So, yeah. WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE SAY WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE!

Now that I got that off my chest, we've been linked with some right dross. Terry Brown has said we have about 20 million, but he didn't say "20 million to spend", so it's probably more like 7-8 million on transfers and another 7-8 for wages, agent's fees etc.

We're apparently talking with Kelvin Davis of Ipswich, whom I would be very happy to get, also Mawene from Preston and Sidwell + Shorey from Reading.

Stay tuned for another 100 or so posts of me talking to myself (and possibly kangle4), and COME ON YOU IRONS!

Reo-Coker :(

I remember getting him on CM0304, I was so proud of finding a gem.

FAT FRANK LAMPARD!

BEST PLAYER IN ENGLAND! IF NOT EUROPE :jambo:

Reo-Coker :(

I remember getting him on CM0304, I was so proud of finding a gem.

Captain Fantastic :thup: He was magic in the playoff final, he must have covered every inch of the ground 10 times over.

And Rob - Henry and Stevie G make a mockery of that statement in England, never mind Europe.

"Fat Paul Ince, you're just a fat Paul Ince"

Captain Fantastic :thup: He was magic in the playoff final, he must have covered every inch of the ground 10 times over.

And Rob - Henry and Stevie G make a mockery of that statement in England, never mind Europe.

"Fat Paul Ince, you're just a fat Paul Ince"
19 goals, 31 assists. Thats 50 goals Lamps has been involved in this season and that doesn't even highlight the defensive presence the man is.

140+ EPL games in a row, he is a work horse, is a team man and is the best :)

140+ EPL games in a row, he is a work horse, is a team man and is the best :)
So true! :)

steve gerrard gerrard (8)

he'll pass the ball 40 yards (8)

he's better than frank lampard (8)

steve gerrard gerrard (8)

What are Sheringham's plans? Is he hanging the boots up or giving the top flight another shot?

he's better than frank lampard (8)

:nape: lampard has been better over the past year.

anyway, west ham have had a great youth system over the years, and they need to stay in the premiership so they don't risk losing upcoming talent. i'd rather take the gamble and buy 4 or 5 premiership quality players.

as for sheringham, it's a tough decision for him. either retire when he's helped to get west ham back to the premiership, or try to help keep them in it next season.

West Ham is a really nice club IMO. I'll be rooting for them to stay up although it's going to be very difficult and I think in the end impossible.

What are Sheringham's plans? Is he hanging the boots up or giving the top flight another shot?

he's agreed to stay another year - he'll be 40 :o

it's good to see Bobby Zamora doing well, he was a legend at Brighton.

What are Sheringham's plans? Is he hanging the boots up or giving the top flight another shot?

From what was said post-match by Chairman 2-Bob Terry "The Devil Incarnate" Brown, Teddy will probably stay another year. It's a decision I like, because Sheringham seems to have been crucial in the improvement of our young players and those who lost conifdence, ie Bobby Zamora. He'll only be a bit part player, but his mentoring role will be invaluable.

As for Fat Frank, let's keep it on topic gents - my final thoughts on the subject are that I hope he dies a slow and painful death. Possibly by being overfed canned spaghetti, Se7en-stylee.

Mind telling me why he's so hated at West Ham? What did he do to anger the Hammer fans?

haha, ur football knowledge (Y) (H)

Mind telling me why he's so hated at West Ham? What did he do to anger the Hammer fans?

The reason we signed him in the first place was nepotism, his Uncle Harry Redknapp was manager with his dad, Frank Snr, as assistant. And he was SH*T. And then he got better. And then Chelsea bought him for a seemingly astronomical 8 million quid. And then West Ham sacked Harry for being a crooked c*nt, and Franky Snr left. And then Lampard, who comes from a West Ham family, c*nted off the club about having sh*t fans and poor training regimes (funnily enough, implemented by his uncle and father).

So in a nutshell, we gave him a chance when we shouldn't have, he left and slagged us off, then he became world class, which makes us hate him even more. At least Jimmy Walker saved that penalty.

is Matthew Etherington good player in real life :D i always buy him to Galatasaray in FM.

What are Sheringham's plans? Is he hanging the boots up or giving the top flight another shot?
20 goals last season, and championship player of the year, no reason he should hang his boots up just yet, hes a legend. I like West Ham very much, there gonna be the team im rooting for after Man Utd this upcoming season, i just hope they can survive relegation.

haha, ur football knowledge (Y) (H)

Please accept my deepest apopology.

What did you expect from a man utd fan though?

@Hermolt, thank you for the info.

is Matthew Etherington good player in real life :D i always buy him to Galatasaray in FM.

Yes, he's great in the Championship - whether or not he can cut it in the Premiership is yet to be seen, but I certainly think he can.

Glory glory Ham United,
Glory gloooory Ham United,
Glory glory Ham United,
& they'll stay in the Premiership ship ship

My 2nd fav club. Wish u guys the best in the premiership. :)

I dont know why but i just wished Westham to come back to the EPL and wish them to stay in the EPL.

Anton Ferdinand is 19 years old, right? Is he a skillful player like his brother Rio, i mean with good ball control. and is his heading, positioning and tackling good?

And now in the list of my supported clubs, West Ham. The others are WBA and Man Utd. I really hope to see Hammers surviving and introduce some young gems to the game. Come on you Hammers.. :rockman:

I dont know why but i just wished Westham to come back to the EPL and wish them to stay in the EPL.

Anton Ferdinand is 19 years old, right? Is he a skillful player like his brother Rio, i mean with good ball control. and is his heading, positioning and tackling good?


He has the same hair as Rio too and now we have 2 Ferdinand playing in the Premiership.. :)

Just quietly, and I don't mean to be rude, but could all the Asian Man United fans get tae f*ck? I mean seriously, "He has the same hair"? :rolleyes:

Same hairstyle. Braided hair till collar

Please accept my deepest apopology.

What did you expect from a man utd fan though?

@Hermolt, thank you for the info.

actually dont suppose most folk would know that :$ even i learned some new things there :(

:$

Gavin you're such an arrogant cu*t.

























And you smell of Scotch too.
























:((H)




















:fluffy:

I know many Chelseaites are psyched about the return of the district-line-derby, and many were very complimentary of WHU's effort in getting up. I think you were the favorite Championship squad of many, and so you may have alot of people rooting for the Hammers this year. Now, about a refund for Glen Johnson......

In all seriousness, it looks like Repka is staying, no?

By the by, nice thread title Hermolt. I love your work :fool:

Man, Jimmy Walker's injury looked sickening. :(


It's ace to see Christian Dailly back in the EPL though. Utter king. (H)(Y)

I know many Chelseaites are psyched about the return of the district-line-derby, and many were very complimentary of WHU's effort in getting up. I think you were the favorite Championship squad of many, and so you may have alot of people rooting for the Hammers this year. Now, about a refund for Glen Johnson......

In all seriousness, it looks like Repka is staying, no?

By the by, nice thread title Hermolt. I love your work :fool:

The Repka situation is an interesting one - he was always going to go, then all of a sudden it seems to have turned around. As much as I love the geezer, he's a liability. As for Super Glen, can we have him on a season-long loan, please? And I can't wait to play Chelsea, I only wish we still had Di Canio to rip you apart. 2-3 and 1-0, we went down and still did the double over you!

Same hairstyle. Braided hair till collar


Yeah, i meant hairstyle, not hair. :)

Excellent, I'm super duper glad we cleared that up (Y)

sorry hermolt but i've just found this and it's great to see a west ham thread.

i hear now brown has said we have 20 mil to spend, the largest amount a manager has ever had to spend at west ham so lets hope he buys wisely and keeps repka.

also linked to parlour and ian harte but i dont nkow about those two.

How good was the Celtic Club mate?

Yeah Ian Harte is utter utter sh*te, watched him play a couple of games for Levante this year and he is cack.

A couple of signings (prospective) I am excited about are Steve Sidwell from Reading and Andrea Caracciolo from Brescia. I know Sidwell has the potential to be fantastic, it's just a question of how Madejski would take selling players to Paaaaaaaaaaardew. As for Caracciolo, can anyone shed any light on him? I heard he's on the brink of playing for the Azurri and scored 12 goals in a relegation season - no mean feat IMO.

just read a rumour about celades from real madrid who could be a good buy

Apparently Sidwell and Nicky Shorey (good young LB) are on their way from Reading (Y)

Celades could be OK, just as long as his wages aren't too high. Haha, imagine, West Ham signing a player from Real (Y)(Y)(Y)

What's the news on Jimmy Walker's injury?

He was well high on adrenaline in the changing room after the final but I speak from experience in telling you those sorts of injuries.... arenae a bed of roses. :(

The reason we signed him in the first place was nepotism, his Uncle Harry Redknapp was manager with his dad, Frank Snr, as assistant. And he was SH*T. And then he got better. And then Chelsea bought him for a seemingly astronomical 8 million quid. And then West Ham sacked Harry for being a crooked c*nt, and Franky Snr left. And then Lampard, who comes from a West Ham family, c*nted off the club about having sh*t fans and poor training regimes (funnily enough, implemented by his uncle and father).

So in a nutshell, we gave him a chance when we shouldn't have, he left and slagged us off, then he became world class, which makes us hate him even more. At least Jimmy Walker saved that penalty.

I echo your feelings for Chelski. Especially with the Cole 'tapping up' saga going on.

For the record...Harry Redknapp and Frank Lampard Sr. were sacked before Frank Lampard Jr. was sold to Chelsea.

It's sad to think about how good of a team the Hammers could have had.

Defoe
J. Cole
Rio
Frankie
Glen Johnson
Kanoute
Carrick
Calamity James
Trevor Sinclair

Had they stayed up, and kept those players...they'd have a solid squad.

Apparently Sidwell and Nicky Shorey (good young LB) are on their way from Reading (Y)

I played a guy on XBox live that is a Palace supporter, and he said that he grew up with Steve Sidwell.

No word thus far on Walker, he'd be looking at coming back next year from what I saw..

As far as the squad West Ham could have had, you're right, but the hours and days I've wasted thinking wistfully about that squad means I try not to think about it any more. And about Lampard's sale, you're right of course.

WE NEED SIDWELL - LOMAS IS OUR ONLY GINGA LEFT!!

yeh i know! ive often thought about how ace west ham could be!! dont forget d-i-can-e-o!! :Bow:

yeh i know! ive often thought about how ace west ham could be!! dont forget d-i-can-e-o!! :Bow:

I was mentioning most of their younger players.

They also had John Hartson, Marc Vivien Foe (r.i.p.), DiCanio, Davor Suker, Ian Wright...but most of them were past their time.

I really hope the Hammers stay up.

Excellent, I'm super duper glad we cleared that up (Y)
haha (H)!

Is Luke Chadwick still knocking around at West Ham? Aint heard his name for years and i remember he signed down there.

I heard West Ham might be looking at Arsenal's Stuart Taylor, any truth there?

Chadders still kicking around, got very little game time after we signed Shaun '10 grand' Newton. As far as Taylor goes, I have heard whispers, but then again they're talking about Roy Caroll too :eek:

Taylor is a better stopper than Carroll, he's pretty much blunder free.

His doesn't distribute well tho.

Neither did David James, and we all loved him.

Neither did David James, and we all loved him.
bywaters the same

now linked with carlton cole

carroll? I thought west ham wanted to stay in the premiership (H)

Welcome back in the EPL

Actually on a funny note - more or less half of the EPL is made of former West Ham players - hope you can continue with that great youth/making talent blossom work.

Good Luck and Welcome Back :ewan:

now linked with carlton cole

waste of space. absolutely SHOCKING for villa last season. 4 goals in 27 goals, and he calls himself a striker. i sincerely wish west ham the best of luck trying to survive relegation if they recruit this joke. the strike force at west ham isn't bad anyway.

Agreed - **** right off Carlton Cole. Can we have Joe instead? :ewan:

. 4 goals in 27 goals, .

how does that work out?

Nice to see West Ham back in the premiership, I might actually start watching it again.

Nice to see West Ham back in the premiership, I might actually start watching it again.

exactly, i loved watching the hammers before they were relegated. joe cole, trevor sinclair, michael carrick, jermaine defoe, paolooo di caniooooo

those were the days

exactly, i loved watching the hammers before they were relegated. joe cole, trevor sinclair, michael carrick, jermaine defoe, paolooo di caniooooo

those were the days

yes they were were'nt they but hopefully there are more to look forward to now that we're back

how does that work out?

it doesn't. typing error. i meant 4 goals in 27 games, which was the shocking reality of carlton cole at aston villa last season.

West Ham are interested in Fabian Barthez


http://skysports.planetfootball.com/list.asp?hlid=283234&cpid=24&CLID=&lid=2&title=Hammers'+shock+target&channel=Football_Home

Nice to see West Ham back in the premiership, I might actually start watching it again.

If you live in New Jersey, and you're a Juve fan...how do you watch the Serie A games? Is there some kind of Direct TV or Dish Network package that includes Serie A?

I think you're crazy for not watching the EPL, that's all I watch. Oh well, to each his own. :)

Concerning possible keepers for West Ham, they'd be stupid to sign Barthez and even stupider (if that's a word) if they signed Carroll.

If Arsenal sign Ricardo (which I hope they don't) then Taylor may be on his way out.

kelvin davis from ipswich might be better, but i think hes going to sunderland

Oh christ, just read Anton + Noble for Davis, Davenport + cash from Spurs.

Nooooo!

Oh christ, just read Anton + Noble for Davis, Davenport + cash from Spurs.

Nooooo!

you've got me worried now but i don't think it will happen, brown and pardew would literally be shot if this happened

Celades has gone to Sampdoria. Didn't want you anyway, you long-haired bender.

sheringham signs for another season, good stuff!!! :)

ha, this will be funny

ha, this will be funny

what will?

apparently roy carrol to sign on tuesday

Read in the Sunday Times that you're supposedly after Edgar Davids and Phil Neville (H)!!

would be good but don't see it happening

ha, this will be funny

As funny as a pissed chairwoman?

Ooh-aarr, farmer.

would be good but don't see it happening

Don't be so pessimistic :jambo:...the Daily Express is reporting that you guys, AZ and Ajax are all vying for Davids' signature, so you never know.

Any new signing for West Ham as I heard that Sunderland sign a talented striker Stead

Don't be so pessimistic :jambo:...the Daily Express is reporting that you guys, AZ and Ajax are all vying for Davids' signature, so you never know.

And apparently some other newspaper is quoting him as saying he wants to go to the Premiership. As long as a fair proportion of his wages are paid, or he takes a huge pay cut if we sign him permanently (unlikely) I'll be reasonably happy with this transfer.

The only problem is whether or not he'll want to get stuck in for a club he probably knows bugger all about, and won't be at next year.

Roy Carroll signed today. Not a bad signing, IMO - with Jimmy out for 6 months and Bywater being straight pish, we really needed a good keeper, and Roy fits the bill.

yeah good work by pardew i think especiall as it was a free transfer

heard phil neville has been down at west ham

reports say we have signed heidar helguson for 1.5 mil., has some experience in the prem but i don't know about ths signing, we'll see though

Hey hermolt, just read in a portuguese newspaper West Ham is set to sign young portuguese CB José Castro, from Académica de Coimbra, for a fee of 2M €.
He's a very good player, with lots of class and character, and will likely be in the NT in a couple years.

I'm a bit surprised to see him going to your club, as he was being targeted by Benfica, Sporting and Porto...

Ah I love it when a promoted team actually has a desire to stay in top flight always makes for good soccer :)

Good luck to west ham and I am rooting for em :)

Hey hermolt, just read in a portuguese newspaper West Ham is set to sign young portuguese CB José Castro, from Académica de Coimbra, for a fee of 2M €.
He's a very good player, with lots of class and character, and will likely be in the NT in a couple years.

I'm a bit surprised to see him going to your club, as he was being targeted by Benfica, Sporting and Porto...

He wants to go to a real league, Hugo...;)

How is FC Infesta doing these days?

How is FC Infesta doing these days?

Pretty much on vacation. (H)

Seriously, we finished 3rd this season, which is great considering our players' young age. Unfortunately, we already sold our 4 top prospects to better clubs. Got to build everything back up again, and that sucks.


And Castro is a really good player. I think he made the right move if the hammers are willing to give him playing time.

sounds like he would be a good signing

i hear were after jagielka from sheffiled united now for 3mil pounds

And Castro is a really good player. I think he made the right move if the hammers are willing to give him playing time.

That's Hammers with a capital 'H', foo! ;)

Can you have a word with some contacts of yours in Portugal? I want some new signings SOON and surely you have half the football agents on the Iberian penninsual wrapped round your little finger...:p

So does Mourinho :rockman:

Here's a link about the Castro story...

http://skysports.planetfootball.com/list.asp?hlid=286548&CPID=8&CLID=&lid=2&title=Hammers+eye+stopper&channel=Football_Home

super tommy repka signs for two more years

:rockman:

thought u'd like that

West Ham are interested in Fabian Barthez


http://skysports.planetfootball.com/list.asp?hlid=283234&cpid=24&CLID=&lid=2&title=Hammers'+shock+target&channel=Football_Home

ahha... Carroll and Bartez... could it get any worse?

that's old news now

hey hermolt, would it be possible for you to post the best West Ham line-up for the new season for the purpose of a PES4 patch please? including new signings such as Carroll

thanks


Daz

i'll have a go for u mdm

with only one new signing so far i reckon this would have to be our best at the moment:

carrol
repka ferdinand ward powell
newton reo-coker noble etherington
harewood zamora


subs:
walker
dailly
mullins
fletcher
sheringham

That's pretty much my best 11 for an attacking side, for a possibly more realistic Premiership side substitute Dailly for Ward and Mullins for Noble.

Gabbidon, Collins and Konchesky all sign.

Defence = sorted, now for a right mid and a striker \o/

southampton knocked back our bid for crouch and looks like we could be after benni mccarthy now, would be a great signing if it happens

http://www.whufc.com/Images/05_06/new-signings.jpg

I'm getting quite excited now.

Dragans maw has that effect on people.

I think West Ham should make a loan offer for Hugo Viana, and even possibly Geremi, if they took some of the top clubs fringe players theyll easily stay up. Jonathan Spector on loan would be excellent too, he was very close to going on loan to Blackburn last year.

Problem is wages - if we had the dosh we could get guys like Saviola on a year long loan, even Saha perhaps. Seriously, if we got even one of Saviola, Saha, Geremi or Viana I would cream, and not stop until May.

first friendly game tomorrow night on our tour of sweden so it will be good to see the new players at the club for the first time

had a good 3-1 win against falkenbergs with harewood getting 2 and zamora 1.

konchesky, collins, gabbidon and carroll all played aswell as trialist mikolanda.

next game tomorrow night.

Looks like Yossi Benayoun's set to join your club.

He's a quality CAM.

yeah have been reaing a lot about him going to ur or bolton, good to hear he is an attacking and goal scoring midfielder which is what west ham need now

Wooooah Yossi Yossi! Yossi Yossi Yossi Yossi Benayoun!

yeah great news and it looks like pardew is really doing a great job now

he is still after a spare keeper and left back and said were in line for a top striker, bigger and better than benni mccarthy and the davids rumour has come up again

also won our second pre-season game in sweden beaing trolhattans 3-0 with zamora, sheringham and fletcher all scoring

I read that on KUMB too, kangle - better than McCarthy has me salivating, ****, I was cumming when I heard about Benni!

just wanted to say that you guys won against us in the european cupwinners final 1965 :D

yeah was great night for the club mate and hopefully i'll get to see the hammers win a european cup sometime in my life

yeah was great night for the club mate and hopefully i'll get to see the hammers win a european cup sometime in my life

on July, 27th there is a friendly game between 1860 and west ham remembering that final in the new Allianz Arena! i have tickets :)

Well, Steve Lomas is on trial with us.

He'll play against Boro later today.

on sky sports news, Alan Pardew admitted that he would make a move for Milan Baros if he wanted to leave Anfield after the signing of Crouch. Sounds promising :p

Sheringham and Baros upfront :p


I want Zamora to do well though, he established himself at Brighton who are quite local for me.

i would like to see zamora do well also and not just because i go for west ham

we won our 3rd and final game in sweden 3-0 again. trialist petr mikolanda got a double which will help him out and and an own goal.

next game in 3 days vs yeovil away

Marlon Harewood's head >>>>>> Den

what?

anyway drew 2-2 with yeovil with mikolanda and zamora both scoring again and pretty much had a reserve side playing so no too bad

West Ham is one of the 3 teams interested in Edgar Davids. The other two are Tottenham and Middlesbrough

Hahaha, imagine if we got Edgar Davids. :rockman:

sadly he has gone to spuds who have about 20 players for every position

anyway we are now interested in mohammed kallon of monaco which would be an awesome buy

http://www.whufc.com/article.asp?article=294785&Title=HAMMERS+HELD+BY+1860+ON+A+GREAT+NIGHT+IN+MUN ICH&lid=_News+Headlines&navlid=


game was not too good, but it was fun.
i was the first time in the allianz arena. it is a great stadium.still i want our old stadium back.

best moment of the game:
Teddy Sheringham left the pitch to a thunderous reception from both sets of supporters on 69 minutes to be replaced by Bobby Zamora

we love him for what he did in the championsleague final 99 against bayern :rockman:

yeah didnt sound too great the 1-1 draw

and yossi only got 12 mins aswell

Why only 12 minutes? Anyway, that guy's got a lot of eating and beefing up to do.

Will Zamora be starting to start out the year ?

How has he done in preseason?

hermolt, what do you think the starting line-up will be ?

zamora prob wont start as a new striker is coming in but has done well in pre-season

lineup could be like this at the moment

carrol
repka gabbidon ferdinand konckesky
harewood reo-coker mullins etherington
benayoun
new striker/zamora

good 1-0 win over palace at selhurst park with etherington scoring, dfenders looked good and trialist licka

hislop is back which is good news and looks like clive clarke will sign from stoke as left back cover and also trialist mikolanda the czech striker

drew 1-1 with den haag, zamora scoring in 80th min after newton missed a penalty and they had two players sent off, so not the best

new signings hislop and clark played now got osasuna at home on saturday

looks like we could get emanuell adebayor from monaco which would be great

adebayor deal fell through at last minute because monaco decided they didnt want to sell him anymore :boohoo: which pissed me off

there is a rumour about klose now though which is interesting

I just want a decent striker, quick smart. ANYONE!

yeah and the season starts in 5 days so it is a worry

Klose? Miroslav Klose? Keep dreaming, he's an integral player for Werder Bremen.

He scored 2 of their 5 goals on the weekend against Arminia Bielefeld.

I'll bet that if you dangled a few million Boro's way, they would part with Marko Viduka as he seems to draw the ire of all their fans...but I guess that all depends on your interpretation of the word "decent". Still, getting a big teams young striker on loan would be pretty effective I'd think. Carlton Cole anyone?

I'll get my coat

Yes, please do - I said decent, not fat or crap.

how about Louis Saha?! :p

I'd have him if his ankle wasn't rooted. Apparently Monaco are still chasing him which would let us get Adebayor PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HAPPEN.

Well you guys have signed Petr Mikolanda, the Czech under 21 striker. He probably won't start but looks impressive for the future (Y) I so hope West Ham do well this upcoming year. Cmon Nigel Reo-coker (H)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4661373.stm

monaco r after baros aswell but it looks like we r gonna be stuck with kanoute

i would love to see us get ashton or andy johnson but i guess its not gonna happen

monaco r after baros aswell but it looks like we r gonna be stuck with kanoute

i would love to see us get ashton or andy johnson but i guess its not gonna happen
Stuck with Kanoute? You guys haven't signed him? If he was at West Ham i think it would be a excellent addition for you guys :s

Well apparently MSI is intrested in buying West Ham, if its true you guys might be intrested in buying Owen rather than bargain basement talent. :p

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4748113.stm

You know how dodgy that bloke is? I don't want a bar of it, he'll cut and run after a few years, then we'll be ****ed. Unless I see a long term plan for if and when he withdraws all his lovely lolly, I'll be staunchly anti-takeover.

That said, he takes over and we win a trophy or two, I'd cheer.

big match tomorrow and i think we'll beat blackburn

pardew doesnt want kanoute now and noe that david bentley has asked for a transfer we have been linked. i think he'd be great for us on the right wing

Does anyone have the full transfer report of westham?

Off the top of my head:

IN: Roy Caroll (Man Utd), Shaka Hislop (Pompey), Clive Clarke (Stoke), Paul Konchesky (Charlton), Danny Gabbidon (Cardiff), James Collins (Cardiff), Yossi Benayoun (Racing Santander) and Petr Mikolanda (Viktoria Zizkow).

OUT: Steve Bywater (loan), Luke Chadwick (loan), Greg Blewitt (loan), possibly Andy Melville.

Anyhoo, I'm sure someone else can sort you out the players who have left, but that's a definitive players in list.

what win absolutely awesome start to the season

also to add to hermolts outs: cohen (loan), hutchison (milwall), behcet (loan)

Westham can stay in the Premier League(at least for the next season)!!!
A great game and great score

West Ham, it's West Ham, you twat.

Nigel Reo-Coker showing wat a great player/prospect he is, even in the premiership. Scored a marvelous goal, and hes only 21. He's also the captain aswell isn't he? Hes destined for big things i reckon. Ive been a big fan for awhile.

Was captain last year with Dailly out, wasn't on Saturday - hopefully when Super Tommy Repka comes back he will be.

do do reo-coker

Its Bellion, on loan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4159424.stm

West Ham clinch Bellion loan deal

West Ham have taken Manchester United's David Bellion on a year-long loan.

The 22-year-old is still some way from fitness, having not played first-team football since January.

"He can break a deadlock with his pace as he is without question one of the quickest players in the Premiership," boss Alan Pardew told the club website.

Any reactions?

Good chance for Bellion to shine, if he plays.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4161914.stm

West Ham will be given £100million for transfers if they are succesfully taken over. And it looks like its going to happen aswell, with that money they can buy both Liam Miller and Louis Saha off us (H)

:eek:

100 million? Wow. This team, in my opinion, is already good enough to stay in the top flight, but with a spending spree like that, and the money the guy would bring with him permanently, this team could be like instantly trasnformed in a top 7 side in England. Plus a virtual guarantee of playing on a premiership team, as well as the ability to pay handsomely would definately make all the young talent your academy churns out willing to stay with the hammers.

Congrats if this happens (Y) This guy seems for real

yeah not too sure about the takeover but could be good if the youth are still given a chance

anyway good draw with newcastle away although konchesky was controversially sent off and hopefully gets off as i read that it was an awful decision by the referee gallagher

My take on a few points:

Reo Coker is finally beginning to really fullfil his potential, and more power to him. Bellion is cover, clearly, if he gets more than 10 minutes at the end of games then I will be ropeable. As for Joorabchian, I am still enormously sceptical, especially as he keeps referring to the take over as his "West Ham project". **** projects, that's my football club. Apparently we've been slapped with a transfer ban which has since been rescinded as companies who are the subject of a prospective takeover are not allowed to spend "large amounts of money". Thus we can't spend 6 million on Dean Ashton (a move which has supposedly been rebuffed due to the ban).

4 points from the first 2 games - 36 draws and safety, please.

Damn, I put Repka as third in my subs for the FL after King and Mokoena who both didn't play. Why didn't you guys tell me Repka is gonna play? :chew:

konchesky got off and can play against bolton which is great news although it didnt help against newcastle as we could have won if he was still on

anyway we can buy players again and i hear we are in for ashton along with wigan (would be great if we got him)

also linked with adebayor and benni mccarthy again

:eek:

100 million? Wow. This team, in my opinion, is already good enough to stay in the top flight, but with a spending spree like that, and the money the guy would bring with him permanently, this team could be like instantly trasnformed in a top 7 side in England. Plus a virtual guarantee of playing on a premiership team, as well as the ability to pay handsomely would definately make all the young talent your academy churns out willing to stay with the hammers.

Congrats if this happens (Y) This guy seems for real

Oh great there's gonna be two of them

Had a bid for Benni Mccarthy rejected (4.5 million, I think). We'll have him in a few days with a bid of 6.2, which is his release clause.

:rockman:

My take on a few points:

Reo Coker is finally beginning to really fullfil his potential, and more power to him. Bellion is cover, clearly, if he gets more than 10 minutes at the end of games then I will be ropeable. As for Joorabchian, I am still enormously sceptical, especially as he keeps referring to the take over as his "West Ham project". **** projects, that's my football club. Apparently we've been slapped with a transfer ban which has since been rescinded as companies who are the subject of a prospective takeover are not allowed to spend "large amounts of money". Thus we can't spend 6 million on Dean Ashton (a move which has supposedly been rebuffed due to the ban).

4 points from the first 2 games - 36 draws and safety, please.

Oh, it's good ol' Kia Joorabchian, "owner" of Corinthians here in Brazil. So now he wants to take West Ham aswell huh? I wonder where he's getting all those money. I mean, he spent a ****load on Tevez and Carlos Alberto, then he got Roger, then Seba Dominguez, Marinho, Mascherano, and it looks like Nilmar is a done deal. I reckon it's all good signings (you may argue about Roger but here he can cut it).

But spending on 2 clubs, well, i can see him giving up on Corinthians in the coming future then. Guess he got bored. He can surely bring good players, but i think it's risky. I still dont trust that guy, despite Corinthians doing well in all fronts atm.

Yeah, I agree with Grunger. No one know where MSI get all that money (there are Berezovsky links, but I'm not sure of that), but the supporters don't seem to care. If the club is doing well, it's fine. Also, MSI seems to prefer foreign transfers... maybe to avoid the money going through close inspection from the brazilian central bank?

well at west ham i think we'd prefer mainly british players if we can although i hope we get mccarthy

we have got aliadiere on loan for the season after he cancelled his one at celtic so hopefully he'll live up to expectations and score a few for us

dissapointing loss to bolton at home especially as we had more chances and possession bt still some good signs

hopefully we get mccarthy before the window closes

well it looks like we could be taken over in the next week and have heaps of money to spend in the january transfer window

also going to make another last ditch effort to sign benni mccarthy

almost got mccarthy but porto the bitches backed out at the last minute so we'll have to make do with what we've got til january although we signed a french under 21, Baradji and loaned him to reading and lomas went to QPR for free

Lomas \o/
Benni /o\
Baradji :|

hermolt, how do you like Benayoun ? He was great in Spain.

I love watching him play. He and Ethrington too (Y)

West Ham are a very fun team to watch, I am glad they're back in the premiership

West Ham do play pretty solid football, they deserved better against Bolton. I'm pretty sure they will survive this season. And well how about that Anton Ferdinand huh? I mistake him for Rio on the pitch all the time, has that Rolls Royce touch, how about you guys take Silvestre Tweety and we get Anton. The soul brothers Ferdinand unite in central defense! :rockman:

*salivate*

I love Benayoun, to be honest I knew very little about him before he came to West Ham, and when I first saw him I was like, "that guy isn't a football player, he's a ******* leukemia survivor", I mean he looks seriously ill. But his class has shone through, he makes great runs, incisive passes and best of all, he chases and harries and tackles as though his life depends on it. It's only a shame we don't have a decent right winger cos if he was tucked in behind the strikers, he'd be amazing.

Etherington has looked a little out of his depth IMO in the Premiership, I was watching some of our footage from last year and he was virtually our only avenue to goal (another reason why Yossi is so important). His main problem is that pace alone won't cut the mustard at the top level, which is how he burnt so many hack defenders in the Championship. He'll come good, I think, but it will take time.

As for Anton, how bout naw? We'll keep him until Rio turns about 31 and feels he's bled Glazer dry for long enough, and that it's time to come home. Ferdinand-Ferdinand >>>>>>>>>> Neville-Neville.

anton and reo-coker aswell as noble are the future of english football, reo-coker has been outstanding as captain of the under 21's

I believe Harewood today scored his first EPL goal in 7 years, no? Actually more like a hat-trick, after 7 years of long wait.

Yah, what a win for the Hammers. I know its a bit early to count the chickens and all that, but when you run over a midtable side like its nothing, its hard to see a team like that being relegated again. (Y)

Could be a sweet ass year if they manage to stay up and Kia Joorichianbiyankistan buys the team: I honestly think the guy is for real, and even if he was using West Ham as an investment opportunity, he would have to make the club good on the pitch to make any significant flow (C)

I had to start work at 6am this morning (about when the second half started), left when we were 1-0 up thinking, 'oh, this is going OK'. Get home and settle in for the rest of the game on tape and just got progressively more shocked, amazed, excited and proud. Sure, Villa were gash, but we were just :hump:

Yossi's goal >>>>>>> every goal ever ;)

What a great goal by Benayoun. Made a fool of the defender, and a good finish too. Let's see if West Ham can maintain that kind of form. A cool team to watch in all honesty.

What an ass kicking yesterday, very nice stuff. I didn't know West Ham had it in them.

I like watching west ham, I want them to be in top 8, ahead of arsenal.

Does anyone have a clip of Yossi's goal?

Benayoun's build-up to his goal was mint quality.

This guy's going to continue to flourish, just watch. He's aeons better than Hleb.

Benayoun's build-up to his goal was mint quality.

This guy's going to continue to flourish, just watch. He's aeons better than Hleb.
No way, Alexander can conquer Bena's ass any day. :jambo: :ewan:

Does anyone have a clip of Yossi's goal?

http://s5.yousendit.com/e.aspx?id=2XC159XTEXBHK2JSD183QB283N

yeah was a great game and were on again against fulham tonight which is awesome

all hammers goals can be found on this site:
http://www.6goals.co.uk/

No way, Alexander can conquer Bena's ass any day. :jambo: :ewan:

Does hleb suck your dick every day or what? Something must be up because your bringing him up in every post. :boohoo:

Does hleb suck your dick every day or what? Something must be up because your bringing him up in every post. :boohoo:
Is that the first thing you thought of after reading my post? What are you fully American? Immigrated from Britain? You wouldn't know what it is to have a player of such a high level for a country like mine.

As for bringing him up in every post, do you just read my post in the Arsenal thread or you really have trouble counting :ewan: ?

Is that the first thing you thought of after reading my post? What are you fully American? Immigrated from Britain? You wouldn't know what it is to have a player of such a high level for a country like mine.

As for bringing him up in every post, do you just read my post in the Arsenal thread or you really have trouble counting :ewan: ?

I understand that you like Hleb, as he is a great player, but I dont see the need to state how great u think he is in a lot of your posts, that is all. And im not american.

Link doesn't work. :(

How easy is this Premiership lark, then?

Credit to West Ham.

The Fulham/West Ham game was one of three games yesterday which were real good old fasioned fast, end to end premiership games.

For a team like West Ham with one prirority to stay up it would have easy to play 9 behind the ball and sit on the lead.

Hopefully West Ham's example will get through to other managers, without naming any names.

we really r on fire at the moment but will face our toughest test on saturday against the gooners

harewood for england

come on west ham kick arsenals ass. :jap:

Jeremie "Glass" Aliadiere needs surgury

Jeremie "Glass" Aliadiere needs surgury
what?

our great run continues with a draw against the arse and hopefully we thrash sunderland as were on TV in OZ again

not too dissapointed with our draw against sunderland as they dominated and should really have won, yossi did it again though and we stole a point

We were HORRIBLE. Good point, Yossi is all class.

I had money on you ****s :(

never bet on the hammers

dissapointing loss to man city but we'll bounce back against middlesborough at home this week

Jeremie "Glass" Aliadiere needs surgury

i see what u mean now as he had a hernia operation and still isnt back

also more bad news:


Freak injury rules out Hammers keeper Carroll

West Ham goalkeeper Roy Carroll has been ruled out of Sunday's Premiership clash with Middlesbrough after injuring his knee in a freak training-ground accident.

The Northern Ireland international was collecting balls from a goal when his foot was caught in the net, leading to the problem and giving Shaka Hislop his first start of the season following his return to Upton Park from Portsmouth in the summer.

Stephen Bywater has also been recalled from his loan spell at Coventry as cover for Hislop, while at the other end of the pitch Jeremie Aliadiere will not be in the squad as the on-loan Arsenal forward, continues his recovery from a hernia operation.

good win against middlesborough gets us back on track and still witha game in hand against everton.

the second was controversial but we'll take it as were due some luck.

next up bolton in the league cup which means a rest for few of the players.

Haha, the ball was never over the line.

Teddy with excellent finishing just seconds after coming on. The second goal was an absurd decision by the linesman who given that goal. West Ham should have kept the clean sheet.

The Hammers are looking strong this season, I hope that you guys have a very successful season. With a bit of good form and fortune, I wouldn’t rule them out of qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

Jesus, I would.

to make europe would be great but were still not that far into the season and so i'm still hoping we survive first

dissapointing performance against liverpool but we stay ninth and have a big one against west brom this week at home

wbeat west brom 1-0 which was important with teddy scoring the winner.

konchesky is in the england squad which is awesoem and well deserved and we have two tough games coming up against tottscum and man U.

cohen has joined yeovil on a months loan and williams a months loan at ipswich.

nobodys been on for a while so i thought i'd reply again

a good win against birmingham overnight keeps us ninth with a game still in hand so we're looking pretty good still

could be in for a busy time in january aswell with a lot of rumours about

Anton scored just like his brother today.

Ashton will be a quality signing. He seemed a bit pricey, but you all are staying up most definately, so why not?

whats happening here hermolt, where r u ?

anyway things r looking good in the league and fa cup at that moment

also maybe got gabri from barcelona to come and play as right back, has apparently been at the club for contract talks and a medical and was going to join but apparently barcelona now want him to stay as they got an injury which would be dissapointing.

anyway we'll see in the next 24 hours

we got lionel scaloni on loan which should turn out to be a really good deal for the club

also a brilliant win against the arse, we may make europe yet

another good win and ashton scored on his full debut

things r looking good now

I'd forgotten about this thread.

Beat Everton and we'll make Europe fo shizzle. Which is a genuine pisstake, really.

ur back hermolt

things r looking good for the hammers and i think we'll see european action at the boleyn next season

yyyyeeeeeeeesssssssss

i love ur signature hermolt

i also read that on the kumb.com forums and had a laugh

yyyyeeeeeeeesssssssss

times 2.

One win from the Cup Final, one win from Europe, 2 wins from a trophy.

And kangle, I love love love that quote, laughed my arse off when I read it.

this fa cup run just feels right for some reason.

i reckon we'll make the final for sure and win or lose we will make europe for next year.

after relegation a few seasons ago this is all making it worth it as i feel we have a better squad and manager now than we did back then.

That's a given, kangle - and I think Pardew has really made Terry Brown change his ways, although we won't really know until a bigger club bids for Anton/Deano.

i'm dreading the day that bigger clubs start coming in for our young stars, hopefully brown and the board do the right thing this time and keep the squad together and keep building for the future

Lampard, Rio, Cole
They all gone. Man if only Those damn Hammers had some $ a title run wouldn't have been out of hand.

*West Ham sympathizer. (6)

west ham to make the FA cup final tomorrow with a 2-1 win over borough

do it for johnny lyall

go the hammers

RIP Lyall. :(
www.whufc.com will show the game live. Go hammers.

This one if for Lyall.

http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/57404691.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A62139554612E7A689 EC7C5022FB410D56

http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/57405724.jpg?v=1&c=MS_GINS&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A6B83623404A05E886 F06BF04B24B4128C

Harewood brings us on the final. Beating Liverpool is not easy but not impossible nontheless. Go Hammers.

west ham have the best supporters in the world

But please, beat Spurs

just wanted to pop in and say congratulations to West Ham fans. You've reached the final and I believe you have gotten yourselves a ticket to Europe now, is that right?

ur correct Gaz, we have qualified for the UEFA cup even if we lose the final (which we wont) because liverpool will qualify for the champions league

thats quality :)

Hoping for Grandpa Sheringham to score the Winner in the FA Cup Final - how sweet would that be (6)

Well, what a season thus far - 9th, a Cup Final, denying Spurs CL on the last day, being the last team to win away at Highbury ever.

All I need now is an FA Cup and I'll die a happy, happy man.

I give my thanks to West Ham. Good luck in the final. :)

West Ham - A big thankyou from Gooners everywhere. Hope you win the fa cup , fair play to Pardew as he could have rested a lot more players.

I hope Sheringham saved his -matchwinning pen for the Final... :)

Thank you (H)

Now you have a chance to knock Spurs out of Europe next year!

Well done West Ham, harsh result in the cup final... Good luck for the next season.

I would like to give West Ham and it's fans a big congratulations for making it so hard for us. Well played guys, and good luck next season.

FU Gerrard. :(

I feel sorry for you West Ham fans, you were so close. Don't think you would come so close again to winning the FA Cup again soon. (N)

Than again it's also a massive achievement of L'pool coming back two times. (Y)

Credit to West Ham - good game by them and IMO the better team - they were really unlucky.

West Ham 3 - 3 Steven Gerrard

What a season - I'm thoroughly proud and amazed.

I love you West Ham, with all my heart and soul.

wrote this earlier, thought you guys might be interested.

http://www.socceropinion.com/home/content/view/142/1/

Intro:

So near, and yet so very far. West Ham came so close on Saturday to beating European Champions Liverpool, if not for a strike seemingly from the gods themselves by a certain Steven Gerrard. However, in a match where Pardew’s men were expected to be “hammered”, they put in a performance worthy of any team from England’s top division, nearly, oh so nearly quelling a Liverpool team that had just won their last eleven games. So really Mr Pardew, it hasn’t exactly been a terrible season…

Yeah, nice article.

c'mon u irons!!!

It's all over mates. This win wont change a damn thing. First division is now upon us. I really hope we don't become another Leeds.

Last year's thread was so amazy.

This year's thread much more doom and gloom.

We've been down for ages, you can't lose to Watford and Charlton and expect to stay up.

But seriosly mate, what are our chances of keeping the best players if we (Actually it's almost certain) are to be relegated man? I really hope the new presidency does bring together a team that would be able to dominate Division one. All we need to do is buy 3-4 players that are nice enought to be solid in that division. I hope something special comes out of the academy as well.

Call me crazy but we were so much better before the 2 argies came. I wish we never signed them.

It wasn't the two Argies, it was the cancer involved at the club.

Pardew's dalliance with a player's wife, said player sold.
Bling clique formed and excluding others.
Captain throwing a strop at decent players coming in and challenging his fiefdom.
Gambling culture (paying off Etherington's gambling debts twice, Teddy raping other players in the card school).
Pardew losing the dressing room.
Brown attempting to grease his palms one last time when trying to sell to Joorabchian.
Anton charged with GBH.
Anton lying to club about visiting his granny.
Curbishley being dull, unimaginative and a twat.

It's been an annus horribilus, and the Argies have contributed nothing towards that, aside from the dodgy deal which brought them there (blame that treacherous leech Brown). I'd suck Carlitos' schlong, imagine how f**ked we'd be without him.

3 wins in a row. bit too late though.

Arsenal...TWICE (H)

Not too late at all mate. That was a great win at Arsenal. West ham have broken Arsenal's "unbeaten at the Emirates" boast, and nicked 3 important points. More of the same and West Ham can still survive. Its a slim chance but not impossible.

We have CHelsea, Liverpool and the Mancs left inour schedulle. Now you go tell me what chances we do have?

U've beaten Man Utd before so i can see it happening again....against the other two teams i dun know.....lol

We don't play Liverpool again.

We're still struggling, but it was a good win. Anyone notice this is actually last year's thread? Anyway.

LAST TEAM AT HIGHBURY
FIRST TEAM AT THE EMIRATES
4 MEETINGS - 10 POINTS
5 FOR 2 AGAINST

That's in capitals because I'm excited about it, and I hope Arsene Wenger gets AIDS.

If you think the hammers will save category, raise your hand.

*raises left hand*