Welcome to West Ham United Julen Lopetegui

[Barty]

Champions league here we come ! ?üòâ

[Side of Ham]

"To me I think Steitden wants to get in some pretty big ego’s at some stage the sort Moyes wouldn’t work with and vice versa. This is the step up, getting a manager who is used to the types of ego that take you forwards."

[Lee Trundle]

"I think you and Sullivan are likely to get your way, Nagel, so I wouldn't fret too much about what I think. And I certainly wouldn't be going to the lengths Nicey went to over Allardyce when he does rock up. I'll support him. I just don't have the same excitement over his achievements as others. That's it."

[Nagel]

"Yeah, it's wrong. Not your fault, but it is. My hero. LOL. You really have thrown your toys out of the pram about this."

[Lee Trundle]

"https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-sevilla/platzierungen/verein/368 I'm going on that. You might want to get them to amend that to defend the honour of your hero, Nagel."

[Nagel]

"""went 5 years in a row (2005-201) finishing in the top 4."" Wrong again. 04/05: 6th 05/06: 5th 06/07: 3rd 07/08: 5th 08/09: 3rd 09/10: 4th"

[Lee Trundle]

"Eerie Descent 3:32 Tue May 7 ""He finished 4th 3 years in a row, the only time the club has done that in it's history."" They did that only a few years previously, and went 5 years in a row (2005-201) finishing in the top 4. ""All signs are that he will give youth a chance"" In the past year he looked at buying Ings and Cresswell, and bought Dawson from us. I'm just looking at both sides of the coin."

[ludo21]

I wouldn't mind betting that he will at least go and watch the U21s play on a regular basis.

[goose]

Trunds I’m not sure that’s the case. Steidten interviewed and endorsed Lopetegui. I think Amorim was top of the list but just didn’t wanna come here.

[Eerie Descent]

"He finished 4th 3 years in a row, the only time the club has done that in it's history. And won the Europa league. It's not extraordinary, I'm not sure anyone who would be on our list would have done something extraordinary tbh. I'm excited that Moyes has gone. I'm not doing cartwheels that it's Loppy, but the more I've looked into him, the more I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do. He's got proper stamp about him, supremely confident, has the personality and character for our fanbase, lives & breathes the job, embraces and engages the whole squad, likes to play football with the football and loves to make a sub. My reservations are will it be possession for possession's sake, slow build up, and not many goals. All signs are that he will give youth a chance, but we'll see. The last 2 years have been so bonecrushingly shit to watch, apart from 1 night, that I'm going on hope more than anything as I'm desperate to enjoy watching us again."

[Lee Trundle]

"I hope he's as good as you think he is, Eerie. I think a lot of my frustration is that we're likely to go down the idiots (Sullivans) route, and ignore the footballing people at our club who aren't are too confident about him. I see it more like them, I suppose."

[Eerie Descent]

"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL8VGjJTGj0 A goal scored during his time managing Sevilla. I'm imagining Kust Zouma receiving that ball in the corner, launching it straight back to the opposition on the halfway line. Pretty much the polar opposite to Moyes."

[Lee Trundle]

"My honest option is that winning the Europa League and finishing 4th with Sevilla, is hardly extraordinary. It's obvious I'm not as excited about this bloke coming as the majority. And I'm trying to look at the whole picture, but the more I look at the less I'm excite about. The biggest complement I can give him is that he's not Moyes."

[Eerie Descent]

"Yeah, stating that he's not anyone's first choice, but trying to look at his whole career with a bit of calm and logic, and hoping that he could be a good fit, is really giddy stuff. Whereas having a near on meltdown that he failed at Real Madrid is taking the moral high ground. Again, cut away all the bollocks, and have a genuine look at his time at Sevilla, and give an honest opinion on that. We know about your opinion of his time at Madrid, you've done that to death."

[BRANDED]

I can't quite work out if people are all on a performance on here or they really are this excitable.

[Nagel]

"Real Madrid rightly sacked him because he made a terrible start to the season. There doesn't need to be all this nonsense about how incredibly shit it is not to win a trophy there, as if he'd been there for 3 years, not 3 months. I don't know about telling kids santa isn't real, it's more like with Nutsin and the other political types on here, who just pick a side and stick to it, focusing on and exaggerating the bad and completely ignoring anything remotely good. It's childish."

[Lee Trundle]

"Nagel 2:52 Tue May 7 ""So, basically you're basing it all on his debut match in charge of them? Right-o."" You reckon that's what Madrid did as well, before they sacked him? Eerie Descent 2:51 Tue May 7 ""Trunds, you are giving off the impression you want this to go tits up."" Yeah perhaps I am. I'll probably shut up and let everyone get giddy about this bloke who isn't even our manager yet. I feel like I'm telling kids santa isn't real here."

[the exile]

"Spoke to my Wolves mate, who reckons Lope will get us back into Europe but we might be a bit underwhelmed with the style of football. I said it can't be worse than Moyes's. Incidentally, he asked if they could have Antonio off us. I offered him Soucek."

[the exile]

"Spoke to my Wolves mate, who reckons Lope will get us back into Europe but we might be a bit underwhelmed with the style of football. I said it can't be worse than Moyes's. Incidentally, he asked if they could have Antonio off us. I offered him Soucek."

[Nagel]

"Yeah, I did forget about the super cup. So, basically you're basing it all on his debut match in charge of them? Right-o."

[Eerie Descent]

"Trunds, you are giving off the impression you want this to go tits up. Yes, Madrid was shit. Porto a decade ago, shit. For Spain he didn't lose a game, Sevilla he was excellent overall. Wolves he done a good job keeping them up. The stuff about him leaving, none of us know what was really going on, so it's pointless debating it. Just so it doesn't get lost, he wouldn't be my choice. And I'm all for debating the pros and cons before he turns up, but that's not what you're doing really, you're just hammering him. At least judge the job he done at Sevilla for 3 years with a bit of sincerity."

[Lee Trundle]

A miracle? You forgetting about about the UEFA Super Cup Final that he lost to their arch rivals?

[Nagel]

"Who's focusing on it? You asked me if any of what you said was incorrect and I gave you an example. I know you love banging on about his time at Real Madrid, but even you must realise that to win anything at all when you're sacked in the first 3 months of the season would be quite an achievement. Some would say a fucking miracle."

[Hammer and Pickle]

"Don’t get all huffy Jon. At the moment the new man is welcome because there is every chance he won’t be playing dire football thus alienating good players and the kind of fan that enjoys good football. There is also every chance that by doing so you will also get what you want, which I assume is cups and results, so chin up and try not to dribble on the screen."

[Lee Trundle]

"*To win nothing with Real Madrid and Porto is really, really shit."

[Lee Trundle]

"Nagel 2:35 Tue May 7 I corrected that immediately and said 15 years. To be honest, it doesn't bother me how many years it was. To win nothing with Real Madrid is really, really shit. There's no other words to it. You keep focusing on the mistake I made there, though, and keep throwing blind faith at a bloke who isn't even our manager yet."