Mr Anon 1:38 Sun Feb 27
West Ham one season wonders
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Was thinking how good Vaz Te and Llunga appeared for us in their first season before quickly displaying their true level. Any other standouts?
Hoping Soucek doesn't join the list
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Coffee
1:41 Sun Feb 27
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Schemmel
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Mr Anon
1:44 Sun Feb 27
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Ahh Schemmel, probably the defining example. Hammer of the year curse
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Sven Roeder
1:46 Sun Feb 27
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Dimitri PAYET
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Takashi Miike
1:46 Sun Feb 27
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Unsworth & Michael Hughes are two of my favourites, gutted when both left
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Coffee
1:48 Sun Feb 27
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Peter Butler, also from around that time.
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TonkaToy
1:53 Sun Feb 27
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Stuart Slater?
Andy Carroll if you added up all his games into one lump.
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Coffee
2:02 Sun Feb 27
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Alan Dickens?
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Mr Anon
2:07 Sun Feb 27
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Just seen that Carl Jenkinson has been loaned from Forest to Melbourne FC this season. Weird one!
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swindon hammer
2:13 Sun Feb 27
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Mike Small was a half season wonder.
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ak37
2:34 Sun Feb 27
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Ilunga
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BillC79
2:39 Sun Feb 27
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Dani, Hugo Porfirio, Tihinen Schemmel also had on great season before doing little else
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cup of tea
2:48 Sun Feb 27
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Tarrico
Oh season not MINUTE
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Percy Dalton
3:14 Sun Feb 27
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Soucec......I hope not.
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Sarge
3:15 Sun Feb 27
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Mark Robson
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Sir Alf
3:32 Sun Feb 27
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Yeah, season 2 and teams work out your strengths and weaknesses both tactically as a team and individuals. Its why you continually have to be improving with additions to the team / squad and why, for a team outside the rich 6/7, getting recruitment right is critical. We did well early on when Moyes rolled up with the Czech boys and Bowen and they improved us no doubt but now going up another level is more difficult as the very best players want CL guaranteed and / or high wages and cost a lot more. We have to look for the younger, hungry lads like Bowen showing early potential but even that is a risk.
Since last season, in terms of who actually makes the first 11, we lost Lingard and added Zouma. Vlasic might come good next season or might never get there so excluding him at this point. So in many senses we stood still.
A big summer for Moyes and team with an aging squad and only 14 with the quality to be trusted in the first 11 and some positions in the first 11 where we need replacements or better.
In short, no surprise we have lost momentum especially when you factor in, on top of the above, we are playing far more games than last season too.
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Leeshere
3:32 Sun Feb 27
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Kitson, Hartson, Williamson
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Jasnik
3:46 Sun Feb 27
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Kanuote
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Roby
3:51 Sun Feb 27
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Ill be controversial and throw in McAvennie.
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Roby
4:01 Sun Feb 27
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Diafra Sakho - had a great first season when he even won the Premier League player of the month.
Badly hit with injuries for the 2.5 years after that when he got sold back to France and has done nothing of note since.
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Swiss.
4:34 Sun Feb 27
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Diop
Payet
as mentioned Schemmel.
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