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Indeed he was - came through West Ham's youth system around the same time as the likes of Jack Collison, Junior Stanislas, Freddie Sears, James Tomkins etc. Careers have gone in different directions for that lot it's fair to say

Agree that LW definitely needs addressing. After that to be honest I don't know how much we would be able to upgrade on what we already have, it's always notoriously difficult in January to bring in quality additions. I'd rather we spent the cash on contract extensions for players: Burge, Willis...

It really annoyed me that we gave him a full summer transfer window for recruitment then sacked him 3 games into the season. Should have been replaced in the summer really.

Foley, Rawson, Yakubu and Clarke were far, far worse signings than Beavon was

God there are so many. On record it's Thorn, but Coleman for me was dreadful considering the resources he had available and the players he managed to attract. Honourable mentions for McAllister, Reid and Slade.

Agree - spelling and grammar is quite a basic thing to get right in my mind, especially with the advent of the spell checker. Inexcusable mistakes for this line of work, really.

Who’s skipper now?

Yeah I think Willis is about the same, if not 5'11''. Gets away with it as he has a decent leap and he's now clever enough to drop off where he knows he has no chance of winning the initial header.

Exactly that mate.

It's really, really boring hearing the older generation harp on about the good old days and how players from the 60s/70s were so much better than this current crop blah blah etc etc. Completely irrelevant points to make as the game was entirely different to how it is now and I find it's often...

You're correct re Shipley. Rolled his ankle in the warm up and had to battle through the 90. Not sure why he didn't start on the bench or get subbed considering the manner in which MR approached the game.

Boyce is their top scorer, scored twice in their League Cup run as well. Evtimov is a keeper I believe, ex-Forest.

What a dumb fucking argument

Great post. "Doyle's legs have gone" is a lazy argument to make. He is critical to way this team functions and I don't think Kelly or Ogogo can adequately fill the same role that he does.

Have to play strongest side, want to progress in the FA cup. Doyle should start 100%. Assuming Sterling and Bayliss are still out: Burge Grimmer/Thompson Willis Davies Brown Thomas (if eligible) Doyle Kelly Hiwula Chaplin JCH LOB, Grimmer/Thompson, Hyam, Ogogo, Shipley, Jones, Bakayoko

And no Danny Ward...;)

Yeah, we've been fairly clean as a side this year. Only 5 more games (4 league, 1 FA cup) to go until the cut off for 5 yellow cards passes (ie. if you get to 5 after then you won't get suspended). Kelly, Davies and Thomas are joint leaders with 2 yellows, hopefully all should avoid suspensions.

Clive is fucking shit. Martin Winch was miles better when he did the Bradford game

Well out of date. His record in his 2nd spell is P88 W41 D16 L31. Win ratio 46.6% Incidentally his combined record over both spells is P121 W58 D22 L41. Win ratio 47.9%. The combined stats put him in 2nd place of most successful CCFC managers ever (where there is data available), behind...

It was actually a pretty poor finish from Hiwula, straight at the keeper and got lucky that it went under him and took a deflection that put it in the corner. But pleased for him and thought he played well on the left even without the goal.