The Official West Ham United Thread. Vol 2

[sjc]

Just been confirmed that our old boy Freddie Sears is out for 9 months having done his cruciate.

[bad company]

sjc said:

Just been confirmed that our old boy Freddie Sears is out for 9 months having done his cruciate.

Sad for Freddie and Ipswich aren’t having a lot of luck.

[BrabusMog]

Shame for Freddie. Ipswich look down and out, too.

[TCEvo]

bad company said:

sjc said:

Just been confirmed that our old boy Freddie Sears is out for 9 months having done his cruciate.

Sad for Freddie and Ipswich aren’t having a lot of luck.

No, they look doomed, pity.

Shame for FS, nasty injury.

Ginger Pele playing up there now as well.

[coldel]

TCEvo said:

coldel said:

Hopefully the short summer break will do wonders for the squad as it did last year!

Short break - why? (unless I'm due a d'oh).

All that ranting at them heading off to Miami last year, after that we had a great run of results!

[TCEvo]

coldel said:

All that ranting at them heading off to Miami last year, after that we had a great run of results!

Aah. Thought you meant that the break between seasons is going to be shorter.

[sjc]

This explains a lot ..

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2019/february/...

[coldel]

TCEvo said:

coldel said:

All that ranting at them heading off to Miami last year, after that we had a great run of results!

Aah. Thought you meant that the break between seasons is going to be shorter.

Yes, sorry, should have said 'sunny break' rather than summer d'oh!

[coldel]

Fair few reports that WHU are going to offload Matsuaku in the summer. Hopefully get our money back on him circa £6m.

[TCEvo]

sjc said:

This explains a lot ..

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2019/february/...

Certainly looks a damn sight fitter on the pitch now - heard a couple of interviews with him recently; speaks well.

[TCEvo]

coldel said:

Fair few reports that WHU are going to offload Matsuaku in the summer. Hopefully get our money back on him circa £6m.

Did we really pay £6m for that gimp

[bad company]

TCEvo said:

coldel said:

Fair few reports that WHU are going to offload Matsuaku in the summer. Hopefully get our money back on him circa £6m.

Did we really pay £6m for that gimp

To be fair we have sometimes played him out of position. He’s ok going forward and has good feet but an appalling left back imo.

[coldel]

TCEvo said:

coldel said:

Fair few reports that WHU are going to offload Matsuaku in the summer. Hopefully get our money back on him circa £6m.

Did we really pay £6m for that gimp

From memory I believe we did!

Good article on Antonio. I watched a YT video of a few of the West Ham boys taking shots in a competition and he was by far the best finisher even with Lanzini involved in it.

[bad company]

Just heard the very sad news that Gordon Banks has died. He was probably the best goalkeeper I ever saw and we could have signed him. Our manager at the time was Ron Greenwood and he turned the deal down as he had a ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ to buy Bobbile Ferguson instead.

A manager could get fired for a decision like that nowadays.

https://medium.com/@gursimranhans/18-players-who-r...

Edited by bad company on Tuesday 12th February 10:51

[sjc]

bad company said:

Just heard the very sad news that Gordon Banks has died. He was probably the best goalkeeper I ever saw and we could have signed him. Our manager at the time was Ron Greenwood and he turned the deal down as he had a ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ to buy Bobbile Ferguson instead.

A manager could get fired for a decision like that nowadays.

https://medium.com/@gursimranhans/18-players-who-r...

Edited by bad company on Tuesday 12th February 10:51

Indeed, as member of the goalkeepers union I reckon I’ve watched” that save” over 100 times even though at the time I was only five.
He probably inspired more youngsters to be keepers than anyone else before or since. I can even remember the news broadcast that told us he’d been in a car crash, eventually losing his eye.
First I wanted to be him, then I wanted to be Shilts, but I ended up closer to Mcnightmare.
Thanks for the great memories Gordon ..

[sjc]

Declan is English !
Dier won’t get a look in ..

[coldel]

Great news for England, and has probably added 50% to his transfer value too.

He is going to get a lot of st off the Irish support for sure, but given his rapid rise can see him getting straight into England squads.

[TCEvo]

Good news re Rice.

[Hammer67]

TCEvo said:

Good news re Rice.

I doubt Dean Ashton would recommend it !!!!

[TCEvo]

Hammer67 said:

TCEvo said:

Good news re Rice.

I doubt Dean Ashton would recommend it !!!!

Rice's ok, pizza was his downfall... and that cock SWP.