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David Moyes has about 15 or so players who have totally taken on his way of training to be fitter, way of defending first and counter attacking. All at pace and when it breaks down get back in shape and defend get the ball and start again. Sounds simple but playing two games a week with a small squad leads to injuries and fatigue. We have been lucky with injuries until last night seeing Yarmalenko and Diop go off. Antonio is struggling and without a striker we are limited to the goals we can score against the top sides in the Premiership.
Soucek and Coufal looked burnt out and Rice fatigued against Man U last night and the team struggled until Johnson and Fredricks came on to inject some pace.
We lost and in a way I personally see only playing Premiership games now gives us a slim chance of European football next year.
Moyes has got rid of the players not willing or unable to play and train his way but in doing so we are now left with a depleted squad.
Can we make that European spot with our current squad? I hope so but have my doubts without a recognised striker. What do you guys think!

Like most Hammers Fans i was very underwhelmed when we got Dawson in on a loan but his displays this season have been outstanding and Last night against Manure he was a proper leader and playing with 3 different partners in the middle of defence did not phase him at all..and how Jenas could make Maguire M.O.M was laughable.....Ogbonna could be out for a week or two looking at that injury but Dawson has showed what he can do and thankfully we do have cover in that position so whoever goes in alongside him will have a Rock on which to rely on....

It looks like this will be his last few months with the club ,imo it will be a big mistake to let him go ,he is brilliant on the right and he only needs a chance to cut in and get it onto his left peg ,he's scored some lovely goals with this technique and i dont think he's been given a chance ,only being subbed on and asked to play in the centre instead of Ants ,moyes saving the dildos money of course

yup another transfer post but just on who i think we need to move on and who i would like to see come in its only a personal view of course but we do need IMO we need 2 strikers a midfielder and a G/K but to get those we need to lower the wage bill and get good money if not decent for the following players.......Lanzini/Yarma/Anderson/Reid/Randolph.

If we can move those on then i would like to see Toney/Armstrong as the strikers coming in Loftus Cheek in the middle of the park G/k thats a difficult one for me and no one keeper stands out so maybe agent Soucek can help us on that front.

Thats who i would like to see come in but others may have better ideas and thoughts on players you have noticed and can do a job but my one wish is that Moyes forgets getting in another foreign striker because we have had our backsides spanked more than once in that area.

Talk about taking the Pi*s......Soucek with his all out UFC attack on sackofspudsmitrovic must be hoping his ban gets overturned so he can show Mr Mason "the peoples elbow" up close and personal like! and show him the difference between what he saw on Var and what everyman and his dog saw......when was this choice made and by whom? what a joke

Just wondering whats the deal on loans,? Are there stipulations in the small print ? Example can they call him back anytime they feel like it ,can they set a fee we could never agree to so he would have to return to manua ,the reason im askin is because when they realise what a balls up they've made they'll value him out of our bank account.
Oh and one more thing is he eligible for the cup game against them next week , i doubt it very much ,maybe just as well ,baby face would surley get the gooner if he scored against them .

Well boys i woke up with a big smile this morning after last night and the football wasn't bad either! lol,but seriously what a well oiled machine we looked last night and the football was such a pleasure to watch if anyone asks what is the West Ham way point them to this match.

Every player performed admirably from back to front and that poor little boy Grealish sulking because he could not get out of Coufals pocket and with fredericks backing him up it was fun watching that divers frustration grow.

Lingard wow it has been a long time since a hammer making his debut had such a massive impact on a game but he was different class and his energy fired up our team to levels Villa just could not match,this girl was unsure seeing the line up before the game but maybe i should stay in the kitchen and cook the dinner and leave the footy managing to Moyes:-).

Soucek/Coufal on rather modest wages compared to others well i seriously hope in the summer before we do any spending that these two are given better contracts because you can bet your bottom dollar that the bigger clubs will be eyeing Soucek for sure.

Slowly but surely Moyes is getting rid of the disaster that was El Pels regime and installing much needed stability and a direction that this club can build on for years to come and if we keep playing football in the manner we have been of late he will shake off the last few years since his departure from Everton which saw him fall from grace in many eyes.

I was not around during the boys of 86 and comparing eras is always difficult but i am enjoying our revival and hopefully the board will listen and help Moyes build something very special that as fans we deserve to see so COYI lets push on and leave the spuds/chavski/gooners trembling in our wake.

First of all the headline for the post is not related in any way to Toyah Willcox! :o)

Back to footie...

I think the Liverpool game was a real wake up call for me. It highlighted some weaknesses and confirmed we are some way from being a top four side. The lack of real activity in the transfer window is worrying. No real No 9 in our ranks, which includes the very fragile Antonio, means playing the false No 9 or more than one attacking midfielders prepared to gamble and make the typical Lampard style runs.

This got me thinking that Moyes is in a predicament. Its Stick or Bust time. We have sufficient points on the board to either go full steam experiment with blooding more youth, such as seen in the FA Cup with Afolayan up front or play a more conservative approach pushing for a West Ham record number of Premier League points / position?

I personally prefer the forma. Mainly because I don’t see us finishing in top four with Champions League qualification. The worst that can happen is qualification for the Thursday night Euro Disney League which guarantees injuries on an already insufficient squad and Sunday or Monday football which I personally hate! I would like to see back to Academy basics and build for the future.

Thoughts?

COYI’s and bring on the Villa!!!