Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Categories
- 1.5K All Categories
- 1 Site Stuff
- 31 Admin (FAQs, rules, queries etc.)
- The Boleyn Arms
- 34 General Chatter
- 7 Member info & Family Album
- 3 Radio Llama (music videos)
- 404 Fun & Games
- 107 BA Predictor Threads
- 33 Word Games
- 4 Quizzes
- 2 Pun Threads
- 293 Magic Minutes
- 3 Other Fun & Games
- 113 Current West Ham
- 199 Men's First Team
- 3 Women's Team
- 11 PL2 & Academy
- 31 Management & Board
- 15 Stadium & Training Ground
- 26 West Ham Miscellaneous
- West Ham Matches
- 395 Match Threads
- 66 MOTM
- 8 West Ham Nostalgia
- 34 Former Players and Staff
- 4 Past Games & Glories
- 37 Transfers
- 46 Transfer Speculation
- 87 Completed Transfers
- 55 Internationals
- 48 Men's Internationals
- 5 Women's Internationals
- 2 Youth Internationals
- 118 Football Chatter
- 43 Football Chatter
- 268 Other Teams & Matches
- 25 Other Players & Staff
Comments
Vieira's attacking football was going well, until they played every top side in the league in a row and hit a wall. I think he'd have come good if he'd had the games Roy has had, personally.
I think Kompany should be the first target and go all out to get him. There is one scenario in which it's a feasible target in my view. This is that the real big clubs deem him too inexperienced to be given their job yet, but that he perceives us as a step up from Burnley who he may see as struggling if he is not offered a decent kitty to spend. Perhaps we can offer an already better group of players plus the Rice money and tempt him. I suspect Spurs may go for him but I hope he may think twice because of the reputation Levy is getting for being difficult to work with. There is a feasible scenario in which he goes to a club a bit bigger than Burnley and shows that his Championship season with Burnley was not a fluke and then gets Pep's job in a couple of seasons time. Could that club be us? maybe.
I could be interested in Potter but I would like to try and understand from people closer to the ground than we are as fans regard what went wrong at Chelsea and does he have the personality to recover from that experience?
Regard Moyes in his favour is that the team are still together and playing for him and that's not easy to do when in our position. I do however think he is too defensive minded to get the best out of our players and I would like to see someone who would allow us to go out to win rather than go out not to lose and hope we can nick a win, which is how too many games have felt this season. We did great once we went down at the weekend, yet that was so often the case against good teams last season. We had to go down for his tactics to be disposed of and the team just to press forward.
The only way things might be different is if Sullivan goes and we see a change in attitude in the boardroom, otherwise I suspect, should Moyes go, that we'll have what Sullivan deems is a "safe pair of hands" at the helm.
Madness to decide anything now. I don’t see why Moyes wouldn’t be here next year if we have a good final (possible) 12 games.
15th currently this year, quarter-final in Europe. Still 8 games to play.
Interested to see what people think we should be achieving.
Just another idea.
Given our record of losing in cups to lower league sides he'll fit in nicely!
DM has nothing to prove to anyone but I think his race is run, I doubt he will change tack next year so I fully expect our set up and tactics to remain essentially unchanged, maybe more intensity in the press but the basic premise will be not to lose and catch people on the break.
I think our players are capable of more than that and I am hoping that new blood and ideas can make that a reality
Before they were promoted to the Premier League in 2017 they'd spent 34 years outside the top flight and only avoided relegation to the Conference in 1997 on goal difference.
They were close to being relegated the first two seasons and Hughton was replaced by Potter who turned them from relegation candidates into the team they are now. Carrick is certainly young but he's only been a manager for six months and while he's been incredibly successful in the Championship that doesn't mean he is "forward thinking" or that he's capable of reproducing his current success at the highest level
It didn't work out well but maybe we should give him another chance.
Or Scott Parker, he has managed to get two teams promoted to the Premier League, Carrick hasn't managed one yet
No-one is saying that Carrick, or anyone else for that matter, would come in and automatically succeed. Everyone appreciates that it would be a risk to appoint him, or Will Still, or Arne Slot, or any of the other non-PL experienced managers that we've been linked with, but no-one can say for sure that they'd fail, either.
Pellegrini proved that experience and previous success doesn't guarantee anything. Equally, a lack of experience and success doesn't mean that someone can't do well.
To echo DJs point, Carrick would represent a calculated risk. Obviously he's a novice in terms of managing, but is but he has played and coached at one of the biggest clubs in the PL, and indeed the world, which gives him a distinct advantage over someone like Still, who would be a much bigger risk. And whilst hiring either of those could result in relegation, there's absolutely nothing to say that their appointment wouldn't end in success.
As an aside, I'd love to see Pep take on a job at someone like Oldham and see what he can do there. No doubt he's a great manager, but as you say, unlimited funds has helped his cause over the years.
Prem experience, knows the club, definitely young...
Ticks those boxes. Tempted?
😁
What I don't agree with is that its a calculated risk
He was caretaker manager at Man U in Dec 2021 after Solskaer was sacked
P3 W2 D1 L0
He's been manager at Boro since 26th Oct
P28 W18 D3 L7
To be honest Mrs G's suggestion of Gary O'Neill makes more sense
"One reporter asked him outright: “Will you still be here next season.”
Moyes immediately made the position clear declaring: “I’m planning for next season. I’ve got no intention of leaving.
I’m getting on with my job, doing everything that I do and obviously, my head’s down and focused on how I’m getting myself more points at the moment, that’s the only thing I can think about.”"
Despite the slight contradiction ('I'm planning for next season/the only thing I can think about is getting more points'), it sounds like the reports of a mutual agreement to part ways may be untrue.
I'm also not too keen on the 'getting myself more points' comment. Points to an egocentric attitude. Or maybe I'm just over-thinking it 🤷♂️
Saw this photo online and just had to share it…
Sorry Ham, pic included a photo of Wilfred, part of a fake story…Enjoy all !!!
Nuff said
Unless we go down, I can see Moyes being allowed to see out his contract till summer 24 and then let go, much the same as Allardyce was, unless next season goes well and he might be offered an extension.