Alex V
10:12 Fri Feb 27
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>>> Particuarly given we should have had another 4 pts from those
Not in my opinion - I think we rode our luck in all three.
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Hammer and Pickle
10:16 Fri Feb 27
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Crassus mate, it's been relegation form since the Chelsea game.
Leaving aside the club politics of who has the real say-so on transfers, Allardyce has found himself with real talent at his disposal this season. Yes the squad is on the thin side, but so has been the inclination to use it to its full potential. And this is where it has all gone tits up, hasn't it. Instead of using the talent it's been about the reliance on Nolan and Carroll/Cole and a truly cavalier approach to other players' football abilities (the Zarate loan, Amalfitano benched, Downing out of position out wide, Noble under clear instructions to stay back, Song looking like he couldn't give a toss).
Sorry he's really, really old school and that means the "boys" do what they are told and play to his instructions.
That simply is not going to work with these new players.
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Hermit Road
10:21 Fri Feb 27
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Jenkinson isn't a find, he's played in and acquited himself well in the Champions League for Arsenal. Cresswell was voted the best left back in the championship last year so was hardly an unknown.
Two fantastic signings no doubt, but they weren't exactly hidden gems.
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Balto
10:47 Fri Feb 27
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The question to ask ourselves is: do players get better working with Allardyce? I would answer no. But I'm biased.
Ignoring the man for a moment, the qualifications, experience and capabilities required of a modern Premier League Manager have changed radically over the last ten years.
If I were DG & DS I would create a spereadsheet of what they are looking for and see who fits the bill.
I think tactical flexibility is key and BFS is very rigid. Crossing balls to center halves isn't a way forward and we seem to have found alternative by accident - which is worrying.
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KingandPaynter
10:48 Fri Feb 27
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If BFS stays it will never be happy ever after - his ego is detrimental to West Ham United FC and the multi-million £ future of the club....
Every week he shows how stupid that ego is either in tactics or stuff he spouts in interviews 'most sophisticated manager in the PL' for example. Harry Kane is better than Rooney days before we play Spurs which bigs up the Spurs player who dives for a Penalty in the dying secs - wish he'd just shut the fuck up and manage the team without Nolan and let Valencia/Sahko fly for us.
BUT HE WON'T DO THAT !!
holyhandgrenade 5:25 Fri Feb 27
West Ham’s marriage of convenience threatened by struggle for power
Good piece and gets across how finely poised this relationship is. I hope we have a good run-in, BFS stays and we all live happily ever after... :-)
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Brucies_Star_Prize
10:57 Fri Feb 27
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Hammer and Pickle 10:16 Fri Feb 27
Re: West Ham’s marriage of convenience threatened by struggle for power
Relegation form?
Put the vodka away mate.
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Hammer and Pickle
11:06 Sat Feb 28
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8 points out of a possible 27 and only one win (Stoke).
Oh and try shots of chilled vodka with pickled Bismarck herrings under a dollop of sour cream - soon put a bit of lead in your pencil.
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threesixty
11:24 Sat Feb 28
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Do you stay with a girl with huge tits and gives great head but winds you up all the time? Sometimes you gotta let em go for your own sanity!
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WHU(Exeter)
12:24 Sat Feb 28
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Makes football management sound a right doddle.
Have to wonder why they're employing the 13th(?) highest paid one in football.
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Brucies_Star_Prize
12:36 Sat Feb 28
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Hammer and Pickle 11:06 Sat Feb 28
It's actually actually 9 points from 9 games and we didn't play Stoke (we beat Hull). That isn't relegation form in itself but when you consider that 6 of those 9 games were against teams above us in the league it helps provide some context.
You could just as easily argue that our form in the 11 games prior to Chelsea was 'championship winning' but that would be equally dishonest.
*passes over the Żołądkova Gorzka*
Na zdrowie
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Hammer and Pickle
1:13 Sat Feb 28
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Hull it was.
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