West Ham Fans

Blimey Sears has scored 4 goals tonight in the reserves,now who wants to sell him?CJ

Love to say I told you so, but I was right about Curbs not being good for us, the players are happy, the fans, Zola's interview after the fulham game was what I wanted to hear, open attacking football, Etherington played a blinder and just maybe we don't need Ashton and should cash in.

Reserve team - It looks like our defence is very shaky, but well done Freddy The Fox..There is no chance Zola would approve to move him out..

Lets not forget that Zamora has been a fantastic player for us at times and has scored more significant goals for us than many other hammers strikers in our history. He is a true claret and blue hard working player, that regardless of his ups and downs, always wanted it and gave 110%. I think we should leave it at that and not post topics on 'now we know why we sold him!' Have a bit of respect.

Has anyone else noticed that Tevez is barely getting a game at Man U now,im wondering if maybe there is some concern on their contract with him or that Tevez has been affected by the Sheffield utd thingy.I cant believe for the life of me that Tevez isnt good enough,weird eh.CJ

I totally disagree with this post, Zamora is a good player and better than a lot of the c**** we have in the side. He is a hammer through and through so i'm not surprised he missed. I would have actually preferred for us to sell Ashton for mega money and kept onto Zamora, because I think Ashton is finished, sell him and get a regular 1st teamer in, he will only warm the physio table for the rest of his career, he has never proven that he is class, only glimpses adn lets face it Anton had glimses. Also, I think we should get rid of Bellamy, sell him for the same money and again get a not so injury prone player. We could get around 17-20m for the both, if we keep them i reckon in the next 3 seasons they'll only play 15 games max each!! Plus unless we get takenover the board will need the money!

Ok i know its boring to speak about the Sheffield Utd case but ive heard something today that had me worried,ive been told that during this latest hearing,its come about that Duxbury did in fact lie again to the premier league,a lie that the FA could look into again and could affirm our relegation even after all this time.Does anyone have any info on this?CJ

I cannot believe that there are calls on here to sell Freddie Sears. Just because the kid (and he IS still a kid) hasn`t scored a dozen goals since making the 1st team there are bloody idiots calling for him to go. For christs sake give him a chance, one day he`s likely to be our next Tony Cottee. I suppose we should get rid of Collison, Reid, Tomkins etc while we are at it, then you could moan about the management selling our accadamy products as per the last decade + . These kids are our future, stop being so damn short sighted.

Anyone else Concerned? I heard last night that the Icelandic goverment have had to bail out Glitnir Iceland's third largest bank with a 600 million Euros package. "Despite the fact that the other two large Icelandic banks are stronger in their liquidity profiles, the risk is the market decides Landsbanki and Kaupthing are in similar trouble," Bill Blain, who produces a daily market report for bond broker KNG Securities LLP in London, said on Monday in an interview. "If they both tumble into a liquidity death-spiral it may precipitate a deeper Iceland crisis which the government may struggle to solve." Although with the deepening global financial crisis, West ham is rightly low on most people's list of priorities, I am worried about our future. It could be a whole lot worse than not having enough to spend on transfers.

i think this is a great post by nev and agree with what he has to say ... but everyone else is entitled to an opinion. i agree with the fact that so far the board and nani have done a excellent job in their activity of signing new players. Llunga looks very good and there have been glimpses of di canio in di michele. I was also impressed in how we contucted ourselves in the transfer market. we could hold our head high unlike the likes of man city who told everyone how much they were spending and who on, putting unnecessary pressure on selling clubs. The way united and fergs think that when they are interested in a player they automatically must become a united player with no regard for the selling team, fans or board.....let alone premiership rules. And finally (had to get this one in) the way totenham spend money on anyone and anything that comes on sale with a pricetag in the 20m region cos if they are being sold for that much....they must be good emphasis. I am still impressed with the way we are handling the appiah case, yes we have been told we are interested but his wage demands are what 60,000....i wouldnt give him it and it shows how far we have come from the eggy era already. If appiah wants to play for west ham we will offer him a sound contract and he will come for the greatness of the club and football, not souly the money. I was sad to see mcCartney go cos i still feel he is a gem at left back but the sale of ferdinand was a touch of class. i cant remember what one but one of villas goals was definetly his fault on saturday. yes he had potential but he was a bit of a hot head and 8mill was a good price. One thing that i dont agree with is tha zamora is better then cole. No way he has head the line for us awesomely so far this season and has got a few goals. he is younger then zamora, quicker and stronger. If zola can unlock that magic of goalscoring in him we have got the real deal. he was loved by ranieri at chelsea and fabio was more then impressed on sat. I am going to be interested on our activity in the january. i feel that the squad is too big but this should not be changed in january becasue that will disrupt the foundations of the squad, look what has happened at S***s. Hopefully some will go in jan and we will have the funds behind zola (which the board have promised) to get in some real quality which im sure zola and clarky already have their eyes on. things are looking good post curbs era, they werent looking to bad beforehand but we could take real strides in the next season........BRING IT ON !!!!

Z Man. I can see how some people are critical of this post: we all remember the great things Bobby Zamora did for West Ham. But at the same time, I see what Nev is saying. At least in this one match, Zamora looked much the same as when he came on for us last season -- unlikely to score a goal. After a while I actually began to feel safe about any threat that Fulham posed. Yes, Bobby got into good position and sometimes had our defence beat; but he really did not even threaten with one shot. His chance for a clear header on a free kick really proved the point. I wish him well with Fulham and hope he gets a hat trick against S***s, but I think we are moving ahead now. Don't know if Di Michele is the answer, but he's the shape of things to come.

http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/sport/3712976.Hammers_star_looks_set_to... The headline is a bit misleading !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think this post is way too harsh nev, he scored some amazing goals for us, and scored some important goals the season of the greatest escape. di michelle has had one really good game so it's bull to say theres a gulf in class. the z man may not be the perfect striker but he always gave his all. so i will always have fond memories of him. i think your way off on this one.

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I don't see why they would want him, i dont think he fits the arsenal mold. They already have a very quick talented unproven commodity in walcott.

I keep hearing from people that Sears might be joining Arsenal for 4 to 6M,has anyone else heard this?,id go mad if he left.CJ

I was as unhappy as anyone else when the Z-man was pushed out. He was one of us, one of our own who bleeds claret and blue and didnt mind telling everyone. Now i think that we all know that he wasnt sold for tactical reasons or to make room for a better striker. He was sold purely for financial gains. But do we look at his ability through rose tinted glasses because of his love of everything claret and blue? The fact of the matter is that his scoring record for WHU is 152 played 40 goals scored (almost 1 in 4) including one year in the fizzy league and a run of 21 games without scoring in the fateful 06-07 season. It wasnt until watching him on saturday that i realised he always needed four clear cut chances to score one goal which very few strikers outside the top four get. So it would apear we got lucky, and i for one put up my hands and say i thought that cole should have pushed before Bobby but Carlton is now undoubtedly our most improved player and looks perfect for Zola's 4-3-3 system. So Z-man we love you and wish you well but come on Cole keep knocking them in. WHTID

Glad in a way as Cole has a lot more potential than Zamora. He could with the right finishing be a 15 goal a season striker, however its always to see a commited hammer go.

I think the weason Woy hodgson bought him and Johnny Pants was because neither of them had a name beginning with R although he could still be weferred to as Zamorwa in post match interviews.............. ........walking in a Boogers wonderland

... lets not forget that our beloved Z-Man once played for Spudz - so maybe he is saving up his goals for the game against them instead ! Fulham are at home to spudz on 15th November - I will be hoping for Zamo to bag a hat-trick that day !!! Up the 'ammers ! Iron Man since 1974 - come on you IRONS !!!

Appiah latest: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_4216228,00.html

Nev I think you are talking Cack!! Zamo was their most DANGEROUS player! he caused us far to many problems! Ok he mis- judged a header but the rest of his chances werent as easy as you make out! iD STILL PREFER HIM OVER COLE! having said that I think Cole is vastly improved this season from the FIRST game and is looking the most confident I have seen him, but to dis Zamo is just idle journalism.

For those people saying we should have kept the ZMAN and got rid of Carlton I think you guys are wrong, I really think CC is the new Z. I really haven't seen him complain yet and is a descent target. I think sometimes Carlton holds the ball up to long trying to dribble people but think of all the countless times Carlton has saved us on set pieces. I love the zman as much as anybody but I prefer carlton being 3rd choice over the zman

i always loved the Z man but it was defo the right time to move him on.we now got ourselves a new Z man and hes beginning to bring the best out of some of our players. cole and ethers are lookin sharp and as for our new paolo,i love the guy! still improvements to be made but wer lookin gud for euro spot if we keep it up. big test wil be the tougher fixtures hence i cant wait for utd and arsenal back to back.thank god the days of neill at right back are over. tristan cud be gud addition,then gudjohnson in jan! have a feelin zola can attract the big guns..let the gud times roll......or shud i say continue

So he did not score against us Don't take that as a bad thing he is a good player that we should have kept. You should look at Ashton's game and you will see Z man works twice as much still scores some important goals. You hardly post anything for ages and then post something s@@te I would think you may well offend quite a few fans with posts like that Good luck Bobby Z

I think if you took a look at some of the other goals he has scored this season and his performance last week you might be speaking differently. Just because zamora didn't score against us Saturday give no right to underestimate a hammers legend.

Maybe the Zman didn't like the idea of scoring against his beloved Hammers! Still would have loved to have kept him.

Just seen on Knumb, that we are looking at Diego Tristan, and he is training with the squad. Apparantly he is out of contract, but a bit old, but may be good coverage up front. Looked on You Tube, he looks good and does not loose his bottle when one on one with the goalie, that, so far this season we have not been good at. Apologies for off topic, but worth looking at.. As far as Zamora, I agree with Nev, Zamora's finnishing is not clinical enough, and if he does not improve he will end up in the fizzy league with or without Fulham.. I would like to have swapped him for Jimmy Bullard?? I wish Zamora luck and hope he can turn it around.Florida Hammer

As it was obvious that Z Man didn't really want to leave, I wonder if he didn't have the heart to score against us! Seems like a perfect weekend to me, a decent away win and then I enjoyed watching the Spuds get whacked by Pompy.I even found myself jumping around when Judas netted. On another subject, if there are still issues around Tevez's ownership, then how could Manure loan/sign him. If we go down, the tossers should contribute to our fine. COYI...

id like 2 think he was right now, i moaned when we sold the z and kept c/c but the way c/c has been playing this season he as proved us all wrong.as 4 d dimichelle he still has a lot 2 prove as he bottled out of the tackle 2 which owen scored his usaul goal,now we love his work rate but we wont put up with that 2 often,oh and someone tell him 2 change his studs!!!!!!!!!.as 4 anton and george 8 m and 6 million 2 good to turn down, good but not that good,looking forward 2 the ginger pele gettin back playin again

Well I'd rather have Zamora than Carlton Cole. And probably the biggest miss was Bellamys. COYImAHappyLittleBunnyIRONS

I can see where Neville is coming from and I tend to agree - only thing I would say is Zamora did change things and linked up when he came off the bench and got things going when we were going stale - I will watch and see what happens with Fulham this year: i'd love it if Fulham pulled one over on their local rivals and Zamora scored! Mind you I'd love it if we did as well! My big wants this season are to do the double over spurts and send chelscum away with a sting. That would go a long way to making my season. As to Anton- I think he has to settle in, he had his best time with us when the back 4 all went like clockwork, that will take time at sunderland. But all in all probably good business

The best bit is the Sky web-site headline "Roy Keane was disappointed with the nature in which Sunderland gifted two set-pieces..." had me well sniggering. Didn't take Ferdie very long to get some match zzz's in, eh!

I agree totally, Zamora has flashes of brilliance then goes cold. That said you could never fault him for effort. I have always had reservations with Anton Ferdinand. So 8 million for him was certainly good business. Unfortunately with Gabbidon still unfit we struggling for strong central defenders. With Mr.Zola's new priorities we shouldn't need a good defence anyway. Come on you IRONS!!

Only time will tell but the moment it's looking like good business.