West Ham’s next boss

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  • alderzalderz
    I wonder if Carrick wants to be a manager...
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    The Indy interviewed Carrick last year, asked him if he wanted to be a manager
    Yeah, at this stage, I would say, yeah, but I'm not blasé to think I'm going to be a manager, you know.

    I'm starting out now, bottom rung of the ladder really, albeit the manager Jose's given me an unbelievable opportunity to be at United now, but I think it's a step by step, I'm not getting carried away.

    But of course, it's like when you set out to be a footballer, you know. You set out to be a footballer, when you're young, and you think I'd love to do that. There's plenty of things along the way that could change that, and it's the same thing now with being a manager, it's time will tell how it goes”
    Very sensible of him.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Even if the board keep faith with Pelle, they have a bit of a decision to make on Husillos I reckon if they want to make some additions to the squad in jan. In Haller a striker has been bought whose attributes don’t go well with Pelle’s preferred system. Anderson has been pretty much non existent all season. And then we have Sanchez, wilshere and Roberto. I can see Sully being nervous about leaving him in charge of transfers.
  • stevesteve
    :hmm: Bit worried about sully being in charge of our club :biggrin:
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    baracks @ 6.37

    Agree, this is the same managerial duo who saw fit to sign Roberto, let nearly all the partners for Haller leave the club so we can't get the best out of him and still don't appear inclined to sign a player to help Declan in midfield.
  • DJ HammerDJ Hammer
    Why would we want to change a winning manager? :whistle:
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    DJ,

    I'll get back to you on that at Christmas. ;)
  • imagelostimagelost
    Where
  • imagelostimagelost
    I suggest 6 English players in the team had had something to do with it.
    Grit ,determination, a responsibility to other team members,, no language barrier, split time decision.
    Team leadership skills.
    Noble
  • imagelostimagelost
    Pelle out
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Noble was poor imo.
  • imagelostimagelost
    edited November 2019
    IronHerb said:

    Noble was poor imo.

    As in Roberto poor, or ?

    My manager is poor / missing planing skills
    In my case bigger the customer ie costain, ISG, Balfour Beaty group, the harder we try,
    Joe blog not so much
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    No.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Noble wasn't poor at all.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    In your opinion?
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    I sensed there was a chance of inserting some panto back n forths for a minute there ;)
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Oh no there wasn't. :run:
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    edited November 2019
    oh yes there is! :biggrin:
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    content smile :biggrin:
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    imagelost said:

    I suggest 6 English players in the team had had something to do with it.

    I suggest playing a massive Italian centre back against a slow French centre forward known for scoring with his head had something to do with it.
    Fortuneseeker said:

    let nearly all the partners for Haller leave the club so we can't get the best out of him

    Hernandez & Arnautovic put in transfer requests
    Carroll was/is a sick note
    Perez wasn't good enough for Arsenal or us.

    Two didn't want to stay and two weren't worth keeping.
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    Sometimes Pro managers can be so blind to the need of pace in the side. Bilic was highly guilty of that, he even knew it, but seemed to accept the Chicharitos etc would balance the need with pure quality. Only Payets level really win games without pace and power these days. I think Bilic may have learnt his lesson. Pardew was the master of pace and power. Pellers seems blind (Fornal, Haller, Yarma), super Antonio to the rescue! How many games has Traore won for Wolves this season?
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Well wolves have only won four so guess four it his then
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Hernandez & Arnautovic put in transfer requests
    Carroll was/is a sick note
    Perez wasn't good enough for Arsenal or us.

    Two didn't want to stay and two weren't worth keeping

    So that's ok then, we'll just carry on playing Haller in a solo role, if at all, and not get the best out of him based on his success at Eintracht last season?
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    One of the worst things was getting rid of Chica after the uk transfer window had shut. Absolute madness.

    Haller is not quick (at all) and cannot do the solo role. Him and Chica might have worked well together but now we will never know
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    But we never set the team up to maximise his talents.

    So there was little point in keeping him.

    Such a waste.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    We didn't get rid of Chica, he wasn't happy here and wanted to leave. He was on big wages for very little actual game time. We've been through the incredible sulks with Payet and Arnie, we didn't need another so what was the point of stopping his transfer? .

    Closing the transfer window earlier than the other European nations was a stupid idea with predictable results.

    Haller played well as a lone striker at the start, despite not scoring for 6 games he's our top scorer.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    Closing the transfer window earlier than the other European nations was a stupid idea with predictable results.

    Sorry, but I disagree. It makes complete sense to close the window before the season starts, we just have to hope that the other major leagues eventually align themselves in the next year or two; there isn't such a difference in the season start dates of the major European leagues that a transfer window closure before all leagues start isn't achievable. Starting the league season with the window still open makes no sense whatsoever imo.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    I agree it makes sense to close the window before the season starts but it was utter stupidity for the Premier League to close ours while the other major European nations kept theirs open until the end of August/beginning of September.

    I can only assume that the clubs thought losing a few players in the three week gap without being able to replace them until January was acceptable
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    edited December 2019
    There is no evidence that Chica was being disruptive (as far as we can tell). He was probably unhappy and wanted to leave (maybe zaha is in that boat too), but it doesn’t just follow that he should be sold. The needs of the squad (having let go of every other forward) should have outweighed the fact that he was on a high wage and in the last year of his contract.

    A poor decision (whoever made it) IMO
  • LukerzLukerz
    :ok:

    I don't have any objection to the players we allowed to move on, but the fact is we let the following players go in the summer:

    Obiang
    Arnautovic
    Lucas Perez
    Hernandez
    Carroll

    And only really signed Fornals & Haller.

    Whilst the jury was out on some of those players, that's four strikers & a DM/CM, & all of them contributed to the club during last season in some capacity (excluding maybe Carroll).

    I think we need to bring in a couple of other players in January to beef up the squad.
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