Parky

Will be brushed under the carpet.

Depends if we make a bid really.

I like him.

I really don't under stand JFK's obsession with JAR.

Mate don't put yourself down like that.

He was subbed very late however and was left on long past the 60-65min which allowed him to score.

Aye best player for WH again today. Love the way he's always at it...Won't let the defenders rest. Did Terry bring him down for a pen?

Now we're getting somewhere.

He's only on loan isn't he?

Yes we've got Owen for a few months. He will go.

Relativism at its very best.

could be the answer to the wide right problem. Yup.

...aha so we should snap up a bargain striker...Non?

What he said. We're going to have to get some kind of MF anyway. Barton is out for ages by all accounts.

Only messing Dave.

Signing Bellamy isn't ideal and I'm not suggesting it is, but in our situation we need Bellamy (or someone like him) to make things work. West Ham are short of cash and as someone said earlier Noble is a very good player as well. They might have to sell 3/4 players and it might not be so easy to pick up players from other clubs in Jan when it is notoriously difficult, hence running the rule over the West Ham squad. Bellamy stuck out for me as the kind of player who is still motivated (he showed plenty of it on Mon) and has a bit of pace and nous. It will be much more difficult to rectify the midfield problem in the Jan window and midfielders tend to be more expensive even if they are semi-good. Look at the money Villa and Everton spent on goodish midfielders in the summer.

That's one of the worst straw men I've ever seen. You are one.

So, reading through people want a striker who scores goals, is never injured and has pace. Fine. Who's coughing up the £25m?

What about Drogba? Hardly played a game in the last few months.... People need to realise nearly all players are a gamble.

People don't want Bellamy or Heskey. Can't please some it seems.

Heightist.

Generally for it tho madass?

He makes things happen.

eh? tent thing? i've not heard anything about that Morning glory?

Clueless. Aye, he's actually scored 16 goals in the last two and a half seasons. I counted 11. Unless you're including Wales. No, but I was wrong too: 9 goals at Liverpool in 2006-07, 4 last season at West Ham, one this season. 15 That's only part of what he brings to the table imo. He collected 4 free kicks on Monday and was at the center of nearly every dangerous attacking move. Pretty good football nous as well.