Slaven Bilic named as West Ham Manager (09.06.15)
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Respect your opinion.
However, a good manager will get the team playing the football he wants fairly quickly, and to be honest I don't think he will have to change much from what the players did in the first half of last season to bring us entertainment along with results. We didn't play hoofball all season so it shouldn't be a massive transition period for the players.
"I think Allardyce did a great job in many respects but I think Bilic will bring us on further. Just maybe not immediately. Allardyce didn't exactly win the Championship in style in his first year."
True that Sam didn't win the championship in style in his first year, however he took over a broken club, had a massive turnover in players and got the ones who remained out of that losing mentality which is extremely hard to do.
Bilic is taking over a stable ship provided by Sam so I expect him to take us forwards, not backwards.
The only thing I would say is that I wouldn't say it is a stable ship right now. 12th paced finish is very stable, but I can't call the last 6 months as stable.
in regards to the new manager, yes I think Bilic is much better than most, but facts are facts and who am I to argue with the CEO of West Ham.
It's the same with Slaven now.
He has players bought by Sam who you associate with a direct style (Collins, O'Brien, Nolan, Jarvis, Carroll) which Bilic will either need to replace or help adapt to a new style. He also has players who have flopped to date (Zarate, Maiga), also signed under Sam. Does he try and turn them around or get rid?
And then he will have his own signings he wants.
Big task.
Rather telling part of his interview on the OS. Seems like we weren't scrabbling around at all but have favoured Bilic for a while.
From meeting Slaven it quickly became clear that he has a real passion and affinity for our Club and a real desire to become its manager dg
Personally id have thought that if you are trying to get a good manager I would have thought that you link other great managers to the post, to keep your original target interested and feel like he is among top opposition.
If we went for mclaren, Pulis etc, Bilic may have thought he was too good for West Ham.
The club have impressed me constantly over the years. They are not perfect but they are going in the right direction.
http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/June/9-June/Bilic-The-First-Interview
I'd have thought Slaven Bilic's Claret and Blue army will be sung in August.
And STILL took the job! ;wink
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Still, if Slaven ends up talking things up and not delivering, he can always point to his employers and say he is taking a leaf out of their book...
I hope that Slaven can entice one or two quality signings - he has worked with a number of quality players who could improve the current squad. Let's hope the kitty is big enough to do so.
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