28 nov 2017 18:42:08
tony cottee just said he worried for west ham if efc appoint someone tonight, which let's face it ain't going to happen but we all been saying for weeks just get it done ✅!
how come we all know this but the board don't?
dither dither dither.

1.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 19:45:41
trebor: imho the club finds itself between a rock and a hard place (of its own making! ) regarding a managerial appointment.
On the one hand, they want someone in the short-term to steer us safely clear of the relegation zone this season; on the other hand, they want a manager who’ll eventually play the more expansive football that makes us genuine challengers for European qualification and trophies.
In either case, the new manager will need to reshape the squad - starting in January (an expensive and difficult task) - and I wonder if he (especially a short-term manager) would be allowed to be as ruthless and spend as much money on what he sees as required.
It’s clear to me that the club (board and ownership) hoped Unsworth could do a job until, at best, they secured their preferred choice asap this season or, at worst, until they could review matters at the end of the season. It’s unbelievable that they hadn’t already got a new manager ready to come in before they finally dismissed Koeman; in fact, it’s inexcusable that they don’t appear to agree on who they want.

2.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 20:12:15
Why should they agree? Read the posts here - diametrically opposed mostly. BFS is either our only hope or the devil incarnate. Silva is either the next big thing or he's only been in the prem 5 minutes and took Hull down. Fonseca either won the treble and has managed in the champs league or he has no prem experience and manages in a one-team league (even though it's other big team, Dinamo Kiev, handed us our backsides last time we were in the Europa) . Dyche is either our safe option or he's boring and limited. Ok we all agree on O'Neill.

3.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 20:23:26
coyb - who’d want to run a football club? ;-)

4.) 28 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017 21:30:03
Lol. All of us, mate?