Rival watch

I'm sure this has been 'expected' and 'predicted' for the last three years. It still hasn't happened.

 

I'm glad we wont be playing bloody Sunday games next season because of the EL.

 

I bet you we do Smithy. After everyone else. Then when it comes to the business end of the season we will be allocated Monday night football.

 

Apart from Antonio. He's one heck of a player, and further proof that there is more than enough reasonably priced talent in the lower leagues to make the exorbitant fees for Depay, Darmian, Blind, Rojo and Herrera seem all the more ludicrous

 

Perhaps he'd be attracted to a team with CL football?

 

The irony is we were supposedly close to signing him for £18m about 5 weeks before Utd paid £38m before the deadline... One that got away it seems.

 

There was no indication that he was worth £38m before the season, and indeed there is nothing guaranteed now. Very unwise to spend vast amounts based on one season work, plus the wages would be ludicrous too. I would regard him as "a success" not "a bargain". Mind you, compared to the other names bought for their £300m+, perhaps he is a bargain!

 

Did a quick check on 2010-11.
We effectively played on saturdays after CL group/KO stages, except for twice when the
opponent was a "Sky 4" (in which case it got scheduled for sunday) .

 

I'd say he was probably worth the £18m figure we were initially quoted though, Martial had a reputation in France as the heir to Henry (although so does 50 others) and was impressing at Monaco. Not sure why our deal broke down or why Utd ended up paying an extra £20m just a few weeks later but the player looks like he could've added a different dimension to our attack.

 

So far owners of West Ham have blamed the police Man Utd and a FEW hotheads for the violence last night no blame on WH then

The FA are to investigate what chance they have to play their next home game behind locked doors

 

Not much of a punishment, they're used to playing in front of row after row of empty seats.

 

Wet Spam linked with Jamie Vardy.

That can't be right, given their current transfer policy is waiting for us to be linked with a player before declaring an interest (as is the case with Batshuayi and Lacazette) or sign our former youth team players (as is the case with Townsend and Adam Smith)

 

First game at the new stadium? No chance.

 

Oooh, Liverpool v Chelsea tonight is juicy.

Come on Norwich.

 

While it's hard to have too much sympathy for the goons, that Welbeck injury is awful luck for the guy with the Euros around the corner. Having missed 7 months of this season only a few weeks later he's put out for a further 9 months with a different injury. Shame.

 

Yeah but lets hope.

Either way, the stadium will have an empty feel to it regardless of whether it is or not.

 

Hopefully it'll be a nice early Europa League qualifier and they'll bottle their own players, having crashed to another loss to a Romanian side.

 

Any suggestions for West Ham's change of name?
I nominate Hackney Wick Wanderers.

 

I liked Karrrrrrren Brady's suggestion of West Ham Olympic. Shortened to WHO, of course.

 

Will the taunt then be : who are/were yer ??