en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/658449 Comments by Willtell http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/09/27/now-we-are-cooking-with-gas/#IDComment101165771 I'm sure the gas thing was not intended in the way interpreted. I don't think the Jewish thing is anything more than a handy verbal tool to beat Spurs fans with. I'm pretty sure David Gold, David Sullivan and even Karen Brady are all Jewish as well as Tottenham's directors. In my experience, most WH fans are quite indifferent to race or creed because we have been a very mixed bunch in the east end for so many years. Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:42:45 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/09/27/now-we-are-cooking-with-gas/#IDComment101165771 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/08/10/kovac-off-to-stoke/#IDComment91944270 No honestly Danny_C. We really haven't had worse than Kovac for quite a while. He is niot only a ball watcher but a ball chaser and cannot pass. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:44:18 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/08/10/kovac-off-to-stoke/#IDComment91944270 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/08/03/transfer-latest-cole-staying-put-and-ben-haim-moves-closer/#IDComment90518090 Tal Ben Haim hasn't had the best of the last 3 seasons but he was quality at Bolton. I think we have to trust Avram Grant here. TBH came out and criticised the appointment of Grant at Chelsea yet he went on to join him at Portsmouth and now WH so Grant clearly sees a talent there. I suspect the imminent TBH signing is as a replacement for Upson who has his mind elsewhere... Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:17:14 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/08/03/transfer-latest-cole-staying-put-and-ben-haim-moves-closer/#IDComment90518090 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/03/29/a-message-from-gianfranco-zola/#IDComment64780624 So Zola knows "that we have the ability to achieve our objectives." Wasn't his objective European football at the start of the season? Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:19:46 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2010/03/29/a-message-from-gianfranco-zola/#IDComment64780624 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/17/vote-stoke-match-player-performances-2/#IDComment39168908 Chrischris - you are over reacting in wanting Zola sacked and CelticHammer is spot on with what he says. Excellent posts CH. This club let Ginge go for £5m and then let Neill go because they forced a wage reduction on him because we are broke and working from hand to mouth. Owners need to give a manager the tools to do the job and all our owners do is take them away and replace with cheap players no-one else wants. Would we have lost that game with Ginge and Neil playing? No way. Would we have lost if we had a second striker to score goals? No way. Give Zola and Nani the tools and they will do the job. This Intermarket consortium are our big hope and if it is as serious a bid as News of the World say, with quotes from Intermarket's newly appointed CEO appointed to oversee the takeover, then we will soon be back on track without sacking anyone. Calling for people to be sacked is the kind of mentality you'd expect from deluded spuds fans. Not West Ham! Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:20:37 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/17/vote-stoke-match-player-performances-2/#IDComment39168908 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/06/the-case-for-the-defence/#IDComment37472869 If we keep on struggling then Straumur are going to want to ditch us as soon as possible. If they end up with us losing our Prem place then we won't be worth the debts WHUFC owes and it will be pointless for them to keep us. Sell Green, Parker and Upson and get maybe £20m but that will definitely consign us to relegation. If I was Straumur I'd take £40m here and now but that is a bigger problem for them. It means they have to write off the other £60m or so as losses which for a newly formed company they can't afford to do. Keep us ticking over and as we pay debts off we get more and more valuable....as long as we don't get relegated. I can't see them selling us and more likely if Zola doesn't sort things out he'll go and be replaced by Clarke or Curbishley to settle his court case against us maybe? Just a possibility that occured to me. Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:00:25 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/06/the-case-for-the-defence/#IDComment37472869 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/06/the-case-for-the-defence/#IDComment37469313 Our problem is we are not playing to the team's strengths. We have one striker, one freebie Mexican we haven't seen yet, a kid that has burst on the scene and an Italian 2nd div player. Jiminez is a skilful midfielder but not up to speed and playing 4-3-3 is a naive joke! 4-4-1-1 is what we should be playing then we will have a chance of logging up points and finishing mid-table. All the time Zola beats himself up by trying to play the Italian way, we are getting deeper into trouble. It's really not that difficult and what is amazing to me, is that Zola is bringing it on himself. Why did we need to switch to 4-3-3? Answer - Because it's what Zola wants. We've got one striker in Cole. A perfect link player in Diamanti. A good choice of wide midfielders in Jiminez, Stanislas, Collison and Behrami. We've a choice between Parker, Noble, Kovac, Collison and Behrami in centre midfield. So let's play that way Zola! Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:07:35 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/06/the-case-for-the-defence/#IDComment37469313 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/06/the-case-for-the-defence/#IDComment37451169 It seems from this mornings Mirror that West Ham owes around £80m and is still losing aound £20m a year so better get used to it guys. We aren't about to go out and buy more players come January. More likely we will sell Upson and/or Green. There's no point blaming Straumur as they were stitched up just as badly as WHUFC were by Bjorgolfur Gudmunsson, a man who made a living out of running companies into the ground. Unfortunately, that includes West Ham. Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:21:11 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/06/the-case-for-the-defence/#IDComment37451169 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37361499 I didn't ignore the Parker comments CH. Did you not understand what this says and means? "Maybe I was wrong about your reasons for turning on our captain..." That acknowledged the Parker comments and my point was, that is not the issue. Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:36:46 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37361499 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37361116 The club may decide to sell Upson in January but it isn't certain that we'd get £12m for him otherwise he would have left in the summer. The only rumours I heard were a £4m offer from Harry Redknapp! Would you rather have £5m or Collins? £8m or Upson? Money or a football team? And do you know what CH? I don't really care if Upson is showing loyalty to the club in your eyes because you seem to have a peculiar definition of loyalty where you can criticise who and what you want but claim to be a loyal fan! Upson is a pro seeing his contract out and he doesn't complain nearly always plays solidly and Tomkins is a different player alongside him. If Upson doesn't want to re-sign nearly two years away from expiry of his contract that is his perogative! If he shouldn't be our captain then are you criticising Zola for another poor decision? Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:33:25 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37361116 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37320564 My post was about you having a tantrum about our captain and best defender because he made some mistakes in one game. Maybe I was wrong about your reasons for turning on our captain but that's the only part you've answered CH. My point was more encompassing and it is laughable to suggest that you're not trying to score points! The problem for you is that I understand your answers very well. Think positive. We've got an England regular at the heart of our defence for the next two seasons. Sell him and we will get relegated because your suggested replacement Taylor, is not as good as Anton Ferdinand and we'd soon be relegated mate. Stick to the point and stop the condescension if you want to keep a discussion going otherwise you'll be talking to yourself mate. Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:40:41 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37320564 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37309345 Yeh right that's really sensible! Encourage our board to let go the 3rd member of last season's excellent back four. I tell you what Ilunga's been crap so why not go for the entire back four and keep the banks very happy while we go into the Championship! Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:56:24 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37309345 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37308723 Well said Iron1981! CH it is not an issue about selling Upson. It is about you turning on Upson because he had a bad 10 minutes. That's the real issue. But even your point about selling Upson is a poor one! We will keep the bankers happy but have you learned nothing from the sale of Collins? If we sell Upson we might get £12m but it's more than likely we won't get anything like that in January or the summer either. What'll it cost us to get relegated though? So let's keep Upson to his contract. When it runs out he will be 32 and might want to move on but more than likely he won't. Keep him and call his bluff Duxbury I say. I reckon he would be wise to sign an improved contract rather than face a long spell out injured just before he's out of contract.... Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:49:55 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37308723 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37232637 CH you miss the point - it's not about selling Upson. He's been Mr Reliable in our defence for a long time. You don't like him because he was one of Curbishley's signings but he has one poor 10 minute spell and you want to crucify the bloke! 2 weeks ago it was Cole and he's getting a goal a game since you wanted to ban him from ever wearing the shirt! Start thinking like an adult even if you are a young kid! Sun, 4 Oct 2009 22:51:15 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37232637 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37211838 Are you talking about Zola or Diamanti? Either way it's a bit OTT mate! Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:37:18 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37211838 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37211444 Give it a rest CH! Do you need a regular dose of someone to blame for your personal problems because it's a bit sad to go on about someone that has a bad day at the office once in a blue moon! It was Cole that was a waste of space two weeks ago and now he's shown your comments up with 4 in 7 games a(nd but for a bent ref should have been 5), so you move on to someone else to hate! Ever tried supporting the team come what may? Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:32:49 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/04/vote-fulham-player-performances/#IDComment37211444 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/01/does-tevez-or-redknapp-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter/#IDComment36813029 Spot on Guy! Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:51:58 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/01/does-tevez-or-redknapp-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter/#IDComment36813029 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/01/does-tevez-or-redknapp-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter/#IDComment36812943 Errrrr - Can you name one Matt? Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:50:18 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/01/does-tevez-or-redknapp-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter/#IDComment36812943 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/01/does-tevez-or-redknapp-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter/#IDComment36812792 I completely agree CH. Mind you the logic of our fans is sometimes hard to fathom. A lot of them had a passionate hatred for Cole and Curbs. Faubert and Neil went from being hated figures to automatic first choices on everyone's team. Neil and now Noble have now gone the other way - hero to zero. Diamanti has taken on an immediate status of hero. So did DiCanio but I well remember the times he was "injured" when a trip up north in winter was involved. He was a liability by the time Roeder came in but he'll never lose his hero status whatever he does. That's what hero worshipping and celebrity is all about but there is often little rhyme or reason to it. Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:47:28 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/01/does-tevez-or-redknapp-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter/#IDComment36812792 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/01/does-tevez-or-redknapp-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter/#IDComment36811824 You'd have Rafa that high up? I'd like to see where Bruce, O'Neil and Zola would be if they'd had £50m a year to buy players for 5 years on the trot and then complain about how tough it is when it's pegged back to £20m! Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:32:46 +0000 http://www.westhamtillidie.com/2009/10/01/does-tevez-or-redknapp-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter/#IDComment36811824