SloopJohn

Allardyce

Mourinho on Sky saying: "I can tell you that the final will definitely not be Madrid vs. Chelsea"

Perch will shake it off

I reckon Pardew could work wonders with Moses he's got all the attributes and just needs some strong coaching IMO

Moses is a good player: young, great pace, good vision and lots of potential and he can play in 3 positions, so basically, if we can get him on the cheap it'd be a fucking winner

re: Santon - I think we all forget how long it took Enrique to bed in to English football - he was pretty poor for the first 6 months Judge him on next season I reckon - I was impressed with him against West Brom

I'm not arguing with that, but he was playing right wing back in the second half... he was playing center mid with Alonso in the first half, and they went 3-0 down, and he was culpable for at least two of the goals.. for everything fantastic Gerrard has done in his career, he's also had some absolute horror moments, Euro 2004 vs. France springs to mind

he must've stopped about 7 goals through his clearances...that one against Man Utd. away was particularly tasty he's shit, but he's the best defender I've ever seen on the line no doubt

single handedly? he played well at right back in the second half...first half he was dismantled by Milan Hamman changed the game

Pardew Date? I'll get my coat

apparently he completed 90% of his passes today too I love him

most likely the later tbh

You could see today that Ben Arfa knew Enrique would be trying to stop him going onto his left so the first thing he did when 1v1 was go past him on his right side its like with Messi, most of the time he goes inside on his left foot but every know then he goes outside to mix it up and keep defenders guessing

I have a dipper flatmate...suspiciously he was at his parents today but still managed to send him a few texts: him after the 2nd goal: "Ah we've had no luck whatsoever today! Even if Enrique got a touch it was still offside" me: "They even out over the season " and then after Papiss was wrongly called offside after a ball from Gosling: "see its evened out!" I then added a cheeky: "dont worry dude, here comes Downing I hear he's a real goal threat" can't say I heard much from him after that

thought he was excellent today. distribution was particuarly good, eveytime he made a clearance or a tackle it found a player

Go on then… West Ham manager Sam Allardyce talking about his side's promotion hopes on Football Focus: "This is a big job and a big ask, to gain promotion in the first season. Turning a football club around that gets decimated by relegation is a tough task, but we are in a really good position. This is a dreams industry, a creative industry and I'm a very creative person. The essence of this football club is to win games of football by entertaining people, particularly home fans. We haven't entertained our fans at home as much as we would have liked. If there is much criticism, I have a rhino skin and then an elephant skin if it gets really bad. I have two skins!"

in other news, West Ham losing at home to Reading 1-3 anyone see Allardyce's comments earlier? mind blowing bullshit

fair play to the Mackems - amazing result at the moment

we had a '95 American Fender Ash Tele and a pedal board worth about £1000 stolen after a gig as an unsigned band that shit hurts

just watched the highlights from the Dortmund Stuttgart game this evening...4-4 first 26 minutes no goals and it could've been 4-4 even by then! worth checking out

I used one with my bass (until my guitarists pedal board was stolen as he was borrowing it)...filthy as fuck through an Ampeg SVT and Eden 410

from what I remember Everton didn't lose their CL spot when they came 4th and Liverpool won the trophy? edit: just saw the new rules, cunts