Slaven Bilic named as West Ham Manager (09.06.15)

baracks_a_hammer

Vorse - interesting. ;ok

So:

Positives:
Good in the transfer market
Plays an energetic, passing style
Good man-management skills

Negatives:
Tactically weak
Inflexible subs
Not won anything

One of the things I am most looking forward to is seeing how we perform at the likes of Anfield, the Emirates and Etihad. Because one of the frustrating things for me about Sam (and his players) was that these games seemed to be pretty much handed over to the opposition without them having to break sweat.

ASLEFshrugged

From the BBC link

"With a 4-2-3-1 formation, he built a team with two dynamic defensive midfielders, one creative playmaker and wingers able to cut inside" .

Hmmm, big Andy up top with Valencia and Sakho playing on the wings, Downing in the middle with Noble and Kouyate in front of the back four? Sounds rather familiar.......

PLF - Besiktas played the home games at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, on the western edge of Istanbul, its the Turkish national stadium so it would have been like us playing home games at Wembley.

Pearces_Left_Foot

Cheers Aslef ;ok he played Ba up top so maybe Valencia ;hmm maybe we will sign a few wingers or even play Jarvis !

Bazshuayi

Although I originally preferred a couple of other names linked with the job, I have to admit that subsequent comments I've read today ( allied to the knowledge I already of Bilic ) now mean I am glad we appointed him. I think there are a few things that made him an outstanding candidate now too. Very pleased he already has studied the players ( the strengths and where he wants to improve etc ) and I now feel pretty optimistic about the whole thing ;thumbsup Hopefully we can bring in some higher quality players in and be pushing at the top part of the table ( that 5th to 8th bracket area ). Although we ultimately finished 12th, with even an average second half of the season we would've easily been in the hunt to qualify for Europe from a league position as opposed to a fair play one.

baracks_a_hammer

Cheers Aslef ;ok he played Ba up top so maybe Valencia ;hmm maybe we will sign a few wingers or even play Jarvis !

Jarvis needs to go, end of. We need a Bolasie type winger - that's the type which does well in the prem - fast and runs directly at defenders and takes them on

ASLEFshrugged

PLF - I just don't like lone strikers, he did play Ba in a front two a few times last season so he's not adverse to the odd bit of tinkering but when he did he stuck with his two DMs and dropped the AM. Then again he often played 4-4-2 with Croatia so we'll have to wait and see how we set up. At least we don't have long to wait, first Europa game in three weeks!!!!!!

Lukerz

Adrian
O'Brien - Tomkins - Reid - Cresswell
Noble - Kouyate
Downing - Zarate - Valencia
Sakho

Randolph, Collins, Hendrie, Obiang, Nolan, Jarvis, Carroll

Ravel49

M11M

cuz

hope zarates lost weight and more important attitude luke

ASLEFshrugged

Luke - we really need another RB, if JO'B gets injured we've got no one. I'd rather have Downing in the middle, he did so much better there than he did pushed out wide.

Yeoldhammer

Bring Jenkinson back on loan, even if we cannot get him Perm, he knows the club now, he knows he will get games, he was a good player for us. I think all parties would welcome it. Wenger also has the added knowledge of knowing Jenkinson could face European opposition.

Seems a win win, obviously would like him on a Perm but personally feel the midfield needs an overhaul and having a steady RB in Jenkinson would help relieve fears for that position until next summer/January

ASLEFshrugged

Yeold - agreed

Pearces_Left_Foot

Looking forward to see what formation he plays , good job we have plenty of Europa cup games so he can experiment a little. He is quoted as saying midfield and upfront need strengthening so be interesting to see who we bring in . Getting mildly excited for first game already !

Slaven_Cups_His_Beard

any person can say the right things, i hope he can follow it up with performances.

Yes Indeed. Zola also said the right things - he said a lot of wonderful things about fitness yet his sides notoriously could not last 70 minutes

Still, if Slaven ends up talking things up and not delivering, he can always point to his employers and say he is taking a leaf out of their book...

Zola did a good job. We played fantastic football and finished 8th. The second season wasn't as good but he kept us, just like Sam did, who got plaudits for that ;ok

First season....Curbs team...but did well.

Second season "wasn't as good"?!?!

It was downright awful....stayed up on a lpw points total and was the beginning of the "Save our Season" theme....

Sam (somehow) didn't come close to finishing 17th in that manner.....no matter how you cut it.....and Zola didn't get record breaking first half of season.

;ok

MrsGrey

Looking forward to see what formation he plays , good job we have plenty of Europa cup games

;hmm We have 2 guaranteed. The rest depend on us getting though each round....

baracks_a_hammer

any person can say the right things, i hope he can follow it up with performances.

Yes Indeed. Zola also said the right things - he said a lot of wonderful things about fitness yet his sides notoriously could not last 70 minutes

Still, if Slaven ends up talking things up and not delivering, he can always point to his employers and say he is taking a leaf out of their book...

Zola did a good job. We played fantastic football and finished 8th. The second season wasn't as good but he kept us, just like Sam did, who got plaudits for that ;ok

First season....Curbs team...but did well.

Second season "wasn't as good"?!?!

It was downright awful....stayed up on a lpw points total and was the beginning of the "Save our Season" theme....

Sam (somehow) didn't come close to finishing 17th in that manner.....no matter how you cut it.....and Zola didn't get record breaking first half of season.

;ok

Zola was out of his depth, simple as. If he wasn't, why hasn't he managed to get another top flight post since (except for a brief unsuccessful stint at Cagliari)?

Great player, lovely guy, but seemingly not cut out for top level management. worse win % at West Ham than Grant!!

Pearces_Left_Foot

Looking forward to see what formation he plays , good job we have plenty of Europa cup games

;hmm We have 2 guaranteed. The rest depend on us getting though each round....

I am feeling confident Mrs Grey ;lol

MrsGrey

Loss.

Pearces_Left_Foot

I bet Slav's press conferences are going to be entertaining ;wahoo

Ravel49

No negativity please

#Bilic
#WeBelieve

TwistandShout

Pottsy + Cottee very pleased with the appointment ;clap

chicagohammer

Ok - getting to this thread a bit late, but really chugged and excited at Slaven Bilic's appointment - no hard facts of course but it just feels so right.

COYI

thornburyiron

Slightly worrying thing in that during his first 18 months at Besiktas he failed to hold onto any 1-0 or 2-0 leads.

baracks_a_hammer

Slightly worrying thing in that during his first 18 months at Besiktas he failed to hold onto any 1-0 or 2-0 leads.

Just trying to get my head round this. Does that mean he didn't win any games? Or does it mean they only games he won was after he fell behind? ;hmm

grey_til_I_dye

Transfer/squad comments moved to here:

http://www.whu606.com/discussion/8552

simonc

I can't wait for the transfers to be done and the new season to start.
Bilic wasn't who i was hoping for but I am sure he can do a great job, so looking forward to seeing flowing attacking football & hopefully a few more goals "for us".
coyi

McHammer

Next manager lining himself up already!!!

Takeb from bbc gossip...

Midfielder Ravel Morrison may only be 22 and had his West Ham contract terminated in February, but he wants to take charge of the club in future. He writes on Twitter: "One day I would love to manage West Ham and take them to the Champions League.

cuz

mchammer, he had it all, but imo will throw it all away

baracks_a_hammer

and take them to the Champions League.

So he aspires to drive the team bus then?

Colchester_Iron

Super, super Slav ;quaver