DannyBoyFromOz 0 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Glen RoederWest Ham, relegation and illness Roeder spent the next five years as a coach with both England and West Ham before being given another opportunity at management. Following West Ham's failure to attract either Alan Curbishley or Steve McClaren as replacements for the recently departed Harry Redknapp, Roeder, who was Youth Team coach acting as caretaker-manager, was appointed as West Ham's new manager in the summer of 2001. In the second half of that season he took West Ham to 7th in the Premiership. The following season, 2002/2003, he signed Tomas Repka for about £5 million, David James from Aston Villa for around £2 million and Don Hutchison from Sunderland for around £5 Million. David James was injured on international duty and was out for months before he could play for West Ham, Tomas Repka had serious disiplinary problems and Don Hutchison turned out to be a injury-prone flop on his second spell with the club. Due to injuries to Paolo Di Canio and Frédéric Kanouté's personal problems, Roeder was forced to play a young Jermain Defoe up front on his own. As the season became more desperate, the team resorted to playing direct, long ball football to Defoe, who struggled in this position. Roeder also struggled with a very small squad, only just managing to field a first eleven at times. West Ham were bottom at Christmas and at that time no team had avoided relegation from that postion. Despite the January signings of Rufus Brevett and Lee Bowyer on a short-term deal and the best efforts of Sir Trevor Brooking in the last few games, the team was relegated from the Premiership. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Roeder#W...ion_and_illness I really dont like the similarities i'm seeing here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Been mentioned a couple of times before I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Thanks for the info. It's all new to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 That's actually scared me, especially the bit about long balls to Defoe. Theres's more parallels than I'd remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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