The worry, as it has often been,  is a lack of pace in the midfield leading to lack of pace/actual defending in defence.  There are goals in the lineup and some help at set pieces. Taty has worked hard in the two places I have seen bits of him (MLS and Serie A) so maybe we press and do not allow eas...

Not sure about some of the other selections but I will say Diouf and Wan-Bissaka fit in very well at wingback.

Also the most difficult. Group stage is going to be tearfully boring and a training ground exercise for the first seeds barring USA and Canada.      Depends on the playoffs, if someone other than Turkey makes it through, the States' group is pretty manageable and even then. Mexico with Korea and Cz...

England is playing at the wrong end of Canada for me. 

Shame. 

RBshorty wrote: ↑28 Nov 2025, 22:38 ie Josh Sargent.!

 

If he can’t drop straight in. Or last a full 90.? Then he’s another Guilherme. ie. A expensive passenger. Something. We are being told. We can I’ll afford. I agree, trying to stay unbiased.  I think he is a huge talent and would love to see him with West Ham at some point. What he has done with ver...

The new Paulo Wanchope?     My memories say Promise is a better finisher (except Wanchope against Canada in World Cup Qualifying) but he does have some of the same problems.  Here is the good: https://x.com/i/status/1906119181558481260 The bad is that I saw him end of last season miscontrol a long ...

Sounds like the kind of cսnt we’d buy He's a character and a fun guy to follow, not that that should enter into it.  But was instrumental in winning his club side their first Belgian title in 100 and so years. Some good video of him after that. Just scored in the Champions League, incidently.  Edit...

Some rumours about some fella called Promise David too - one of those gigantic strikers that seem to do well in Belgium. He's big and strong as you would suspect at 6'5" and a very suspect (low) 200 lbs.  But has really good pace for someone that size.  He can finish and takes penalties for hi...

Canadian Premier League final currently in extra time.

Edit: Waiting for extra time, they are clearing the pitch.

West Ham connection - Levi Laing who spent time with our u18/21s is on the Cavalry - the side in green. 

Did not look 100% utterly incompetent in our own third.  

Good selection and decent subs in the moment.

Baby steps...

I don't want the government making decisions for companies in regards to whom they give a platform. So I am against the idea that a government should be calling for Kimmel being taken off the air. The FCC head had some valid points under the law but I don't think they should exercise that power. All...

BRANDED wrote: ↑15 Sep 2025, 21:59

Well. How would I know how someone else feels? By the way they whine?

 

How possible is it to be empathetic? We will only ever know what is going on in our own minds and even then most of us dont do a great job of that.   I think the real way to say is "try to be empathetic" ie. Making the attempt to not be wholly trapped in our own feelings.and viewpoint.  M...

Some of the same problems for sure but having midfielders that pass better than average makes a difference. 

I like a back three when it has the right players. Which we don't. But I would say the biggest difference today was that wingers  (Bowen and Summerville when he came on) were in formation that they could play as wingers. But we had to keep it tight and all credit to the defence and midfield who stil...

He was one of the funner (and frusterating) players to watch in the last decade. He had lots of problems, and would not have been with us if didn't, but made some absolutely West Ham moments as well:  the Spurs away goal early, the bicycle kick against Man City, his complete bullying of people in Eu...

All the negativity and then something like that.

West Ham

RootsRadical wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025, 18:07 Any streams?

I saw the news and (rightly) expected a thread like this.

Oh the heady halcyon days of the summer transfer window.

Decent run out.

Diouf looked good as did the people we know are good already. 

The positions that need options were on display.  

Haven’t seen it elsewhere on here but was reading Wolves & ourselves are looking at Ivory Coast Nice forward Evann Guessand who turns 24 on July 1 Seems we looked in January but they were trying to qualify for Europe  Nice want £25m If it's just 25 mill, I'd be all over that. Just saw him in an...

For some reason this had me thinking of Mik as some sort of mountain goat. Ha. I guess I could technically have said the muscle in his two legs was visibily different. But the other visual is better, for sure. (Somewhat coincidentially, I almost hit a mountain goat driving back from Vancouver on Su...

I watched the end of his game against Panama last night.  


It was interesting/sad but not surprising that his legs were visibly different sizes.


I guess the point is that he is still a ways from top level football.