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Any Old Iron 12:56 Tue Mar 17
'West Ham Step up pursuit of Moyes'
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According to the Telegraph Gold and Sullivan are after Moyes and have put his former chief scout in charge of recruitment. A clear signal that the days of the Walrus are numbered.
The big downside to the article is that we're still interested in the idiot Adebayour.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/west-ham/11475476/West-Ham-step-up-bid-for-David-Moyes-after-asking-his-old-scout-to-lead-transfer-search.html
West Ham are ready to step up their pursuit of David Moyes after putting his old Everton scout Tony Henry in charge of their summer recruitment policy.
Henry was appointed by West Ham co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold this season and, significantly, the ex-Everton man is understood to be heading the summer transfer plans instead of manager Sam Allardyce’s trusted scout Martin Glover.
Allardyce is yet to be offered a new contract by West Ham and is a candidate to take over at Sunderland at the end of the season, although he does not appear to fit the club's head coach model.
Ironically, West Ham face Sunderland next at Upton Park and that fixture, together with games against Leicester City and Stoke City, may go a long way to deciding the future of Allardyce.
As revealed by Telegraph Sport last month, West Ham have already started drawing up a list of potential candidates to replace Allardyce with Moyes the top choice ahead of Slaven Bilic. Rafa Benitez is also an intriguing option being considered.
Henry worked closely with Moyes at Everton, convincing the former Manchester United manager to sign defender John Stones from Barnsley in January 2013.
Sullivan and Gold have already asked Henry to identify potential signings for next season, although one of the top priorities is to sign right-back Carl Jenkinson on a permanent deal from Arsenal.
West Ham also want a new striker and retain an interest in Tottenham Hotspur’s Emmanuel Adebayor, who was blocked from moving to Upton Park in January by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.
Target: West Ham retain an interest in Emmanuel Adebayor
Levy may be more willing to do a deal with the Hammers in the summer, when the impact of Adebayor will not be such a source of potential embarrassment to Tottenham, although the player’s £100,000-a-week wages will remain an issue.
It remains to be seen whether the influence of Henry can tempt Moyes back to England this summer, as the Scotsman has told friends that he is happy at Real Sociedad and grateful for the chance the club gave him to step back into management after being sacked by United.
Moyes was appointed Real Sociedad manager in November and signed an 18-month contract with the Spanish club. His reported wages of £1.5m-a-year are significantly less than the £3m-a-year Allardyce currently earns at West Ham.
Sullivan and Gold are determined not to be rushed into a decision over Allardyce, but one win in West Ham’s last 12 Premier League games has piled the pressure back on the former Bolton, Newcastle and Blackburn manager.
Pressure: Sam Allardyce is under pressure at Upton Park
West Ham have gone from mounting an unlikely challenge to qualify for the Champions League to slipping down to 10th place in the table and have been hit badly by injuries.
Allardyce played for a year at Sunderland and could be seen by the club as the man to either prevent their annual battle against relegation from the Premier League or try to win promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt.
Bilic may be easier to tempt to Upton Park than Moyes, but the former West Ham defender lacks experience of managing in the Premier League which is an important factor for Sullivan and Gold.
Contender: Slaven Bilic could be easier to tempt to West Ham than David Moyes
The 46-year-old has managed the Croatia national team and is now in charge of a Besitkas side who are top of the Turkish Super League and knocked Liverpool out of the Europa League.
Former Liverpool manager Benitez, who also took charge of Chelsea for six months, is expected to leave Napoli at the end of the season and has the type of experience that interests Sullivan and Gold if the Spaniard is not snapped up by a bigger club.
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Russ of the BML
9:39 Wed Mar 18
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I just don't see how people want Sam out and Moyes in. Moyes made Everton hard to beat and dogged, that's all. They played a hard, fast and direct style of football and, for me, all the fans that want entertaining will be left seriously cold by Moyes. He will do no more than Sam is doing or has done. This would be a poor, poor appointment in my eyes. We have PL stability, we want a little more now. Moyes is not the man to move us forward. He will keep us still but not move us forward.
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Hugh Jargon
9:24 Wed Mar 18
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Got to be rafa.
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Sydney_Iron
7:42 Wed Mar 18
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Hes Too Scottish for my liking, there for im out.
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TheBoleynBoy
2:11 Wed Mar 18
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Lily -
Nah im in with Ajax, I know about Den Haag though, by all accounts from what i hear they still are a bit tasty but probably not on the same scale.
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stomper
1:56 Wed Mar 18
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Moyes is a steady Eddy with a point to prove. Leading us into the OS would fit his career path perfectly. I reckon he'd give youth a chance as well
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Lily Hammer
1:44 Wed Mar 18
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Are you going in with the Den Haag fans, BB? Are they still as nutty as they used ot be back in the 80s?
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TheBoleynBoy
1:35 Wed Mar 18
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Lily -
I knew i fucked up the spelling even after checking it!
My thoughts exactly, plays some evry entertaining football and i believe he has interest in academy players, which could get some fans on side.
im going to see Ajax v Den Haag at the weekend so maybe i will have an even better insight into how they play and set themselves up.
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Lily Hammer
1:19 Wed Mar 18
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TheBoleynBoy 12:51 Wed Mar 18
Spelt right, he's the one that gets me interested, Ajax total football. He carries a lot of clout with dutch players. The question is, can he command a similar respect with British(International players? If so, he'd be great, is my guess.
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TheBoleynBoy
12:51 Wed Mar 18
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How about Frank De Boar?
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One Raducioiu!
10:13 Tue Mar 17
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Both Moyes and Bilic would be very good appointments for the club. Don't understand why people either seem to be against both, or for one and against the other.
Remember, most of those very same people were wanking themselves silly about Curbishley becoming our manager not so very long ago, and personally the record of both Bilic and Moyes excite me far more than Curbishley's. We have moved forward quite a way and so many people are blind to that fact.
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terry-h
8:08 Tue Mar 17
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I don't think it's likely Moyes will want to come. He's only just gone to Spain and his missus probably likes it out there.
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kylay
7:57 Tue Mar 17
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Justin P 7:18 Tue Mar 17
Given Mancini's relationship with Tevez, I'm sure he'd be a perfect fit with the fans here. He'd have more excuses than this site has arseholes.
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Justin P
7:18 Tue Mar 17
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Why we looking at this cunt to take us into the Olympic Staduim era?!
The guy is boring and a fucking loser, never won a fucking thing 10 years at Everton
Rafa Benitez or Roberto Mancini for me, Laudrup at a push
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Willtell
7:01 Tue Mar 17
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Side of Ham 6:52
"Great so that survey proved what? ....."
That you're a twat that could pick a fight in a broom closet.
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Takashi Miike
7:01 Tue Mar 17
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im thinking moyes is merely a sidestep in terms of quality and it would be a mediocre appointment. let's push the boat out and attract a winner to the club
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peroni
6:56 Tue Mar 17
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"The big downside to the article is that we're still interested in the idiot Adebayour."
No, the big downside is that we might be after Moyes, the angry Gollum twat.
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Side of Ham
6:52 Tue Mar 17
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Great so that survey proved what? a League One standard player found Sam too tough when he was young and in a PL youth set up hence he's in League One not the PL now?
Sounds like the difference between making the top league and not.
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Willtell
6:45 Tue Mar 17
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Thanks for finding that survey guys.
OK stewie? At least you now know that I wasn't making it up. You really need to keep abreast of what's happening out there away from WHO...
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Hugh Monteith
6:33 Tue Mar 17
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This thread is like a miseducated fat dietician looking for a frying pan.
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El Scorchio
6:26 Tue Mar 17
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Just for context, it's worth noting there were only 6 managers in that poll.
Allardyce on 6% was joint 4th with Jurgen Klopp and just behind Arsene Wenger who was on 8%
Mourinho and Guardiola unsurprisingly had 79% of the vote just between the pair of them.
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