85 mill or 8.5 mill for a 20 mill player is equally insane to be fair. And you wouldn't bet against him doing either. Also @ mods, how come on this thread you can't edit your posts? 8.5m for a 20m player? That is a lot for a World Class negotiator securing world class talent at this point in the wi...

Once more I am bemused by the ownership and their acolytes bollocks around transfers. Whetstone, under an "Exclusive: Sell on clause revealed" comes up with some fascinating maths around Sunderland's sale of Pierre Akwah.  We bought him for an undisclosed fee from Chelsea in 2021 and sold ...

With a change of ownership, however, his feet shouldn't touch. Agree with a lot of that but fuck waiting to boot him out till they finally do one. BS don't look to be going anywhere, anytime soon. Problem with that is that it would be Sullivan and Brady that would be doing the booting. If anyone ca...

What gets lost in all this transfer window excitement for me is that, based on the "World Class Club in a World Class Stadium" promises on moving to Stratford any ownership with a vision, strategy and tactics to deliver that strategy would, by now, be looking at one or two players to refre...

Bang average manager with a poor record of achievement. One period of 4 months without a goal, another period of 4 months without a home win at Brighton. Rabbit in the headlights at Chelsea. Sadly, an ideal manager for us under current ownership. Following in a long line of dull, safety first, anti-...

Josh Brownhill is a reasonable lower premier league midfield player but I am a bit confused by continually being linked with him. If McCauley and Potter are leading the recruitment then why are we attempting to sign someone we have been linked with regularly during and since Moyes reign? Are they de...

No one's sold on the idea on getting all 3 of Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis and KWP, are they? I think that says a lot.  A few of us might be happy with Ramsdale, a few of us might be happy with Harwood-Bellis, and a few of us might be happy with KWP. I wouldn't be going anywhere near all 3 of them, I t...

I think it's classic West Ham of us to be chasing defensive players that heavily contributed towards conceding the most goals (86) in a relegated side that finished rock bottom of the Premier League - Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis and Walker-Peters. If that's the best we can do to replace the excellent ...

The club should be all over the FA. The FA are behaving like a Victorian school master intent on punishing a disliked child, irrespective of guilt. The FA were, and are, wrong on so many counts.  To pursue the matter at all, Paqueta is accused of insider trading, providing details of when and where ...

Ramsdale. A man who's position relies on concentration yet he readily admits he finds concentrating difficult. If we sign him it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Potter, Brady and Sullivan are a match made in their own heaven. Absolutely no ambition whatsoever. Why are we still rummaging aroun...

I just don't care.

Love the bloke. Tremendous attitude. Puts everything into his game. Bleeds for the shirt. When he came brought an enthusiasm and commitment that was desperately needed. Comes across as a top class man who's company you could enjoy. It is almost like watching a fan play for the club, leaves it all on...

ATHammer, have you got an executive summary? Sorry Mate. That was an executive summary! "World Class Team in a World Class Stadium with World Class transport links." The weight of information demonstrating that to be a crock of shit would overwhelm this site; fill a few volumes of encyclo...

If ever there was evidence needed that napoleon and that absolute horror Brady need to go it was Sunday's shit show against Forest. Why? Well, the fact that we have a top class shot stopping keeper who's weakness is kicking is well known. So, regularly our know-nothing manager has him playing out fr...

Here we go again. Season ticket sales not as good as desired by Sullivan; West Ham not such an attractive proposition for incoming talent given the shit football, poor manager and allegedly toxic atmosphere around the club. Add to that Gold's estate coming out of probate and the time limit on  payba...

As the major shareholder and decision maker in a world class club, boasting a world class stadium with world class transport links I would like to ask two questions related to the most important roles in a football club which wants to be taken seriously. 1. Why do we not have a world class director ...

If the utube talking heads are to be believed the summer of discontent has begun. At various times it is suggested that Potter spoke to Angel Gomes twice. It is also suggested that we made a derisory offer earlier this year, subsequently increased, both offers were rejected. Under the heading of &qu...

just like the boleyn set the tone for who we were as a support, so will the bowl. initially there was a rejection, like a host body spitting out a foreign kidney, but as time goes on we're being moulded by it. eventually it will be the perfect fit for the sort of club we are. A club in Brady's imag...

Want him gone now but, with Sullivan and Brady involved they will only find us yet another useless cսnt. Potter is a symptom of the Sullivan, anti-football disease he has inflicted on our club from the outset. All I want is to watch some entertaining football. Potter had the tools to do that and had...

I agree with pretty much everything he said and liked the way he delivered it, including the shrug when the interviewer apologised for the bad language. Yes, I know he has form for this type of outburst. My take on it is he is a consummate professional with high standards and that performance hurt. ...

No progress at all. We score less goals, we lose more games, the football is dire and we get less points. Gone backwards.
Not getting tonked is not progress if you continue to lose, winning in style is progress.
Bloke is a massive disappointment.

Why shouldn't he go down when shoved in the back. Seriously you see it all the time, a defending player shielding the ball. The slightest contact from behind and they go down and get a free kick.. This wasn't a slight touch he tried to knock him out of the way it was a foul and should have been giv...

Fuck my old boots! Noble and DiCanio often fell to the invisible touch with a lot less abuse. Kane; Saka; Sallah; Son and Grealish are all stalked by a regiment of snipers but you rarely, if ever, do you hear their clubs supporters moan about them.  I doubt he will be here next year and I will miss ...

I doubt he is that bad otherwise there would be little to no interest in him at, or near, the purchase price. It seemed strange that he was bought at, or around the same time as Summerville, and plays in the same position. We are told that Summerville was Sullivan's signing and Guilherme Steidten's....

Wouldn't it be nice if we had a manager with charisma and style?  A manager who, after a shit season, had the personality and gravitas to persuade the best players to stay and build a good quality, competitive team around, to encourage new, exciting players to join the club with the best of the acad...