West Ham thread

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Gives you all the news about WHU from all the papers tv and radio and anyone else who has a website. Quite a bit of repartition and loads of rumours but you get it quick.

Smudge and mine's English teacher is a real worry, so balme all speling mystakes on her! lol

thanks

So Smudger, did your old man play football in Wgtn. North Wellington because of the jersey perhaps?

Nope. i don't know how ill have to ask. Woops, forgot it was F.A cup weekend.


And yes im not going to change from West ham
No matter what they come

nO MATTER WHAT THEY COME

And who are youre favourite players?
Hammerhead I take it is Mark Noble as his favourite

I don't really have a favourite...Green, Upson and Beharami have probably been our best this season. But yeah I always have a soft spot for the locals lads doing well for the club (i.e. Noble).  

Yeah same. There all good in my books. Last season I liked Dean Ashton, especially after that bicycle goal against united

As much as we have some good players now, you boys need to turn the clock back a little, I still think about the likes of Brooking, Devonshire, Bonds, Parkes, Cottee, Pike and alike.

I'm older than you!! Moore, Hurst, Peters

Thank god for the age of DVD. I've got 64, 75 and 80 Cup finals on DVD, so I certainly have some appreciation of how great those players were. But its difficult to choose a favourite player on just a hand ful of games. For that reason DiCanio remains my favourite.

I've always thought that picture of Noble on Hammerheads posts was him returning from a fishing trip and telling his mum how big the one was that got away.Maybe it was a small hammerhead

I cant remember many years back. Only been watching and keeping up with football for da last three years

Woke up at 1.30 am to watch live stream of the match, but couldn't get it work. Had to resort to score updates instead.

Yus just found owt result b4.

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Craig who???

(P.S. Dyer came on as a sub in the last game too).

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Crowd only 6848. We would have had a fair few of those.

Notice Upson "rested". He also missed the Barnsley game and is therefore not cup tied. (More to come next week perhaps?)
Neill was on the bench so I dont know whether that counts as cup tied or not. He didnt play against Barnsley either.

Still, good result and Joel Porter, he who wanted to play for the Phoenix this year, didnt score.

Role on round 6. Draw 7.15 am Monday NZ time.
Sheffield United at home would be something to get our teeth into.
uiron2009-01-25 15:44:23

Middlesbrough at Upton Park in the fifth round. That will do.

Sheffield Utd v Hull City
Watford v Chelsea
West Ham Utd v Middlesbrough
Sunderland or Blackburn v Coventry City
Derby or Nottingham Forest v Manchester Utd
Swansea v Fulham
Liverpool or Everton v Doncaster or Aston Villa
Cardiff or Arsenal v West Brom or Burnley

uiron2009-01-26 07:28:51

Its getting to the sharp end now and we're pretty lucky to have dodged the big four (or five if you  include Villa) thus far . A replay of the 2005/06 Semi (or QF??) awaits. I still get goosebumps thinking of that winner by Harewood. This year I genuinely think we loom as a dark horse in this comp once again.

So, lets be a bit presumptuous and consider that we beat Middelsbrough and progress to round six.
Going on form, we can expect the following teams to make up the eight.

Sheffield Utd v Hull City
Watford v Chelsea
West Ham Utd v Middlesbrough
Sunderland or Blackburn v Coventry City
Derby or Nottingham Forest v Manchester Utd
Swansea v Fulham
Liverpool or Everton v Doncaster or Aston Villa ***
Cardiff or Arsenal v West Brom or Burnley

*** Liverpool, Everton or Villa are all much of a muchness.
I would feel comfortable drawing Sheffield, Fulham and Blackburn, which only leaves four tough ones out of seven names, all of whom we can beat on our day.

Yeah, we could have a cup run this season.
See Mullins could be off to Pompey for 2 mill.

Not happy about Mullins leaving (if true). He's the perfect holding midfielder every team needs on the bench and he will be almost irreplaceable in my opinion. Sure we've got Collison now, but how many times has he been to Wembley or faced a last day relegation match? We need Mullins to stay, and if he does go then they had better have a special player lined up to come in. 

I think through the players we have on our books and there isnt anyone who we can call on to settle a midfield for the last 20 in the way he does. If anything happens to Parker he would be in. Noble doesnt have the ability to do that job and neither does Spector.

Mullins is one of those backroom boys who just goes out there and does it.

We do need to take into consideration that this rumour was started by the Daily Mail who are West Ham's least favoured sources

Perhaps this is the replacement
Stephen Appiah, currently on trial at Spurs bt a free agent.
He earned the nickname Tornado due to the fact that he is very dominant in midfield and is also very strong. A combative player, Stephen Appiah has a strong engine and good tactical awareness. He is an all-round box-to-box midfielder who is able to defend as well as create and score goals.

Mullins to Pompey has been confirmed. I've heard a couple of people mention Appiah now so hopefully theres some truth in that too (plus would be great to steal him from under the Spuds noses).

On a brighter note we have signed Savio Nsereko from Brescia for 7.5m pounds. Thats quite a lot for such a young player. His goal ratio is just 20 games and 3 goals, but clearly Zola, Clarke and Nani have seen enough to think he's worth shelling out for.

Hammer Head2009-01-27 08:11:15

This weeks games
V  Hull on Sky 2         Thursday Morning 9.00am.
V  Arsenal on Sky 2   Sunday Morning   3.55am

Got rid of Sky TV when my son was born, so hopefully Telecom Broadband will be fixed in time for me to see those games online. 

Big sacrifice replacing Sky with a son, but if he turns out to be a Hammers fanatic like his dad, then maybe it will be worthwhile in the longrun. 

What did you call him?
uiron2009-01-27 09:22:42

Found this site the other day.
Looking through the postings they seem to give regular updates from a Hammers Fan point of view rather than the greedy journo comments you get from the local rags.

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uiron2009-01-27 09:42:14

Hull City. The last time West Ham played themat Upton Park was in 1990 when we won 7 - 1.

I remember a sub coming on for Hull, a young Maori guy by the name of Harry Ngata. Yep same one.

First touch he hit a shot from outside the area that cannoned off the crossbar. That was it though.


uiron2009-01-27 15:36:31

i notice there's only you two geezers on this thread..

Posters always hiding, Ive looked everywhere....
Actually there were a couple of new ones recently but they seem to be resting at the moment. Even HK Keeper is quiet and Sir Trev. Saving ourselves for the big run in for Europe.

Did you know we have just signed a German, Ugandan and an Italian and he only needs one jersey.

Hope I get to see the game online. Am bloody excited about seeing our new Savi(our).

Feverish - Always knew you were a closet Hammer. Welcome.

  

Hammer Head2009-01-29 07:32:19

Savio been cleared to play this morning.
This new Czech International from Spartak Moscow, Radoslave Kovac who  we have signed on loan looks the goods. A fullback who also plays as a holding midfield player, 30 and tough.. Apparently AC Milan were after him at the beginning of the season but then they got Ivanovic. We can get him for 4 mill and that seems likely.
Dump Bellamy, buy Savio and Kovac, sell Mullins leaves us 2 mill up for the week. 

I didn't realise we signed him on loan? Sounds like theres a few clubs chasing him but they also reckoned it could become official today (uk time), so hopefully he can agree personal terms and an announcement made overnight.

Freakin broadband. Back to live updates godammit.

Goal to DiMichelle!! Phew, sounds like we've squandered a few.