West Ham Q&A

[westhamfootball]

Hi Guys and any girls

I wonder if anyone could help with this Q&A for West ham blog called WestHamTilliDie.com 

Here is a recent one we did with the Southampton forums. Obviously we would plus this forum in the article.

These are the questions:

Which three  teams do you tip for relegation this season?

How do you rate Slaven Bilic first season as a manager in the Premier league?

West Ham sit in sixth place  in the Premier League having briefly occupied the third spot but what league position can West Ham realistically achieve this season under Bilic?
 
Excluding Dimtri Payet If you could have any current West Ham player in your team who would you choose?
 
Do you understand what the 'West Ham way is' and what it means to Hammers fans. Do Norwich have a Canaries way and if so what is it? 
 
Which Norwich should West Ham players fear on Saturday?
 
14 Supporters' Trusts came together to petition the Government for a public inquiry about West Ham's occupancy of the Olympic Stadium.  Does the fact that West Ham got a good deal bother you personally as a football fan? 
 
How is Matt Jarvis working out at Norwich? Was he worth the £2.5m you paid for him?
 
How do you expect Norwich to set-up against West Ham on Saturday /Team/formation prediction?
 
[SIZE=12.8px]What is your score prediction for Saturday? [/SIZE]
Many Thanks.  Please let me your your real name (if you want name check and want it included)

 

[Gaffer]

Is this a wind-up? What kind of West Ham fan opens with 'Hi Guys'? 

Do you understand what the 'West Ham way is' and what it means to Hammers fans.

Is it something to do with a crap song, obnoxious fans and blowing childish little bubbles everywhere?

West Ham sit in sixth place  in the Premier League having briefly occupied the third spot but what league position can West Ham realistically achieve this season under Bilic?

The usual late-season collapse and a mid table finish.

14 Supporters' Trusts came together to petition the Government for a public inquiry about West Ham's occupancy of the Olympic Stadium.  Does the fact that West Ham got a good deal bother you personally as a football fan? 

The Olympic Stadium thing bothers me because basically the taxpayer is subsidising one particular football club that gets a financial and competitive advantage as a result. That would bother me for any football club, but when it's the most obnoxious club in the country it makes it even worse.

 

[Fenway Frank]

Which three  teams do you tip for relegation this season? Villa, Sunderland Norwich

How do you rate Slaven Bilic first season as a manager in the Premier league? I like him in his interviews, seems to be honest and pretty fair, you seem to be a bit more consistent too.

West Ham sit in sixth place  in the Premier League having briefly occupied the third spot but what league position can West Ham realistically achieve this season under Bilic?
6-8th
Excluding Dimtri Payet If you could have any current West Ham player in your team who would you choose? Is Alex Song still there ? 
 
Do you understand what the 'West Ham way is' and what it means to Hammers fans. Do Norwich have a Canaries way and if so what is it? The Norwich way is very similar to the West Ham way, even if Chris Hughton did try quite hard to ruin it.
 
Which Norwich should West Ham players fear on Saturday? Naismith 
 
14 Supporters' Trusts came together to petition the Government for a public inquiry about West Ham's occupancy of the Olympic Stadium.  Does the fact that West Ham got a good deal bother you personally as a football fan? Yeah, it bothers me a lot, why should you get a free by new stadium when everyone else has to find funding ? Karen Brady really does my head in too ! 
 
How is Matt Jarvis working out at Norwich? Was he worth the £2.5m you paid for him? He's been out injured for a while so a bit hard to tell. The jury's out at the moment but I think he will do well for us if we go down.
 
How do you expect Norwich to set-up against West Ham on Saturday /Team/formation prediction? Who knows ? Our manager changes line ups every week at the moment
 
[SIZE=12.8px]What is your score prediction for Saturday? 1-1[/SIZE]
 
 
[SIZE=12.8px]My real name is Joe ?[/SIZE]

 

[Canaryboy]

"Which three  teams do you tip for relegation this season?"

The current bottom 3 unfortunately, and we are currently in it.

"How do you rate Slaven Bilic first season as a manager in the Premier league?"

I like him, he's done a good job in transitioning you into a team which plays with the ball on the floor from one which, well, didn't. Obviously you still resort to pumping balls to Carroll when you need to, but who wouldn't with that beast on the bench. 

"West Ham sit in sixth place  in the Premier League having briefly occupied the third spot but what league position can West Ham realistically achieve this season under Bilic?"

I think you'll finish somewhere between 6th and 9th. There are four teams in with a chance of grabbing that 6th place (West Ham, Liverpool, Everton, Southampton) and it really could be any of them.

"Excluding Dimtri Payet If you could have any current West Ham player in your team who would you choose?"

Sakho, he's a loose cannon but clearly better than any of our current strikers.

"Do you understand what the 'West Ham way is' and what it means to Hammers fans. Do Norwich have a Canaries way and if so what is it?" 

Like Sir Alex I don't understand what the 'West Ham way' is either. We were traditionally well known for playing good passing football in the 80's and early 90's, but we had a good decade of dross after that so I don't think we can lay claim to it being our way anymore. If West Ham's 'way' is in any way similar to our 'way', then I'd argue that yours perhaps went out of the window at some stage too. 

"Which Norwich players should West Ham players fear on Saturday?"

Sad to say but on current form none of them. We've got players with the ability to cause problems for any teams but they just aren't performing and we've got no momentum. Earlier in the season I'd have said that Redmond on the right and Brady on the left would have caused your full backs constant problems, but our manager has started playing centre midfielders out wide so I can't even say that. 

"14 Supporters' Trusts came together to petition the Government for a public inquiry about West Ham's occupancy of the Olympic Stadium.  Does the fact that West Ham got a good deal bother you personally as a football fan?" 

What bothers me is not the competitive advantage, and who can blame for West Ham for taking it, what bothers me is the ludicrous waste of tax payers money building a stadium without a prior conversion plan. Seb Coe and Boris Johnson have a lot to answer for, the former had some crackpot idea to build a massive "National Athletics Stadium" and that's why they had to pretty much give the thing away. I know that Barry Hearn is a spiv and was just trying to get some money out of the debacle for Leyton Orient, but he was completely right about the awful planning and would have been valuable as an adviser in the planning stage with his events experience. That stadium is the Tories version of the Millennium Dome. Like I said nothing against West Ham, but it is perhaps also a sign of how London-centric all of our governments are too. What would be the chances of say Middlesbrough ever getting a subsidised stadium for almost nothing. So for me the issue is much bigger than football, it is more about how investment in London is disproportionate to the rest of the country and negligent spending of public funds. West Ham can't really be blamed for either of those things. Have to ask some serious questions also if Sullivan and Gold now sell the club for a huge profit, why haven't the government put a claw back clause in to prevent those two (also spivs) from enriching themselves? 

"How is Matt Jarvis working out at Norwich? Was he worth the £2.5m you paid for him?"

Looked decent before his injury actually, hope he can contribute more before the season has finished. I'm sure we'll get our monies worth out of him by the time he's finished, especially if that's involves helping us out of the league below where he'd be a quality player, I suspect that buying him permanently halfway through his loan was partially about freeing up a loan spot to allow us to bring in Bamford. Just doesn't work out for some players at some clubs, Jarvis and West Ham were obviously just not a good fit. 

"How do you expect Norwich to set-up against West Ham on Saturday /Team/formation prediction?"

Probably with a centre midfielder on the right wing, a centre midfielder on the left wing, our best left winger at left back, and our best right winger on the bench. I think you'll beat us 2-0, we are hopeless at the moment.

 

[Canaryboy]

Ps. surprised you didn't ask a question about Dean Ashton. Only West Ham and Norwich fans truly understand just how good he was. 

 

[Dubai Mark]

Canaryboy great job! Hopefully your comments will lull them into a false sense of security and we get a performance like we put in at their place earlier in the season.  Agree too re Ashton,  actually believe that many City fans have forgotten just how good he was!

 

[Canaryboy]

Gaffer, they liked you in the comments  :lol:

https://www.westhamtillidie.com/posts/2016/02/12/opposition-q-a-with-the-canaries

 

[Gaffer]

At least they have a sense of humour.

 

[Wiz]

Gaffer gets my vote.