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        <title>David Sullivan</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/12633/david-sullivan</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 10:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>DJ Hammer</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is this enough to oust David Sullivan from West Ham? Panorama are planning on showing at expose on BBC this Friday 29th May at 19:30 based around "alleged" sexual offences. Will Sullivan still meet the "fit &amp; proper" ownership test?]]>
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        <title>Welcome Nuno Espirito Santo</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/12448/welcome-nuno-espirito-santo</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>buffybegood</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[As expected, Nuno appointed:

https://www.whufc.com/news/west-ham-united-appoint-nuno-espirito-santo-head-coach]]>
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        <title>Karren Brady</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/12609/karren-brady</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>DJ Hammer</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[It’s just been announced on the West Ham site that Karren Brady has left the club]]>
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        <title>Another New Manager, Welcome Mr Potter</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/12301/another-new-manager-welcome-mr-potter</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 20:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[This discussion was created from comments split from: <a rel="nofollow" href="/discussion/12143/official-new-manager-julen-lopetegui/">Official new manager - Julen Lopetegui</a>.]]>
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        <title>The David Moyes Thread</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11076/the-david-moyes-thread</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2019 20:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>Lukerz</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Statement on website...

https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2019/december/28-december/west-ham-united-statement]]>
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        <title>New Broom or New Broomsweeper</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/12272/new-broom-or-new-broomsweeper</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 08:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>secrethammersfan</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I’ve been mulling over a few things while reading the discussions -especially the one on Lopetegui’s appointment, and the one on the Wolves game. People seem to be arguing about what is missing from the team, while also arguing about whether the manager is right for the team, and it led me to this thought. 
The managerial choice seems to be between the two following versions. Version 1 is someone who has a style of play which resonates with the club, who then imposes their style on the team, regardless of whether the current players are suited to the style. Once the style of play has been integrated into the team and the team implicitly know how to play, the manager then replaces less competent players with those more suited to the style. 
Next step, success.
Version 2 is a manager who looks at the players available to them, and develops a style suited to the squad they have in front of them. Then, over subsequent transfer windows, more talented players are brought in, each time requiring a slight -or at times, drastic- change in the style of play, which at best can be confusing for players at times. 
In my opinion, I would like to see version 1, but I understand that may mean putting a style in place where you need to change most of the squad. It’s a project of a number of years, with a dip in form to be expected in the first year. 
I think (or blindly hope) that this was the plan with Lopetegui’s appointment, but it seems the board -and fans- of football clubs rarely have such patience these days. 
Thoughts?]]>
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        <title>Moyes In or Moyes Out</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11717/moyes-in-or-moyes-out</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 17:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>OldCastleSwift</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[As suggested by Jay, I'm just looking for a simple In or Out really. It <i>feels</i> unanimous in most places I look, but would be interested to know the consensus on here. 

Personally, and unsurprisingly, I'm out. ]]>
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        <title>Possible new (part) ownership</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11932/possible-new-part-ownership</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[This discussion was created from comments split from: <a rel="nofollow" href="/discussion/11699/couldnt-think-from-dec-2022/">Couldn't think - from Dec 2022</a>.]]>
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        <title>Paul Nevin departs West Ham</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11833/paul-nevin-departs-west-ham</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>DJ Hammer</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just announced on West Ham’s official web site that Paul Nevin has now departed the club. Not looking good for Moyes’s back room set up.]]>
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        <title>West Ham Manager - have your say here.</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11701/west-ham-manager-have-your-say-here</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2022 09:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[This discussion was created from comments split from: <a rel="nofollow" href="/discussion/11697/west-ham-v-brentford-friday-30th-december-19-45-gmt/">West Ham v Brentford . Friday 30th December 19.45 GMT.</a>.]]>
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        <title>David Gold RIP</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11708/david-gold-rip</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 13:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>IronHerb</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[DG passed away this morning. Thanks David for what you did for our club. ⚒]]>
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        <title>David Gold RIP</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11707/david-gold-rip</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 13:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>horshamhammer</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just been announced by the club.]]>
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        <title>&quot;That's what I do; I win&quot;.  But can David Moyes ever really win with West ham fans?</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11629/thats-what-i-do-i-win-but-can-david-moyes-ever-really-win-with-west-ham-fans</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>OldCastleSwift</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just a Moyes-specific thread, given that he seems to be under more scrutiny again, and to keep other threads on topic.

I'll start by saying that, generally, he's done a fantastic job with us.  Kept us up, twice, and then took us to 6th and 7th place finishes and a Europa League semi-final.  An incredible achievement really given where we've been for a number of years, particularly for a man who was, in the main, not considered good enough for us both times he joined the club.

But, like all of us, he's not without fault.  I look at those 6th and 7th finishes and wonder, perhaps unfairly, whether they could/should have been 4th and 6th place finishes.  We had great momentum going into both January windows of those seasons but fell away in the second half of the both of them as injuries and fatigue took hold, with Moyes reluctant to bring in new players, or indeed use those already at his disposal. 

And there have been some doubts creeping in about his transfer judgement, too.  We saw 50% of his main summer '21 signings not play and binned off this summer, and despite seeming to take the position that he only wants to sign players that improve the first team, we're now seeing comments about Downes not being ready, about the new foreign players not being ready.  His use of substitutions, particularly last season, have also drawn criticism from a lot of people, and there seems to be something of a contradiction when he says things have gone stale and need changing and yet he keeps playing largely the same players whilst keeping those that he signed to freshen things up on the bench. 

His biggest success, IMO, has come in creating an almost unrivalled team spirit.  Over the last two seasons he, his staff and the players have all talked about that spirit, but to me that hasn't been evident during pre-season and the first three league games of this season.  The players have looked lethargic, slow and, in the case of our captain, hugely frustrated.  There could be many reasons for this; Noble leaving, Pearce leaving, but I wonder whether the public criticism that Moyes delivered after the Brighton game, and his treatment of some of the players (notably Benrahma and Kral), has had an effect on morale.

Obviously no-one on here knows what's going on at the club, how the players feel, or indeed how Moyes feels.  But it looks like he's under pressure, probably for the first time, because people's expectations have been raised.  He may become a victim of his own success in that respect.

This is a big season for him, I think.  We've tasted relative success, and are on course to spend well over £100m on improving the squad.  He's on record as saying that the board have been really good and backed him, so any blame for an underperforming season will, fairly or otherwise, likely sit with him.

I wanted to open a discussion on it in here because generally it's a lot more balanced and, well, grown up; Twitter and other forums are a bit of a divisive battlefield where it's either 'In Moyes We Trust' or 'Moyes Out' with very little allowed in-between.  I like to think here we can have more reasoned conversations.

So, can Moyes ever really win with West Ham fans?  Even with two really good seasons in the bank, he has his doubters and plenty ready to knock him.  With our poor start to this season, the old opinions will come to the fore and already we're seeing comments like, 'let's just get Potter in', or 'I wonder if Poch would be interested' across West Ham social media.]]>
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        <title>Stuart Pearce</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11584/stuart-pearce</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 17:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>DJ Hammer</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Stuart Pearce has decided to step down as West Ham’s first team coach.]]>
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        <title>The Owners</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11212/the-owners</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>carsonroadboy</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I seem to be holding a minority view, but I am pleased that we have English owners. I am surprised that so many want the club sold to anyone who has enough billions to move us into the top six. Personally I would rather we didn’t have a foreigner funding our beloved club. Let the Liverpools, Manchesters, and Chelseas buy their way to the top, and let us have the joy of beating them occasionally on a limited budget. 

I want us to stay as a Premiership club, and it would be great to be free from the constant threat of relegation, but enough of our soul has been lost already, and selling out to another oil baron or sheik would be the last straw,]]>
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        <title>Are West Ham too honest on the pitch?</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11330/are-west-ham-too-honest-on-the-pitch</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>Dodger58</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[An article on Hammers News questions whether our ‘honest’ approach on the pitch is helping us <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.hammers.news/news/david-moyes-admission-is-admirable-but-its-clearly-not-helping-west-ham/">https://hammers.news/news/david-moyes-admission-is-admirable-but-its-clearly-not-helping-west-ham/</a>.  This quotes David Moyes saying <i>“I tell the players to stay on their feet and not go down easily. I like the game to be played correctly. Maybe I am wrong and we should be looking to gain but I want us to be an honest football team and I want us to try and do things correctly. That will not always happen, it obviously won’t but we’ve not been getting penalty kicks that’s for sure. I hope there are a bundle of penalties in the second half of the season.”</i>

Personally I am pleased to see this even if it does, on occasion, appear to cost us.  I know this is Professional sport and a results based business, but I still want the club I have supported all my life to be one seen to be playing in the right spirit.  The ridiculous position of being one of the very few clubs punished for a dive (Lanzini in his early days) is not a badge of honour, but yet another example of how West Ham are treated differently to others by the football authorities.

What do others think?<i></i>]]>
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        <title>has David had his chips?Goodbye Mr Moyes?</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11188/has-david-had-his-chips-goodbye-mr-moyes</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 08:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>costas</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[
At the end of his previous spell with us, I thought Moyes might have done enough to be kept on, but definitely not this time.

If we don’t get relegated, he is  rightly entitled to claim he kept us up, but I struggle to see much good he has done for us, or any positive effect he has had on the squad. Or how we play.

See Ham suggested he’d take Dyche, but I can’t see too many Hammers putting up with how he sets up his team. Plus he is totally inflexible – he just does what he is used to regardless of opposition.

Doubtless some would consider St Eddie of Howe if available, but I’ve always felt he is overrated. And again he is a ‘I’m not changing’ type, which is all very well if you are bobbing in mid-table with a club with low expectations, but they’ve been rooted at the bottom for ages, and he insists they need to ‘keep doing what they do well, which simply seems to be get thumped.
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        <title>The Owners - The Good, The Bad and The ITK.</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11134/the-owners-the-good-the-bad-and-the-itk</link>
        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2020 14:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>SuzanneClaret</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I’ll be moving over all the chat about Gold, Sullivan and Brady to here as the same conversation is happening over several threads. 

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        <title>West Ham’s next manège part 2</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11079/west-ham-s-next-manege-part-2</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>imagelost</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Holds hands up,,, did not think it would go this bad,,,, even when I said 42 points ASAP please
Any way next manager please take a step up]]>
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        <title>West Ham’s next boss</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/11022/west-ham-s-next-boss</link>
        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>imagelost</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I didn’t  think this would happen , but the season ticket holders I spoke today are not going to games due to  West Ham poor performance,
The few I spoke to today want pell out , 
I think he should be given a few more weeks but I am not season ticket holder 
 So what next
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        <title>Pellegrini Confirmed as West Ham Manager (22.05.18) - already (September) there are doubters</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/10582/pellegrini-confirmed-as-west-ham-manager-22-05-18-already-september-there-are-doubters</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 07:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>SuzanneClaret</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[This discussion was created from comments split from: <a rel="nofollow" href="/discussion/10347/the-new-manager-hunt-was-the-moyes-thread-only-3-days-to-wait/">The new manager hunt (was the Moyes thread) only 3 days to wait...</a>.]]>
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        <title>Transfer Director Tony Henry (suspended) dismissed by club</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/10465/transfer-director-tony-henry-suspended-dismissed-by-club</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>grey_til_I_dye</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42898043

This is being discussed on a couple of threads, so I'll merge them here.]]>
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        <title>Mario Husillos confirmed as Director of Football</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/10599/mario-husillos-confirmed-as-director-of-football</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>OldCastleSwift</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oooh, it's happened 

https://whufc.com/news/articles/2018/june/13-june/west-ham-appoint-director-football-mario-husillos
“Mario will take complete, strategic control of all player recruitment and, alongside Manuel, has the full support and confidence of myself and David Gold to lead that department"
Fair play to Sullivan. Didn't think it would ever happen.]]>
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        <title>The new manager hunt (was the Moyes thread) only 3 days to wait...</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/10347/the-new-manager-hunt-was-the-moyes-thread-only-3-days-to-wait</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 08:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>grey_til_I_dye</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/november/07-november/david-moyes-appointed-new-west-ham-united-manager]]>
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        <title>Summer 2018 - The Rebuild and The Recovery</title>
        <link>https://whu606.com/discussion/10564/summer-2018-the-rebuild-and-the-recovery</link>
        <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2018 10:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Management &amp; Board</category>
        <dc:creator>Yeoldhammer</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think its fine to put this up early due to this seasons circumstances.

With safety achieved and another season in the PL to come, West Hams season overall have has been a disappointing season. From managerial change, to fan unrest, players banned for spitting and exiting benches.

How does West Ham rebuild and recover ?

What do you want to see from the board over the summer ?
What do you want to see from the manager over the summer ?
What players do you want to see moved on from the club ?
What players realistically would you like to see join the club ?


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