Tim advised the board as in Sullivan that Loppy was not the man for the job but of course that was ignored it was a total disaster and again any players not of his choosing spent time on the bench or had a punch up at training with! And now that Sullivan was forced into taking action that he did not want to these rumours about Tim start again and he's next for the chopping block well that is very short sighted indeed and now we will see the truth as he has a manager who is used to working with a director of football and proper conversations can be had as to playing staff.
This will not be a quick fix but a manager who can work this way and have input into signings will be a much healthier relationship than those with Moyes and Loppy.
The conversation should really be what do we have to spend Potter told and he can then say i would like this player if affordable by the club and Tim can then say we probably can't afford but will try making a deal and if not here are some other options that may work...no parachuting of players in the manager has not had a clue were coming etc...just sensible conversations all round by adults and as for Sullivan just let the people the club employ to do a job do it and you just continue to shop in Red Square for more fashion tips!

Imo the best choice from the possibilities. Mark Noble played a big part in sorting it. Time will tell of course, but I believe given time Potter will prove a good appointment. Lop was never going to work, he was just the cheap option by sullivan and co.

Potter has a decent squad to work with. Hopefully his style of play will bring the best out of kudus paqueta and summer ville and convince them the club is going forward.

Excited and optimistic with this.

Yeah I guess deep down I knew he was gonna get in but it doesn't make my despondency any better. Reading other forums and FB sites, Potter, like Jlo, is not a popular choice. The only difference being is that options during the summer were more plentiful whereas Potter is only the best of a bad bunch and his missus sips gin and tonics at Mr Foggs Gin Club with Brady.. I'd go so far as to say the only choice actually because not for one moment do I believe Moyes, Carrick or Cooper were realistically ever in contention.
Talking of social media it does make me wonder if the board ever read these forums such as this one, KUMB or even West Ham Till I Die. I believe Moyes' wife is on record as saying that David doesn't, but surely the board must at least have heard whispers that Lopetegui was not a popular choice. His managerial record is a bit hit and miss but has a bit more pedigree than either Moyes OR Potter to be honest.
Which brings me to the point where fans of Potter bring up HIS history. "OH, he was a success at Brighton? Was he really? Only finished above us once in his three years there and that was one place and two points. And that was on a team and basis built by Hughton. The first time Brighton finished above us, and by some hefty margin, was the season he bloody left midway through and oh yeah, mustn't mention Chelsea, because that was just a blip. Well excuse me but I'm gonna mention Chelsea because during his tenure there he had a squad far superior that he's taking on here at West Ham and just like Moyes at moneybags Man Utd, he couldn't hack it.
So yeah, what a season its been so far, at this moment up there with the Cubishley/ Avram Grant scenarios for embarrassment and in my opinion is heading only one way. Avoiding relegation is NOT a given at this point in time and with Potter in charge I do not expect it to improve. I don't see the football improving from the dark Moyesball days and I'm nailing my colours to the mast by saying well done Sully and Co, because you have well and truly screwed up this time.
Right, Rant over, I'm off to go and buy my Leyton Orient shirt.

This may upset you Burkie but watching the Potter press conference i have to say how refreshing to be able to understand every word that the manager said and that is a massive step forward already!

Sullivan and co showing themselves to be rank amateurs at running a business and proof were it needed that if it was not for Porn which basically sells itself Sullivan would never of made any money which then allowed him to basically go into the homes under the hammer business.

Interviewing managers because you are going to sack the current manager and all the media have let the cat out the bag not that it is a big secret.....then letting Loppy continue to take training just in case they cannot find or agree a deal with whoever shows just how shambolic they are....the man should of been paid up or put on gardening leave and have Noble and Keen and co step in to take the coaching for this week.

All that has happened now is air of uncertainty amongst the players who will be thinking will i be in the new mans plans or are we stuck with this joke of a man who nobody in football can work out what he is trying to do.

Others say we are a laughing stock but with this lot in charge isn't that really the norm for us.

Talksport said he's gone & Potter has taken over. Recieving messages from others saying the same? Nothing on Sky yet?