Very interesting to hear Gold on Radio 5 Live. He chose his words carefully, very carefully! On the subject of Zola, he said that he wanted him to stay and that Zola had met his "brief" but he reminded everybody of the six straight defeats and how that nearly became seven at Everton. He also said that "nothing was certain" in football, however, and suggested that, after being to hell and back, Zola might fancy a "sabbatical".
A deal has been done, probably after the Stoke game. Zola is being allowed to leave with his dignity intact and West Ham are saving on the compensation. How Clarke responds is probably still uncertain, which explains why Gold is avoiding any allegations of trying to force the pair out. One constructive dismissal claim in 12 months is enough for any hard up club!
It was also interesting to hear that Gold "wants" to retain his top players but again that this may not be within his power because some players may want to leave or "go back to their home countries". That's Diamanti off then, and there was also talk by Sullivan, a while ago, of not wanting to chase after image rights payments should a player go back to France - I thought that was Faubert at the time but it is beginning to look as if it was Ilunga. That would explain, perhaps, why Diamanti and Ilunga have not been playing.
Gold also said that running a football club was "not brain surgery" - you just have to reduce your costs and increase your revenue! So, that's goodbye to all the high salaried players then! Expect a revolving door to be installed into the foyer of the Boleyn Ground over the next couple of weeks!
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Today I was told by someone who works for the Independent, that a very big story about Steven Gerrard may be broke this week, unless he gets the gagging order that he has put in for.
Has anyone heard of these rumours?
I couldn't possibly comment on Gerrard but there are rumours that a top player from that part of the world has got a 16 year old girl pregnant and is buggering off to Spain in the summer following separation from his wife. I am NOT suggesting this is a player with the initials of SG of course! I suspect the story will be broken on the eve of the World Cup!
That would be a (robbie) Savage blow to Englands chances.
Whatever happened this season west ham would have been like a revolving door as major changes are needed at the hammers from the management to the players to all the coaches. You simply cannot let the players dictate who the manager should be as I remember Joe Cole shouting for Glenda Roeder to get the managers job at west ham and he did. Parker is the man of the moment but the managers job mmuust not be clouded as he wants Zola as Parker may well be off in the summer anyway if he gets a big offer from Arsenal or another big club. Zola Out please David and David shame but necessary.
Id be gutted if Diamanti left. The lad is quality and Im sorry our owners only recognize epl experience and supposed british work ethic.
LOL So who is advertising this site on the Org? Nev will not be amused! Expect the advert to be airbrushed from the records asap!
So Clever Trever, do I know you?
i heard steven gerrard's waiting on an order of ball gags him n the scouse lads like to use
I have tried my best but, for the life of me, I have no idea what that is meant to mean. Is it English?
There you go again with nagativity
and worse case scenario HF,
Lets just enjoy the last two games not bricking it eh?
Agree GZ MUST GO!!! COYI
No negativity here. Zola going is imperative for us to move forward!
Don't understand why the double G's (in fact Sullivan) wanna sell Diamanti...He is able to serve the ball so brilliantly and has excellent shooting skills. By the way, it was his first year in englisch football!...damn sad
Zola is so likeable no wonder the players love him but how do you think Fergie works???? A bit of fear and fighting to keep the shirt works wonders and not just being a friend to all the players. Martin Jol or Mark Hughes would be fantastic for me to help us move forward.
I can't remember how many times after games this season i've said "They all need to go...except Parker", so I will relive those moments as our players go one by one...except Parker :)
Funny how you always seem to know what's going on over at the org
Goals Goals Goals
From the comments I've seen here, it seems like a 'firesale' would be very popular? I simply can't get my head around this! What if the 'predicted' firesale HAD occurred in the January transfer window...does anyone think we'd now still be in the Prem? Does anyone really think class, quality players would have been falling over themselves to get a game at the Boleyn, given the financial situation and PL position?! Why should it be any different in the summer?! Presumably, Cole and Green are included in the desired 'revolving door' clearout?! Hell yeah, Parker too (even though Sell-ivan says he can stay) while we're at it eh? Is off-loading the spine of the team a sensible option. Does anyone really think that SP (30 later this year) is going to wanna hang around when he sees Cole, Green, Upson, Zola ALL disappearing around him? I actually saw David Gold in an interview yesterday state, 'West Ham are not a selling club'?! Obviously he and DS don't see much of each other then, given DS latest incredible alleged comments. Did anyone see DS say in his initial press conference that, if he could, he'd swap the Birmingham team for the current West Ham team? Obviously not. DS has also allegedly come out and said that the manager is NOT involved in buying players! WTF?! Deja vu Monsieur DS...you've already had to fork out on one 'constructive dismissal' calamity!! The 2 D's and Brady Bunch current motto is 'increase revenue and cut costs'. So where's the money going to come from to get a brand new team out every week who are happy to play for League 1 salaries?! It ain't going to happen guys...surely the realists among you can see that?! We need to retain the quality players we have (and don't say we don't have them because we do!) and improve the squad around them, and not a nucleus of just one player! Simply put...we can't afford to do anything else! Come On You Premiership Irons!!
commons n muck, they'll have a field day
A Liverpool player has made a 16 year old pregnant and she wants to keep it, while his misses has been sleeping with a Derby player, supposedly not a member of the Lords.
Obviously all rumours, but what I heard.
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