Comments on: Oh What Fun it is to See West Ham Win Away

By: Mark J. McCaughrean

Mark J. McCaughrean — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:12:16 +0000

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By: new york

new york — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:33:18 +0000

plaistow made an interesting point ,which is that despite having a reputation for charlton playing in a defensive ,non-attacking style when curbishley managed there,he
does seem more attack-minded now that he s managing at west ham. maybe curbishley accepts that neither the fans nor the current owners would tolerate as defensive a style as charlton had. so in that sense ,i guess he deserves credit for being able to adapt. there are many managers who bounce from club to club, without being able to adapt, or to accomplish anything. early yet , but one has to give him the benefit of the doubt so far.

By: Plaistow54

Plaistow54 — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:28:59 +0000

Yeah, i’m happy with Curbs at this stage but i stress at this stage. I was worried that when he first came that he was a defensive minded manager & that he would change the style of West Ham as an attacking side. He made Charlton a very difficult side to score against because he didn’t have the quality of players to go out & score three or four goals. Considering the style of midfielders he is buying & looking to buy he seems to have adopted a more attack minded attitude at West Ham. The Derby game was our biggest away win since 1959. If we must get a new manager then it needs to be a high profile internationally experienced man from Europe. I believe that the quality of the game in England is deterioating. We are defence minded. Brazilian kids start practising with an orange or a tennis ball when they can walk. They develop ball skills. The coaching of our youth has not progressed in terms of ball skills or individual flair. Pass or kick it downfield. The Premier League i think is the most popular sporting event outside of the olympics & the world cup but that is because of the tradition, the passion & the atmosphere of the event. We need foreign players & managers in the English game. A quota would be detrimental to the progression of football in the U.K. We need to get more teams into Europe not just Manchester, Liverpool, Chelea & Arsenal all the time. If we don’t develop as the rest of the world does England will continue to underperform as a national squad.

By: jon l.colney

jon l.colney — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:20:12 +0000

new york,

agree with most but theres is no point in having a nice long list of decent players if they dont get a game week in week out!!!!

By: jon l.colney

jon l.colney — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:05:35 +0000

i 4 1 think curbs is doing ok. he does get the odd wrongun of his chest but then who doesnt? you ask all the manc’s or gooners and they all have some reservations about there respective managers so why should curbs be any different?

i believe after christmas we will see a total change in the way we play if we are steeming past the 30 points barrier. the confidence will over flow and i can see a top 8 at least.thats if the injury list is a little shorter !!!

By: new york

new york — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:35:47 +0000

think the point made on low number of goals conceded is a good one-has a lot to do with how we ve managed to weather the injury storm .it s the first piece in the jigsaw puzzle.

on another topic, interesting to hear gerrard come out publicly with his view that ,for the benefit of the national side,there shud be a cap on foreign players in the premiership. although i appreciate that it is increasingly difficult for english players to get a game in the premiership, i have doubts about whether this cap idea is the answer. for a start,i can t help but think that mark noble, for example ,will become a better player by going against the best the premiership has to offer ,whether that s wayne rooney or whether that s didier drogba or cesc fabregas . From a marketing standpoint,part of what sells the Prem product is that it has so many “world class” players from literally all over the world – i don t know if the premier league wud accept such a cap without a massive battle in the courts. Also, if a cap were to exist, wud that apply all the way across europe, to all leagues, or for that matter , across the globe?Again ,a cap on foreign players in the english leagues wud certainly be challenged in the courts if european leagues weren t subject to the same.

another angle is EU law. it might be possible to cap the number of NON-EU players in england , but legally , i t might be impossible to cap the number of EU players in england. Citizens of any EU country might be able to sue for restraint of free trade if they were prevented from playing in england by such a cap.

all this side, i still don t think there is any shortage of english talent. when i look at who we ve got in the squad ,when most people are fit, to me it s a pretty impressive list of players, apart from the goalkeeper

By: Rooster

Rooster — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:19:48 +0000

Even if Curbs does get us through the season at 7th – Mid table, you can guarentee, the board will be looking for a more International manager for the future, in conjuction with playing in Europe and the new Stadium.
Its quite obvious a majority of us have doubts about Curbs, when we should be praising him as a god like Chelski did with the special one, and Manure do with Fergy, so by us saying “Curbs is not bad” makes him really not good enough for us.
Curbs, to me, is a Fizzy pop League manager, and great for teams striding for promotion.
He should go freelance and earn 4 million a season, getting teams into promotion.
COYI!

By: Plaistow54

Plaistow54 — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:24:40 +0000

Woking Hammer, Luiz Scolari. He is contracted till the end of Euro 2008 & would be availible for the start of the season. ???

By: Brooking always knows best!

Brooking always knows best! — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:03:01 +0000

We win 5-0 and some use that as an escuse to have a dig at Curbs. I wish some off you would give it a rest!

coyi! Curbishleys claret blue army!

By: west ham johnny

west ham johnny — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:58:28 +0000

CURBS, CURBS, CURBS!!!

i cant believe theres so much talk about curbs as a manager at the end of the day we r mid table with the worst injury crises in the league so where doin well considering. at the end of the day curbs is west ham through and through and u can see his emotion on the touch line when things aint right and thats what i like to see. u cant blame curbs for last season we had masive problems behind the scenes and when he took over it was always goin to take him time to sort out the good and the bad and i think he has done that now so lets get behind him and the team and be the best supporters we say we r.