The Official West Ham United Thread. Vol 2

The Official West Ham United Thread. Vol 2

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bad company

18,484 posts

265 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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coldel said:
BrabusMog said:
I'm not going to every game like I used to, but, from what I see, Noble is firing on all cylinders. Like he always does. People are very fickle when it comes to footballers nowadays...
I think some of the criticism was fair, he was well off the pace for some time but seems to have sparked back given the deficiencies of others around him. Still gets booked each game though!
Noble always gives us 100%. Yes he lost a bit of form for a while but nobody should question his commitment.

RichB

51,435 posts

283 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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coldel said:
...having watched Kouyate stumble aimlessly around the field for half the season a blind 90 year old one legged alcoholic guy who smokes 40 a day would be an upgrade...
So what's happened to Kouyate? He was excellent a couple of years ago.

bad company

18,484 posts

265 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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RichB said:
So what's happened to Kouyate? He was excellent a couple of years ago.
So was Andy Carroll imo. frown

TCEvo

12,625 posts

201 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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coldel said:
BrabusMog said:
I'm not going to every game like I used to, but, from what I see, Noble is firing on all cylinders. Like he always does. People are very fickle when it comes to footballers nowadays...
I think some of the criticism was fair, he was well off the pace for some time but seems to have sparked back given the deficiencies of others around him. Still gets booked each game though!
Most importantly he's stopped doing that stupid Scott Parker style spin/turn that he had a habit of doing last season.

Obiang did it a couple of times in Tues though.

sjc

13,884 posts

269 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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coldel said:
Still no comments or mentions at all on all the west ham gossip sites on the net of Shelvey?
Maybe Harry Potter's coming for him.

coldel

7,733 posts

145 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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bad company said:
coldel said:
BrabusMog said:
I'm not going to every game like I used to, but, from what I see, Noble is firing on all cylinders. Like he always does. People are very fickle when it comes to footballers nowadays...
I think some of the criticism was fair, he was well off the pace for some time but seems to have sparked back given the deficiencies of others around him. Still gets booked each game though!
Noble always gives us 100%. Yes he lost a bit of form for a while but nobody should question his commitment.
No questioning commitment they guy is west ham through and through - on par with Alvin Martin and Billy Bonds in terms of being a west ham man. But in modern premiership football its hard to get by on commitment alone, he did have a fairly lean spell whilst Kouyate and Obiang started playing well, suddenly both of those have lost form and Nobes seems to have decided to eeeek out that extra % to somehow drag us through scrappy games. Fair play to him.

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42740183

That will put the kybosh on any AC transfer.

TCEvo

12,625 posts

201 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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BrabusMog said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42740183

That will put the kybosh on any AC transfer.
Annoying re injury, but standard & business as usual for us.

Didn't think for a moment he'd be off anyway.

TCEvo

12,625 posts

201 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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coldel said:
No questioning commitment they guy is west ham through and through - on par with Alvin Martin and Billy Bonds in terms of being a west ham man. But in modern premiership football its hard to get by on commitment alone, he did have a fairly lean spell whilst Kouyate and Obiang started playing well, suddenly both of those have lost form and Nobes seems to have decided to eeeek out that extra % to somehow drag us through scrappy games. Fair play to him.
He's also looked a lot fitter recently which has been to the benefit of his game.

Hammer67

5,706 posts

183 months

Thursday 18th January 2018
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BrabusMog said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42740183

That will put the kybosh on any AC transfer.
The BBC have had that page up and running since Aug 30 2012.

RichB

51,435 posts

283 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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BrabusMog said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42740183

That will put the kybosh on any AC transfer.
rofl

coldel

7,733 posts

145 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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Hammer67 said:
BrabusMog said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42740183

That will put the kybosh on any AC transfer.
The BBC have had that page up and running since Aug 30 2012.
Haha yes its like they have a template:

Andy Carroll is out injured for [insert number of months] months with a [insert back/hip/knee/ankle/muscle] injury sustained in training...

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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laugh

coldel

7,733 posts

145 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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Shelvey still sat in Stansted airport then lol

TCEvo

12,625 posts

201 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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Good, hopefully M11 & A120 shut, and club too tight to cough up for the Stansted Express.

sjc

13,884 posts

269 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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coldel said:
Shelvey still sat in Stansted airport then lol
As per our song for him looking like Voldermort...Harry Potters comin for him!

sjc

13,884 posts

269 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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TCEvo said:
Good, hopefully M11 & A120 shut, and club too tight to cough up for the Stansted Express.
Same bloke in "th know" rolleyes.... now says Neymar's at Westfield.

coldel

7,733 posts

145 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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Carroll now needs surgery it seems. Out for the season? Again?

How can someone so brittle and unable to actually stay fit be paid constantly for so many years, just a dead weight on the clubs wage bill.

sjc

13,884 posts

269 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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coldel said:
Carroll now needs surgery it seems. Out for the season? Again?

How can someone so brittle and unable to actually stay fit be paid constantly for so many years, just a dead weight on the clubs wage bill.
There’s people off work everywhere you look for months on end for far less reason.
I’m sure he’d much rather play, questionable social life or not.

coldel

7,733 posts

145 months

Friday 19th January 2018
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sjc said:
coldel said:
Carroll now needs surgery it seems. Out for the season? Again?

How can someone so brittle and unable to actually stay fit be paid constantly for so many years, just a dead weight on the clubs wage bill.
There’s people off work everywhere you look for months on end for far less reason.
I’m sure he’d much rather play, questionable social life or not.
Something crazy like he has missed around two thirds of working time over the last 5 years, no company would simply keep paying out on that.

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