Demitri_C Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 And they appointed Moyes. some terrible decisions going on there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted March 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2018 From an outsider looking in, I thought they had spent a fair bit of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Maybe but any big signing West Ham make either gets injured (Carroll) or wants to leave quickly (Payet). They also spent 40m on Javier Hernandez and Aranutovic this summer. They also sold Ayew for 20m in January with nobody of note coming in. They are raking it in. edit : they also got good money for Sakho and Fonte. Edited March 11, 2018 by rodders0223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Ayew was great first time around at Swansea. Think the bigger issue here is they sign all these big name players and they do nothing at West Ham, either too old or lack motivation after coming from top 4 club. Carroll- Always injured. Aranutovic- Good at Stoke, had a really good spell around xmas but seems to have lost form again. Hernandez- Offers nothing if he can't goal poach. Zabaleta- Too old. Evra- Why did they sign him?! Fonte- Was great at Southampton but hardly played at West Ham. Ayew- 15 goals in his one season at Swansea. Could barely score at West Ham. Joao Mario- Never really rated him when I saw him for Inter or Portugal but he still has decent pedigree in the game yet barely made an impact for them so far. Joe Hart- Bad error to get him in. He's massively on the decline. 8 of those they've signed in last two summers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 57 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Ayew was great first time around at Swansea. Think the bigger issue here is they sign all these big name players and they do nothing at West Ham, either too old or lack motivation after coming from top 4 club. Carroll- Always injured. Aranutovic- Good at Stoke, had a really good spell around xmas but seems to have lost form again. Hernandez- Offers nothing if he can't goal poach. Zabaleta- Too old. Evra- Why did they sign him?! Fonte- Was great at Southampton but hardly played at West Ham. Ayew- 15 goals in his one season at Swansea. Could barely score at West Ham. Joao Mario- Never really rated him when I saw him for Inter or Portugal but he still has decent pedigree in the game yet barely made an impact for them so far. Joe Hart- Bad error to get him in. He's massively on the decline. 8 of those they've signed in last two summers. Question is though is that bilic signings? Or the board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Likes of Calleri and Zaza were board signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 24 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Question is though is that bilic signings? Or the board? Just now, VillaChris said: Likes of Calleri and Zaza were board signings. I don't know about the inner workings of West Ham, but Moyes was recently interviewed on Talksport, saying he would like more control over transfers. Here When this lot were at small heath rumours were rife that the board were buying players. David Moyes has suggested that he wants more control over transfers at West Ham. The Hammers manager was asked by Jim White about managers having a say in transfers on Thursday and suggested that he would like some input at West Ham if the opportunity arose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 That stadium is a couple of hundred metres from the spiritual home of grass roots football in this country at Hackney Marshes. How they made the club and ground feel so plastic with the LONDON badge, the stadium modifications and the empty corporate ness of it all is quite amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Couldn’t happen to a nicer club or set of fans, hope they go down and never come back. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Didn't they sign a load of players at Blues over the manager? Figueroa and Zarate spring to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted March 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2018 I bet Gold, Sullivan & Brady are lining their pockets with all that TV money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 That new ground looks bloody awful for watching football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Yesterday could damage the club long after the headlines fade. Whilst a good old traditional stadium, Upton Park wasn't exactly sold out week in week out. In moving to the London stadium they hoped to bring in a completely new (tourist) fanbase. Real west ham fans will always go of course, but these adopted fans that don't have west ham in their blood will now be thinking 'me/my kids aren't safe here, I'm not going there again. So now they have a big lifeless half empy bowl consisting of angry fans. It won't end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) Their fans are now invading the Crufts stage Edited March 11, 2018 by a m ole 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 They're angry because they feel they've been betrayed. Upton Park was a huge part of their identity as a club, and the Olympic Stadium seems to be totally inappropriate as a football ground. At least that's what they say. The extent of the unrest however is pathetic and even more damaging to their identity. Apparently they hate some change that have been made to the badge too because it says London on it. I hope they go down in all honesty, the deal for the Olympic stadium is crooked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I can see the anger but a mature way to do business with a protest We didnt invade pitch when protesting Lerner and worked well for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 The London stadium still not at full capacity as they've not had a period of enough games without crowd trouble to unlock the allocation. No doubt more (tax payer funded) police and stewards will have to be drafted in for future games. I can see this stadium costing 'us' more than if they just mothballed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 On 3/4/2018 at 13:13, Shropshire Lad said: I don’t really like him, but I kind of respect Gold for getting out of the car to face them. "He's just an old man, leave him alone" Quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2018 Just looked at their remaining fixtures. Home games are against Southampton, Stoke, Man City, Man Utd and Everton. Chelsea, Arsenal, Leicester away from home. That legendary London Stadium atmosphere will have to be in full swing for the games against Southampton and Stoke I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 This is exactly the type of event that can change a season for the worse. Fans hate the club's ownership, team is playing poorly, and they are 3 points off the drop with a tough end to the season. Only real winnable matches are Southampton, Stoke, and maybe Everton. I really hope they go down. They can enjoy their fancy stadium in the championship. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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