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January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
Analytics United is a very good YouTube channel that do a lot of scouting reports and things. Their most recent video starts off with some analysis of Pablo Felipe.
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January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
English clubs know how desperate we are and are quoting ridiculous fees. Wolves quoting £40M for their striker,
To be fair, Wolves did have bids of £50-55m for him in the summer, so, although he's likely to go for less in the coming summer, £40m isn't ridiculous imo.
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West Ham v Brighton, Tuesday 30th December 7.30 pm
Yes, as I said:
But it just doesn't. First rugby tackle of the season that I've seen.
"The penalty awarded against Paqueta was admittedly the correct application of the law but how often is it applied, especially for a first incidence of its kind in the match."
As others have said on here, the same thing happens countless times without a penalty awarded. -
January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
Yes, I agree. I also think we are missinga natural leader. Bowen is a great player, but not a natural leader.
Nolan, Noble, Rice were natural leaders. We are missing one of these. -
January Transfer speculation, (it will be here before you know it)
I heard about a book called The Captain Class earlier, that is a deep dive analysis of what makes sports teams successful, and the common component of many successful teams is what the author calls a water carrier. Basically, someone who isn’t necessarily the best (they could be, but they don’t have to be) skills wise, but have a never say die, “we will not lose” mentality. Then I was thinking about our squad and how we have approximately 0 of those. I feel like we’re really missing the likes of Coufal, Cresswell, even Antonio to a degree. Probably Soucek is the closest thing we have to that now, and he’s not on the pitch. In January, I think we need to get one or two players like that in. Preferably at CB, and maybe as up front. -
West Ham v Brighton, Tuesday 30th December 7.30 pm
Paqueta's penalty foul was not the run of the mill corner push and shove. It was a waist high rugby tackle well away from the melee in the middle. Definite penalty. -
West Ham v Brighton, Tuesday 30th December 7.30 pm
Next two/three games:
That game against Forest is going to be huge
West Ham: Wolves (a), Forest (h)
Forest: Villa (a), West Ham (a)
Leeds: Liverpool (a), Man Utd (h), Newcastle (a)
And it's Mrs shrugged's birthday so I'm going to be at Sadlers Wells that evening
Leeds haven't lost in five, wins at home against Chelsea and Palace, draw at home against Liverpool, draws away at Sunderland and Brentford. They look like a team set for a mid-table finish
However...
Bournemouth haven't won since October, 5 draws, 5 loses and Semenyo is close to joining City. They're 9pts ahead of us but their next four games are Arsenal H, Tottenham H, Brighton A and Liverpool H, that 9pts could be a lot less by the end of January -
West Ham v Brighton, Tuesday 30th December 7.30 pm
Fullkrug may not have been in good form but he was a forward and having an attacking intent on the bench is always useful and sending him to Milan early has saved us just a week’s wages. -
West Ham v Brighton, Tuesday 30th December 7.30 pm
I was happy with the game & what we offered. It’s not enough, sadly, but it’s all we are capable of & it was decent for the players we have, against a side vastly superior in ability to us. -
West Ham v Brighton, Tuesday 30th December 7.30 pm
Bournemouth - 2-0 up after 68 mins, 1 point
Brighton 1-0 up after 90 mins, 1 point
Villa 2-1 up at HT, 0 points
Fulham 0-0 after 84 mins, 0 points
Brighton 2-1 up after 59 minutes, 1 point
13 points in our hands, we took 3
The ‘squad’ isn’t good enough to see these games out, once Nuno has to make subs the side deteriorates
The owners should be ashamed that this is the state the squad is in after several years of success
