We need a striker obviously but back up striker for me thats a no because unless you are a journeyman and offered dumb money the answer from most right now will be thanks but no thanks and we have had enough of those in the past so lets not go there ever again but the elephant in the room being Antonio is irreplaceable....for me that is wrong what we need is a striker with attitude and ability who is not going to accept sitting on the bench hoping for those famous hamstrings to twang and get a chance.....what we want need and Antonio needs is a player who will push for a start not make Ants the obvious choice make him look over his shoulder a bit some real competition which in turn will improve our side even more.....where you find such a player is up to Moyes and Newman the head of recruitment to sort out but please not a back up striker i want one pushing to get in ahead of Ants so the whole squad continues to grow.

Only way Bowen getting call up is if he moves to the bindippers manure or the like...Southgate once again showing he is not all that...Rashford nowhere near good enough right now gets picked pulls out and instead of Bowen who according to Southgate was very close to a call up last time the Kid from Arsenal Smith-Rowe(decent player)gets picked instead?if i was Bowen i'd check my Ancestry because as ever the so called big clubs players get picked regardless of form its pathetic....being selfish i'm happy as at least he wont get injured playing boring plodding international footy.

Chelski/Bindippers/Citeh/Manure/West Ham we all have no chance now C**TE in charge at spuds my goodness barely a day in and suddenly they are going to win everything because they got this manager now.What a pahetic deluded bunch of knobs these supporters are all they have done is put lipstick on a pig!

Ha bloody ha - First to go was Mo Po, then Moanio now Nuno - Them poor spuds Oh No who's next? Aint got a Cludo...!!!!

News breaking of yet another take over only this one seems more credible and whilst not an immediate buy out long term the deal does seem to have legs a Czech Billionaire Daniel Kretinsky close to buying a 27% stake in the club strange number you think well maybe but it would come just under the number if hit Gold&Co would have to pay £200million to the Legacy peeps so for now(no not fornals)this looks like a very good deal lets wait and see...a football man a billionaire and he is going out with Czech Republics richest mans daughter jeeez some people get all the luck!

"Congratulations to West Ham for their qualification," Guardiola said after the Carabao Cup game in East London.

"One of the toughest games we played at home last season was against them.

"They are doing well in the Premier League and in the Europa League and now in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.

"Fantastic team and fantastic manager."

We are all rubbing our eyes in disbelief as to just how good this West Ham team/Squad are and how they seem to improve every match..supporting this club for more than 50 years i cannot say i have ever ever seen a better and more consistent West Ham side than this one over last two seasons and i include the boys of 86 in that.

Supporting this club you expect the odd win against the big boys hopeful of a cup run and occassional final and of course getting battered by other teams home or away but it was West Ham it happens and we were comforted by that nothing flash like the boys from the Kings road no we were/are the working mans club hard graft gritty with some flair but good honest players.

Fast forward to today a manager nobody wanted but by god are we glad we have him now the coaching is top draw and a squad of players who are not sulking not bitching about not playing no a squad of players who all know the boss is the boss what he says goes(Ole jealous much!)but he clearly values all the players just not the starting eleven and he has managed to get rid of the deadwood slowly but surely and no Billy big Bol***ks allowed and oh how we have thrived under this regime.

The board probably cannot believe how lucky they are a manager who will not be pressured into buying for buying sake and yes he can dither and second guess himself and it can be frustrating as a supporter but he has been proven time and time again that he gets it right.

Other teams now dont look at the fixture list and think ahh West Ham next week thats 3 points nope that day has gone we are no longer a soft touch no longer go a goal down and its game over no we have a resilience a belief instilled throughout the squad that home or away we fight till the last second and if beaten we as fans know players have given there all and not just surrendered like many times in the past.

It is taking some getting used to and it is still hard work to think we are now going into games against any opposition with a real chance of getting something from the match how many times in our Hammers supporting lives have we said that.

Crowds filling the ground away support like no other this West Ham keeps pushing on and growing with each passing month and yet the players seem to keep in touch with the supporters and thankful for what we give them.

We are currently the hottest ticket in the premier league right now and the team on everyones lips(unless your a spud lol)this is some Era we fans are living in right now lets enjoy it because who knows how long it will last and when if it will happen again.

We need another leftback so bad hurts..we have been lucky that Cressy at his age is still managing the performances he does week in week out and although we have seen Johnson play that side he is not the answer and Arthur certainly is not so lets hope with our new scouting guru he can find a bargain left back to help Cressy out.

Striker wise i reckon Moyes will try and get a loan in like he did with Lingard and then see what the summer has to offer but i do not believe any player who comes in should be a back up to the beast as that is the worst thing that can happen...players need to know if you don't perform then your place is up for grabs that is every position no matter who you are.

So prudent as Moyes is with his transfer funds and the board love him for that no doubt i do think signing a left back is our biggest priority this January so lets loosen the purse strings a little Mr Moyes.

Seems like ages since I posted. Maybe the team’s successes mean we don’t have much to say? Maybe we’re better when we’ve got something to moan about? So I wanted to ask the question, are we happy? Is the board ok now? Do we want a takeover rocking the boat? Is Moyes no longer a dinosaur? Did we need that extra striker in the summer? Nearly a quarter into the season sitting in top 4, is a good cup run and top 10 our aspiration, as it has been for years?.

Can anyone enlighten me about what's going on with this guy ?,22 goals in 31 games for ajax ,including 6 in the champions LG, top scorrer in the champs LG with 6 ,is he taking the piss or what .