West Ham away (PL) Match Reaction Thread

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Well I thought the implication of what I said was clear enough. That he probably thinks if he couldn't convince him to spend money when he was involved in the club, what chance now that he's not.

Plus I think people who go on about David Dein are crying for the moon. I also would be interested to see what the spending will be like under a new manager, because i remember well enough that George Graham had to pry money away from Peter Hill Wood's clenched fist (in hindsight the smart move on Hill Wood's part).

[Power n Glory]

Well I thought the implication of what I said was clear enough. That he probably thinks if he couldn't convince him to spend money when he was involved in the club, what chance now that he's not.

Plus I think people who go on about David Dein are crying for the moon. I also would be interested to see what the spending will be like under a new manager, because i remember well enough that George Graham had to pry money away from Peter Hill Wood's clenched fist (in hindsight the smart move on Hill Wood's part).

I don’t know what you know about Dein but reports say he was the one that would assure Wenger it’s ok to spend during the Highbury days. We were never big spenders and it’s reported that Wenger would always be cautious but Dein was the one that would assure him to go for the deal. That’s why it worked.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

But that's the point, we didn't go for the players.....that's what Dein was saying that he used to try and persuade Wenger to go for signings that he needed but more often than not Wenger would prevaricate and end up doing nothing.

This is what i mean by crying for the moon, when Dein was still at the club, the signings that might have cost the club more just didn't happen. Yes there were implications of cost in regards to moving to the stadium, but also Wenger himself used to worry and worry about making big signings.

[fakeyank]

Signings cant and wont help Wenger.

This man is as clueless as it gets regarding tactics and motivation. If it came down to it, I am sure he cannot motivate a pack of hungry lions to go for a hunt..

[Marc Overmars]

2nd half of the season table.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

2nd half of the season table.

That's hard to look at, i am feeling dizzy....i think i might collapse

[Özim]

2nd half of the season table.

If you showed Wenger that he'd find an excuse, like bad decisions, injuries, too many games etc etc.

Wenger is a great one for stats except the ones that really matter.

[fakeyank]

If you showed Wenger that he'd find an excuse, like bad decisions, injuries, too many games etc etc.

Wenger is a great one for stats except the ones that really matter.

You want to know Wengers excuse (assuming Leicester win the title)? "We beat Leicester home and away last season, so we are not far away. Injuries did not help us as Cazorla, Rosicky and Welbeck were not available for almost the entire campaign. If we have fully fit squad to chose from in the new season, we will make top top effort."

He may also add our statistic of going the last 8-9 games unbeaten towards the end of this season. I know there are still games left but with the pressure off, I can see us going on a run. If inevitably we do, add some shit about that to the above part as well.

Rinse. Repeat.

[Letters]

Signings cant and wont help Wenger.

This man is as clueless as it gets regarding tactics and motivation. If it came down to it, I am sure he cannot motivate a pack of hungry lions to go for a hunt..

Well, that's obviously bollox as since we've had folding money to spend we've won 2 FA Cups. Had we signed a top striker last summer I think we'd have been champions this season.
Definitely a lot closer. But he does need a strong captain out there as motivation has never been his forte.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Well, that's obviously bollox as since we've had folding money to spend we've won 2 FA Cups. Had we signed a top striker last summer I think we'd have been champions this season.
Definitely a lot closer. But he does need a strong captain out there as motivation has never been his forte.

If you are linking what we've spent to the FA cup success than its cost us £140 million over two seasons to get those FA cups. And actually I'm not convinced a striker on its own would have done it for us.