Nicey 11:25 Sat Sep 13
Allardyce pleads for patience
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More excuses or fair play as no other clubs have signed new players so we find ourselves in a unique position?
Sam Allardyce has called on West Ham fans to remain patient and give his new-look squad time to gel together.
The Hammers boss added nine new faces during the summer transfer window, with Morgan Amalfitano the final addition late on deadline day.
Having suffered a narrow defeat by Tottenham in their Premier League opener, West Ham bounced back with a 3-1 win at Crystal Palace only to suffer further home defeats by Sheffield United in the Capital One Cup and then Southampton before the international break.
As well as bringing in a host of new faces, Allardyce also offloaded a number of players and he admits the upheaval could take its toll in the early stages of the season.
"It's difficult," he said. "Fans expect to see the best from the new players from day one. But it's hard to integrate players, especially foreign players. To get them settled into a new culture and new routines you have to do an awful lot of work.
"You have to take a player's family into consideration and sort out their personal lives. You need to make sure a player and his family is happy and settled when they leave the training ground. The integration of a new player is something you want to do as quickly as possible.
"I think the whole euphoria surrounding the transfer window acts as a distraction. But we can't use that as too much of an excuse. I expect a lot better from the team and hopefully we'll see that on Monday."
Amalfitano and Barcelona loanee Alex Song are in line to make their debuts at Hull City on Monday evening, but Allardyce will not rush any new faces into action unless they are fully fit.
"You don't want to hurry a player in too quickly," added Allardyce. "The season is 38 games so we have to think about the long term and do what's right for both the player and the team.
"You have to take the fitness of the new player into consideration as well. It depends when in the summer you sign a player and how much of a pre-season the player has had.
"For instance, Alex has had a pre-season at Barcelona but no games. So he's hugely short of match practice. Morgan has had some games but had 10 or 12 days when he didn't train because he was sorting out his move back to England."
Delete if it's been done already. No need to have an aneurysm.
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terry-h
1:04 Mon Sep 15
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I hope Allardyce is not going to stick Valencia up front with little or no support. If that works, I'm a Dutchman called Ronald Koeman.
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Eggbert Nobacon
12:43 Mon Sep 15
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BFS says valencia ready to start
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2755739/Sam-Allardyce-banking-12-million-man-Enner-Valencia-recreate-World-Cup-form-West-Ham.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
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franksfat&slow&wank
11:58 Sun Sep 14
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Fatty needs time how long does the cunt want
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WmCovell
11:56 Sun Sep 14
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Keomans had just five games so enough with this old cobblers fatties has more than enough time to start playing better
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LeroysBoots
9:28 Sun Sep 14
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He has constant excuses lined up so he can play his favourites
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HenryMc
6:48 Sun Sep 14
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Funny how Nolan and Carroll get back into the team immediately.
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13 Brentford Rd
4:19 Sun Sep 14
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Ag ag yes.
Even I'm getting fed up with it, need to start seeing more consistant results and more ambition this season or the OS mo e is pointless and I'm joining the anti BFS brigade.
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riosleftsock
4:14 Sun Sep 14
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Its a retractable picture?
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franksfat&slow&wank
4:14 Sun Sep 14
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I can't read his shit anymore tbh
Has he said Valencia I'd tired yet ?
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Johnson
4:14 Sun Sep 14
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You remember that bigger picture you used to bang on about Rylan?
Where's that gone?
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13 Brentford Rd
4:11 Sun Sep 14
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Getting fed up od this "year one, year two, year three" nonsense too, we are not Bolton, Hull, QPR, Swansea, Crystal Palace, Leicester, Burnley, Wigan or any number of clubs in the top two tiers.
We were down for one year and have spent about 95% if the last 60 odd years in the top flight, we have a top ten fanbase, top ten budget, top ten wages, top 4 ticket prices and one of the highest paid managers on the planet.
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JayeMPee
3:47 Sun Sep 14
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So are we the only club to have signed new players! Bit difficult for them to gel sat on the bench watching the likes of CC, time they performed and he stopped making excuses.
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Capitol Man
3:13 Sun Sep 14
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I have a feeling we will.
They have been surprisingly good so far though.
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Johnson
3:11 Sun Sep 14
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Who do you think will finish higher in the league?
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Sandon SandIRON
2:53 Sun Sep 14
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Southampton don't have set roles for each and every player in the team so they are getting a little lucky at the moment whilst it will take some time for Sam's players to learn the very effective roles they each have to play.
Over the course of the season, let's not forget it's 38 games, I bet that Sam's west ham will secure more clean sheets than Southampton and this will be down to discipline and not allowing a free for all.
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Johnson
2:51 Sun Sep 14
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They've coped better because they have better managers Rylan.
HTH
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13 Brentford Rd
2:35 Sun Sep 14
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I am not anti BFS and usually back him but how have other clubs coped better than us with bigger changes?
Southampton being the best example, lost most of their team and virtually all their best players and manager but this has apoarently not affected them so far?
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,
1:02 Sun Sep 14
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Knew he'd be back.
Ignoring him is best.
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The Kronic
12:43 Sun Sep 14
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I could copy and paste the entire cast of Downton Abbey I suppose.
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Iron Duke
12:29 Sun Sep 14
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Yes please.
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