Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Mascherano free to join Liverpool
The silliest day of the silly season has started with FIFA ruling that Javier Mascherano is free to leave West Ham for Liverpool despite FIFA's normal rules.
They said: "The Fifa single judge ruled that Javier Mascherano is eligible to play in official matches with Liverpool with immediate effect."
So he's gone. It's a terrible shame I must say, as I think he's a very good player - maybe there's a "pay as you play" clause in his contract that was just too prohibitively expensive for the Irons, but would have been acceptable had we been battling for a Champions League slot. (So far away now, isn't it?)
Rumours also say that West Ham are looking for some last day massive transfers, most notably rumours of an 18 million pound (yes, eighteen million) rejected bid for Darren Bent. Whew!
They said: "The Fifa single judge ruled that Javier Mascherano is eligible to play in official matches with Liverpool with immediate effect."
So he's gone. It's a terrible shame I must say, as I think he's a very good player - maybe there's a "pay as you play" clause in his contract that was just too prohibitively expensive for the Irons, but would have been acceptable had we been battling for a Champions League slot. (So far away now, isn't it?)
Rumours also say that West Ham are looking for some last day massive transfers, most notably rumours of an 18 million pound (yes, eighteen million) rejected bid for Darren Bent. Whew!
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Dave said...
Yeah cya Javier - what a waste of time that whole exercise was. Fucking Terrence Brown and his dodgy deals. Lets hope Carlos has a decent role to play.
beggers said...
Very sorry to see him go. He was never given a chance and I feel we have let something special slip by.
I think whubris has something with this 'pay as you play' stuff, there had to be a reason that he was never given a run. Saying he wasn't good enough is bullshit.
norven munky said...
First I have seen the following suggested as the reason Mashie didn't get played more :-
"Mascherano, many claim, was not being played because of additional payments West Ham would have had to make in accordance to appearance fees."
And here is an opinion from a Liverpool supporter as to why Mashie might be successful there when he wasn't here :-
"Could be a great signing, but many wonder why he didn't succeed at West Ham, and why all of a sudden he'd do well with the Reds. Defensive midfielders, to answer this question, are only as good as the people immediately behind and in front of them, because they depend so much on communication and on the runs of their midfielders. At West Ham, these players are hardly as intelligent or as savvy as the likes of Gerrard, Alonso, Riise, Finnan and Pennant. These wide and central players are absolutely brilliant at making the smart runs, and Mascherano would thrive in that environment."
Now while that might be arrogant and galling, I think it may well be true...when we played him the likes of Konchy etc just pumped it over his head.
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Dave said...Yeah cya Javier - what a waste of time that whole exercise was. Fucking Terrence Brown and his dodgy deals. Lets hope Carlos has a decent role to play.
beggers said...Very sorry to see him go. He was never given a chance and I feel we have let something special slip by.
I think whubris has something with this 'pay as you play' stuff, there had to be a reason that he was never given a run. Saying he wasn't good enough is bullshit.
norven munky said...First I have seen the following suggested as the reason Mashie didn't get played more :-
"Mascherano, many claim, was not being played because of additional payments West Ham would have had to make in accordance to appearance fees."
And here is an opinion from a Liverpool supporter as to why Mashie might be successful there when he wasn't here :-
"Could be a great signing, but many wonder why he didn't succeed at West Ham, and why all of a sudden he'd do well with the Reds. Defensive midfielders, to answer this question, are only as good as the people immediately behind and in front of them, because they depend so much on communication and on the runs of their midfielders. At West Ham, these players are hardly as intelligent or as savvy as the likes of Gerrard, Alonso, Riise, Finnan and Pennant. These wide and central players are absolutely brilliant at making the smart runs, and Mascherano would thrive in that environment."
Now while that might be arrogant and galling, I think it may well be true...when we played him the likes of Konchy etc just pumped it over his head.
Villa Away Live on Fox?????? - apparently not :-(
Anybody else see the advert for this game this morning??
I definately saw it but just got an email from the Pig n Whistle saying it's not on the schedule. I just checked the schedule and it says Charlton vs Chelsea.
???Confused???
Edit: according to Melbourne Hammer these are generic ads direct from the UK feed not foxtel ads - most probably for the Asia market - very confusing & dissappointing :-(
I definately saw it but just got an email from the Pig n Whistle saying it's not on the schedule. I just checked the schedule and it says Charlton vs Chelsea.
???Confused???
Edit: according to Melbourne Hammer these are generic ads direct from the UK feed not foxtel ads - most probably for the Asia market - very confusing & dissappointing :-(
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Melbournehammer said...
Dave, those ads at half time are generic ads for the EPL and are coming straight off the satellite feed from the UK.They aren't foxtel ads.I agree it is confusing.
I use fltv.cc for my streams when we are not on foxtel which uses arabic TV feeds and the exact same ads are shown at half time.
HTH
Dave said...
Melbs - that is fucked! It must be for Asia broadcasts or something then.
redrisky - seems it is not on then. :-(
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yeah god forbid we get 2 west ham games in the same month. foxtel would be awesome if we followed chelsea
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yeah thats shit ey....i allready had my sat night worked out...the whistle at about 6pm and get mashed
seriously us v villa....is there a bigger game?
this is where we make our run!!!!
beex said...
Most Sky UK advertised games are on Star Sports or ESPN Asia for all us P2P soccer on the net fiends out there. If I hear anything I'll send around an email. Sopcast or TV Ants will have it on I'm pretty sure
Dave said...
That's all very well beex - I'm sure there will be a stream as with most games but it doesn't allow us to have a Brisbane Hammers get together which is a little annoying. The only night really viable is a Saturday night game which so far we've had fuck all Saturday coverage this season by fox.
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Melbournehammer said...Dave, those ads at half time are generic ads for the EPL and are coming straight off the satellite feed from the UK.They aren't foxtel ads.I agree it is confusing.
I use fltv.cc for my streams when we are not on foxtel which uses arabic TV feeds and the exact same ads are shown at half time.
HTH
Dave said...Melbs - that is fucked! It must be for Asia broadcasts or something then.
redrisky - seems it is not on then. :-(
said...yeah god forbid we get 2 west ham games in the same month. foxtel would be awesome if we followed chelsea
said...yeah thats shit ey....i allready had my sat night worked out...the whistle at about 6pm and get mashed
seriously us v villa....is there a bigger game?
this is where we make our run!!!!
beex said...Most Sky UK advertised games are on Star Sports or ESPN Asia for all us P2P soccer on the net fiends out there. If I hear anything I'll send around an email. Sopcast or TV Ants will have it on I'm pretty sure
Dave said...That's all very well beex - I'm sure there will be a stream as with most games but it doesn't allow us to have a Brisbane Hammers get together which is a little annoying. The only night really viable is a Saturday night game which so far we've had fuck all Saturday coverage this season by fox.
Scousers do the double
It was a pretty fair result. Liverpool played quite well, and we played fairly poorly. It was weird seeing all the new faces! We started really poorly and for most of the match looked disinterested and slow. We had our moments though - Yossi's chance was great. We have GOT to win these next two games.
Player ratings
Carroll 6 - did OK, still want Green back. (har har)
McCartney 6 - well involved but got caught out.
Dailly 5 - not confident at all but won some headers.
Davenport 6 - some good signs but is not yet settled. Looks to be a good signing, as I thought he would be. He made some nervous mistakes, particularly giving the ball away, but more often he would put in some good tackles, work hard, and pushed forward. He passed well too, most of the time. I hope he settles in.
Spector 6 - not as good as I've seen him in the past, and caught out of position a couple of times.
Quashie 7 - looks like a great signing - runs a good 25% faster than Mullins, has better footwork, better and more incisive passing, and a better work rate. He gets tons of ball and got us out of trouble many times, and also always makes himself available for a pass. Not only that but he seemed to allow NRC into the game more. Excellent stuff. Not a world beater but I'm happy with him.
Yossi 6 - one or two flashes of the old Yossi but had trouble exerting his influence.
NRC 6 - got into the game better than previously. What's with the stupid decision making, i.e. shooting from 30 yards when there are three passes on? But seems to be coming back to form.
Boa Morte 6 - looking for trouble, and didn't do much. I was hoping for more from him and he was lucky not to get booked.
Cole 5 - tried hard.
Harewood 5 - poor. Took one decent shot and hardly involved - should have been taken off much earlier.
Z-man 6 - woke us up.
Kopa Blanco 7 - must say I was underwhelmed by his loan deal, knew nothing about him, and had no expectations. I groaned when I saw he was coming on. However from his first few touches - even disregarding the goal - he looked a cut above the rest of the team. Very professional and European. He looks very confident and just has a different manner about him. I was quite impressed and look forward to seeing more of him.
Player ratings
Carroll 6 - did OK, still want Green back. (har har)
McCartney 6 - well involved but got caught out.
Dailly 5 - not confident at all but won some headers.
Davenport 6 - some good signs but is not yet settled. Looks to be a good signing, as I thought he would be. He made some nervous mistakes, particularly giving the ball away, but more often he would put in some good tackles, work hard, and pushed forward. He passed well too, most of the time. I hope he settles in.
Spector 6 - not as good as I've seen him in the past, and caught out of position a couple of times.
Quashie 7 - looks like a great signing - runs a good 25% faster than Mullins, has better footwork, better and more incisive passing, and a better work rate. He gets tons of ball and got us out of trouble many times, and also always makes himself available for a pass. Not only that but he seemed to allow NRC into the game more. Excellent stuff. Not a world beater but I'm happy with him.
Yossi 6 - one or two flashes of the old Yossi but had trouble exerting his influence.
NRC 6 - got into the game better than previously. What's with the stupid decision making, i.e. shooting from 30 yards when there are three passes on? But seems to be coming back to form.
Boa Morte 6 - looking for trouble, and didn't do much. I was hoping for more from him and he was lucky not to get booked.
Cole 5 - tried hard.
Harewood 5 - poor. Took one decent shot and hardly involved - should have been taken off much earlier.
Z-man 6 - woke us up.
Kopa Blanco 7 - must say I was underwhelmed by his loan deal, knew nothing about him, and had no expectations. I groaned when I saw he was coming on. However from his first few touches - even disregarding the goal - he looked a cut above the rest of the team. Very professional and European. He looks very confident and just has a different manner about him. I was quite impressed and look forward to seeing more of him.
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I was heartened by our last half hour. If we play with that intensity, we should be able to pick up some points and stay up.
The missing ingredient is "confidence". A couple of wins on the trot will fix that. Let's hope it's soon.
beex said...
Again...
CARROLL + DAILLY = RELEGATION
They are both a liability and I shudder every time either one of them is near the ball.
Get Green back in and I don't care who replaces Dailly 'cos that guy is taking us down ;-(
Dave said...
Can't beleive what you've said about Quashie. I thought he looked like a midtable championship player today! Thought he had a very good game vs Newcastle but was responsible for alot of Liverpool's pressure by gifting their midfield with loose passes.
In addition to Quashie I thought Boa Morte looked retarded today. He hardly ever took on his man which is the least you should expect from your wingers.
Beex - usually I would agree with your comments there but really don't think Dailly did anything wrong today and actually did a lot of good winning some important headers. I'd be more concerned with Spector and our frail midfield on today's performance.
Dave said...
Greg - all very well being heartened by our last half our but surely you were totally disheartened by the first hour??? We should've played like that from the off and to be honest there is little excuse as to why we were not up for it.
Dave said...
Sorry to comment in pieces but I keep seeing things. You have put about NRCs silly decisions - why shoot from 30 yards. I thought he had so little support and movement from other players that he had little or no option. Yeah they were shit shots but what you gonna do if nobody is getting in a decent postion to receive the ball?? He was the only one that looked like he knew what to do out there - everyone else was out thought and outplayed.
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Dave - I was heartened by the last half hour because it was much better than the first half. I agree, they should have played like that from the start, however the lack of confidence is killing us. I thought we looked scared to take them on, whereas as the game progressed, so did our confidence. we could easily have rolled over and copped another 2-3 goals.
whubris said...
whu-au - we offer a variety of opinions :-)
Still thought Quashie looked good. Yeah he made some mistakes but I thought that was because he had so much of the ball and players weren't making themselves available. Also Liverpool were swarming all over midfield and giving nobody much time, but the one player who seemed to have more time was Quashie.
IIRC in both instances where NRC took a shot, there were better options available. He does look a whole lot better than he did mind you. I'm with Beex regarding Dailly, he didn't do all that much wrong apart from tangling with Davenport but I had absolutely no confidence in him. His passing was very unsure - he only wanted to pass to Davenport or Carroll. He just looked like he had no confidence at all and I was worried about him.
Confidence is the biggest thing for sure - you can see it in the way they play and the way they carry themselves. Only Green and (in his 5 second debut) Blanco are showing any level of confidence. They're working hard to win the ball, but are not working hard to keep it and IMO that's a sign of low confidence.
beex said...
Dave, Dailly is a battler and I'll give him that but only that. Whenever he's been in our side he looks shaky. Yeah he won some headers but they looked all over the place at the back. I'm actually a fan of Carroll and yep he'll make 2 or 3 excellent saves in a game but he is not inspiring confidence in our defence I'm sure of that and his distribution is terrible. Green looks commanding, assured in the air and I think Curbs is punishing him for no good reason. Admittedly we're a patchwork side right now but the heart of the problem is the defence and goalkeeper. Blanco looked good, neat touches. I thought Marlon ran his heart out didn't have a great game. Yossi eventually came good. You can smell the fear in the side. Players used to taking people on aren't doing it. To his credit NRC is working bloody hard in midfield but our playmakers are letting us down too.
I still think we'll stay up but forget it if we lose to Charlton and Watford.
Dave said...
I agree with what you say beex but just think in this particular game they were not stand out poor performers. I thought Dailly was our best defender which in itself says alot - a hell of alot! And I don't mean that Dailly is good! ;-)
Dave said...
Graham - not having a go at you at all mate and I appreciate we have a variety of opinions on here. :-)
I just think it's interesting that you thought Quashie was good as I thought he was the root of the evil in our side today. I guess we all see different things eh.
beggers said...
Only saw the first half, bloody work interfering with my life! Anyway, we, understandably, looked edgy against a pretty good side.
Thought Quashie was alright and NRC was finally getting into it. Green for me. Carroll (Forrest Gump), is like a box of chocolates, 'you never know what you're gonna get'. Pretty lame I know but Carroll can be great but in the same game he can be shit. LBM looks unfit, he didn't contribute much and needs to improve heaps. He's a better player than that. Yossi was in and out of the game. He needs to get the ball way more.
Davernport looked good, Dailly as usual, did what was asked of him, Spector look fragile and Macca was ok but offers little going forward.
Didn't see much of Cole and Marlon had one decent shot and a decent run. Neither striker was given a clear cut opportunity in the 1st half.
Great that Blanco scored. Long may it continue.
Thought we might squeak a draw but a lose was not unexpecetd.
As per Daves predictions, I think we're still on track.
The Sheffield result was a heart breaker but thankfully Wigan keep losing.
Bring on Villa!
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said...I was heartened by our last half hour. If we play with that intensity, we should be able to pick up some points and stay up.
The missing ingredient is "confidence". A couple of wins on the trot will fix that. Let's hope it's soon.
beex said...Again...
CARROLL + DAILLY = RELEGATION
They are both a liability and I shudder every time either one of them is near the ball.
Get Green back in and I don't care who replaces Dailly 'cos that guy is taking us down ;-(
Dave said...Can't beleive what you've said about Quashie. I thought he looked like a midtable championship player today! Thought he had a very good game vs Newcastle but was responsible for alot of Liverpool's pressure by gifting their midfield with loose passes.
In addition to Quashie I thought Boa Morte looked retarded today. He hardly ever took on his man which is the least you should expect from your wingers.
Beex - usually I would agree with your comments there but really don't think Dailly did anything wrong today and actually did a lot of good winning some important headers. I'd be more concerned with Spector and our frail midfield on today's performance.
Dave said...Greg - all very well being heartened by our last half our but surely you were totally disheartened by the first hour??? We should've played like that from the off and to be honest there is little excuse as to why we were not up for it.
Dave said...Sorry to comment in pieces but I keep seeing things. You have put about NRCs silly decisions - why shoot from 30 yards. I thought he had so little support and movement from other players that he had little or no option. Yeah they were shit shots but what you gonna do if nobody is getting in a decent postion to receive the ball?? He was the only one that looked like he knew what to do out there - everyone else was out thought and outplayed.
said...Dave - I was heartened by the last half hour because it was much better than the first half. I agree, they should have played like that from the start, however the lack of confidence is killing us. I thought we looked scared to take them on, whereas as the game progressed, so did our confidence. we could easily have rolled over and copped another 2-3 goals.
whubris said...whu-au - we offer a variety of opinions :-)
Still thought Quashie looked good. Yeah he made some mistakes but I thought that was because he had so much of the ball and players weren't making themselves available. Also Liverpool were swarming all over midfield and giving nobody much time, but the one player who seemed to have more time was Quashie.
IIRC in both instances where NRC took a shot, there were better options available. He does look a whole lot better than he did mind you. I'm with Beex regarding Dailly, he didn't do all that much wrong apart from tangling with Davenport but I had absolutely no confidence in him. His passing was very unsure - he only wanted to pass to Davenport or Carroll. He just looked like he had no confidence at all and I was worried about him.
Confidence is the biggest thing for sure - you can see it in the way they play and the way they carry themselves. Only Green and (in his 5 second debut) Blanco are showing any level of confidence. They're working hard to win the ball, but are not working hard to keep it and IMO that's a sign of low confidence.
beex said...Dave, Dailly is a battler and I'll give him that but only that. Whenever he's been in our side he looks shaky. Yeah he won some headers but they looked all over the place at the back. I'm actually a fan of Carroll and yep he'll make 2 or 3 excellent saves in a game but he is not inspiring confidence in our defence I'm sure of that and his distribution is terrible. Green looks commanding, assured in the air and I think Curbs is punishing him for no good reason. Admittedly we're a patchwork side right now but the heart of the problem is the defence and goalkeeper. Blanco looked good, neat touches. I thought Marlon ran his heart out didn't have a great game. Yossi eventually came good. You can smell the fear in the side. Players used to taking people on aren't doing it. To his credit NRC is working bloody hard in midfield but our playmakers are letting us down too.
I still think we'll stay up but forget it if we lose to Charlton and Watford.
Dave said...I agree with what you say beex but just think in this particular game they were not stand out poor performers. I thought Dailly was our best defender which in itself says alot - a hell of alot! And I don't mean that Dailly is good! ;-)
Dave said...Graham - not having a go at you at all mate and I appreciate we have a variety of opinions on here. :-)
I just think it's interesting that you thought Quashie was good as I thought he was the root of the evil in our side today. I guess we all see different things eh.
beggers said...Only saw the first half, bloody work interfering with my life! Anyway, we, understandably, looked edgy against a pretty good side.
Thought Quashie was alright and NRC was finally getting into it. Green for me. Carroll (Forrest Gump), is like a box of chocolates, 'you never know what you're gonna get'. Pretty lame I know but Carroll can be great but in the same game he can be shit. LBM looks unfit, he didn't contribute much and needs to improve heaps. He's a better player than that. Yossi was in and out of the game. He needs to get the ball way more.
Davernport looked good, Dailly as usual, did what was asked of him, Spector look fragile and Macca was ok but offers little going forward.
Didn't see much of Cole and Marlon had one decent shot and a decent run. Neither striker was given a clear cut opportunity in the 1st half.
Great that Blanco scored. Long may it continue.
Thought we might squeak a draw but a lose was not unexpecetd.
As per Daves predictions, I think we're still on track.
The Sheffield result was a heart breaker but thankfully Wigan keep losing.
Bring on Villa!
West Ham 1 - 2 Liverpool
The first 70 minutes of this game was one of the most laclustre piss poor performances I've ever seen from the boys in the Claret n Blue. They looked scared and in awe of their opposition when they should've been at them challenging for every ball. I thought Liverpool looked fairly beatable and had we been beaming with confidence would have given them quite a game.
But it took until 70 minutes for us to wake up once we were already 2-0 down. Inspired by a double substitution of the ineffective Cole & Harewood replaced by new signing Kepa Blanco and Bobby Zamora West Ham decided to try and get back into this match. The newly introduced pair combined well in the 78th Minute as Zamora crossed for Kepa to stick out a long leg and smash the ball home from close range. The hammers then tried in vain to squeeze an equaliser but it was all too little too late.
I thought Reo-Coker had a good game in that he tried to play but he just didn't have the support. Quashie for me was dismal giving the ball away left right and centre and on this performance I can see why he has relegated 4 teams already.
Ratings:
Carroll 6
McCartney 7
Davenport 6
Dailly 7
Spector 5
Yossi 6
Reo-coker 8
Quashie 5
Boa Morte 5
Harewood 5
Cole 5
Zamora 7
Kepa 7
But it took until 70 minutes for us to wake up once we were already 2-0 down. Inspired by a double substitution of the ineffective Cole & Harewood replaced by new signing Kepa Blanco and Bobby Zamora West Ham decided to try and get back into this match. The newly introduced pair combined well in the 78th Minute as Zamora crossed for Kepa to stick out a long leg and smash the ball home from close range. The hammers then tried in vain to squeeze an equaliser but it was all too little too late.
I thought Reo-Coker had a good game in that he tried to play but he just didn't have the support. Quashie for me was dismal giving the ball away left right and centre and on this performance I can see why he has relegated 4 teams already.
Ratings:
Carroll 6
McCartney 7
Davenport 6
Dailly 7
Spector 5
Yossi 6
Reo-coker 8
Quashie 5
Boa Morte 5
Harewood 5
Cole 5
Zamora 7
Kepa 7
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Just to twist the knife Sheff Utd won. Wigan lost so it looks like being any 3 from us Wigan, Charlton & Watford. The odds aren't good :-(
whubris said...
Actually Quashie did give the ball away a few times. But more often I thought his passes found their targets and he did a lot more defensively as well.
beex said...
Ok, I was average at Maths when I was a kid but I now know one thing for certain.
CARROLL + DAILLY = RELEGATION
Get them out and we have a chance.
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Dave said...Just to twist the knife Sheff Utd won. Wigan lost so it looks like being any 3 from us Wigan, Charlton & Watford. The odds aren't good :-(
whubris said...Actually Quashie did give the ball away a few times. But more often I thought his passes found their targets and he did a lot more defensively as well.
beex said...Ok, I was average at Maths when I was a kid but I now know one thing for certain.
CARROLL + DAILLY = RELEGATION
Get them out and we have a chance.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Ashton: Getting stronger all the time
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Training is going well; I have been doing lots of running and trying to build up the distance day by day. It isn't easy but I didn’t expect it to be. I can feel myself getting stronger though and I am improving.
The injury feels like it happened a long time ago now, but my recovery seems to be taking ages! But to be running again was a big target for me, and it's great to have got here.
I'm doing loads of shooting practice too, which I love. It can get a bit monotonous in the gym so to be out on the pitches doing ball-work really keeps things fresh. The injury feels like it happened a long time ago now, but my recovery seems to be taking ages!
I've been doing other things too, like running at the stadium on match days before anyone gets there. It's nice because it makes you feel like you are closer to being fit and it's lovely to get out onto the pitch again.
I'll be carrying on training this week and doing lots more running, I'll let you know how it's all going soon, so keep checking back!
Training is going well; I have been doing lots of running and trying to build up the distance day by day. It isn't easy but I didn’t expect it to be. I can feel myself getting stronger though and I am improving.
The injury feels like it happened a long time ago now, but my recovery seems to be taking ages! But to be running again was a big target for me, and it's great to have got here.
I'm doing loads of shooting practice too, which I love. It can get a bit monotonous in the gym so to be out on the pitches doing ball-work really keeps things fresh. The injury feels like it happened a long time ago now, but my recovery seems to be taking ages!
I've been doing other things too, like running at the stadium on match days before anyone gets there. It's nice because it makes you feel like you are closer to being fit and it's lovely to get out onto the pitch again.
I'll be carrying on training this week and doing lots more running, I'll let you know how it's all going soon, so keep checking back!
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I think what he is really saying is, "see you next year."
We are running out of time for him to get match fit and then regain the confidence in his ankle to go in hard.
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Tuesday January 30, 2007
Ashton setback adds urgency to West Ham's transfer talks
Eggert Magnusson and Alan Curbishley spent yesterday discussing their deadline-day transfer strategy in an extended meeting to determine who could protect West Ham United from the threat of relegation. The summit had particular urgency after it emerged that the striker Dean Ashton had encountered another setback in his return from the broken ankle he suffered last August.
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Neill is out for at least Two weeks and now Dean is setback. Against liverpool calum davenport will Break his leg, dailly will have a heart attack, konchesky and cole will get lung cancer and be unable to play and reo-coker will fracture his ribs from listening to too much shit music
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Pete Gill on the keeper situation at West Ham
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Roy Carroll may have blundered for Watford's goal but it was Alan Curbishley's decision to select him ahead of Robert Green and it seems harsh to blame a defeat solely on one goalkeeping mistake when ten players in claret and blue failed to score at home during 90 minutes against the Premiership's worst team. "
whubris said...
then Ferdinand gets laid up with pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
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from f365
Bobby Dazzler
'Glamour model Nicola T' has revealed to The News of the World how boyfried Bobby Zamora has hung a 'six-foot-wide blow-up photograph of her breasts' above their bed, as well as her method of keeping the West Ham striker faithful:
"When Bobby was going off on a lads' holiday, I chained him to the bed for, ohmigod, like FIVE days to wear him out before he left."
Ohmigod that's like the BEST quote Mediawatch read this weekend.
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Couple great goals from Liverpool and a decent one for Kepa to keep us in with a shout. I managed to stream about 1/2 the game before going to work and I must say we looked ok in patches. Coker and Quashie prob our best 2 players to that point.
Anyway, onto the videos of the goals for you all:
Kuyt
Crouch
Kepa
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said...I think what he is really saying is, "see you next year."
We are running out of time for him to get match fit and then regain the confidence in his ankle to go in hard.
said...Tuesday January 30, 2007
Ashton setback adds urgency to West Ham's transfer talks
Eggert Magnusson and Alan Curbishley spent yesterday discussing their deadline-day transfer strategy in an extended meeting to determine who could protect West Ham United from the threat of relegation. The summit had particular urgency after it emerged that the striker Dean Ashton had encountered another setback in his return from the broken ankle he suffered last August.
said...Neill is out for at least Two weeks and now Dean is setback. Against liverpool calum davenport will Break his leg, dailly will have a heart attack, konchesky and cole will get lung cancer and be unable to play and reo-coker will fracture his ribs from listening to too much shit music
said...Pete Gill on the keeper situation at West Ham
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Roy Carroll may have blundered for Watford's goal but it was Alan Curbishley's decision to select him ahead of Robert Green and it seems harsh to blame a defeat solely on one goalkeeping mistake when ten players in claret and blue failed to score at home during 90 minutes against the Premiership's worst team. "
whubris said...then Ferdinand gets laid up with pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
said...from f365
Bobby Dazzler
'Glamour model Nicola T' has revealed to The News of the World how boyfried Bobby Zamora has hung a 'six-foot-wide blow-up photograph of her breasts' above their bed, as well as her method of keeping the West Ham striker faithful:
"When Bobby was going off on a lads' holiday, I chained him to the bed for, ohmigod, like FIVE days to wear him out before he left."
Ohmigod that's like the BEST quote Mediawatch read this weekend.
said...Couple great goals from Liverpool and a decent one for Kepa to keep us in with a shout. I managed to stream about 1/2 the game before going to work and I must say we looked ok in patches. Coker and Quashie prob our best 2 players to that point.
Anyway, onto the videos of the goals for you all:
Kuyt
Crouch
Kepa
Sunday, January 28, 2007
West Ham knocked out... again
Watford beat us 1-0 to ensure that the Hammers will not repeat the oh-so-near glory of last season's FA Cup run. This is like a bloody bad dream. Apparently we played all right. Zippedy doo dah.
Bit of a weird team if you ask me.
Carroll, Neill (Pantsil 48), Spector, Dailly, McCartney, Newton (Sheringham 65), Reo-Coker, Quashie, Boa Morte (Etherington 77), Zamora, Cole.
Subs Not Used: Green, Mullins.
Neill at right back, was it? He came off injured (of course) for Pantsil. I guess Spector and Dailly were our centres. Newton at right wing. Carroll in goal and he fluffed it, from what I've read, to gift them the game. Green has got to play, no question.
Well at least we can concentrate on the league. Bleh.
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http://westhamfc.blogspot.com/2007/01/west-ham-0-watford-1-half-time.html
here is a match report
said...
From what i heard on the Sky Sports Radio live sports centre feed thing. Apparently Carlton Cole had a real good game. And should have scored a few times and was only just denied.
beex said...
Fuckin buncha useless kunce. Sorry, can't find much to feel positive about right now. GET GREEN BACK IN GOAL, CURBS, YOU ASSHOLE!
said...
So much for the move to West Ham.
Smertin moves to Fulham
http://newtwg.sbs.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=82151
said...
Matthew Upson's agent has accused Birmingham of reneging on a verbal agreement with the central defender in blocking his move to West Ham.
Barry Neville claims the 27-year-old was told by Blues he could leave St Andrews after four years if any interested clubs met a certain price.
Neville says that figure has been exceeded by the Hammers, who have had a £6million ($A15million) offer rejected, but City still refuse to let Upson leave.
Upson's representative told the Birmingham Sunday Mercury: "Matt is disappointed after having been told he could leave Birmingham for a certain amount - and what has been offered has gone way past that.
"There's not really much more I can say other than I'm disappointed and I'm disappointed for Matt.
"As to whether he would be interested in a move to West Ham, that can't be answered until a bid has been accepted."
Upson rejected a new five year contract last season and has made it clear he will not put pen to paper on another deal for Steve Bruce's side.
He has 17 months remaining of his contract and Bruce on Friday slapped a "not for sale" tag on Upson as regards this transfer window which closes at midnight on Wednesday.
said...
Whats with all the aggressive language, absolute no need... Not sure where you get most of your knowledge on our club from... but there is loads of hear'say on here based on paper talk... Carroll is one of the best keepers in the league and certainly one of the best professionals at the club... yes he has made a mistake, in a game where we ain't that bothered about because we should only be thinking about the league... If carroll didn't make mistakes he would still be at Man U... I love my club as much as anyone... but you have to remember who you support.. we are not a europeon giant and thus can only attract players that are not classed as that... As for anyone thinking that Neill wouldn't play at right back... you need to learn abit more about how football operates.... We have a very good club and set of players that realistically can make the top half again... however due to a poor start... we need to regroup and success for West Ham this year is classed as any position above 18th...
said...
Peds, not sure if you are having a pop at tj hammer's language or the language of our site in general.
We tend to not care what language is used in posts and comments as long as it is not directed at other site participants in an abusive manner.
Supporting West Ham is a passionate past-time and consequently the words used tend to get a bit passionate ;-)
In terms of Carroll being one of the best keepers in the league..perhaps you could mount a case for that, but personally I wouldn't agree. It makes me concerned when he plays. Sure he can have a great game as he did against the barcodes but he can have some mares as well. He flaps at crosses like he missed that lesson at keeper school. Green makes me feel a lot calmer and hopefully now he can get back in the team.
In terms of us publishing hearsay, the transfer window is all about speculation. Somethimes it gets tiring being constantly linked with the entire planet but we tend to discuss the rumours we think have some credence and possibly may occur. We generally quote the paper or website we sourced the info from.
At the end of the day if you want only locked in fact on done deals, read the official site.
said...
I just saw the highlights on youtube. (Sorry, don't know how to post a link).
What a shocker from Carroll.
Did anyone else think we should have got a penalty when Cole was bought down in the box? He was booked for diving.
At least now we can concentrate on the leauge.
beggers said...
Wasn't happy with this at all. Gotta beat Watford at home. Doesn't matter about the FA Cup I know, but we've gotta beat teams at home and get used to winning again. Whether we progressed wasn't really the issue for me but building confidence for the next game was.
Oh well,easy 3pts mid week lads. "Shock loss for the mickeys" who's with me?
said...
Go to this address to watch Carroll attempt to punch the ball away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGdB8Mjx0Ho
I am so hoping for a win wednesday morning against the scousers...
said...
Why didn't we think of this?
"Ronaldinho to Napoli? Don't bet against it.
A group of Napoli fans have hatched a plan of Baldrick-like cunning to bring the Brazilian from Barcelona to Italy by spending as little as two million euros.
Although Ronaldinho's contract possesses a prohibitive 134 million Euros buy-out clause, the Napoli supporters propose to agree a deal with the forward and then afford the buy-out fee by betting on the current 67-1 odds for Ronaldinho joining the club. "
Dave said...
Peds - Carroll can be good on his day but unfortunately IMO is prone to too many mistakes. I don't think Green did much wrong to be dropped and was being talked about amongst the fans as the finest since Parkes. I too felt more assured with Green in goal and feel he commands his area alot better than Carroll. Carroll is a good shot stopper but as Norven Munky says he tends to flap with the ball in the air.
As for the aggressive swearing it's probably reactionary from a dissappointing result. Must admit I thought "FFS we're fucked if we can't beat Watford at home". People have to realise how depleted our defence is at the moment. Mind you they had 2 West Ham rejects in their defence. What is more dissappointing is we've lost Lucas for 3 weeks. :-(
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I agree with you dave about Carroll. Being a keeper myself, I can guarantee you that after his last effort, Carroll will not be willing to leave his line and his confidence in the air will be further shot.
Furthermore, he will have also lost the confidence of his defenders. Not a healthy position for an already brittle defence to be in.
Green must play against the scousers, even if only for the boost in confidence down back.
Dave said...
Greg - I think Green has had a spat with Curbs and I think Curbs has a huge ego and holds grudges. Like where is Konchesky??? You can't tell me McCartney is playing so well he's keeping Konch out? What the fuck have Mullins & Noble done? Why does Quashie get in no worries?
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said...http://westhamfc.blogspot.com/2007/01/west-ham-0-watford-1-half-time.html
here is a match report
said...From what i heard on the Sky Sports Radio live sports centre feed thing. Apparently Carlton Cole had a real good game. And should have scored a few times and was only just denied.
beex said...Fuckin buncha useless kunce. Sorry, can't find much to feel positive about right now. GET GREEN BACK IN GOAL, CURBS, YOU ASSHOLE!
said...So much for the move to West Ham.
Smertin moves to Fulham
http://newtwg.sbs.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=82151
said...Matthew Upson's agent has accused Birmingham of reneging on a verbal agreement with the central defender in blocking his move to West Ham.
Barry Neville claims the 27-year-old was told by Blues he could leave St Andrews after four years if any interested clubs met a certain price.
Neville says that figure has been exceeded by the Hammers, who have had a £6million ($A15million) offer rejected, but City still refuse to let Upson leave.
Upson's representative told the Birmingham Sunday Mercury: "Matt is disappointed after having been told he could leave Birmingham for a certain amount - and what has been offered has gone way past that.
"There's not really much more I can say other than I'm disappointed and I'm disappointed for Matt.
"As to whether he would be interested in a move to West Ham, that can't be answered until a bid has been accepted."
Upson rejected a new five year contract last season and has made it clear he will not put pen to paper on another deal for Steve Bruce's side.
He has 17 months remaining of his contract and Bruce on Friday slapped a "not for sale" tag on Upson as regards this transfer window which closes at midnight on Wednesday.
said...Whats with all the aggressive language, absolute no need... Not sure where you get most of your knowledge on our club from... but there is loads of hear'say on here based on paper talk... Carroll is one of the best keepers in the league and certainly one of the best professionals at the club... yes he has made a mistake, in a game where we ain't that bothered about because we should only be thinking about the league... If carroll didn't make mistakes he would still be at Man U... I love my club as much as anyone... but you have to remember who you support.. we are not a europeon giant and thus can only attract players that are not classed as that... As for anyone thinking that Neill wouldn't play at right back... you need to learn abit more about how football operates.... We have a very good club and set of players that realistically can make the top half again... however due to a poor start... we need to regroup and success for West Ham this year is classed as any position above 18th...
said...Peds, not sure if you are having a pop at tj hammer's language or the language of our site in general.
We tend to not care what language is used in posts and comments as long as it is not directed at other site participants in an abusive manner.
Supporting West Ham is a passionate past-time and consequently the words used tend to get a bit passionate ;-)
In terms of Carroll being one of the best keepers in the league..perhaps you could mount a case for that, but personally I wouldn't agree. It makes me concerned when he plays. Sure he can have a great game as he did against the barcodes but he can have some mares as well. He flaps at crosses like he missed that lesson at keeper school. Green makes me feel a lot calmer and hopefully now he can get back in the team.
In terms of us publishing hearsay, the transfer window is all about speculation. Somethimes it gets tiring being constantly linked with the entire planet but we tend to discuss the rumours we think have some credence and possibly may occur. We generally quote the paper or website we sourced the info from.
At the end of the day if you want only locked in fact on done deals, read the official site.
said...I just saw the highlights on youtube. (Sorry, don't know how to post a link).
What a shocker from Carroll.
Did anyone else think we should have got a penalty when Cole was bought down in the box? He was booked for diving.
At least now we can concentrate on the leauge.
beggers said...Wasn't happy with this at all. Gotta beat Watford at home. Doesn't matter about the FA Cup I know, but we've gotta beat teams at home and get used to winning again. Whether we progressed wasn't really the issue for me but building confidence for the next game was.
Oh well,easy 3pts mid week lads. "Shock loss for the mickeys" who's with me?
said...Go to this address to watch Carroll attempt to punch the ball away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGdB8Mjx0Ho
I am so hoping for a win wednesday morning against the scousers...
said...Why didn't we think of this?
"Ronaldinho to Napoli? Don't bet against it.
A group of Napoli fans have hatched a plan of Baldrick-like cunning to bring the Brazilian from Barcelona to Italy by spending as little as two million euros.
Although Ronaldinho's contract possesses a prohibitive 134 million Euros buy-out clause, the Napoli supporters propose to agree a deal with the forward and then afford the buy-out fee by betting on the current 67-1 odds for Ronaldinho joining the club. "
Dave said...Peds - Carroll can be good on his day but unfortunately IMO is prone to too many mistakes. I don't think Green did much wrong to be dropped and was being talked about amongst the fans as the finest since Parkes. I too felt more assured with Green in goal and feel he commands his area alot better than Carroll. Carroll is a good shot stopper but as Norven Munky says he tends to flap with the ball in the air.
As for the aggressive swearing it's probably reactionary from a dissappointing result. Must admit I thought "FFS we're fucked if we can't beat Watford at home". People have to realise how depleted our defence is at the moment. Mind you they had 2 West Ham rejects in their defence. What is more dissappointing is we've lost Lucas for 3 weeks. :-(
said...I agree with you dave about Carroll. Being a keeper myself, I can guarantee you that after his last effort, Carroll will not be willing to leave his line and his confidence in the air will be further shot.
Furthermore, he will have also lost the confidence of his defenders. Not a healthy position for an already brittle defence to be in.
Green must play against the scousers, even if only for the boost in confidence down back.
Dave said...Greg - I think Green has had a spat with Curbs and I think Curbs has a huge ego and holds grudges. Like where is Konchesky??? You can't tell me McCartney is playing so well he's keeping Konch out? What the fuck have Mullins & Noble done? Why does Quashie get in no worries?
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Neill finally signs
We all thought it wouldn't happen, but it did in the end. Lucas Neill has signed a £60,000 a week deal for a fee of about £1,500,000. I don't know how long he's signed for but my guess is probably either 6 months or about 2-3 years with a relegation "eject! eject! eject!" clause. I think he really believes West Ham can stay up and that he'll get games with us. Plus there's that big pile of money. I'm a bit concerned that Curbs is splashing this money around, especially on wages. I don't like big wage bills, but I suppose any price is worth paying to stay up..We're also getting a striker from Sevilla called Kepa Blanco on loan till the end of the season with an option to buy. He's 23 but I can't tell you any more than that. It's a secret. (actually I don't know anything about him)
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its a 2 and a half year deal
and i hear this kepa blanco is highly rated although bringing a foreign striker n poses more problems about adapting to english football
we havent got time for him 2 settle in
Dave said...
Kanoute is keeping blanco out of the sevilla team - in fact Kanoute is top scorer in la liga. I always rated Freddy highly as a player with the potential to be like Henry. Anyway Blanco has scored 7 goals in limited la liga appearances.
West Ham will not sign Ronaldinho! Fingers crossed ;-)
said...
Believe me , with the rivers of gold coming the premiership's way the wages with pale in insignificance, so expect even higher wages in the premiership.
Great to see Curbs and Eggy doing there thang!!
If the truth be known, it is eggies finesse in the football world that is brining these players to upton park, it was eggie that convinced Neill to join the revolution.
So Cheers to the Eggmeister.
said...
http://www.kumb.com/story.php?id=12068
Notice how KUMB has "West Ham United FC" in the title bar of every story. That helps their google ranking. perhaps that's why you lads don't appear. Your site it certainly popular enough though. Just summat I noticed. cheers.
beggers said...
Great that LN has finally signed, seemed to be going on forever! Real pleased with this signing, not beacause he's Aussie(frankly you could be Al Qaeda for all I care as long as you help us stay up), but because he's a good professional football player. He can play anywhere in the back four and will give 100% every game. A quality signing. Worry about the wages later whubris, for now pay'em and play'em.
Blanco, had a quick peek at him on youtube and most of his goals seemed to come from headers. Not a bad thing as he can be a good target man in the box. We don't seem to score many headers? But if he's to be of any use to us he'll have to click straight away.
Saw the EPL highlight show last night, one of the most blatant offsides I've ever seen.
It's all going against us but that's the West Ham way, it's was never going to be easy. So now I support two teams, West Ham and anyone who plays against Watford, Charlton, Wigan or Sheffield.
Melbournehammer said...
Re Neill's wages it has been a win/win for Lucas and the Hammers.
Lucas Neill's real worth is say 5.5 mil.Brum want 6 mil for Upson and we bought Davenport for 3 mil.So was Neill really only worth 1.5 mil? No but he was in the last 6 months of his contract and was walking at the end of the season.
Divide the difference between his worth and what we paid for him which equals 4 mil and now divide that by 130 (the 2 and half year contract he signed) which roughly comes to 30,000 per week.Add that to a probable base wage of 30,000 and you have your 60,000 per week.
Good buisness by the Hammers in that they are paying off Neill's worth over a 2 year period and excellent business by Neill to pocket 4 mil.
said...
Hopefully this maybe another surprise for us, Neill may have something to do with it.
Gareth Southgate has confirmed West Ham United made an enquiry for Middlesbrough striker Mark Viduka.
The Australia international is out of contract at the end of the season and is waiting for talks regarding his future.
Boro have recently stated that discussions will start after the close of the transfer window and Southgate is desperate to keep Viduka at The Riverside.
The Boro boss has been delighted with the forward's response to the recent speculation and acknowledged there had been interest from West Ham.
One can hope!!
whubris said...
Anon - we have "West Ham United blog for fans in Australia" in every post title (look at the title now, and also click on "view post" to see what I mean). I think KUMB has just been around forever, is heavily visited and is heavily linked. Google uses links from other sites as "votes" for the page, and this is used very strongly in the ranking algorithm.
whubris said...
Vote!
Also SBS article
"I feel that I am one of the first new signings in the building of an empire here." Top bloke!
and, "I have fitted into the wage structure here." - what the hell does that mean?
said...
Watford beat Blackburn, which puts them 5 points behind us, though they have a game in hand against wigan. I sorta hope watford beat wigan and then dont win anymore games :P
said...
"Dundee United manager Craig Levein wants an experienced defender - someone like West Ham's Christian Dailly"
lol
Also on Kanoute, I thought he was one of the best headers of the ball we've ever had...
whubris said...
According to this dodgy article there is a half-million release clause in case of relegation.
Apparently we've also had a 3 million offer for pie eater Dukes turned down. Can't say I'm all that keen on him as he's a similar player, but with less of a future, than Ashton.
said...
I don't mind Dukes. At least he is up and running and scoring goals.
We won't get much from Deano this year. By the time he regains match fitness the season will be over.
beggers said...
Yeah I'm with NM, Kanoute could head a ball. Infact he could score a goal. His problem was attitude, he looked slow half the time and you sort of got the feeling he wasn't giving it his all. Shame really, he never really fulfilled his potential with us IMO.
Also with whubris on Dukes, speed and trickery is what we need, got plenty of big blokes. A striker with pace to burn to play off one of these blokes is the go. Carlos Tevez "COME ON DOWN".
Belated thanks to Melb. for last weeks match report.
How was the Roar game on the weekend? Did any of you catch up?
Now onto more pressing matters, would you play Blanco this weekend?
whubris said...
I was in the comms box as usual. Shit atmosphere afterwards! Pretty good during the game though.
said...
Have a laugh at the Hotspurts fans' reaction after their 2-2 draw with Arsenal.
http://www.gg-chat.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=69102
said...
Rumour Of The Day
'The idea came to St. Petersburg Deputy Governor Alexander Vakhmistrov after he had knocked back a few malted beverages. Vakhmistrov, who heads up construction in the northern capital, was on hand in Germany recently to watch a football game between two teams sponsored by state natural gas monopoly Gazprom: Zenit from St. Petersburg and the German club Schalke 04. "At the end of the game, an amusing statistic appeared on the scoreboard: '61,700 people are in attendance, and 44,000 liters of beer have been drunk,'" Vakhmistrov told reporters Wednesday. Impressed, Vakhmistrov and Zenit president Sergei Fursenko concluded that the Russian club's new stadium should be equipped with a "beer pipeline" like the one at Schalke's Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, which features a five-kilometer pipeline that supplies suds' - The Moscow Times.
whubris said...
What would their reaction have been if they'd experienced what we did in the FA Cup Final? I mean hypothetically of course. They're too SHIT to make an FA Cup Final.
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said...its a 2 and a half year deal
and i hear this kepa blanco is highly rated although bringing a foreign striker n poses more problems about adapting to english football
we havent got time for him 2 settle in
Dave said...Kanoute is keeping blanco out of the sevilla team - in fact Kanoute is top scorer in la liga. I always rated Freddy highly as a player with the potential to be like Henry. Anyway Blanco has scored 7 goals in limited la liga appearances.
West Ham will not sign Ronaldinho! Fingers crossed ;-)
said...Believe me , with the rivers of gold coming the premiership's way the wages with pale in insignificance, so expect even higher wages in the premiership.
Great to see Curbs and Eggy doing there thang!!
If the truth be known, it is eggies finesse in the football world that is brining these players to upton park, it was eggie that convinced Neill to join the revolution.
So Cheers to the Eggmeister.
said...http://www.kumb.com/story.php?id=12068
Notice how KUMB has "West Ham United FC" in the title bar of every story. That helps their google ranking. perhaps that's why you lads don't appear. Your site it certainly popular enough though. Just summat I noticed. cheers.
beggers said...Great that LN has finally signed, seemed to be going on forever! Real pleased with this signing, not beacause he's Aussie(frankly you could be Al Qaeda for all I care as long as you help us stay up), but because he's a good professional football player. He can play anywhere in the back four and will give 100% every game. A quality signing. Worry about the wages later whubris, for now pay'em and play'em.
Blanco, had a quick peek at him on youtube and most of his goals seemed to come from headers. Not a bad thing as he can be a good target man in the box. We don't seem to score many headers? But if he's to be of any use to us he'll have to click straight away.
Saw the EPL highlight show last night, one of the most blatant offsides I've ever seen.
It's all going against us but that's the West Ham way, it's was never going to be easy. So now I support two teams, West Ham and anyone who plays against Watford, Charlton, Wigan or Sheffield.
Melbournehammer said...Re Neill's wages it has been a win/win for Lucas and the Hammers.
Lucas Neill's real worth is say 5.5 mil.Brum want 6 mil for Upson and we bought Davenport for 3 mil.So was Neill really only worth 1.5 mil? No but he was in the last 6 months of his contract and was walking at the end of the season.
Divide the difference between his worth and what we paid for him which equals 4 mil and now divide that by 130 (the 2 and half year contract he signed) which roughly comes to 30,000 per week.Add that to a probable base wage of 30,000 and you have your 60,000 per week.
Good buisness by the Hammers in that they are paying off Neill's worth over a 2 year period and excellent business by Neill to pocket 4 mil.
said...Hopefully this maybe another surprise for us, Neill may have something to do with it.
Gareth Southgate has confirmed West Ham United made an enquiry for Middlesbrough striker Mark Viduka.
The Australia international is out of contract at the end of the season and is waiting for talks regarding his future.
Boro have recently stated that discussions will start after the close of the transfer window and Southgate is desperate to keep Viduka at The Riverside.
The Boro boss has been delighted with the forward's response to the recent speculation and acknowledged there had been interest from West Ham.
One can hope!!
whubris said...Anon - we have "West Ham United blog for fans in Australia" in every post title (look at the title now, and also click on "view post" to see what I mean). I think KUMB has just been around forever, is heavily visited and is heavily linked. Google uses links from other sites as "votes" for the page, and this is used very strongly in the ranking algorithm.
whubris said...Vote!
Also SBS article
"I feel that I am one of the first new signings in the building of an empire here." Top bloke!
and, "I have fitted into the wage structure here." - what the hell does that mean?
said...Watford beat Blackburn, which puts them 5 points behind us, though they have a game in hand against wigan. I sorta hope watford beat wigan and then dont win anymore games :P
said..."Dundee United manager Craig Levein wants an experienced defender - someone like West Ham's Christian Dailly"
lol
Also on Kanoute, I thought he was one of the best headers of the ball we've ever had...
whubris said...According to this dodgy article there is a half-million release clause in case of relegation.
Apparently we've also had a 3 million offer for pie eater Dukes turned down. Can't say I'm all that keen on him as he's a similar player, but with less of a future, than Ashton.
said...I don't mind Dukes. At least he is up and running and scoring goals.
We won't get much from Deano this year. By the time he regains match fitness the season will be over.
beggers said...Yeah I'm with NM, Kanoute could head a ball. Infact he could score a goal. His problem was attitude, he looked slow half the time and you sort of got the feeling he wasn't giving it his all. Shame really, he never really fulfilled his potential with us IMO.
Also with whubris on Dukes, speed and trickery is what we need, got plenty of big blokes. A striker with pace to burn to play off one of these blokes is the go. Carlos Tevez "COME ON DOWN".
Belated thanks to Melb. for last weeks match report.
How was the Roar game on the weekend? Did any of you catch up?
Now onto more pressing matters, would you play Blanco this weekend?
whubris said...I was in the comms box as usual. Shit atmosphere afterwards! Pretty good during the game though.
said...Have a laugh at the Hotspurts fans' reaction after their 2-2 draw with Arsenal.
http://www.gg-chat.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=69102
said...Rumour Of The Day
'The idea came to St. Petersburg Deputy Governor Alexander Vakhmistrov after he had knocked back a few malted beverages. Vakhmistrov, who heads up construction in the northern capital, was on hand in Germany recently to watch a football game between two teams sponsored by state natural gas monopoly Gazprom: Zenit from St. Petersburg and the German club Schalke 04. "At the end of the game, an amusing statistic appeared on the scoreboard: '61,700 people are in attendance, and 44,000 liters of beer have been drunk,'" Vakhmistrov told reporters Wednesday. Impressed, Vakhmistrov and Zenit president Sergei Fursenko concluded that the Russian club's new stadium should be equipped with a "beer pipeline" like the one at Schalke's Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, which features a five-kilometer pipeline that supplies suds' - The Moscow Times.
whubris said...What would their reaction have been if they'd experienced what we did in the FA Cup Final? I mean hypothetically of course. They're too SHIT to make an FA Cup Final.
Monday, January 22, 2007
Rennie Axed!
Doesn't get us our 2 points back though does it! I'll be well pissed if we miss out by 2 points at the end of the year - not to mention Poll's bullshit last week.
Demotion looms for Rennie over 'appalling' gaffe
Alan Biggs
Monday January 22, 2007
The Guardian
Uriah Rennie faces being dropped from the Premiership over the glaring error that enabled Newcastle to fight back for a 2-2 draw with West Ham. His mistake in allowing James Milner's goal to stand when Scott Parker was clearly interfering with play in an offside position is also likely to be used as a demonstration video for referees on how not to apply football's most complicated law.
The gaffe was described last night as "an appalling piece of refereeing" by one former official, Kevin Lynch. The
Demotion looms for Rennie over 'appalling' gaffe
Alan Biggs
Monday January 22, 2007
The Guardian
Uriah Rennie faces being dropped from the Premiership over the glaring error that enabled Newcastle to fight back for a 2-2 draw with West Ham. His mistake in allowing James Milner's goal to stand when Scott Parker was clearly interfering with play in an offside position is also likely to be used as a demonstration video for referees on how not to apply football's most complicated law.
The gaffe was described last night as "an appalling piece of refereeing" by one former official, Kevin Lynch. The