I heard a pundit on the radio earlier today congratulating the likes of Everton Bournemouth and Huddersfield for getting their business done early meanwhile back in East London? ;weep
Don't think that affects us. Giroud would rather be a sub for Arsenal in a World Cup year than a starter for West Ham. He'll score more playing second fiddle to Lacazette than starting every game for us, IMO.
I think we certainly need to prioritise pace and athleticism in our signings given our pitch at the OS. Not really the ground for plodders.
Antonio, Lanzini, a fast winger and striker (Walcott, Hernandez) would be great with Obiang and Kouyate (or a new CM athlete).
Last season a big problem at home was pace. Calleri, Zaza, Tore, Snodgrass, Noble, Nordtveit, Carroll. Not enough pace between them for us to be at our dynamic best.
One thing we were under Slav in season 1. Dynamic.
Some of the panic on social media is embarrassing. Some real derogatory remarks aimed at the club and owners. I get concern but some of it really is laughable.
I only use it to browse news quickly but some of the comments I've seen are putting me off doing that.
They seem to aim all the abuse to DG as he has a twitter account. What they don't seem to realise, as West Ham fans too, is that DG has little or no involvement in signing players. ;doh
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I hope the daves are considering testing bournemouth's resolve..
This story cracks me up total rubbish, 40 m for a player who played 766 mins last season yet we are "clashing" with Everton ;lol
That makes a striker worth £40m now...
I suspect though all it will mean is Sanchez shuffling off to Man City
Antonio, Lanzini, a fast winger and striker (Walcott, Hernandez) would be great with Obiang and Kouyate (or a new CM athlete).
Last season a big problem at home was pace. Calleri, Zaza, Tore, Snodgrass, Noble, Nordtveit, Carroll. Not enough pace between them for us to be at our dynamic best.
One thing we were under Slav in season 1. Dynamic.
2 vs 1 ;fishslap
Gray is a strong possibility as a direct replacement for Valencia.
Giroud is a target and we're in a fight with Everton and Lyon for him.
Hernandez we want but face a lot of competition and his wages would comfortably be the highest at the club.
A move for Bats would depend on Lukaku going to Chelsea but again there'd be strong competition.
We're also looking for a winger and a centre midfielder but won't move for those players until the striker situation is sorted.
Get the feeling this is going to roll on deep into August...
I only use it to browse news quickly but some of the comments I've seen are putting me off doing that.
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-lead-race-for-15m-burnley-striker-andre-gray-as-slaven-bilic-targets-pace-a3580801.html