brick_lane_batty_boy 12:12 Tue Oct 20
#GSBIN - A shout out to the board
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Just like to say a big shout out to the West Ham board. In the face of stinging criticism from all angles, you've once again gone about your business quietly and brought in some decent signings. Soucek/Coufal/Dawson and Benhrama - I would call that a successful window.
Up the hammers
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Kaiser Zoso
12:13 Tue Oct 20
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Brave call.
Tin hat time, I reckon.
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Lily Hammer
12:14 Tue Oct 20
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OUT!
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Mr Kenzo
12:15 Tue Oct 20
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No wonder you have Batty in your username
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pdbis
12:16 Tue Oct 20
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Dawson?
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Darby_
12:17 Tue Oct 20
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They've been pressured into action like they were after Burnley, but that squad is too thin to give them much credit.
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Coffee
12:19 Tue Oct 20
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Would you have posted this thread if we'd lost 5-0?
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Takashi Miike
12:19 Tue Oct 20
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what a cringey clueless cunt
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Johnson
12:19 Tue Oct 20
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LOCK. BAN. DELETE.
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Takashi Miike
12:26 Tue Oct 20
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gold's no1 fan, willtell, will be along shortly to agree with you
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Thames Ironworks
12:27 Tue Oct 20
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The OP's name says it all!!
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Willtell
12:29 Tue Oct 20
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I should have posted this on here...
You know what? I'm saying it all again having been rudely interrupted by morons. Why, when things have started to come right, is everyone so keen to see a change of owners?
GSB are not nice people I'd ever want a drink with them but that's very unlikely to ever be an issue and neither do I want to suck their shrivelled cocks as has been suggested.
I'm reluctant to wish for new owners because we are WH and always get these things wrong. We've never had good owners as far back as I can remember. I'm not confident we will be lucky next time either.
The Warners & Cearns family meant little to me when I started supporting WH as it really wasn't ever an issue that far back. Terence Brown somehow acquired a 40% stake with the Warners and Cearns family the rest I believe yet that was never good enough for fans.
Brown was an accountant who was not very inspiring but tried to get in more cash with the Bond scheme and he generally muddled along taking care of himself as the highest paid chairman in PL for many years. His final year in early 2000's saw him get more than £1m before selling WH and getting £33m for his 40% from an Icelandic billionaire.
That was when we all thought the tide had turned. A billionaire that wanted to back WH to the top of European football. Only the guy we all saw was Eggert Magnusson but he was only the Icelandic front man that owned just 5%.
The man that owned 95% kept quiet and remained in the background because he was a convicted fraudster for stealing huge sums as false expenses and misrepresenting the public company's profits to shareholders. That man was Bjorngolfur Gudmundsson who also had links to Russian mafia and Putin...
Of course within a year or so of happy days Gudmundssons banks went bust, Eggie was fired and the whole lot went into administration except for WH but we were owned by an Icelandic bank which was in administration.
Remember the days of being lied to by Scott Duxberry who took over managing the club until a new owner could be found?
Enter GSB. Birmingham fans warned us what would happen and GSB's incompetence proved the Brum fans right. However, over the last 10 years of ups & downs we seem to have accidentally discovered a successful formula that I'd like to see where it takes us.
Moyes is generally regarded as not very good as are GSB but here we are playing decent football. Scoring lots of goals and with a stronger squad than I can ever recall.
My fear is we'll drive GSB out and get some horrid dictator type billionaire from a 3rd world country or USA and if you think that automatically means a route to success, then I fear for your sanity. Owners are there for themselves....
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Takashi Miike
12:31 Tue Oct 20
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see what I mean? 😂
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Come On You Irons
12:32 Tue Oct 20
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For the sake of balance, they should be credited for retaining Rice's servicing for another season and adding Coufal and Benrahma to the permanent signing of Soucek. Dawson is a joke signing.
The problem is squad depth. We have a decent first XI and decent back up in Diop/Balbuena, Yarmalenko and Snodgrass, but one or two injuries are we are fucked and will be filling the bench with youngsters.
It is a high risk, typically cheapskate strategy by the board in that they are essentially hoping we don't get many injuries this season.
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Johnson
12:35 Tue Oct 20
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Rice isn't confirmed for another season, there's a transfer window in January.
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Lee Trundle
12:35 Tue Oct 20
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"they should be credited for retaining Rice's servicing for another season"
Haha! yes well done to them for not selling a player no one bid for.
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ChillTheKeel
12:40 Tue Oct 20
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The number of divs who can't even comprehend just how fragile this squad is once injuries inevitably hit is fucking laughable
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defjam
12:43 Tue Oct 20
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brick_lane_batty_boy = Karren Brady
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Willtell
12:44 Tue Oct 20
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Come On You Irons 12:32
We have better and more back-up options than you're indicating. Noble - long serving captain; Fredericks & Johnson PL experienced defenders; Haller - £45m signing. Benrahma - £30m signing. Craig Dawson - £5m signing and a few youngsters coming through...
Only just over 2 months to next window. No it's much better than you're making out.
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Come On You Irons
12:47 Tue Oct 20
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I can't see Rice being sold in January. Not even Sullivan is that thick and masochistic. I can see Rice going after the Euros next summer. I hope he doesn't but if he has a strong Euros and a silly bid comes in for him, then it's likely he will go.
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