Slaven Bilic named as West Ham Manager (09.06.15)

OldCastleSwift

Quiet time before the gavel drops

MrsGrey

Misunderstood ;wink

;lol ;doh ;hug

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

Could struggle to get that list past the Canadian Court... ;hmm

You quite literally just read my mind!

;biggrin

Sorry I'm late to the action people, I think I blushed a bit seeing all those "lovely" posts above.

For me;

Maiga, Noble, Nolan, Aflaminto, Jarvis, Downing, Collins, JOB.

Not seen enough of Hendrie and #BramptonBomber

Jury out on AC and Valencia

What are you on about?

;wink

None and I mean none were dross!!

Yes Downing moving was a great deal, Nolan needs to probably move on....captain, leader, legend!

While I think Noble has got a tough season ahead of him, dross, DROSS?!?!

Can't believe you included the ginger pele in there, that hurts rav, that hurts a lot.

Amalfitano and Jarvis may get chances, they're not on top of their game I agree but "dross"?

JOB I'll almost give you but he's our Joey, he's a solid backup, possibly.

Maiga you can have, pains me to say it but the boy won't cut it imo. Oh hang on you've now turned that into a "jurys out".....your headsgone son, completely gone I tell ya!

Hendrie and the BB will be fine.

Jury out on AC and Valencia ;lol you joker I know your on a wind up now ;wink

#TakeHimDown

TwistandShout

Good to see this...

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/slaven-bilic-west-ham-respect-the-europa-league-but-the-premier-league-is-our-priority-10442304.html

Slav doing a column like Sam did last year.

Slav likes 'Only Fools and Horses' - ;lol ;bowdown

TwistandShout

Starts calling Sakho, Dave ;lol

Vorselaarhammer

I hear that Bilic has had the same football Boots since he was a kid.

But he has replaced the laces and leather and the studs 15 times....

SuzanneClaret

;lol

TwistandShout

Happy birthday Slav ;cake

TwistandShout

New column...

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/slaven-bilic-west-ham-s-four-fantastic-deadline-day-signings-will-prove-crucial-to-the-squad-a2945191.html

Texashammer

Interesting article in The Guardian, IMO

http://www.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2015/sep/10/west-ham-slaven-bilic-sam-allardyce-premier-league

SuzanneClaret

Very good indeed Tex ;ok

Thanks for posting it.

Lukerz

This geezer's finally been appointed:
http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/September/18-September/Hammers-appoint-Jurcevic-as-new-assistant-manager?

Lukerz

Slav ;bowdown

Lukerz

With the Sam thread dominating local news, thought I'd give this a bump.

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

If he does that then he'll come 2nd to only John Lyall, in fact you could argue with the way the league is now and normally a closed shop at the top then it's an even bigger achievement

TwistandShout

A really good read:

http://www.umaxit.com/index.php/columns/west-ham-slaven-bilic-and-a-very-righteous-success

Huttonhammer

Twist

It is a good read with a whole lot of truth. Slaven is a likeable person and comes across well.

We will probably have some difficult times this season but he seems like a man who will keep the fans and players believing in him.

TwistandShout

Hutton ;ok

eskimoking

Really good article that, and he's a Spurs fan apparently! MJ, what's that screenshot of?

SuzanneClaret

I love the way he talks about the game ;carew

IronHerb

What a common sense appraisal. Good man.

Vorselaarhammer

A Spurs fan making sense....

;scary

Lukerz

Jenks says:

“With the new manager everything’s changed in quite a few different ways, with no disrespect to Sam [Allardyce] – he did fantastic for the club,” Jenkinson told TalkSPORT.

“Slaven [Bilic] has come in, the training’s very intense and quite a few things have changed. Obviously with the players he’s brought in and I think there’s an awful lot of quality in the squad.

"Obviously there’s been a few changes with personnel but they’ve been positive ones. “We’ve got some great results against the big clubs away from home this year. At those sort of grounds you’ve got to sit in and defend well.

“We’ve got such pace on the break where I think it’s suited us to be honest. In those games we’ve defended really well. [Victor] Moses, [Diafra] Sakho, [Dimitri] Payet, [Manuel] Lanzini - they are very good players on the break and that has suited us down to the ground.”

OldCastleSwift

More good words:

london24.com/sport/football/clubs/west-ham/why_slaven_bilic_s_tactical_adaptability_is_the_reason_behind_west_ham_s_stunning_form_1_4276494

OldCastleSwift

Vorselaarhammer

;nonono

"I counted that the Hammers changed their formation five times against Palace, and they were equally brilliant in all five."

OldCastleSwift

Really good article that, and he's a Spurs fan apparently! MJ, what's that screenshot of?

BBC Predictor game vs Lawro

Pearces_Left_Foot

He's football's no 1 something but i am not sure its an expert ;lol

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

;nonono

"I counted that the Hammers changed their formation five times against Palace, and they were equally brilliant in all five."

Always rated Lawro as a pundit. Knows his onions.

;whistle

OldCastleSwift

;nonono

"I counted that the Hammers changed their formation five times against Palace, and they were equally brilliant in all five."

Always rated Lawro as a pundit. Knows his onions.

;whistle