Transfer rumours and speculation to take us through to summer.

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  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Diamantis_Are_Forever said:

    MrsGrey said:

    grey_til_I_dye said:

    I think Balotelli is well worth a punt,

    Rav will be all over that :biggrin: :wahoo:
    #TruDat

    M45B :bowdown:
    Oi Oi !!!
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    Am I the only one who reads Marega and thinks Maiga?
  • HamstewHamstew
    Honestly reading about him he sounds like someone we should avoid. 100% we are signing him
  • alderzalderz
    Hamstew said:


    11 (I think) of those were in the Championship though. I think 20 is a very unrealistic benchmark for most teams to expect from a striker in the PL. I think 15 is the mark of a very good season for a mid table striker, and I think that if we have three players getting 8 or above then that's as good as, personally (I base this on gut, not evidence).
    Hamstew said:



    It's ok we've got 4 forwards :lol:

    No Hugill?
  • alderzalderz
    I've noticed on Instagram that the club are absolutely spamming people with photos of Hernandez. "Don't worry about Arnie, we've got this guy with orange hair"
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Looks like Hernandez is staying hopefully we will play to his strengths. We have a lot of creative players hopefully Fornals and Wilshire will be sliding a few killer balls into him.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Since Jan 2010 West Ham have signed 37 strikers, scoring just 199 goals in 920 games.

  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Discussion of the Asia Trophy/tour moved to pre-season games thread here.
    http://www.whu606.com/discussion/10895/pre-season-schedule-and-games
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    Chicha has been given number 9 shirt and the big Ukraine fella number 7
  • DJ HammerDJ Hammer
    the big Ukraine fella number 7

    The Big Ukraine fella :lol:

  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Just think, in theory we could lose Arnie, Perez and AC and replace them with three full international strikers who are under 30 yo and not spend a penny in transfer fees in so doing

    Balotelli
    Sturbridge
    Wellbeck

    :hmm:
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited July 2019
    I don’t think we panic on the striker front. Our main forward is Hernandez & if you offered him on a free to any club outside the top 6 in the PL they would all take him. He is a class finisher & still has a decent amount of goals for us given his lack of regular starts.

    We definitely need at least one more striker. Possibly two. But Hernandez & Antonio are hardly useless as forward options. Still think with the right options behind him Hernandez could get us 15 goals in a season.
  • IronHerbIronHerb



    La Gazzetta dello Sport journalist.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Nope. Not having it. Why would we give up the No7 and No9 shirts if we were going to sign a transfer-record breaking striker? Makes absolutely no sense to me.
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    I do not think we have used Chicha properly, IMO he is simply not a lone striker but is clearly one who benefits from feeding off a strong presence alongside him.

    I always wanted to see more of him up top with Arnie or AC but rarely did it happen, alongside Antonio would be interesting, Antonio may be less known for the killer pass but he powers forward and draws defenders towards him - space is therefore created with many second ball/rebound opportunities that Chica would pounce upon.
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Pelle Out

    Chicago In
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  • McHammerMcHammer
    6ft 3 age 25


  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    OldCastleSwift said:

    Nope. Not having it. Why would we give up the No7 and No9 shirts if we were going to sign a transfer-record breaking striker? Makes absolutely no sense to me.

    I think you’re reading too much into shirt numbers. People care too much about them these days.

    Plus, if a number isn’t available when they join, it isn’t available and that’s it. I don’t think a player is going to decide not to join because they can’t wear the number 9.
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited July 2019
    That Twitter user is usually very, very reliable to be fair. So I would say with some degree of certainty that we are close to signing Haller.

    Gomez a smokescreen all along?
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Me and Grey were just 'aving a chat with our :redwine: and :beer: outside, and remarking that we'll almost certainly sign a striker we've never heard of any day now. Citing Fornals (who?), and Anderson (who?) ...
  • HamstewHamstew
    Lukerz said:

    That Twitter user is usually very, very reliable to be fair. So I would say with some degree of certainty that we are close to signing Haller.

    Gomez a smokescreen all along?

    Which user?
  • DJ HammerDJ Hammer
    Sturridge just got his dog back, might be worth a bid.

  • HamstewHamstew
    DJ Hammer said:

    Sturridge just got his dog back, might be worth a bid.

    He's going to Leeds
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Think you're barking up the wrong tree there, mate.
  • HamstewHamstew
    Or was it Blackburn Rovers :hmm:
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Are we hounding his agent? :yercoat:
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    If he wasn’t a footballer he’d be sleeping ruff
  • HamstewHamstew
    Or was it the team near the Scottish Border :hmm: that's it Carlisle.
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    This is getting out of hound
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