Hopefully we can bring Gareth Southgate in to get us over the line and secure European football.
I'm enjoying us being in the hunt for a European place and being in pole position for it.
I know if we only get top 10 it's not a bad effort too.
But we really need to see this manager grasp a chance at this club. ONCE in the past he did that when we got a CL qualifying place back in 2005 - which he ruined, of course....and he achieved with a lowly 65 points....but we'll leave that aside as it still meant he stood on his feet and managed expectations.
I want to see evidence that Moyes can do that at least once again in his 12 years here.
I have to say he's got a few more strings to his bow playing-wise now since he left in 2013, but underneath it all I still detect the excuse-making, big-game blowing loser he always was and will be.
He has the chance to persuade me and others like me who doubt his professionalism during these last 7 games though. ..and that's what TFG's attitude should be too: "REALLY prove your worth by getting the club back to Europe and we'll hand you a new contract."
It’s that time again.
First signing, Kieran Dowell.
The Ormskirk Ozil
Followed by the right back at Celtic bombed out by Bournemouth who swung off the rafters after beating Rangers recently.
But back on Topic . Give him the Contract Dan.
Lads, managerial contract lengths are irrelevant. Irrespective of if it’s 1, 2 or 3 years if he does well he stays, if he doesn’t he’s fired.
Fun fact, Dewsbury-Hall was the only player who started against Chelsea that Dyche didn’t have available to him. If you really wanted you could also add a fit Branthwaite and England international Dominic Calvert-Lewin instead of Thierno Barry.
Nobody else could possibly do any better, I’d take 17th.
Nobody else could possibly do any better, I’d take 17th.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Players should be looking at managers contract length when signing or extending.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Praise be to Kevin Thelwell.
Praise be to Moyes for getting a squad of players that couldn’t hope to finish any higher than 16th up to the cusp of a Champions League place imo.
This is my worry tbh and where Kinnear and the Friedkins need to play their part.
“He’s going to bring all his old West Ham mates”.
You know. To go along with all those other West Ham players he’s brought in the 15 months he’s been here.
You’re not alone there. Don’t think there was many who had him as first choice, or even wanted him back at all.
But some of us are big enough to hold our hands up and admit we were wrong.
Instead of harbouring decade old grudges. Or god forbid, admit they were wrong about something on the internet.
Bluepablo
Player Valuation: £8m
Didn’t we spend £100m plus & loan 3 players on top of that.
Didn’t we spend £100m plus & loan 3 players on top of that.
Well no mate. For a start Branthwaite hasn’t been available for 80% of the season, we replaced DCL with a seemingly worse player, and Grealish won’t have featured for the second half of the season. The bulk of our summer spend is sat on the bench not doing anything. As I just mentioned, which you clearly didn’t read back far enough to see, only KDH out of the previous 4 starting line ups was a new addition from last season. That was a team that I was getting told was relegation fodder under the previous manager who was doing such a fantastic job to have them 16th in the table.
