Razzle 11:22 Wed Jan 30
Season is finished - time to build
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Start building for next season now to hit the ground running.
Jettison the dead wood and the hangers-on and build a team that that is gelled and cohesive for the start of the season.
Plan now. Understand the costs for planning and not planning - we tend to rely on luck rather than good judgment.
Time for a step change. No pissing about, identify targets bring them in early.and build..
Every season is the same, sometimes all i want is a good cup run whether that is the FA or Mickey Mouse I aint bothered - give something back to the supporters.
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Eerie Descent
4:38 Wed Jan 30
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*throws paper dart at V's head*
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
4:32 Wed Jan 30
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Well passes per match are up by about 15% - so I guess something is a bit better
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
4:23 Wed Jan 30
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'Alex V 2:11 Wed Jan 30
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>>> Our possession statistics must be through the roof
They aren't.'
Aw! If you know that you can post them up. Don't be coy.
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Lee Trundle
3:54 Wed Jan 30
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*pins "Kick Me" sign on V's back as he walks away*
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Alex V
3:46 Wed Jan 30
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I'd advise both of you to stop the playground insults and offer a view or opinion about the club instead. You might feel better.
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Lee Trundle
3:42 Wed Jan 30
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"At least us being shit makes you happy, V.
It's your reason to live, and you come alive on here."
Seeing as he's such a STAT man, I'd love to see the quantity of posts of his after a win, compared to after a loss.
I reckon the xPs would show a lot.
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Razzle
3:34 Wed Jan 30
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/8311354/west-ham-sign-mesaque-dju-benfica/
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Eerie Descent
2:42 Wed Jan 30
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At least us being shit makes you happy, V.
It's your reason to live, and you come alive on here.
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Alex V
2:36 Wed Jan 30
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Westside 2:29 Wed Jan 30
I disagree on the mid-table. I think there are very few sides in the league who are playing to an Allardyce/Pulis style this season. I think that's helped us massively because I think it's close to kryptonite to Pellegrini's approach.
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Westside
2:29 Wed Jan 30
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This means we can usually beat the poor teams and get better results than before against the top, footballing outfits, but are vulnerable to the counter-attacking dross that inhabits much of the middle of the table and achieves what success it does by playing the Allardyce/Moyes way.
In his last season, Allardyce had 6 more points, after the same number of games, as we have this season.
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The Hammers
2:29 Wed Jan 30
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Season not over
and we are not safe yet
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BRANDED
2:27 Wed Jan 30
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We've played just good enough to get 31 points.
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goose
2:24 Wed Jan 30
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build for what exactly? the squad needs another £80m spent on it, and that ain't happening.
bar a decent spell in december we've been mostly shit.
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Manip
2:18 Wed Jan 30
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SS saying Gomez is coming in the summer. Updated today 11.51am.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11685/11622267/west-ham-set-to-sign-celta-vigo-striker-maxi-gomez
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LeroysBoots
2:17 Wed Jan 30
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ludo21 1:26 Wed Jan 30
100% right
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Alex V
2:11 Wed Jan 30
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>>> Our possession statistics must be through the roof
They aren't.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
1:49 Wed Jan 30
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Pelle is caught in a bit of a cleft stick at the moment.
His mission was to build the club towards regular high finishes AND to play better football than Allardyce and (a bit unjustly) Moyes.
Taking aside the past couple of games, most would agree that the football is better. Our possession statistics must be through the roof, though I haven't checked it. And we are usually passing on the floor.
However, we have a decent side, not a very good side. This means we can usually beat the poor teams and get better results than before against the top, footballing outfits, but are vulnerable to the counter-attacking dross that inhabits much of the middle of the table and achieves what success it does by playing the Allardyce/Moyes way.
These things take time.
Chill, fellahs.
And... um, peace, man.
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Stubbo
1:41 Wed Jan 30
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Suspect the team next season might look a bit like:
Fabianski
Zabaleta
Balbuena
Diop
Cresswell
Rice
Nasri
Lanzini
Yarmalenko
Arnautovic (or maybe new striker)
Anderson
"Interesting" about that is that all but possibly a new striker are already in the squad, but as of now 6 of them are injured.
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Keep dreaming
1:33 Wed Jan 30
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Good opening post. Cant agree more, but you have to be careful so theu dont end up like the scared shitcunts we have at the moment.
Bring the kids, at least they remember how to pass a fucking ball
Ogbonna, Masuaku, Obiang can wash the kits until the summer
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zico
1:32 Wed Jan 30
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Stubbo 12:03 Wed Jan 30
Great post Stubbo and it's worrying on what you say about the resale of many of the players. One who would sell is Anderson and I'm pretty sure some will come sniffing at the end of the season. Sadly that's the West Ham way, we get in a maverick you can build a team around and it never lasts.
I said in a post on the match thread we seem to have players that fit into two categories. Slow and can read a game, Quick and can't read a game. Even if Lanzini and Wilshire come back and we had a technical midfield in say Anderson, Noble, Wilshire, Lanzini whilst technically very good we will get battered the way Pellegrini seems to prefer just two in there so it's an incredible balancing act you have to make.
We have made a rod from our own back though with the injuries. Whilst some are extremely unfortunate others you could have foreseen a mile off with their history.
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Alex V
1:31 Wed Jan 30
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Masuaku's contract has only 18 months left - the club probably should have taken the decision on selling him or giving him a new deal already.
It might be that by the Summer he'd rather run down the deal than agree a move anyway.
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