Slaven Bilic named as West Ham Manager (09.06.15)
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It's a Party Bus.
Rav is looking after the music (mostly Blue at the moment, admittedly), Twist is on catering, Suze is interviewing those who want to join up and Ham is sorting costumes. I fear I may regret that last decision... ;hmm
My concern is that a lot of people who are most excited by Bilic's appointment are probably those who also thought that Zola was great.
He had Nikola Jurcevic at Croatia, Lokomotiv and Besiktas as his assistant manager, good chance he'll follow.
I thought Allerdyce was a great appointment.
I think Bilic is a great appointment.
I will be excited and happy and board the party bus when a new manager is appointed*
I will enjoy myself.
I will be optimistic.
So nerr......
;wahoo coyi
*this does not include Grant.
Chelsea
No managerial experience
After 10 years in the UK he still couldn't really speak the language
Nice guy with no presence
I'm ecstatic about Bilic.
Haven't felt this way since Harry
This appointment has a nice feel to it. Like we're all in this together.
Was Bilic a no.1 choice or was he on standby if everybody else said 'no'? ;hmm
http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/June/9-June/Noble-welcomes-new-boss-Bilic
However that matters for nothing now as Bilic has the job and I hope he does well for us.
Looking forward to see who he brings in as his assistant roles and what transfers he can attract.
So:
Positives:
Good in the transfer market
Plays an energetic, passing style
Good man-management skills
Negatives:
Tactically weak
Inflexible subs
Not won anything
So there's his target for Yr 1.
I would love it too ;thumbsup
No way is 8th achievable unless we strengthen considerably.
There may well have been other candidates but I reckon Slaven would have been the only willing to accept various caveats such as being binned if we were relegated, etc and also other parties having the greater say over transfers. So other than going to the likes of Mcleish, Slaven was probably last man standing.
I think Bilic was their next choice but they looked at other options just to be sure.
"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.