Slaven Bilic named as West Ham Manager (09.06.15)
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I think that is a certainty.
This season has been every bit as horrible as last season was great, so I think he deserves another year to right the wrongs.
Personally I think Slav has done little wrong with the team he has been able to field on most occasions. You could argue he bought the rubbish we acquired in the summer and that would be fair enough, but with the team he had after each window he has done about the best anyone could I feel.
Aside from that I just love a coach who cares, has a bit of passion.
But I think the owners feel differently.
I don't see Rafa wanting to come to us either, we're not a better prospect than Newcastle and he'll want a season in the Premier League with the team he's been putting together.
I don't see S&G sacking Bilic simply because I don't think they want to go back into the manager market and suffer all that rejection again so soon after last time.
With all these digs in the press and on the official website from DS it looks like he wants to change
They had 30m bids accepted for bacca and bats but neither wanted to come - I should imagine the daves are a little peeved at then being accused of not spending when the players themselves didn't want to come.
Rafa managed to get decent enough players to stay and play in the champ. Nolan dropped a division to join us and Sam in the champ.
Maybe that's why Southampton ditched Adkins for poch a few years ago.
I would think, for example, that if someone like Mancini were at the helm, it would greatly enhance the chances of getting the likes of joe hart.
I can't see any manager that is a step up on Slav wanting to come here right now, and I think the owners know that.
It isn't just players S&G fail to attract, its managers too. When we replaced Sam we were linked with Emery, Bielsa, Klopp, Anchelotti and others, we ended up with Bilic because they weren't interested. If he had Mancini or one of those then we might well attract better players but they aren't interested in us so Bilic is the best we're going to get at the moment.
I don't disagree but it's all about timing. With different timing and circumstances we'd have got Rafa. Rafa was at a loose end so Newcastle got him when they ditched mclaren
It may depend on who is kicking around come the end of the season
We were (briefly) in Europe and the daves would have put decent offers to the likes of bats and bacca. Plus we had arguably one of the top providers of assists in the whole of Europe. Still neither wanted to come.
Difficult season, he's made plenty of mistakes and our summer transfer activity was poor.
With a few tweaks here and there we can get back on track next season.
Just my opinion
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Then we lost key first team players to injury and those Europa League players were thrown straight in at the deep end, and were shown to be either not good enough, not ready or a bit of both.
Funnily enough, I could see the likes of Tore, Nordtveit, Feghouli and Zaza contributing to a European adventure. The pace is slower, they're experienced in European football and it may have seen a different path for them all.
Add to that the house move, the training ground move and the Dimitri Payet saga, Slav has had a lot to deal with.
Mistakes have been made all round.
But it'll be an experience for the entire club to benefit from and I just hope that they retain Slav to show next season that he's a quick learner.
Therefore the expectations and the whole "last season they had this many more points/wins etc" make it seem a whole lot worse than it is and it is pretty bad anyway!
We need to stick with 1 manager, he needs to be continually funded to build the squad that he wants and we need to make small but continual improvements.