Transfer Deadline Day: Skype to be set to 'busy'

IronHerb

From twitter -

West Ham and the transfer window are like men and christmas shopping,we don't start until christmas eve

😂

alderz

OldCastleSwift said:

Hamstew said:

Nothing is close. Lol

Preston is, to tears Manchester

Fixed it for you

Hamstew

Does anything sum up transfer deadline day on twitter better than this image?

OldCastleSwift

Just gets better.

Benfica have now rejected our offer for Nunez, according to SSN, and we're unlikely to pursue Origi or Rhys Healey from Toulouse.

So, with less than 12 hours to go, everything points to us not signing a striker.

PrestonHammer

If true, an absolute shambles!

PrestonHammer

alderz said:

OldCastleSwift said:

Hamstew said:

Nothing is close. Lol

Preston is, to tears Manchester

Fixed it for you

I'm close to Nottingham at the moment hahaha

steve

So i got up for no reason ,nice real nice

steve

All of a sudden Benteke is looking pretty good to me

steve

So Nat Phillips off to Bournmouth on loan ,Nice real nice

steve

Am i the only one awake out there

steve

Fine see if i care

ScotHammer

We should wait till 11pm I know, but I can’t help starting to doubt Moyes and Newman. If you believe the press (😂) we have bid for Phillips and Raphina (who would improve our squad), but we don’t need them as urgently as a striker or CB. If, and it’s a big if IMO, they have wasted time on these two who could wait till the summer, questions will be asked.

OldCastleSwift

Took the dog for a walk. Came back to see Caleta-Car isn't happening because we refuse to pay actual money for him, and Nat Phillips, who we've been linked to all month, is going to Bournemouth.

NGL, not really what I was hoping for.

Hamstew

It's a shambles. Simon Jordan just confirming DS phantom bids.

OldCastleSwift

Hamstew said:

It's a shambles. Simon Jordan just confirming DS phantom bids.

Just seen that. Called him out for lying in the past and said that’s what's happening with these Raphinha/Phillips/Nunez bids. All done to give the impression of trying with no intention of getting the players.

eskimoking

Not a panic, but some logic from my perspective. I really don't understand our tactics if even half the rumours are true as we don't seem to have a priority, we're just all over the place.

In my eyes we do need to progress this window because in the summer we are going to have a real issue. Now, as always, if kids are ready, they can fill in some of these positions, but this is what we need now and in 6 months time:

Now - 4 players:
LB and ST - we've known this since summer. We had a good window in the summer but these two weren't addressed
LCB - become apparent during the season that we need someone to challenge Oggy on that side.
ACM or a CM - we almost have the numbers in midfield but as he won't use Kral, with Benrahma away and one injury (Soucek/Noble) it has always felt like we are light here for options off the bench to change a game.


In the summer 2-4 additional players:
We lose 3 gks, so 1 or 2 gks needed.
We lose Kral and Noble, so 1 or 2 cms needed
We lose Masuaku (covered by LB above) and Yarmo (covered by ACM/CM above)

We are not going to sign 8 players in the summer... We need to get some of these ticked today imo.

Yeoldhammer

So our squad going into the summer

GK:
Fabianski / Randolph

RB:
Johnson (assuming contract extension) / Coufal

CB:
Ogbonna (assuming contract extension) / Dawson
Zouma / Diop

LB:
Cresswell / Masuaku

CM/DM:
Rice
Soucek

AM:

Lanzini / Fornals

LW:
Vlasic / Benrahma

RW:
Bowen

Striker:
Antonio


Already down 4 players minimum.
Randolph isnt fancied hence Areola this year
Diop isnt fancied
Masuaku isnt fancied

Potentially 7 players. to somehow come in and improve the squad ? yeah not happening.


Totally sure that extra "50 million" will be available in the summer on top of the summer transfer budget......

eskimoking

Randolph is off as well apparently. Him, Areola and Martin all going.

thornburyiron

If all this is true then showing no real ambition to address the issues will only help to convince the likes of Rice, Soucek and Bowen that we are never going to be genuine challengers for European places on a regular basis.

OldCastleSwift

Pretty concerning Yeold. And that's assuming that Rice and Bowen will stay put.

This was such a big window in so many ways, and by the looks of it we're going to blow it.

Pearces_Left_Foot

There are so many conflicting reports knocking around some say Nunez is still possible we are going back with new offer several reports say DCC is on and 1 says its not. Also linked with Origi and Bamba Dieng aswell. I guess we will find out tomorrow

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

I don't want much, if we got Origi and Phillips I would've been overjoyed

But this has been a shambles (so far)

OldCastleSwift

thornburyiron said:

If all this is true then showing no real ambition to address the issues will only help to convince the likes of Rice, Soucek and Bowen that we are never going to be genuine challengers for European places on a regular basis.

This is the thing. We're in genuine competition for a European spot now, but we seem to be doing nothing to help our cause. I could understand the lack of activity if we were 11th with no threat or relegation and now chance of top six, but we're 5th. We were 4th when the window opened. And yet our starting CB is out for the season, our only striker is showing signs of fatigue and a prolonged dip in form and two of our summer signings are not fancied by the manager, but with a little over 8 hours left we appear to be prepared to run this squad as it is, whilst competing on three fronts.

Just seems barking to me.

Huttonhammer

The club has had so long to think about targets especially a forward but as usual it is all left to the last day and a few scattered bids are flung about . However you never feel that West Ham are really looking at spending big money. They are often linked but never offer decent money.
Any other clubs with an investor on board would make positive moves like Newcastle.
The owners got lucky with Moyes doing so well and the players working so hard together but the club seems to run in-spite of our owners not because of them. They don’t seem to show any real love for the club and just seem happy to let it drift along and hope without spending much the manager and players can make things happen so they can just make more money.

Hamstew

But this is Moyes doing right? He said himself he has the funds. But the right strikers were not available. But now according to the media and if true, on the last day there are a number of strikers but we've run out of time.

whupathman

I always get the feeling DS leaves it later to get the best deal, not good for the club or its ambitions

OldCastleSwift

Hamstew said:

But this is Moyes doing right? He said himself he has the funds. But the right strikers were not available. But now according to the media and if true, on the last day there are a number of strikers but we've run out of time.

If this window pans out how I believe it probably will now, I think both the board and manager would be culpable. As I said earlier in the window, I think the combination of Sullivan's gamesmanship and Moyes' stubbornness are not a great combination. I mean, we've made good signings in recent windows, don't get me wrong, but we signed four first team players in the summer and only one of them plays regularly. The way Moyes has treated Kral and Vlasic makes me think they were 'him or no-one' signings rather than players he really wanted.

Lingard was clearly a Moyes player and he was in the team and un-droppable from Day 1; Benrahma, Vlasic, Kral and Areola have never had a run under the manager that signed them. Strikes me as a bit odd really.

Huttonhammer

Newcastle and West Ham fighting for Lingard.

I wonder who will win? 🤦🏻‍♂️

OldCastleSwift

Huttonhammer said:

Newcastle and West Ham fighting for Lingard.

I wonder who will win? 🤦🏻‍♂️

I suspect Man U want Newcastle, and Lingard wants West Ham.

I still have a feeling in my waters it'll be us.

Hamstew

OCS wake up we need you on the Lingard story. Get down to Old Trafford now!