January transfer window 2019/20 season

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

So by going off the rumour trends atm, that even if we get Soucek in we are still looking at another CM and a RB

Personally I think we really need to add a pacey winger and a striker (as Ajeti obviously isnt fancied)

Gonna be an interesting (and likely disappointing) last few days

Brother_Sledge

Soucek = penalty taker , just sayin.

SuzanneClaret

I would not hold your breath or at any time not go to bed.

McHammer

2 Spanish clubs interested in Sanchez. The bidding war could mean we get a packet of Revels and a bag of :wotsits:

jay_in_cpt

I'd personally opt for a jug of Sangria.

OldCastleSwift

McHammer said:

2 Spanish clubs interested in Sanchez. The bidding war could mean we get a packet of Revels and a bag of :wotsits:

That's two Spanish clubs I've immediately lost respect for.

Cuz1

Did we really pay £4 million for him :doh:

Cuz1

Most expensive worsits in the world

Hamstew

So is this signing ever going to be announced?

chicagohammer

I recall when Trevor Francis became the first footballer to command a £1.00m transfer fee and the media at the time thought the world was going to hell in a handbasket, and we paid £4.00m for Sanchez,

Gawd help us :weep:

McHammer

ExWHUemployee claimed that Metz forward Habib Diallo is an option for the Hammers

OldCastleSwift

Soucek pictured at the OS

Hamstew

He looks old

IronHerb

Gone for experience.....

Cuz1

And he’s small

OldCastleSwift

I reckon they won't announce it until after the game humiliation tonight. Try to soften the blow a bit.

Elsewhere, we're in advanced negotiations with Celtic midfielder Olivier Ntcham, according to footmercato.net

Hamstew

OldCastleSwift said:

I reckon they won't announce it until after the game humiliation tonight. Try to soften the blow a bit.

Elsewhere, we're in advanced negotiations with Celtic midfielder Olivier Ntcham, according to footmercato.net

https://beta.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/01/25/christ-sake-45m-celtic-star-slated-after-woeful-game/?amp


Let's hope not

DJ Hammer

OldCastleSwift said:

Soucek pictured at the OS

According to TalkSport no one at West Ham has actually seen him play. Moyes has probably looked at a 5min Utube video and said he’s got two legs, he’ll do.

Hamstew

Tis official

OutcastLondoner

“I watched him play twice against England and all his Champions League games this season, and I’ve got to say he scored some incredible goals, mainly with his head. I’m hoping we’ve got a balance of something, if we need him to play deeper, if we need him as an attacking midfielder.“

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/28/david-moyes-west-ham-sign-younger-players?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

epsom_bubbles

They've completed the paper work before he sees tonight's game and changes his mind😀

MrsGrey

DJ Hammer said:

OldCastleSwift said:

Soucek pictured at the OS

According to TalkSport no one at West Ham has actually seen him play. Moyes has probably looked at a 5min Utube video and said he’s got two legs, he’ll do.

You had me at ' according to TalkSport' :biggrin:

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Everton reject an £85mil bid from Barca or Richarlison....

ianbishoplegend

Bet everyone wishes we had signed Traore on the cheap now. No end product blah blah. Exactly the type of player we have been needing for years.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

IBL completely agree

We were linked to him at Boro and I thought he would've been great, you could see the raw potential even then

McHammer

Today's ransoms

McLean at Norwich
And....
Kalu formerly of Chelsea

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

So has Moyes settled on this 5 at the back?

If so, where does he see his best XI

Is he going to play Rice - Soucek - Noble as a midfield 3? Surely we dont need 3 holding midfielders with a back 5...or does he drop Noble

What is his plans for Snodgrass who's been a regular under him , or Fornals who he doesnt seem to rate

Fab
Fredericks Diop Ogbonna Cresswell Masuaku
Noble Soucek Rice
Anderson Haller

Or does he drop to a back 4 when Anderson is back for Masuaku dropping out

Fab
Fredericks Diop Ogbonna Cresswell
Anderson Rice Soucek Lanzini
Antonio Haller

OldCastleSwift

We have the players, on paper at least, to be able to play a number of formations, even inside the same game.

Start 4-4-2, for example, but Rice could always drop into a back three and allow Fredericks and Masuaku to play as wing backs in a 3-5-2.

From the sounds of it, Soucek can play as a DM or box-to-box CM, which again gives us options to change it up during a game.

Antonio can play wide right in a 4-3-3, or centrally in a two with Haller.

The problem is our players have has such a bad season that I don't think they have the confidence to make these transitions work, nor do I think Moyes is the best manager to be able to make it work.

If we do manage to stay up, and he's given the summer to work on the squad and bring in a few of his own players, he may be able to do it.

Colchester_Iron

ianbishoplegend said:

Bet everyone wishes we had signed Traore on the cheap now. No end product blah blah. Exactly the type of player we have been needing for years.

:hmm:

I'm not convinced it would have panned out quite the same for him had he joined the footballing juggernaut that is West Ham.

MrsGrey

McHammer said:

Today's ransoms

McLean at Norwich
And....
Kalu formerly of Chelsea

Ransom? :nonono: