midds

Thick and thicker tbh.

Mugs. Just the type of striker to get you back up once you've gone down. Planning...

They've been sharpening their knives for a month man. He's on borrowed time and they'll hound him into resgning within a year. Fucking hate journalists.

London=England. For the most part anyway.

Victor Moses. I'll see your Victor Moses and raise you a Pablo Aimar.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/west-ham/7939785/Everton-striker-Yakubu-not-worth-8m-says-West-Ham-chairman-David-Sullivan.html Sullivan's a prick. The price is the price, you're either prepared to pay it or you're not. What a wanker.

He's done OK tonight. I know but he's better off the bench and has been a bit frustrating when his lack ability lets him down when his pace has created a genuine chance. I'd always have him in the squad though.

Walcott always looks better coming off the bench imo. I like the threat he can bring in the last quarter of games but he's horrible to watch sometimes.

Aye, if Sweden had their first XI out it would have been 5-0.

Wonder which of them was actually in charge? Was noticeable that the drill changed after every little conversation they had. He's definitely got Hughton's ear. Edit: And the thing with the bibs too. The thing with the bibs being............... Nolan seemed to be the one who decided who got one!

Looking at Remy. That Darmesh prick from SSN reckons that 8 Premier League clubs are there. Spurs obviously one of them.

Wonder which of them was actually in charge? Was noticeable that the drill changed after every little conversation they had. He's definitely got Hughton's ear. Edit: And the thing with the bibs too.

Interesting to see the dynamics of the squad. Nolan was very vocal and seemed to be in constant conversation with hughton. Was coaching the younger players during the drills etc.

Yep.

The boy started crying as soon as they started playing... Obviously just realised what he's let himself in for.

East stand is open. Sol is an absolute tank but he's hardly fat! Most of the east stand is full.

After sifting through the heaps of shite in this thread and reading between the lines, this post seems to sum the situation up. Can't be sure obviously but it fits and is totally plausible. Hope he signs but at least we're in for a player of his calibre which implies Hughton knows we're a bit short. Let's just wait and see.

Onuoha is a good signing for that lot. Saying that, how many Centre-Halves has he signed in his time there? Bramble, Dawson, Ferdinand, Da Silva, Mensah, Kilgallon (?)... For being such a good defender he can't seem to spot a good one. The cabbage-faced minge.

Got a copy of this: http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/ciu/12/02/aee1017b42a04211216b1210.L._SL500_AA300_.jpg signed by Brian Clough and Peter Taylor. Some spastic on Amazon is trying to flog one for £500...

We'll get twatted 4-0. Our season starts with Villa tbh.

That's exactly the argument for bringing in a player of this ilk surely. Guthrie and Barton don't have energy and Nolan certainly doesn't have either. Someone sitting in front of the 2 central defenders is going to bring movement and energy? Have I missed something? I don't even think it has to be somebody who just sits infront of the defenders. It just needs to be a midfielder with the legs and dynamism to get across the pitch, cover defensively and give us some energy in the centre of the park. Nearly all 'defensive midfielders' offer this. For example 2 players mentioned in this thread (Reo-Coker and Annan) both offer these qualities. I'd much rather have 2 CM that both defend when we've not got the ball and bothsupport the attack when we're going forward. Don't think we're in a position to have one specialised defensive midfielder and one asked to create. We're going to be stretched all over the place and we need the midfield to be as mobile as possible, in both directions. Each to their own though. But both Barton and Guthrie are useless defensively and both have limited physical attributes. Neither of them have the aptitude to provide mobility in both directions like you are saying. Are you suggesting we go out and buy 2 new midfielders who can do it all? (very hard to find) I agree with you that assigning a role entirely is not productive in this instance but getting somebody in who has the adequate attributes to do the defensive/physical work is important imo. In this instance somebody like Annan actually offers just as much going forward as he does defensively tbh. He's like Essien-lite. I'm hoping that Gosling and Barton can just about do it between them. Ideally, we'd be buying 2 new CM who are the business but realistically, Barton and Gosling are as close as we've currently got. I accept that we're a long way short in that area but what else are we going to do?

That's exactly the argument for bringing in a player of this ilk surely. Guthrie and Barton don't have energy and Nolan certainly doesn't have either. Someone sitting in front of the 2 central defenders is going to bring movement and energy? Have I missed something? I don't even think it has to be somebody who just sits infront of the defenders. It just needs to be a midfielder with the legs and dynamism to get across the pitch, cover defensively and give us some energy in the centre of the park. Nearly all 'defensive midfielders' offer this. For example 2 players mentioned in this thread (Reo-Coker and Annan) both offer these qualities. I'd much rather have 2 CM that both defend when we've not got the ball and both support the attack when we're going forward. Don't think we're in a position to have one specialised defensive midfielder and one asked to create. We're going to be stretched all over the place and we need the midfield to be as mobile as possible, in both directions. Each to their own though.

That's exactly the argument for bringing in a player of this ilk surely. Guthrie and Barton don't have energy and Nolan certainly doesn't have either. Someone sitting in front of the 2 central defenders is going to bring movement and energy? Have I missed something?

Much prefer 2 'box to box' midfielders in there tbh. We need movement and energy in the middle of the park.