It's all gone quiet since he joined the club on a short term deal at the beginning of November. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24771311 From certain comments I read at the time, it's evident that he's not everyone cup of tea too.... Just wondering if his appointment, coming after Steve McClaren's departure, has unsettled the troops? Easy as an outsider to make an assumption. The club usually communicates well, but I cannot recall seeing or hearing any positive reports from the training ground. Usually there's a feature, coupled with a senior pro waxing lyrical about the tempo of the training sessions, etc. By contrast we're deafened by the silence.....
Well that explains why Kranjcar's nose is out of joint, and spells the end to any speculation that Adel Taarabt might return early.
This has been on my mind also, We need a proven coach who won't overshadow Harry............ Or some facilities for training, like maybe a new training ground, is it just me who's tired of seeing this in print now? Were becoming all talk and no trousers again Sorry but I can't be arsed to write more than a sentence or 2 on here at the momment.
Come to think of it, its looking like Harry & Tony's transfer policy don't match at the moment either. There may be trouble in January. Teams hits a rough spot and manager and chairman have differing ideas on how to proceed, Sound familiar?
He's certainly not gone quiet on twitter. Tweets the same inane stuff come rain or shine, no mention of yesterday's result on his feed. https://twitter.com/wal10 Edit: In fact he talks about West Ham more than QPR. Really feels for their players today apparently
Sounds like a real team player:- wally downes @wal10 love all my sports, specially football and boxing! getting worse at golf. love going pictures on my own. london please log in to view this image
Four years ago he made a similar move to Saints:- Wally Downes joins Saints coaching staff SAINTS boss Alan Pardew has appointed former Brentford manager Wally Downes as a first-team coach at St Mary's. The Saints boss has strengthened his backroom staff with the addition of the 48-year-old, who was involved in his first training session, which included new signing Papa Waigo, at Staplewood today. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/4585087.Wally_Downes_joins_Saints_coaching_staff/ please log in to view this image A few comments on that story:- "This is a good signing; he took on the job of coaching Reading's defence. As a result, Downes was a major reason for Reading's impressive defensive display in the 2005-06 Championship season, where Reading had the best defensive statistics in the entire English football pyramid, and were promoted to the Premier League with a record 106 points. Info taken from Wikipedia" "We had Wally as our manager for a fair old while up at Brentford. He was hopeless. About as old fashioned as you can get, as well. If you want to see him in action, look up the old episode of Faking It, where they try to get some hopeless case to pass themselves off as a real football manager. Wally was cast as the "real thing", a fact that gave us on the terraces a fair amount of amusement." "Wally Downes, That inspires hope, am I on drugs, am I on dope? We certainly can pick em, thats for sure.. Give anyone a job.. is that the cure? I'm sure the guys good, he can fit in.. But honestly lads.. where has he been? Was he poached?, was he employed? Can he help another drop to avoid?. I've absolut faith, AP knows best.. But my faith is being firmly put to the test!!" "Horses for courses boys and I have no problem with Mr Downes who helped Mr Coppell develop some nice footballing sides at Reading and Palace and who knows these lower divisions. Of course the groan merchants on here will hate him a) because they have never heard of him and b) because he has a slightly odd name and c) because they know little about the game. I think the way the club is quietly being rebuilt is to be admired and is good for the long-term. This is the work of serious professional and successful business people, not some flash one minute wonders. Keep it up lads." "Lets not critisise for the sake of it, Wally looks as fit as a pregnant sow ,but,this is saints and I guess that he has been employed for his motivational skills-Right first rule boys "lay off the Kit kats".......If Wally can do it ,So can you. I love characters and Wally is a 24 carat one. Any "wally songs" ????" "I must admit i dont know too much about Our Wally but cant be any worse then the other wally.At least He was part of the Crazy gang that come up from the fourth to the top.Mind you Training is something i think he needs to work on As he looks fatter then Razzor Ruddock. Plessey Pies dont serve him any more pies."
The rumour from my West Ham friend is that Andy Carroll has a coke problem & used to socialise a lot with Downs & Nolan. Not sure if I believe it myself but stranger things have happened!
How To Party â By Kevin Nolan & Andy Carroll⦠please log in to view this image http://www.inthestands.co.uk/news/how-to-party-by-kevin-nolan-andy-carroll.html "Newcastle stars Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan went on a 14-hour bender that ended in a drug-fuelled orgy. Bad boy Carroll yelled âRide me! Ride me!â as he romped with a blonde and a brunette in a catsuit in the bedroom of club skipper Nolan â who is supposed to be taming the wayward England prospect. And as the orgy went into full swing at Nolanâs luxury home, downstairs cocaine â used by the girls they had picked up on a crawl of Newcastleâs clubs â lay scattered across a table. Neither player is believed to have snorted the drug â but our revelations today take football to new depths of shame." http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?7006671||mc=w|6||
Your sources are very correct rrrrss. Well known inside and outside the game. Maybe we should ask his best mate Colin to comment ...no love lost there !
So my question still remains, what is there to suggest that the services of Wally Downes is having a positive influence on the players? From a coaching perspective, it's all very quiet. And I have since found a West Ham thread that questions his integrity further. All very worrying; and Karen Brady is rarely wrong. http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?6856603|a0_a0_a1_a0_a0_a0_a0
Well "sku"...maybe he is saving our boys having to go doown too sweeneys or the White Bear to score, I'm sure he can deliver
Perhaps we could also bring in Millwall's Fitness Coach, Alan Pearson? please log in to view this image http://www.millwall.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=107391&start=1
