Who will take charge of the Hammers now!?

But if they get the best out of the argies then perhaps it'll seem like good business to sign both of them. And dire football isn't guarenteed - getting sick of hearing that. The problem is the English players, not Sven. He didn't help himself, but you've hardly covered yourself in glory since he left either.

The way I see it is that Sven will get the best out of the better players at the club but Curbs will get more of the average players performing. The thing is, the Argies, Benayoun, Ashton and Gabbidon performing well + the cash to spend is likely to take West Ham up a level.

Konchesky, Harewood, Bowyer, Zamora, Collins, Ferdinand etc performing won't take West Ham anywhere better than where Pardew could've taken them. And those are the type of players I think Curbishley would get the best out of...

Oh, and it should be noted that Charlton were hardly the slickest team to watch. Seem to recall Curbishley doing nothing to keep hold of their 2 creative players last January...

Tinseldum wrote:Still hasn't scored though

nope..but hes battled..worked twice as hard as anyone else..and has played well...

more than what I can say about any of the other players..who hav cost Pardew his job.

So deano give us your player ratings for the season so far...

to be fair, the only players that I have particularly notced for you have been Zamora, Tevez and Benayoun....

Reo Coker would get a 2/10 from me - i can't work out how hes transformed himslef into a shit player so quickly!

ok

Green-7
Pantsil-5
Ferdinand-7
Gabbidon-8
Konchesky-2
Benayoun-6
Mullins-8
Reo-Coker-1
Etherington-6
Tevez-7
Zamora-6
Harewood-6
Sheringham-7
Bowyer-6
Spector-5
Collins-3
McCartney-4
Carroll-
Cole-(hasnt played enough)

I'll cry if we don't try and sign Gabbidon if you go down. He could get into any team outside the top 4 with ease.

Snowbispo wrote:I'll cry if we don't try and sign Gabbidon if you go down. He could get into any team outside the top 4 with ease.

yup so keep away!

Gabbidon>Woodgate

Deaño-Good Luck Pards! wrote:ok

Green-7
Pantsil-5
Ferdinand-7
Gabbidon-8
Konchesky-2
Benayoun-6
Mullins-8
Reo-Coker-1
Etherington-6
Tevez-7
Zamora-6
Harewood-6
Sheringham-7
Bowyer-6
Spector-5
Collins-3
McCartney-4
Carroll-
Cole-(hasnt played enough)

No Mascherano? Or he in the same boat as C.Cole?

pretty much TS..

Tinseldum wrote:

Curbs kept a damn small team in the premiership for 7 years with virtually no investment and it wasn't like they were ever struggling with relegation either!

Lack of Investment?

It explains him being able to spend £4m on a piece of $hit like Luke Young then

Luke Young has been pretty good for them over the years though

Luke Young is fucking annoying - hes either good or incredibly shit, esp when going forward.

There are a lot better right backs out there

For Charltons level (mid-table) Young is a very good right back.

The Charlton fans voted him their player of the year a couple of years back didn't they?

Charlton fans think Hughes is half decent! they know fuck all about football.

West Ham now have money and should have higher aspirations than getting a second rate right back

Hughes probably is half decent with the way they play at the moment.

Tinseldum wrote:Charlton fans think Hughes is half decent! they know fuck all about football.

West Ham now have money and should have higher aspirations than getting a second rate right back

I agree...was hoping we'd get Johnson back to be honest....

TeamTurtleDoves wrote:

Tinseldum wrote:

Curbs kept a damn small team in the premiership for 7 years with virtually no investment and it wasn't like they were ever struggling with relegation either!

Lack of Investment?

It explains him being able to spend £4m on a piece of $hit like Luke Young then

The fact is that he has been a regular for a few years for them now and is an England right back to boot

You have a cheek with your team signing fucking Rebrov!

Luke Young is poor - I knew that from when he played for Spurs(remember when Kanu raped him in 1999) - but when he deputised for Gary Neville in the England side, it really hit home.

As for Rebrov - he was good under Graham, then Hoddle treated him like Shit.

Luke Young = Our best Sale. Ever.

Curbishley in talks with West Ham:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/6171205.stm

Curbs will be announced at 3pm.....

good choice....would still prefer Pardew though!

It will be interesting to see what Curbs can do with a bit of financial backing from the chairman.

He never had that at Charlton.

He is the best candidate for West Ham IMHO.

Cesc-Fab wrote:It will be interesting to see what Curbs can do with a bit of financial backing from the chairman.

He never had that at Charlton.

He is the best candidate for West Ham IMHO.

At the moment, hes the only realistic candidate ..

its obvious hes a good manager...what he done with Charlton on limited resources etc....

We are a fair size club....lot of history,support etc..and now we have the money. Im confident Curbs can lead us to great things!

Can everyone stop with the "no funds" thing? He had plenty more money, than say, Sam Allardyce.

£4m on Luke Young.

From the beeb...

Reo-Coker reveals West Ham doubts

Reo-Coker has failed to match the form he showed last season
Skipper Nigel Reo-Coker fears for his West Ham future following the departure of manager Alan Pardew.
The midfielder, 22, has been criticised this season and worries he may be shown the door in the transfer window.

He told The Sun: "Whoever the new boss is, it will be down to them whether I will still be here next year.

"I've no idea what is going to happen in January. Everyone keeps saying I should be sacked and it's all my fault we've been doing so badly."

Now Alan Pardew has gone it's only going to get worse for me with people pointing the finger

Pardew was sacked on Monday by new chairman Eggert Magnusson after recording just one win in six games.

Magnusson has seen his club spiral into the relegation zone and score just one goal in his four games at the helm.

Former Charlton boss Alan Curbishley is expected to step into the hot-seat but Reo-Coker is concerned he is going to have to field more criticism from disgruntled fans.

"Now Pardew has gone it's only going to get worse for me with people pointing the finger," he added.

"Alan's departure was a shock to everyone. Alan is a really great bloke and I can't believe it has happened now."

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Everyone's saying it's his fault? I know he's had a poor season but I thought everyone was blaming Pards for not knowing what to do with the Argentines?

Reo-Coker has been shit...he is supposed to be the captain too! He probably partly blames himself..and he would be right to do so..along with some others.

@TS-well he hasnt had lots has he! hes had an average amount...

TeamTurtleDoves™ wrote:Can everyone stop with the "no funds" thing? He had plenty more money, than say, Sam Allardyce.

£4m on Luke Young.

I think they have had the same amount of funds to be honest.

Anelka and Diouf didn't join on the cheap.

Charltons two biggest signings were

Jason Euell-£4.75m
Luke Young-£4m

doesnt seem a lot to me for the record signing to be under £5m!

Cesc-Fab wrote:

TeamTurtleDoves™ wrote:Can everyone stop with the "no funds" thing? He had plenty more money, than say, Sam Allardyce.

£4m on Luke Young.

I think they have had the same amount of funds to be honest.

Anelka and Diouf didn't join on the cheap.

Before this season, Allardyce was always Bargain Basement.

Diouf cost about £3m in the end - a bargain.