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Posted on 25 July 2012. Tags: west ham, West Ham United, westham
So Captain Snakeinthegrass has cut short his Cornish holiday and headed off for contract talks with mighty Norwich City. Despite all Warnock’s redoubled efforts to persuade him to stay, offering him the captaincy and a promise to build the team around him, the best player on Leeds’ …
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Posted on 25 July 2012. Tags: coyi, west ham, West Ham United, westham fc, whu
So Mega Monday passed with no news on the buy out, Take Over Tuesday came and went and now we hit Wonderful Wednesday. A couple of threads tried to persuade us yesterday that they knew the identity of the prospective owner of Leeds United, but it all remains little more …
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Posted on 24 July 2012. Tags: coyi, sports news, west ham, West Ham United, westham
If Leeds want him, Leeds can have him. Allardyce couldn’t find a way of accommodating Maynard in the team when we were in the Championship so I can’t see the point of holding on to him in the Prem. The brutal truth is that Maynard…
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Posted on 24 July 2012. Tags: coyi, hammers news, westham news, whu
Would you Adam & Eve it? The mighty Leeds United want a West Ham reserve striker and can’t afford our asking price! And with all that oil money pumping through the pipe line anytime soon! How odd! Never mind guys, if our players are too…
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Posted on 24 July 2012. Tags: coyi, football news, sports news, west ham, whu
With the priorities pace and flair in midfield and defensive gumption at the back, West Ham just keep signing keepers. OK we have lost Green, but do we really need Juicy, Henderson and now Spiegel, who sounds like a Swallow from Mossad …
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Posted on 12 July 2012. Tags: football news, sports news, West Ham United, westham news, whu
(For latest West Ham thread follow this link: http://thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/west-ham-want-carroll-tevez-modric.html ) That’s it then, the Premiership here Leeds come! After signing a bunch of run of the mill Championship dross, Neil Warnock has at last made his marquee signing…
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Posted on 12 July 2012. Tags: coyi, online soccer news, West Ham United, westham fc, westham news
David Gold has confirmed that West Ham would be interested in signing Andy Carroll, Carlos Tevez and Luca Modric should they become available on loan, with West Ham only having to meet a percentage of the salaries. The prospect of seeing these three greats of…
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Posted on 11 July 2012. Tags: West Ham United, west ham united fc, westham, westham fc, whu
Claus Lundekvam has blown the lid off of spot fixing in football. Anybody who thought this was confined to cricket and Pakistan now have to think again. If the Norwegian is to be believed, the games we watch week in week out are anything but clean…
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Posted on 11 July 2012. Tags: hammers news, west ham news, westham fc, westham news, whu
O little club of Sullivan How still we see thee lie Despite thy deep and dreaming sleep The major stars go by Yet in thy Green Street shineth The everlasting Light The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight For Moore was born …
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Posted on 11 July 2012. Tags: west ham, whu
(For latest West Ham thread follow: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4157334771526760271#editor/target=post;postID=6294267605344578456 ) With the identity of the prospective new owner of Leeds United still shrouded in secrecy, Big Al Hasawi has announced that he is now the proud owner of Nottingham Forest. A member of one of …
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Posted on 10 July 2012. Tags: online soccer news, sports news, West Ham United, westham fc, whu
After managing just 10 starts last season and completing the full 90 minutes twice, Fall Guy Demel is increasingly looking like the new Kieran Dyer. No sooner has the pre season started than Demel has picked up yet another injury, this time to his eye, which threatens to keep him out for…
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Posted on 10 July 2012. Tags: coyi, online soccer news, West Ham United, west ham united fc, westham
Odd goings on at Watford already following the arrival of the Family Pozzo, Godfather Nani, Consiglieri Duxbury and GianFredo Zola. They have wasted no time in saddling the Hornets with a Czech and his mate, Daniel Pudil and Matej Vydra, on season long loans. On paper the signings may look…
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Posted on 10 July 2012. Tags: hammers news, whu
(Follow this link for latest West Ham thread: http://thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/one-of-poorest-boroughs-in-britain-has.html ) So how long does due diligence take exactly, and why are the potential new owners shrouded in secrecy? When Sullivan & Gold bought West Ham, we …
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Posted on 09 July 2012. Tags: west ham, west ham news, West Ham United
I’ve said it before and I will say it again, £40m blown on the Olympic Stadium is a disgraceful misuse of public funds. Newham Council can say what they like about creating and safeguarding jobs, it is not their place to be involved in funding a sports …
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Posted on 09 July 2012. Tags: coyi, West Ham United, west ham united fc, whu
So the latest rumour – and I accept it is a rumour – is linking Captain Snakeinthegrass with a move to Aston Villa. One report, indeed, suggests that Master Bates has asked Villa to give him a figure. That’s interesting. Perhaps Bates is looking to sell anything…
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Posted on 09 July 2012. Tags: hammers news, online soccer news, west ham news, West Ham United, whu
He’s coming home, he’s coming home, he’s coming, Kieran’s coming home! Forty years of hurt, never stopped us dreaming! The guy stolen from within our Academy by Man Utd may be about to make his long overdue West Ham debut, with rumours mounting of a £2.7m fee agreed between …
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Posted on 08 July 2012. Tags: coyi, hammers news, West Ham United, westham news, whu
Fat Frank doesn’t hold back when expressing his views on the appointment of AVB at Spurs. Usually players show a degree of discretion when asked about a rival club’s manager, but not Frank. Of course, Lampard has a couple of reasons for hating…
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Posted on 08 July 2012. Tags: hammers news, west ham, West Ham United, westham news, whu
It’s not often that the bookies get things badly wrong but unless Allardyce is about to be exposed for under the table payments during transfer dealings, his status as favourite in the Prmeiership sack race is absurd. Sullivan and Gold don’t operate like that. …
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Posted on 08 July 2012. Tags: coyi, football news, hammers news, online soccer news, West Ham United, westham fc, whu
Dear God, Zola is back in management with Watford and the same script is being trotted out already! Listen to Godfather Nani! ”I think Watford’s fans can expect an exciting and attacking style from his team. Gianfranco represents this project perfectly.” How many times did we…
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Posted on 07 July 2012. Tags: coyi, West Ham United
Who would have thought it? Billyonaires in waiting Leeds United appear to have been outbid by mighty Cardiff City in the race to sign Coventry’s Richard Keogh. The Coventry man, of course, was a cornerstone of a Coventry team relegated from the Championship last season, so he is…
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Posted on 07 July 2012. Tags: coyi, hammers news, sports news, west ham news, westham news
Remember what happened two seasons ago? Grant’s team went from one pre season friendly victory to another and by the time the first game of the season came around, there was talk of challenging for a place in Europe. And …
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Posted on 06 July 2012. Tags: coyi, online soccer news, west ham news, West Ham United, westham news
Cheer up all you Gers, you may be playing footy in the bottom tier of the SFL next season, but at least Andy Murray is in the Wimbledon final. Time to change sports guys! What is McCoist up to, calling for Rangers…
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Posted on 06 July 2012. Tags: sports news, west ham news, West Ham United, westham fc, whu
OK star striker may be stretching it a bit! In fact, with a record of 23 goals from the last 4 seasons, from a total of 115 games, the term “striker” might be challenged by Trades Descriptions. Even Carlton Goals has a better strike rate than that! So…
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Posted on 06 July 2012. Tags: west ham news, westham news, whu
So, is Clayton the first of the exodus or just unwanted flotsam washing up in Huddersfield? Captain Snakeinthegrass has been quiet lately but has not yet committed to the cause, perhaps waiting to see if this rumoured take over actually happens, or perhaps biding his time at Leeds until a truly…
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Posted on 06 July 2012. Tags: coyi, online soccer news
His critics will say that at 81%, Mark Noble’s pass completion rate last season was lower than Nolan’s (82%) and Collison’s (87%), but that would be missing the point entirely, for it is Noble who takes corners and free …
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Posted on 05 July 2012. Tags: football news, whu
This has to be one the greatest games ever to be played at the Boleyn. 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4. Poor Bywater has a mare and defensively we were dire, but going forward…well this team really should have won something! Sinclair scores, so does Di Canio, and Cole, and Lampard. Di Canio has a…
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