Far be it from me to bring up the antics of another football club on our site but I sure am getting pissed off with the media going all out with Oli and his magical 8 ,as far as I can remember footballers going on strike is strictly frownd on by the F A and to put it mildly that's just what happened under Marino ,don't get me wrong ,I'm no lover of this mega poser but to refuse to play because you don't like the Manager is to me a disgrace ,now all of a Sudan their a different team ,winning 8 on the trot ,I really do think that club should be the subject of some sort of sanction by the powers that be even if it's only a fine or points deduction ,just because it's them they are allowed to get away with this shit ,their even being made to look like hero's by some in the media ,motd and sky to mention two

Lanzini back with the first team squad doing some light but well monitored training as he continues his recovery from the injury last summer....he may MAY be in line for a spot on the bench and some action in a little over a month, if he keeps up with his recovery/training regime.....i hope his recovery keeps on track and when he comes back he is still the player that we all no and love.

£100million spent in the summer the team slowly gelling and getting better still work too be done on the defence and midfield and now we suddenly are in a full blown striker crisis...Arnie and Hernandez both want out Carroll/Perez clearly not good enough Silva too young to carry the burden on his own so just what are the club going to do?if Arnie is to get his Brothers wish and go to china the said money for his transfer will be made available for an immediate replacement if one of any worth can be found....thats all well and good but that also means come the summer we will need another two minimum and they do not come cheap and off course that will take money from other areas of the squad that need strengthening we will see a number of departures as well but not players that will bring in decent money so where will the board find the Cash? if we are too keep on moving forward....getting Carroll/Hernandez/Arnie off the books will of course free up the wages that can be offered but i do worry that the board will try and go back to there old ways of bargain buys and freebies.

been linked by mr ssn himself jim white for £15million....Genoa striker been banging the goals in he is 23 from poland i will leave it too Burkie to find a you tube link for the player...chicarito goes then this guy looks nailed on to come in apparently

David Wagner has left Huddersfield Town as manager by mutual consent with the club bottom of the Premier League, Ze German, 47, took over as Terriers boss in November 2015 and led them to promotion to the Premier League in 2016-17 via the Championship play-offs. Huddersfield were one of the favourites for relegation last season but somehow Wagner kept them up with a 16th-place finish, but he couldn't work his magic this season, with just 11 points from 22 games, and eight points adrift of safety.

Antonio saying everyone at west ham knows Arnautovic wants to go - then get rid asap. His performance against Arsenal was poor anyway and we did fine without him in the matches before. The question here is - who do we bring in to replace him? Lets hear the realistic candidates.

Not gone yet but looks that way but do we need to panic buy in January? i am not so sure...when you look how we coped without him when he was injured we had one of our best spells of the season so why panic...we are not going to get relegated(saying that in January wow)and we do have options upfront so lets wait until the summer i say....look at the way we played yesterday we looked comfortable and with players able to cause problems and create chances for whoever starts up front...Anderson,Nasri,Antonio,Rice,Snodgrass,All comfortable on the ball and able to bring others into the matches and create chances for others....yes i doubt like many that Carroll can last 4 months without picking up another injury Chicarito can fire the goals when he returns from injury perfect time to give the Lad silva some game time in the first team as for Perez well he has no confidence right now so maybe a run for him in the side can help.....we are a side creating chances and have a number of players who are a goal threat not just strikers but from wide positions and midfield so again IMO we should keep our powder dry see the rest of the season out whilst El Pel and his team run the rule over potential replacements for arnie and then make a move in the summer when prices not so over hyped as they currently are...as i write this i notice Callum Wilson is not in the Bournemouth Squad today so moves by chelski or us mmmm who knows i like the player a lot but he has had two bad injuries in recent times and we all no our luck with players like that so for me i would say at £50million errrr no thank you.

Balbuena who has been a revelation at the back for us is out for the next 6 to 8 weeks after undergoing an operation....why the hell cant Masuaku suffer such a big injury and leave our top players alone!

Happy new year boys:-) i am a little tipsy still and think i better go to bed after seeing the new year in but i must leave this for you to see as it is a warning of the dangers in january signings.

https://youtu.be/cjVW_VnfTH4

So we've signed the dope on a rope (Nasri) the greasy one!!! Must be the injury crisis. Cant see any other reason to upset the apple cart.