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Won’t be anything your legendary DEF won’t cope with.

Credit where it’s due but Downes and Manning were no doubt players Martin identified and attracted. Doubt Wilcox would spend time looking at Championship players. Darren Mowbray was also part of the scouting set up at the time.

They should simply have posed the question on here and the Rangers Forum. Hardly in depth investigative journalism required. Couldn’t open the link due to a paywall

Yes, remember that well, especially the look on Law’s face. Then there was the subsequent pitch invasion. Only problem was Man Utd came down to tare up the Second Division (especially by their fans at the time). Have always hoped Spurs or Everton would come down in recent years to match that, but hasn’t happened.

View on a West Ham forum: https://www.hammers.news/match-report/no-surprise-west-ham-fans-all-say-the-same-thing-about-james-ward-prowse/ I’m not sure that’s correct about not scoring from a dead ball for them. From a free kick perhaps, but I thought he scored direct from a corner at Wolves for them.

Shambles. But as the pundits point out playing for a global megaclub like Manchester Utd brings unimaginable pressure. Almost scar tisssue. Luckily for them Wilcox has got the name and number on speed dial of the only bloke who can salvage their season.

Good. Can only help increase his value next summer

“You f’kin stupid cah….” It seems “silly old moo” from the 1960’s Alf Garnett was quite endearing by comparison.

Interesting point

Quite a few factors at play here, impossible to predict. A lot will depend on how their own clubs view things. Forest/Man City loan them out for experience and if the players aren’t getting game time they may well agree to recall the player and send them somewhere else where they’re more likely to play regularly.

Definitely think a CF is priority but as posted on the Schlotterbeck thread; Wouldn’t be surprised to see a CB bid relaunched in January. We tried for both Falchener and Affengrubber before bringing in Abbot, and you wonder if he has Tonda’s confidence.

I was hoping he’d score a free kick, and in a well rehearsed celebration teammates congratulate him by slapping his head (as per Benny Hill). Preferably in front of the West Ham bench.

Wouldn’t be surprised to see a CB bid relaunched in January. We tried for both Falchener and Affengrubber before bringing in Abbot, and you wonder if he has Tonda’s confidence.

Totally agree with what you say about JWP but it’s very difficult to predict how or if he’ll progress as a manager. For all the reasons you give for him I always thought David Armstrong would go on to be a successful coach or manager, but not the case. (Stuart Armstrong also fits the bill). Not so sure about Lallana. Perhaps like many I still hold a bit of a grievance as to his leaving etc but he doesn’t seem to have the same air of confidence/authority.