Sniper
2:09 Sat Jan 28
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I was always miffed we didn't sign porfirio - he was great!
I could also never understand why Harry didn't play Michael Hughes more - I was annoyed when he left
Otherwise the big ones for me, not counting those whom jumped ship after relegation, were bilic, then unsworth (stupid wife) and Rio. Every time it looked like we were building a good team it got dismantled
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alfs barnet
2:14 Sat Jan 28
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Craig Bellamy.
Him leaving was the start of some dark times.
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J.Riddle
2:17 Sat Jan 28
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Ince
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Takashi Miike
2:21 Sat Jan 28
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I know they all returned but Cottee, Mcavennie & Dicks leaving hit me hard
others that I was sad to see go were Ward, Dickens, Rieper, Bilic, Unsworth, Michael Hughes, Danny Williamson, Rio, Sinclair, Berkovic & Yossi
there's probably more
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Woodford Green
2:42 Sat Jan 28
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Macavennie and Dicks were hard to take but I was probably most gutted when we lost Stuart Slater.
Selling John Hartson was irksome more because Wimbledon bought him for more than we'd ever paid out for a player at that time
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geoffpikey
2:45 Sat Jan 28
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If pushed, it's looking at the SQUAD around 1999-2000 that is probably the most irksome.
Rio, Carrick, Joe Cole, Lampard Jr, Defoe. Intertoto then UEFA Cup, and potential to have been one of the great ENGLISH WHU teams. With a dose of Parlo madness.
How the hell did we fuck that up so badly? (I know.)
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Takashi Miike
2:53 Sat Jan 28
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Geoff, begins with Terrence, ends in Brown. thats why I stopped going
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zebthecat
3:00 Sat Jan 28
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alfs barnet 2:14 Sat Jan 28
Just imagine if him and Ashton had forged a partnership
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geoffpikey
3:03 Sat Jan 28
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Miike,I KNNNOOOOWWWW!
Thing is, for me, was around then I left London. So, even if no more regular trips to Upton Park I was genuinely excited about our future.
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Son of Anarchy
3:12 Sat Jan 28
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Always sad when the star players at the time move on and its west ham so they always did, are and will.
David Unsworth was one I was sad to see go, he was superb for us.
Thomas Hitzelberger was another that shouldve stayed longer
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roltrader
3:18 Sat Jan 28
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Tevez
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Tomsdad
3:23 Sat Jan 28
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alfs barnet 2:14 Sat Jan 28
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Far Cough
3:53 Sat Jan 28
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Syd Puddefoot
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Leeshere
4:10 Sat Jan 28
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Was gutted when Mark Ward left in 89.
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Leeshere
4:17 Sat Jan 28
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You could also argue it took five seasons to recover from the Cottee sale, had no-one to score the goals at the top level.
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Northern Sold
4:24 Sat Jan 28
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Paul Allen was the worst one for me.... was one of us... FA cup hero...just had a brilliant season... and then fucks off to a team that were no better than us at the time... proper pencil through the heart that was
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Percy Dalton
4:38 Sat Jan 28
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Ferdinand and Carrick.
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Scraper
4:55 Sat Jan 28
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Ravel "Razza" Morrison
A joy to watch
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IsaacHock
4:58 Sat Jan 28
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Agree with many of the names here, but am surprised to see no mention of Kanoute.
So, er, Kanoute.
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Alex Bunbury
5:30 Sat Jan 28
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There are loads that are obvious but I would have liked to have kept hold of Rio for a bit longer than we did, particularly, given how badly the money we got for him was wasted.
I was also gutted when Bilic went to Everton as clearly he went for financial reasons rather than football as they were a very average side.
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Sniper
5:39 Sat Jan 28
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Mark Robson was another one for me - always felt he deserved more of a shit at the premier league
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