If you actually remember back then, Man Utd were trying to continue the miserly approach they adopted under the Glazers and which saw them lose the likes of Ronaldo with no adequate replacements.
Woodward was the new CEO and he spent that summer...
They are simply a set of knuckle draggers. Had arguably the most successful period in the clubs history and still were unhappy. Things didn't improve after he left either.
Moyes was a dead man walking from when Steidten was appointed over his head to sign players. They sold two important squad players from under him (Benrahma and Fornals) in January with no replacements when Moyes had them in sixth spot going into...
How did he destroy their finances? They were actually in their best financial condition in years due to the European football money and the Declan Rice sale.
What screwed then was bringing in Tim Steidten, who squandered a lot of money on...
West Ham is a complicated club. The owner thinks he’s a better director of football than the guys who work for him. Sam Allardyce laid out the full details years ago. Managers get a few picks, but Sullivan insists on having his own too.
It’s a...
Moyes wasn’t in charge of transfers at West Ham. He had a say, but had to deal with board interference.
He wanted to sign Eze from the Chanpionship, for example, but David Sullivan wanted Benrahma. Guess who he ended up with….
When he actually...
When you look at the teams that are currently our rivals (the mid-lower level teams + overachieves), their best players are all getting poached - Ait-Nori, Cunha (Wol), Kudus (WHU), MGW, Elanga (NOT), Wissa? Mbuemo? Norgaard (BRE) - I appreciate...
If I’m honest I think people went a bit overboard about o’briens performances at right back. He showed he was a good footballer but he had some very average games in my opinion, and people just got a bit giddy because he wasn’t ashley young and...
Exactly. I see it as a Lescott type thing were he is Tarkowski’s long-term replacement, but gets more minutes under his belt before moving into the middle as James ages out.
So we get to carefully select the long-term right back while using this...
He’s cheap and older, so could be a one season cover signing like Keane and then there is space next season when we have additional funds. Would just be a short term option.
He’s the sort of guy who can come in and do a competent job and then...