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Moyes last stand

Submitted by Enfieldhammer on

After a crushing defeat last Sunday to a Villa team in the form of their lives. Then a dismal, lacklustre performance with a much changed side resulting in yet another defeat to Olympiacos. Moyes & his team go into Sunday's game with an Everton side mourning the loss of their Chairman and looking to put on a display.
Anything other than 3 points will see Moyes with his back on the ropes. The question is whether Moyes will be Moyesand stick with his tactics & favourable. Or will he twist? A defeat here and poor results against Arsenal & a Brentford team who seem to have turned the corner will surely put Moyes on thin ice. If not through it.
Moyes needs to look at his squad. There are players there who should not be anywhere near the bench let alone starting. There are players there who need to be given a chance.
Is this Moyes last stand? Will Moyes face his Waterloo? He's in the bunker. Will he pull the trigger?

All change

Submitted by mcbikeman on

Moyes the conundrum that the board cannot find an answer to but they will have to come January.
His contracts up in the summer many say it should of been this summer but Sullivan decided as he won the trophy i am not going to pay this man off let him see out his contract then we shall see.
It IMO was the wrong decision as we were on the up and a very appealing project for a progressive manager who could sort out the few problems we had in the squad.
Now forward to next summer i think you will find we will not of won a trophy domestic or European and will not of qualified for Europe the following season.
Nostradamus i am not but with the way Moyes continues to manage the squad and the way he gets us to play i honestly do not see any other future than i have just mentioned.
All that happens who then would be prepared to take us on as a project? we would not look as attractive and the better players will start to push for moves away and back to square one we go.
Does anyone believe the board have a plan? are we looking for Moyes replacement now? i do not think we are and ever will be its the Ant and Grasshopper fable if you ask me.
So who would you like to have as our next manager and who do you really think we will get?

Pacman!! Jekyll or Hyde??

Submitted by boogerscaravan on

OK, with Halloween fast approaching it got me thinking about the frustration I feel over Paqueta in general. This has definitely come on this season, as he has been a much bigger figure in the side.

I know I dug him out about his play acting. Of which we never saw any yesterday against the Villa. Maybe somebody has had a word? But the showboating is just as bad now.

Maybe it's a Brazilian culture thing? Maybe he believes his own hype now, since City came in for him. All I see now is him doing more attention seeking with his on field antics.

Now I'm not digging him out just because of his ridiculous holding onto the ball, looking for the fancy dan pass, that lead to Villas penalty. I've seen this more regularly now in games, it really boils my piss. He won't take the simple option, he's looking to be fouled, but more often than not, loses the ball. A scholar of the Jack Grealish school of how to win fouls he sure aint.

There is no doubt he is one heck of a player, he wins us games with his unlocking of defence splitting passes. He is one of the first names on the teamsheet and how he was not given the Captains armband is beyond me. I mean Zouma, come on don't get me started.

Paqueta works his socks off every game. We love to see that as Irons fans, he is an amazing talent. But please leave all the other shit at home. Know when and when not turn on the Ole's please Paqueta!! Jeckyll and Hyde it sure is at the moment.

Pacman new deal would it change anything?

Submitted by mcbikeman on

So it is rumoured we are looking into the possibility of negotiating a new deal for our midfield marvel and removing the £85million buyout clause which if it were possible would be great news for the supporters but even if we did somehow manage it would it really change anything at all?

If found that he has not done anything wrong in regards to the betting scandal swirling about all the elite clubs who could afford him and want him will be in for him and financial wise could blow us out of the water with wages add to that the champions league(we still hope i know)i cannot see us holding on to him....whilst not good and with know £85million clause we can cash in again you think but the way Citeh do business we could be hard pressed to get that unless there is a bidding war.

So the risk we currently run is offer new contract on top wages and he is found guilty and gets a lengthy ban that then hamstrings us to getting a replacement whilst he serves a ban or get rid of the minimum release clause and hope for a bidding war but like Rice if he only wants Citeh then it will be a very tough negotiation to get what we want for him new deal or not.

Are the spuds better than us?

Submitted by hammergirl on

New that post headline would raise a few hackles on here! but this is my point a Kaneless spuds after a terrible season and playing shite football suddenly play fast attacking flowing football that has them currently second in the league and the poor dears fans dreaming of winning the league as they have no European football and only one game a week until the F.A. Cup in January.

Now we have not started badly at all but we dont do free flowing we are more methodical and well at times for me negative, We have players more than equal to the spuds and yet we play with a leash on and it is annoying for me because i feel it is holding us back at times.

Look at how the spuds manager uses his subs he hauls off so called untouchables and they don't whinge or throw a hissy fit they get off and the side does not back away from going forward still yet we dither over when a sub clearly needs to be made and lets face it unless we have a bad injury during the game we all know who is going to be subbed in and out of nearly every game and the time it will happen.

The low block they say draw teams on they say hit fast on the counter they say well i say why not play on the front foot have more faith in our ability to put most teams to the sword playing that way then concentrate on defending our lead if you will.

Methodical it gets results they say and yes that maybe the case but we can be so much more but this Sunday against the barcodes expect to see every player including Ants inside our own half from the off because the poor dears played Thursday evening and had to go allllllllll the way to Germany and back. My point being we give the initiative to our opponents week in week out and we are more about stopping the opposition playing than letting them worry about us.

Football for me should be about enjoyment and appreciating good performances and whilst we have done well so far this season we are never easy on the eye to watch and we can be so so much better if the man in charge let the players show us that but he never will.

So the media will say things like West Ham a tough place to go and get a result and in the same breath talk about the Spuds in the title race and playing attractive free flowing football so if they can do that why can we not?

Spuds win the league of course not but it is funny we are never mentioned in that way.

Don't mention the war

Submitted by mcbikeman on

Freiburg(froderick)next been watching them play this afternoon and if we apply ourselves properly we should win...yeah yeah jinx it you say but its West ham we will do whatever we are going to do lol....listening to the commentators the side have not had the best of starts and sound like us when he said you do not know what freiburg side will show up...but watching the game they do look open at the back and set pieces they do not look great at defending.....So Ants with the right application could well fill his boots here they have a couple of tricky widemen but coufal(Kehrer?)and Emerson more than capable dealing with them....no official hammers fans allowed so the players need to quieten the crowd early doors for me and put a lot of doubts in there minds.....COYI lets have another great european night abroad but remember Don't mention the war!