The Official West Ham United Thread. Vol 2

[sjc]

Adam B said:

rumours of Lanzini comig to Liverpool

is he any good?

Rubbish, not your sort of player at all... have you thought about Carroll....?

[sjc]

Rumours of Chicarito going Besiktas

[BrabusMog]

TCEvo said:

Adam B said:

rumours of Lanzini comig to Liverpool

is he any good?

No.

He's crap. No idea why Klopp would even know his name.

[Adam B]

sjc said:

Rubbish, not your sort of player at all... have you thought about Carroll....?

I desperately try not to

[TCEvo]

sjc said:

Rumours of Chicarito going Besiktas

The PL retirement home.

[sjc]

Looks like Shelvey is a done deal.

[Black can man]

sjc said:

Looks like Shelvey is a done deal.

Newcastle Shelvey ?

[sjc]

Black can man said:

sjc said:

Looks like Shelvey is a done deal.

Newcastle Shelvey ?

Yes, heard he's landed at Stansted, and will be paraded to the crowd Saturday.

[BrabusMog]

sjc said:

Black can man said:

sjc said:

Looks like Shelvey is a done deal.

Newcastle Shelvey ?

Yes, heard he's landed at Stansted, and will be paraded to the crowd Saturday.

Grim.

[coldel]

To be honest he is going to be an upgrade on Edmilson or Kouyate, nothing spectacular but an English player who wont go on strike wanting to go back to his homeland who will just do an honest graft in the midfield whilst Lanzini etc. can go about their business - not the best if it is true, but certainly could have been worse.

[BrabusMog]

coldel said:

To be honest he is going to be an upgrade on Edmilson or Kouyate, nothing spectacular but an English player who wont go on strike wanting to go back to his homeland who will just do an honest graft in the midfield whilst Lanzini etc. can go about their business - not the best if it is true, but certainly could have been worse.

I worry more about his ineptitude and awful and aggressive attitude. But, as always, I'll keep an open mind if/when he does sign.

[coldel]

BrabusMog said:

coldel said:

To be honest he is going to be an upgrade on Edmilson or Kouyate, nothing spectacular but an English player who wont go on strike wanting to go back to his homeland who will just do an honest graft in the midfield whilst Lanzini etc. can go about their business - not the best if it is true, but certainly could have been worse.

I worry more about his ineptitude and awful and aggressive attitude. But, as always, I'll keep an open mind if/when he does sign.

Yes he certainly isnt a world class purchase but then again 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 on Kouyate right now. I would suspect, as most WH fans know, there is no cash and the view is 'phew looks like we survive again lets stick it out' is coming from the boardroom.

[coldel]

...and there is always Snodgrass right!

[sjc]

coldel said:

To be honest he is going to be an upgrade on Edmilson or Kouyate, nothing spectacular but an English player who wont go on strike wanting to go back to his homeland who will just do an honest graft in the midfield whilst Lanzini etc. can go about their business - not the best if it is true, but certainly could have been worse.

Agreed.

[BrabusMog]

sjc said:

coldel said:

To be honest he is going to be an upgrade on Edmilson or Kouyate, nothing spectacular but an English player who wont go on strike wanting to go back to his homeland who will just do an honest graft in the midfield whilst Lanzini etc. can go about their business - not the best if it is true, but certainly could have been worse.

Agreed.

He won't be cheap in terms of wages and I think you're both mistaken in terms of "honest graft" but, as I said, happy to be proven wrong.

And there's no Snodgrass as we're not allowed to recall him.

[TCEvo]

sjc said:

Black can man said:

sjc said:

Looks like Shelvey is a done deal.

Newcastle Shelvey ?

Yes, heard he's landed at Stansted, and will be paraded to the crowd Saturday.

st signing. Really taking us to the next level. fking joke.

[TCEvo]

BrabusMog said:

He won't be cheap in terms of wages and I think you're both mistaken in terms of "honest graft" but, as I said, happy to be proven wrong.

And there's no Snodgrass as we're not allowed to recall him.

Doubt he's got any interest in returning (even if we could recall) after the boards recent comments.

[coldel]

Still no comments or mentions at all on all the west ham gossip sites on the net of Shelvey?

Sad thing is that at the moment the key central midfielder is Noble who at the start of the season was seen as finished, just shows what we have as options in there.

[BrabusMog]

coldel said:

Still no comments or mentions at all on all the west ham gossip sites on the net of Shelvey?

Sad thing is that at the moment the key central midfielder is Noble who at the start of the season was seen as finished, just shows what we have as options in there.

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...

[coldel]

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!