Oh dear, here we go then. There we were getting excited about the new season with expectations of £20m being spent to refashion the squad in order to cope with the demands of the Premiership and as the opening fixtures are announced, Gold condemns us to a relegation struggle.
According to Gold, we are aiming to bring in "two, three or maybe four players by the close of the window as we start off in the new season". Hopefully that is on top of Henderson and Jussi otherwise we are up shit creek without a paddle!
Maybe four players? Hang on, let's tot up how much they will cost Gold and Sullivan shall we? Diame is probably one and he is available on a free. And Guti is another perhaps and, surprise, surprise, he is available on a free too! That could be the "maybe two" unless a third and a fourth can be sourced free of charge!
You would have thought that the carrot of the new television deal would have triggered a rethink but it seems not. Green is going because his wage demands were too high and it looks like the purse strings are pulled ultra tight as these two West Ham fans plan to sell the stadium and pocket as much of the TV revenue as they possibly can. Happy days ahead it seems!
How much do you want the club to spend on middle of the road players? Face it we are not attracting the world class players we are not big enough yet! We need to control the amount we spend, see how Norwich and Swansea stayed up, we need more of a game plan then we do overpaid footballers
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ReplyDeleteGold also revealed that the Hammers did everything they could to try and persuade goalkeeper Robert Green to stay at the club.
The England international rejected the offer of a new deal and will leave when his contract expires at the end of the month.
"We did our very best and we're very sad that we have lost Robert, "added Gold “but unfortunately, he took to heart numerous insulting comments made by the twat blogger hammersfan. Rather than have Robert end up facing charges for decking the bastard, we reluctantly decided to let him go.”
You forget that just cause they're coming in on free doesn't mean they don't cost anything!! They usually get a very large signing on fee (£2-3m)
ReplyDeleteVery good 1404. But he will find no refuge at QPR!
ReplyDeleteHF, have a go when the transfer window is over and we haven't done the business we need to do. At the moment you have no idea who they are chasing and what the money involved could be, so give them a break until word and action don't match. JMan43
ReplyDeleteI'm partial to a pear myself
ReplyDeleteGrapes are a personal favourite of mine
ReplyDeleteI see that Diamanti set up the goal for Italy, another good piece of business for us....how much did we get for him?
ReplyDeleteQpr will finish above us hf u can't blame green
ReplyDeleteWhat about the noble Turnip?..the king of fruit!
ReplyDeleteNobody has any idea what they are really going to do, HF. Disaster looms because they are cheap? Well, a far worse disaster could loom if we spent too much. We lived through that just a few years ago, and we see what it can do to other clubs.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you want them to do? Seriously. Do any of us know how to run a business like a Premier League Club? Sure, we can argue tactics and team selection. Even transfer targets. But that is in a vacuum. The fact is we have no clue what is actually going on.
I think it is a rational plan to strengthen enough to stay up, refill the coffers, and build from there. If Im wrong, I will prepare myself for more Barnsley and Peterborough games.
There's a happy balance Dave. Four quality players, fair enough. Four average players spells trouble. We all agree, I think, that as a miniumum we need two full backs, a centre back, a holding midfielder and a forward. That makes FIVE if my sums are right. Gold said FOUR as a maximum. So we are short, even ignoring the quality of those recruited!
ReplyDeleteWe've had a noble turnip rooted in the middle of upton park for a few seasons now surrounded by plums
ReplyDeleteif we only bring in 4 players we are in trouble...if that dosen't factor in loan signings and free transfers its a completely different ball game, a loan is a loan at the end of the day, we are not signing them and a free is a free. theres not much negotating to be done
ReplyDeleteif we sign clyne, olssen, zaha and yakubu, that will cost about 20m
bring in a few free transfers, diame, jussi etc
and 2 or 3 loans elia, a left back and we are rocking and rolling
however if we just bring in diame on a free, yakubu for 1m and a loan to cover at cb we are in big trouble