Is this the Shi who ‘sold’ wolves to Lopetegui ?Once again he was told by shi he will get support in summer he just needed to get 17th and hes blown away expectations
Is this the Shi who ‘sold’ wolves to Lopetegui ?Once again he was told by shi he will get support in summer he just needed to get 17th and hes blown away expectations
Craig and Duffy ?Definitely Stadler and Waldorf vibes....
To be fair you also said Cunha would be in the team against Villa.Yes, i said cunha would be in the squad tuesday wasy before it was announced and before the presser
i said that the front line for the villa game was chiwome, sarabia again before it linked
Either way its only from compton and what snippets people hear
Tbf I don't think Northampton did say that. He's usually very accurate with his team predictions so much so I asked him if he was GON in disguise on here this week?!To be fair you also said Cunha would be in the team against Villa.
True about Everton, but I think you do West Ham a disservice there. They probably have the most deluded fans in the Premier League, but it is hard to deny they are a very decent Premier League side and well-cemented on the European scene by this point. Won a European tournament last season, narrowly missed on a Europa final the season before, are in the last 8 this year, and are generally in the hunt for qualification.Nothing to worry about then if those are the two clubs his destined for. A basket of a club and the other one who have the ego to believe they have a history of playing like barcelona
That's true for perhaps 12 or so of all the teams in the Prem. Fosun have given us one great Wolves team (and manager) and I have to believe that they can see the bones of another potentially great team now. I think we'll keep Neto and pray he can have an injury free season and along with him, Cunha, RAN, Semedo, Gomes and Lemina, a good striker (10-15 goals) is perhaps all we need for a realistic push at Europe.To be fair, the last couple of weeks has demonstrated that if we lose 3 of our better players we turn into a relegation fighting team. So I hope we don't intend to let go of more than one of them, with the rest being currently loaned players.
Also can't have 3 out 3 in, or we end up in the same 'small squad' mess. Hence any transfer activity has to be based on deals for loan players and letting maybe a single big sale first team player leave.
As usual I imagine we will let 4 or 5 players leave early in the window and replace them on the last couple of days of the window, making it an uphill struggle at the start of the season.
It's not only "the business sociopath mentality" but also blind kowtowing respect for "authority".I don’t know how Fosun’s other worlds work, but football is a people business and football people don’t tolerate behaviours which Fosun seems to find acceptable. They’re trying to force the business sociopath mentality into the game instead of being respectful and aware of their surroundings. How many times can you be taught the same lesson without your boldness is revealed as ignorance, it’s a bit pathetic. Just stop lying to the managers. Stop it.
Trouble is in their current predicament and with how their ownership is, I doubt Jesus could resurrect them. If it’s not this season it’ll be next they go down
Not wanting to offend you in anyway Topcat but I can't resist a request to mark someone's words! The last poster who's words I marked was someone called Martin, who before the Chelsea home game in December said that we would be in the relegation zone come the end of January. I marked his words as he requested and come the end of January I reminded him but he didn't like it and deleted his post. If you are right I will congratulate you in the summer but I hope you are wrong!We’ll be going through the motions come season end retrospectively if we get our most influential players back!
However, don’t be too surprised if they are sold to meet the Fosun way of doing business in the short term, Gary and Hobbs will be gone in the summer, mark my words!!!
I've re-looked at the table and if Everton seems to be a non-starter then I believe the only Prem club he could/would go to this summer is WHU. There is no way he is going to a top 6 club though thinking about it I do think BHA would be an option if De Zerbi moves on.I have some mates who support Sky 6 clubs and a couple of them have said they'd have GON. To me that is an even bigger indication that we must keep hold! If, and I am realising that it may be a very big if, GON is backed I believe he can win a domestic cup or two in the future. I've said that a few times and I think I will continue to say it regardless of how this season ends- it's important for me to remember what I was thinking last August.
I really like him. Everything I read about him or hear him say in his interviews makes me believe. GON and Hobbs can lead us into a bright future if they are allowed to do so.
We’ve seen nothing of any substance to believe you are right in their leaving.We’ll be going through the motions come season end retrospectively if we get our most influential players back!
However, don’t be too surprised if they are sold to meet the Fosun way of doing business in the short term, Gary and Hobbs will be gone in the summer, mark my words!!!
West Ham fans don’t know they are born.He's going nowhere.
Not done anything yet to warrant a bigger club than us.
How could West Ham sack Moyes, someone with real pedigree and who has won them a European trophy, and bring in O'Neil?
The only possible justification would be style of play, but we've scored 43 goals to their 50. So, it would be a hard sell on that front as well.
If you replace the current bottom three with Leicester, Leeds and Southampton, the 20 Premier League jobs would surely be within the top 40/50 in world football.
Managers will be falling over themselves to get here, which is why Bournemouth could poach Iraola who was regarded as a top coach in Spain and had years of experience.
O'Neil would need to do something really special with us to get himself in contention for that next level, which would be reaching Europe and doing well in Europe, or something like winning the FA Cup/reaching a final, in my opinion.
Agree entirely.West Ham fans don’t know they are born.
Win European trophies then complain because’the football isn’t pretty to watch’.
Seen it before where a team gets rid of a decent manager and that’s it.
If GON leaves for WHAM l’d get Moyes in
Or Jeff shi lolI’m not sure anyone relishes working for David Sullivan to be honest
I swear I read somewhere he grew up a West Ham fan as wellGON suffered a broken ankle while at W Ham, which put him out of the game for months. W Ham were a basket case when he was there, you say? They achieved promotion to the PL in 2012, beating Blackpool 2-1 in the Play Off Final at Wembley. GON was a key player for them in the run up to the Final and he played in it. I imagine he has very fond memories of that.
They could go bankrupt or go into administration due to 777 struggling etc. Sounds a great gig lol.Don't kid yourself. Resurrecting Everton would be a massive feather in the cap. Whatever you think, Everton are legendary club of English footy.
Millwall, actually. Grew up steps from their training ground. He was playing for Portsmouth by 16 though...I swear I read somewhere he grew up a West Ham fan as well
Ordinarily I’d 100% agree with you on it. I just didn’t expect to be on the end of a hissy fit when I was actually agreeing with BSK for once
Yes, he was a Millwall fan, as I pointed out earlier in the thread.Millwall, actually. Grew up steps from their training ground. He was playing for Portsmouth by 16 though...
GON hasn’t done much as yet except get relegation favourites to punch above their weight. This is testament to his abilities to inspire a team ethic.I have some mates who support Sky 6 clubs and a couple of them have said they'd have GON. To me that is an even bigger indication that we must keep hold! If, and I am realising that it may be a very big if, GON is backed I believe he can win a domestic cup or two in the future. I've said that a few times and I think I will continue to say it regardless of how this season ends- it's important for me to remember what I was thinking last August.
I really like him. Everything I read about him or hear him say in his interviews makes me believe. GON and Hobbs can lead us into a bright future if they are allowed to do so.
I imagine if he does go it will be when he is told how many are out the door and the players that are coming in.I'll be shocked if he left after one season and before he can sign anyone. Just hope it was an one off moan and not a Lopetegui style moanathon as he doesn't come across as that type of person. With some players coming back hopefully will lift his mood and we move on together positive for the new season.
It's quite possible exactly the same thing could happen if he stays with us.If he leaves us and jumps ship to Man Utd or West Ham he might find himself on the Soccer Saturday panel by October ....with all the other ****neys..
Poor bloke......and we thought we had it badMillwall, actually. Grew up steps from their training ground. He was playing for Portsmouth by 16 though...
If he’s anything like the studious technician he’s made out to be he should be looking at today and games similar to see where he’s been outclassed by more experienced managers.Big fan of his but he really needs to sort out how we approach the second half way to many times this season we are sooooo slow and sit back way to deep and just allow away teams to gain momentum.
Oh, don’t twist it now. Moyes would have 100% said to Gary privately it was the wrong decision. What he says on and off camera won’t be the same thing.Did anyone notice GON stating Moyes and Fabianski told him it wasn’t a goal, but Moyes saying on MoTD it was the right decision? Seems like quite a thing to say if Moyes didn’t say it
This, GON not holding back in his reaction to refs (when he was so studious and careful after early-season VAR errors) plus recent comments about thin squad, suggest to me something has changed for GON…..