Keep him or sell him in the summer? for me its Sell......for all the undoubted ability he has he just does not do it when given the chance and thats why he is in and out of the side on a regular basis....Vlasic?paid way to much for him and i wonder if thats what keeps Moyes so cautious when it comes to transfers and how it reflects on his judgement.....lessons will be learned? who knows but for me Benny has to go but we'd be lucky to recoup what we paid for him.

Its no secret that I've gone from season ticket holder at The Boleyn to a casual spectator at the Meccano Stadium. I was sceptical of the induction meeting for renewal of season ticket and decided to do a few "viewings" before committing myself again based on computer generated scenery. I'm glad I did, the OS is shit, the sightlines are horrendous, the atmosphere lost in the void, the prematch experience has gone and getting home is no better than the queue at Upton Park if not worse.
I always said that it would take something special to make me venture back to the ground which I did earlier this season to watch Brentford, who were my second team whilst in the Championship and nothing then has made me change my mind that match days at the OS are something I'd look forward to.
It was, however my intention to be at the City game for what is expected to be the Legend that is Marky Nobles final home game. The only seats available are at the back of the upper tier (something I said I'd never subscribe to as the view from the lower is bad enough) but then I saw the price. £75. Are they having a giraffe? What happened to the affordable football they were banging on about? For £75 I wanna be sat in the dugout at that place.
Rant over!

Plan A..4231..Plan B..4231....You get the general idea of my post now...know doubt you may of read some of my posts on other threads saying about how tough it is to watch us play right now...kick off sit deep and hope to hit the opposition on the counter...it has worked for a good while but now it is very stale the players have lost there spark and seem very lethargic in play and this has been going on for to long for my liking and there seems little in the way of change coming so has Moyes and his team hit a brickwall and have no idea/clue as to how to change things?

Football evolves and if you become predictable then you are dead in the water and that is us right now....does Moyes and his coaches have no faith in the players to try something different because he has been flogging a dead horse for months now and i do not believe that just because we played on a thursday we cannot play on a sunday...the spuds game aside where the extra time clearly got to the players legs but even then there was no spark no kind of stubborn resistance from the players just nothing....and this Sunday my God in possibly the worst performance of the season just what was Moyes thinking? he surely could of started Kral/Vlasic/Diop even Noble and given some of our side a rest but know he just keeps hitting his head against a brickwall.

For all the plaudits Moyes has rightly received for we the fans and the media he has to accept and do something about changing the teams mentality especially at home and stop giving the oppostion the initiative from the start.

Been talking with my fellow hammers at the game but thought i would ask it here.If one of these two players were to be sold who would you prefer to be the one that stays? for me and it would seem a number of those i have talked to most would prefer Bowen to stay and for varying reasons,for me i like the energy and the fight he brings to the side my Dad said he reminds him a bit of Mark Ward back in the day!! that i will leave to the older generation on here as i never saw the man play.

The other reason for me is i think we have a better chance of holding onto Bowen more than Rice because if the big clubs do start throwing £££££££££'s away at what point does the players head get turned and the club think christ we jokingly said that amount and someones come in with it.

Now everyone agrees you cannot replace a player like Rice he is a once in a generation player and they do not come round that often and not at a club like ours but i do feel the team could adjust and find a player not to replace but to bring something to the club in the middle of the park where as in this girls humble opinion i do not think we could easily replace Bowen.

So there you have it boys what do you think?

So i do not know if anyone else saw the announcement that uefa are looking at awarding a champions league place to the FA cup winners brilliant yes what a great idea BUTTTTTTT if you are not one of the so called big six or have a european pedigree then no you are not wanted at the table....total joke and one reason why as much as i have enjoyed the european adventure this season if we are not in it next season i am not to bothered.

What happened about winning things on merit? naaaa can't take a chance on that one of the big boys may miss out its pathetic it goes against everything that is meant to be a fair playing field....now we have the 5 subs rule the big boys are happy well i just wish they would all just bugger off and play in there euro super league because i for one would not watch it but be happy to see certain clubs just gone from our game.

So after yesterdays results we have a great chance to get back into the top 6 and we need to make sure that we go for it and win but sadly like many i feel that at times Moyes is over cautious specially when we play at home and reading his comments about how tough this game against Everton will be i am already biting my fingernails thinking FFS Moyes Everton have been Shi*e all season stop building them up into world beaters and they got lucky beating the barcodes not they played really well blah blah blah......it is one of the things about his character that annoys me......lets be a bit more positive please David and lets put Fatboys team to the sword COYI

So we all know what needs doing this summer but when you see the likes of Kral hardly getting a game you do have to ask why the club have wasted money on wages for him when young Connor Coventry could of done just as well on the bench and although the young Lad Ashby has suffered hamstring injury he is another one who i have seen and thought yes he is worth a risk along with Perkins as well but because of Moyes and his if you will stubbornesss to take such risks we clearly are going to have a problem....Coventry at Mk dons on loan Perkins a very rare sighting Ashby as i mentioned injured but there are 3 players who could of been around the first team squad more learning about the big game atmosphere seeing how the senior players do things all would of helped in bringing them on but no that has not happened and it is so frustrating as the situation we now find ourselves in with so many players out of contract in the summer surely Moyes could of taken a risk or two? and seen if they are capable of first team football.....of course we as fans do not see what Moyes sees or the reports he must get from his coaches on player development but surely it makes sense to make use of the assets we have rather than continue to waste money on players like Kral who Moyes clearly does not rate.

After the heady experience of The mighty Irons (nail biting) victory over Sevilla I decided to take in the under 23's on Friday evening v Brighton. A few players caught my eye in the young Hammers ranks ... Alese was very commanding at the back, Perkins coud and should have had a first half hat-trick but to be fair Brighton young keeper pulled off a couple of blinding saves.
Hegyi pulled off a worldy, Longelo was kept busy nut overall looked quite composed. Ekwah netted a superb opener and was very commanding in the centre of midfield and the inter play between him an Alese was a joy to watch. Forson another goal scorer and incidently the smallest player on the pitch reminded me of Mark Ward in his pomp. Perkins impressed with his battling play and even though on the night he should have had at least 4 goals he never once gave up and got involved in a lot of forward play. Freddie Potts was another who put in a terrific and spirited performance. Thierry Nevers added a little something when he came on and indeed netted!
Kudos to Brighton and a few of their lads stood out as well, no's 7 & 11 (Peupion and Miller) both of Brightons scorers occupied the wide areas and were very impressive, constantly running and teasing our defenders, Mc Gill in goal had a very decent match and Brighton skipper Marc Leornard would look very good beside Alese.
What was evident is the overall team spirit and determination and the lads I mentioned for West Ham on this showing have a serious future in the game, Okoflex, Laing, Chesters and Greenidge all played their part and are certainly integral in this side, I hope this gives a little insight into the lads and hopefully encourage more fans to watch the and at £5 a real bargain and a great way to encourage our junior support.

What a save i mean it was one helluva save by Areola last night the sort of save that can make you a legend......from Parkes heroics in the 3rd round of the FA cup against an unbelievable WBA side when he got marked 10 out of 10 to Ludos one man stand to stop Manure winning the title to Adrians penalty shootout moment against Everton they more than make up for the Allen Mcknightmare/Roberto moments we have suffered....i know there are many more but age dims the old grey matter somewhat so please feel free to add your GK memories COYI

So after last nights magnificent effort by us to overturn a first leg deficit and win a tie few outside of West Ham supporters thought we could win how would the media react?? oh lets see Evertons stunning last gasp win splashed all over back pages ours a small panel saying Hammers win.....turned on Talksh**e this morning 6am i no i no bloody idiot well lets hear about it errr nothing talk about cheltenham Evertons big big win and 6.35ish they thought to mention our win.

Now as we all know if that had been the spuds or gooners manure etc there would of been 8 page pullout souvenier special but nope its just West Ham so i ask why do the media seemingly not so much hate as marginalise us? allegedly in the written media and on many sports shows a lot of the journalists and pundits are West Ham fans...look at last night with Darke and Mcmanaman comentating it was all how great Sevilla are how they never lose after first leg win how they do this that and the other and only only when Soucek scored did they start thinking mmm maybe we should start giving West Ham some credit here...so i have to ask does anyone no why there seems to be this bias against us in the media....look at the race for the top 4 now we dream of it but we doubt we can get it but we are still in with a chance but all you hear is well Gooners looking good spuds and manure then there's a pause and West Ham may still have a chance? what is there problem?