Comments on: Anton Won’t be the Last…

By: Gavin Thurston

Gavin Thurston — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:57:57 +0000

Mixed feelings here. £7M for Ferdinand, if that’s the correct figure, is a good bit of business. There does, however, remain the fact that the board stated, when they took over the club, that their intention was to build a team with the products of it’s academy at it’s core. They went on to say that gone were the days where we’d sell the players who break through from Tony Carr’s fine tutelage. This sale represents a break of that promise. It’s this that I’m most disappointed with. Why should we now believe that Noble, Tomkins, Sears, Collison et al are going to be flogged in time too?

By: West Ham Fan no 32

West Ham Fan no 32 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:58:55 +0000

Great news, plug2 is gone, his heart was not in playing for the club not for the last couple of years anyway. The end of the Bentley Boys is something to celebrate.

I like Curb’s and he is a great manager for stability but lacks imagination and even at Charlton players always complained that he did not communicate properly with them. He is like a mild mannered Graeme Souness, once you upset him there is no way back as Konchesky found out.

The brand of football we have played under him injuries or not has been awful. Tevez on his own and unable to understand Curbishley showed what we are capable of when inspired by a player given a free hand. We are at our best when we are attacking West Ham have never been able to defend but Curb’s no risk approach has turned us into bores so if we lose we lose 1 – 0 and if we win we win 1 -0, thats not for me and I hope we see a change to a more flamboyant manager who can take us to glory and the top 6.

By: brooking still the best

brooking still the best — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:36:55 +0000

What concerns me is that the new owners have done nothing to prove they really want West Ham to be a top six team. They have showed little ambition.

If you listen to the board, they are trimming costs. The also have said previously that no player is on over 56k a week. They have never made a huge net outlay in transfers, so how are our costs any more then any other premiership team?

It sounds like, looks like, feels like the owners are recouping the money they paid buying the club and will be using West Ham purely for a profit making machine rather then anything else. Can’t really be suprised with that. It’s only that I wanted to believe that maybe we could be a top six team and be making the investments in the team that, that would take, like they promised.

Deep down, I knew it was all to good to be true.

By: jon.london colney

jon.london colney — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:14:18 +0000

ian,

BELLAMY to man city on sky sports? wtf is going on? are we going in to administration or what? we cant be that hard up !!! were going to be the new totscum with no strkers!!!!!!!!

By: Metcow

Metcow — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:11:52 +0000

Bellamy off too now perhaps!? This is all getting very depressing.
I reckon the theory that we’re going to have to shell out a major compensation to Sheff U may be true.
This really isn’t looking good.

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:20:55 +0000

I’m more worried about Anton.

Going to take him one hell of a long time to get to the Isle of Wight for his trips to visit Granny.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:25:56 +0000

BRING BACK REDKNAPP HE KNOWS A BARGIN!!!!!

By: jon.london colney

jon.london colney — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:51:50 +0000

STOP THE BUS!!! HARRY JUST SPEEKING ON SKY SAID UPTON PARK INSTEAD OF FRATTON PARK!!!

WHATS HE GOT ON HIS MIND ? MAYBEE JUST MAYBEE A RETURN?

By: Dave King

Dave King — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:17:20 +0000

This club will easily survive without Anton. He’s been well overhyped. So has Noble.

By: dinger

dinger — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:08:56 +0000

Anton is no great loss. Curbs cannot change the fact that every board West Ham have ever had has sold players because they do not seem to want to invest properly in the club. When you get a full stadium every week, why has the club got no money to spend on players, or keep the players we have? I often wish I was born in Manchester, Liverpool or North London, but I wasn’t and I am a proud West Ham supporter. The board, if they really want to get the club playing in Europe, need to get a decent squad and a manager that can inspire them. Sorry Curbs, you’re not him. The board need to do something soon, or it’ll be another season of desperation and disappointment