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  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Isn't it the coaches on the training pitch who communicate to the players what the manager wants?
    The lack of effort that we saw yesterday can't be blamed on a lack of communication. The players are obliged to fulfill their contracts that are with the club, not the manager. What we saw yesterday were a number of players failing in that obligation. Only IMO of course.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Good list candbsky. Who allowed three of those defenders to leave last summer & didn't sign us a striker? He also allowed Alvarez to go out on loan, a player who I would expect to be able to rattle a few of our players into putting more effort in than they did yesterday.
  • SlackerSlacker
    IronHerb said:

    Slacker said:

    Ok I’ll say it, we should never have let Moyes go.

    He didn't want to be here.
    I don’t blame him after all the rubbish he had to endure.

  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Fortuneseeker said:

    Good list candbsky. Who allowed three of those defenders to leave last summer & didn't sign us a striker?

    Those defenders weren't good enough by last summer, so it's not the fact that they left, but that the replacements haven't been good enough.

  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    buffy, I agree AWB gives us more than Coufal but is the latter a better defender than KWP - Yes. Is Diouf more adapt at defending than Emerson - No. Even Aguerd would help more defensively than Kilman. Only hope that NES gets the players he needs to repair the damage left by the previous managers including you know who is guilty of letting the squad age increase without addressing it.
  • stevesteve
    I miss Coufal ,Need a couple like him .Played for the shirt
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Potter should have given Coufal & Cresswell short term contracts (1 year ) , he also new AFCON would take place…..
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    And if anyone was thinking that BFS might come to the rescue, I've got bad news.

    I've just been informed he's been appointed President of Venezuela until the end of the season. =)

  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies


  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited January 5
    Moyes said in an interview that he was offered a new contract after we beat Arsenal 28th December 2023 but didn’t sign because it was a “poor” contract.

    Sullivan withdrew the contract mid February after we lost three games in a row and it was agreed they would wait until the end of the season

    At the end of the season Moyes was told he wouldn’t be getting a new contract and they announced they had hired Lopetegui the same day they announced Moyes was leaving

    Moyes has never said he didn’t want to be here but has never specified what exactly he didn’t like about the contract
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    I seem to remember reading somewhere that Nuno can’t bring in any coaching staff as under the financial sustainability thingy we’ve spent too much first paying off Lopetegui and his coaching staff then paying off Potter and his coaching staff

    Presumably if we sacked Nuno whoever took over would also have Steve Potts and the U21 coaches
  • alderzalderz
    ASLEFshrugged said:

    I seem to remember reading somewhere that Nuno can’t bring in any coaching staff as under the financial sustainability thingy we’ve spent too much first paying off Lopetegui and his coaching staff then paying off Potter and his coaching staff

    Presumably if we sacked Nuno whoever took over would also have Steve Potts and the U21 coaches

    Either that or they’d decide to just roll the dice on PSR / FFP and gamble on staying up. I thought I read in the summer that money was tight but we’re seemingly happy to throw it around now to try and stay up.
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    Amorim anyone?
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    No thanks.
  • Giant_HammerGiant_Hammer
    Ravel49 said:

    Amorim anyone?

    I said that to my wife. She asked if you could mix tonic with it. =)

  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    edited January 7
    I hope he continues with Scarles, absolutely going to be our starting LB in the champo next season.

    I hope he finds some game time for Earthy I really do think he can be a starter for us in the champo too.

    I would also look at cancelling the Casey loan at Swansea and bringing him back to put in the defence.

    I am actually more excited to see these youngsters in the championship when it goes down than the last 2 years of garbage football. I really do think with a proper clearout and that FA Cup youth winning team gets on the pitch for us next season will be the beginning of a resurgence for the club.
  • alderzalderz
    The only thing with Casey is that he can't get in the Swansea team. I like the idea of him coming in to solve problems, but he's not doing much in the Championship at the moment.

    Otherwise I think I agree.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    The current CB options have not kept a cleansheet for near enough the entire season. Realistically how many of our current CBs are going to be with us when we go down ? I would argue now is the perfect time to get Casey the minutes or at least try him out. The PL experience over the next 5 months will be invaluable for a number of youngsters for next seasons championship push.

    Its a negative mindset but I think the club / manager need to accept this team is 100% going down, their is no miracle that will occur. We have to prepare for next season in the league below, Wolves are doing it with a few of their youngsters showcasing it against us the other day. We blew our 4 chances to get out of it. Its time to look forward.
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    I’m worried that if we go down we won’t see any more of our youngsters than we do now. Hopefully at least Potts and Scarles will be established by then but I can very much see whatever manager in charge instead choosing experience because of the pressure to guarantee promotion quickly.
  • alderzalderz
    Yeoldhammer said:

    The current CB options have not kept a cleansheet for near enough the entire season. Realistically how many of our current CBs are going to be with us when we go down ? I would argue now is the perfect time to get Casey the minutes or at least try him out. The PL experience over the next 5 months will be invaluable for a number of youngsters for next seasons championship push.

    Its a negative mindset but I think the club / manager need to accept this team is 100% going down, their is no miracle that will occur. We have to prepare for next season in the league below, Wolves are doing it with a few of their youngsters showcasing it against us the other day. We blew our 4 chances to get out of it. Its time to look forward.

    I think the point I'm making is basically, if he's not good enough to get into the Swansea team is he the person to invest that time in?
  • stevesteve
    edited January 7
    Trouble about playing our young players untill the end of the season .Getting them ready for the championship is that it could knock there confirdence ,Getting beat by 2 or 3 goals every game wont do them much good .However of course it could make them better players ,Its a thin line
  • LukerzLukerz
    Sky report we will be sticking with him for now. He’s incredibly lucky. I actually think a new manager to watch against QPR & then give us a boost in a derby against out of form Spurs may be exactly what we need.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Harry Redknapp has declared he would return to West Ham without payment in an effort to rescue the club from Premier League relegation. =)
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    @Lukerz, There is a rumour he will go at the end of the month so we don't have to give the new manager any transfer funds!
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Where does this so called rumour originate?
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    @MrsGrey, One of my friend told me it’s originates from one of the you tube West Ham itk’s.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Oh.

    Good.
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