West Ham’s next boss

Expat_Hammer

Maybe that's why he gets paid the big bucks

Hammerdublin

:scary:

claretandbluesky

That's the sort of insight that comes with experience, proper football man through and through!

Fortuneseeker

Baz,

Bielsa had done his homework on us and wanted a big clear out so he could bring his own targets in but that was obviously too rich for the Davids.

Slacker

I hate these periods when it looks like we’re going to give the manager the boot.The only time I wanted it to happen was with Zola who I thought was out of his depth.
With Pellegrini it looks like it’s going to happen which I think is very sad but inevitable.I was so pleased when we got him and even though we lost those first four games I always thought he would get it right.But now I think the noise is too loud for him to go.
I really haven’t got the faintest idea who we could get to replace him.

Hamstew

I also hate it as I feel in a situation where I really want us to win games but at the same time think that if we are to lose its not an awful result as the manager might go. Winning the odd game just prolongs the inevitable imo. If we'd lost to Chelsea he'd have been sacked already I think.

Bazshuayi

Fortuneseeker said:

Baz,

Bielsa had done his homework on us and wanted a big clear out so he could bring his own targets in but that was obviously too rich for the Davids.

That unfortunately only makes me think even more that he was best man for the job

Bazshuayi

baracks_a_hammer said:

From Pelle’s presser today

“You must be very concentrated in defending and try to score aswell”

A very insightful analysis on the core principles of the game from our £7m a year manager.

To be fair, he didn't give us the benefit of his wisdom in terms of what our midfield should be doing. That's next weeks installment :thumbsup: :bowdown:

#baited breath

BubblesNeverDies

Baz, have a as well

Bazshuayi

Awwww, Now it feels like the season of giving :biggrin: :hug:

(a bit like West Hams season)

thornburyiron

Baz I doubt he’s found our midfield yet

DJ Hammer

This is my third year as a season ticket holder. I would maybe get to around 9 home games per season but it involves a lot of travelling, flights, train journeys etc. But it takes a lot of effort and money on my part and sacrifices from my family for me to get to those games. As I’m not seeing that effort replicated by our team then I’m afraid that this season will probably me my last as a season ticket holder. I’m sure that there are many supporters who feel the way that I’m feeling at the moment, maybe the team will turn things around, who knows, I find it difficult to see that happening. Am I being unfair or unreasonable to expect more from our team.

baracks_a_hammer

DJ

I am sure that if the team made even 50% of the effort in the games that you make in getting to games we’d all be delighted

baracks_a_hammer

The daily star (I know, I know) has us supposedly trying to sound out the Poch

alderz

Article about Ancelotti on the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50761194

That Article said:

"He likes to work with difficult presidents; Silvio Berlusconi, Abramovich, Florentino Perez, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, De Laurentiis, he likes them all."

:ok:

That Article said:

"He has this desire to work with experienced professionals, he is not really there to motivate you to play this game. He feels that should be your job and you should know how to do it already."

:hmm:

That Article said:

"He is the kind of man who in the big moments hopes you have enough instructions to think for your own self without having to refer to him or anything else. It is about growing your own understanding and being a leader who can take the game by the scruff of the neck."

:weep:

I'm out

Yeoldhammer

No to Ancelotti for me.

baracks_a_hammer

For those lovers of stats, I’ve just seen an article on the bbc about Europe’s deadliest strikers this season - percentage of shots scored from.

Topping the list is Jamie Vardy

Second? A certain Lucas Perez. Yep the very same one we sold as part of a clear out of strikers, to be replaced by a £45m striker who no longer starts

Third? Maxi Gomez - the £45m striker who didn’t want to be part of Sully’s West Ham project

alderz

baracks_a_hammer said:

For those lovers of stats, I’ve just seen an article on the bbc about Europe’s deadliest strikers this season - percentage of shots scored from.

Topping the list is Jamie Vardy

Second? A certain Lucas Perez. Yep the very same one we sold as part of a clear out of strikers, to be replaced by a £45m striker who no longer starts

Third? Maxi Gomez - the £45m striker who didn’t want to be part of Sully’s West Ham project

I always said stats were pointleess

Bazshuayi

theyre certainly not 'fun'! :weep:

ASLEFshrugged

Alaves play 4-4-2 with Perez in partnership with Joselu, the striker Newcastle sold in the summer for £2.9m after he'd scored just 7 goals in 52 appearances over two seasons (under Benítez no less)

This season he's scored 6 in 15 appearances.

Maybe its easier to score in La Liga than the Premier League...

jay_in_cpt

Or pehaps their manager utilizes the players to suit them rather than suit the managers preffered system...a bit like Haller IMO...

OutcastLondoner

Maybe that's easier to do in La Liga?

Our managers always stick to roughly the same set-up. I don't think they have the luxury of adapting to players. The only time I can think of was Bilic for Payet. And I'm not sure that was changing a system as much as assignment of responsibilities.

There are hardly ever examples of Premier League clubs playing two strikers any more.

baracks_a_hammer

I’d prefer to go with the hypothesis that neither our manager nor our director of finance are putting forward a terribly convincing argument that they actually know what they are doing

ASLEFshrugged

Pellegrini has managed 14 clubs over a 30 year career, he's managed in the top flight in England, Spain and Argentina, winning the title in two of them.

Its hardly likely that he's been a manager for that length of time with that level of success without knowing what he's doing.

OutcastLondoner

baracks_a_hammer said:

I’d prefer to go with the hypothesis that neither our manager nor our director of finance are putting forward a terribly convincing argument that they actually know what they are doing

Yeah, sure, maybe. But who does?

I think you can fault them for buying Haller if he doesn't suit your system and you're not going to change it. Arnautovic is the only player who has been able to work in that system. Sakho did as well for a while.

baracks_a_hammer

Aslef

To be fair, I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in what he/they have done elsewhere. Only what they have done at West Ham is relevant to me. And based on them 18 months in it leaves a lot to be desired

baracks_a_hammer

OutcastLondoner said:

baracks_a_hammer said:

I’d prefer to go with the hypothesis that neither our manager nor our director of finance are putting forward a terribly convincing argument that they actually know what they are doing

Yeah, sure, maybe. But who does?

Err Rodgers, Nuno at Wolves, wilder to name but three

jay_in_cpt

If you spend the kind of money we did ( record fee ) being a mid spending team, not top 5 or bottom 5 of spenders, then I'd like to think that they thought Haller would be a great fit & also fit into our managers preffered system of playing, especially as Pellegrini seems incapable/won't mix it up, this doesn't seem to be the case..Poor management & poor manager...

baracks_a_hammer

I get the feeling (my opinion only) Haller came into Husillos’ mind at quite short notice as the realisation of the failure to land maxi became a reality after such a protracted chase. Haller’s name was barely mentioned until relatively close to when he actually signed.

ASLEFshrugged

baracks_a_hammer said:

Err Rodgers, Nuno at Wolves, wilder to name but three

Thought you had absolutely no interest whatsoever in what managers have done elsewhere... :biggrin: