Slaven Bilic named as West Ham Manager (09.06.15)

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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Facts? On here ;hmm
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    I apologise.

    ;yercoat


    (Luke has link to a forum where, I think, they are less bovvered about that sort of thing ;wink )
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    ;lol MrsG
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    So as Croatia only joined in 2013, the law includes them as non-EU,
    Luke, now I know you don't read my posts ;wink

    I put on the transfers thread an explanation in the context of signing Croatian and Turkish players: when Croatia joined, the UK decided to disapply the 'freedom of workers movement' bits of the EU treaty until 2018. After that date (if we are still in the EU) the normal EU rules on workers being able to move and work in any country without a visa will apply to Croatian nationals too.
  • LukerzLukerz
    MrsG ;nonono

    Of course I read your posts. I have to because I'm a mod. ;wink (joke, I enjoy all posts).

    I thought the other forum was wrong, but just wasn't sure.

    I did look up that's purple certificate stuff, but wasn't 100% sure. ;ok
  • LukerzLukerz
    I just briefly saw this thread:
    http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=158634
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited June 2015
    Luke, just to clarify - he can come in on the purple certificate as a tier 2 or tier 5 visa (a tier 5 is a 12 month visa, that can be renewed annually).

    But in any case, the Tier 2 cap doesn't apply to anyone earning more than £150,000 per year.


    So either way, he should be ok. ;ok
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    And if not, he can be the first Skype manager.
  • SlojoSlojo
    This comment on KUMB made me chuckle ;biggrin

    "Only West Ham could hire the one economic migrant from Eastern Europe who can't get a work permit."
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    I alway find it amusing when people who don't actually know what they are talking about don't let it get in the way of their prejudices ;ok
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    edited June 2015
    In other news, these names mean nothing to me...

    @WHUFC_News: Nicola Jurcevic, Edin Terzic and Miljenko Rak are set to join #WHUFC as Slaven Bilic's backroom staff. [Mail] http://t.co/0ZpvfXJiTk

  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    One assumes they'll all be bearded ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    Worth a few scrabble points. ;hmm
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Are proper nouns not still banned?
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    OCS / Luke ;lol
  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    Mourinho sent Bilic a text welcoming him to the league, nice touch ;ok

    Hope he replied asking for Remy ;whistle
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Nicola Jurcevic, Edin Terzic and Miljenko Rak are set to join #WHUFC as Slaven Bilic's backroom staff
    Nicola Jurcevic has been Slav's assistant manager at Croatia, Lokomotiv and Besiktas, the rest I'm going to have to Google
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Terzic was next down the chain from Jurcevic so I guess he'll slot into first team coach role. Rak was fitness coach at Besiktas but has also trained Olympic athletes and the Croatian gold medal handball team. His personal best long jump was 7.99m but that was in 1971, he's 67 now so I doubt he could get quite that far these days.
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited June 2015
    Richard Keys' view, who I can't stand. He says, yep, 'careful what you wish for':

    http://richardajkeys.com/richards-blog/entry/blog
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    ;angry he's off my Christmas card list
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    I see no one was willing to pay him to print that opinion.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Luke

    The day I start paying any attention to that misogynist piece of something the cat just houcked up is the day I go and get a frontal lobotomy and resign from life.


    He is the one that want's to be careful what I wish for...


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  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    Richard Keys opinion counts for nothing. A disgusting human being.
  • Giant_HammerGiant_Hammer
    Suzanne, yes yes and yes. Can't stand the man. ;angry
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  • TexashammerTexashammer
    He's living the high life in Doha or Qatar, doing a show for BeIN sports, which has the rights to the Copa America. He is an irritating little man.

    Graeme Le Saux did a Premier League Download for NBCSports and learned how to be a linesman. It was not as easy as he thought. He also did the refs training/fitness test, and only just passed it.

    Twist - please don't post any more "guff" from that odious little man. He is nothing to us, doesn't like West Ham and his opinion is, IMO, of little value.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    He's not a very pleasant piece of work, however there is nothing untoward about three of the points he made

    1. The hierarchy stuffed up big time on the Grant/O'Neill thing and were left with egg on their faces
    2. That Bilic was well down the list of choices
    3. That they can sack him for nothing if we go down (been reported in a number of places)

    I genuinely think the Dave's might have have got one of their tier two options had it not been for the sacked for the get nothing if relegated thing. Not going down became their obsession with this appointment rather than going forward from where Sam left us. And in the end IMO it was only Bilic who was willing to accept this.

    What a shame - not the mindset in which a postive forward thinking appointment should be made, but let's see how we get on.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    JPeg over excitement...

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  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    edited June 2015
    Richard Keys' view, who I can't stand. He says, yep, 'careful what you wish for':
    And West Ham finally have their man. Well, a man. Their 5th choice man, Slaven Bilic.

    Why is it they always make such a hash of managerial appointments at Upton Park? Ms Brady once claimed my criticisms of the mess she made of sacking Avram Grant and finding a replacement were 'sexist'. N
    "always" make a hash of appointments? Okay, Handled Zola poorly, bad mistake with Grant, Got it spot on with Sam (which further down you say did everything - so how can he be a "hash"?) and probably have it right with Slaven The Beard. 5th Choice? If Richard Keys seriously believed they had a chance at some of the other top names, he's deluded, all they did was put their toe in the water for a couple of others, more in hope than anything else.....The Beard was always on their "short list" IMO.

    "Sexist" well RK would know all about that wouldn't he......utter disgrace of a person saying the things he did - right out of the 70's and 80's.


    Remember? Grant waving 'good-bye' after what he thought was his final game? West Ham believed they'd got Martin O'Neill lined up to replace him. They'd also spoken to Graeme Souness and Big Sam to see if either would be interested in the job. How do I know? They both asked for my thoughts. ... A mess I would say.

    Hang on....Sourness and Samuel asked you Richard Keys, some smarmy TV presenter with exessively hair arms, for your thoughts on the West Ham job, don't make me laugh sunshine, more chance of them calling me up in Canada. So even though they didn't handle it well, MON basically went back on his word.......and changed his mind (which is his perogative)........Yes it was a mess, but it wasn't all their fault.


    They're still at it. And what does it say about their belief in Bilic's ability to do the job that they've insisted he take a deal that pays him 'nothing' IF they go down this year. If they believe in him why are they even considering that as an option? Why?

    Why the heck should any player or manager get rewarded for failure? I actually applaud the fact they've put this in his contract. The very reason SA (luckily) didn't go 18 months ago was because the Dave's didn't want to pay him out. It's not a good position to be in. If I underperfom in MY job, I get let go, no compensation, simple as that. They believe in him, but as we all know (well except you, you twonk) anything can and normally does happen in football.


    Remember Bilic going down like a sack of spuds in that WC semi-final and costing Blanc a place in the final?

    Oh hang on so The Beard is the only person ever to go down a little bit theatrically to gain some kind of advantage using sportsmanship? If FIFA had any ..... they would've seen it was an injustice and overturned it.


    I do actually fear for West Ham. Big Sam did a fantastic job for them. He delivered on every front they asked and walked with pride.
    He delivered on "most" things Richard. Most of the 3rd season was awful and half the 4th season was poor as well. Sam plus the board and the players blew it.

    Now jog on you clueless numpty.

    ;ok
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