Frank McAvennie hasn’t been slow in giving his opinion on claims that Sebastian Haller’s Hammers performances are suffering as a result of him allegedly sulking.
One thing you couldn’t say about Macca was that he never gave less than 100 per cent and he has obviously been paying close attention to the views that are being put forward on the French striker.
He’s not impressed but kept his thoughts brief and to the point when giving his view on the club’s record signing at £45 million.
Enough has probably been said about the guy but Macca weighed in with his thoughts declaring: ” “I don’t get the boys when they’re not in the team and they’re sulking.”
It’s a big claim to make without knowing but as one of the best strikers we’ve seen at the club Macca can probably spot the body language of someone who has a problem.
The Liverpool game wasn’t good for the Frenchman – Fulham are on the way, Let’s hope he can prove a few of us wrong. We hope Frank has jumped the gun in appearing to join the criticism of Seb.
Frank is a columnist for Football Insider where this quote first appeared.
I respect Macca’s views as a top-class striker and a hammers legend, and I totally agree with him as I have previously noted his observations which matched mine as a supporter.
Haller has been a very divisive player and subject matter amongst us supporters, but the more this subject arises (and it isn’t going to go away anytime soon I guess) is the more I get a little annoyed by it.
Let’s face it, David Moyes probably hasn’t been able to build his own squad…. so he has crafted the team and pattern of play, based mostly on the players at his disposal. To ALL of those who allude to the fact that there is TIME in football… they are being economical with the truth. Football is a ruthless results-driven business and the bottom line is that you have to use the players at your disposal to get those results.
The “Tail does Not wag the Dog” and the least that I expect from a Very Well paid footballer playing for my club is EFFORT. I’m not particularly interested in his gripes, moans or ego… all that matters is when you wear that claret & blue and cross that line, you give Everything for the cause. In my eyes, nothing less will do.
Haller must play against Fulham. For no other reason than we have no other striking option until Mikey returns from injury.
If Haller can’t or won’t get his act together by the January window then we should cut our losses and sell him. No ifs; no buts – sell him.
He is just another Pellegrini luxury player. Part of a bygone era. He either wants to be here or he doesn’t. His choice.
Frankie Mac was a legend for a season – I think he joined as an attacking midfielder and then moved into attack when Sarge Goddard was injured and he couldn’t stop scoring. He was certainly a pleasure to watch.
When things went pear shaped after that season he got his dream move to Celtic and was again a success for a couple of seasons.
We then signed him on deadline day (which used to be at the end of March in those days) in an unsuccessful fight against relegation – he didn’t manage a goal that season but featured in the tabloids scoring with page 3 girls and champagne in West End nightclubs – overall his second spell at the club was mixed and ended with a second half hat trick in his last game as a substitute vs Forest when we had already been relegated again
I wish him success as a columnist but I am not sure that he is the ex-player best suited to give deep insights – the word that comes to mind when describing his performances is mercurial
I am still hoping for a performance from Seb Haller starting against Fulham – and feel that ex-players Stuart Pearce and Kevin Nolan and club skipper Mark Noble might be better sources of advice than Frankie Mac
The game against Liverpool was a massive eye-opener in regards to Haller, this is a player that was part of a front 3 scoring goals for fun in the bundesliga, stories of that front 3 storming up the pitch & scoring were constantly being reported, only Lewandowski had a better score/assist rate than Haller, so why when Haller is on the pitch does he look so awkward, he lumbers around looking lost, looses tackles easily when he has the ball, which isn’t often,, simply put Haller was the invisible man in that game, I certainly don’t agree that Haller is our only attacking option, as is in a PL match he hasn’t been an attacker at all, he hasn’t got the speed or skill required to play like Antonio or bowen or yarmolenko, any plan that day to go out & show what he can do was a failure, or was it, did we actually see that day all he is capable of, Fornals showed him what he should be doing, yet Haller was outplayed by Nat Phillips, a centre-back making his Premier league debut for Liverpool, my advice to Haller were I the manager would be simple “you’re a post, stand somewhere where a cross can bounce off your head & into the goal, simple”
The Cat started well, then I struggled to follow the point. Agree that the least we can expect from players is effort. Seems to me to be very difficult to show this at times. I would rather Seb Haller carried on as he does instead of showing some emotion and commitment by getting himself booked, kicked and ‘injured’, crying about the lack of fortune for the team and team mates. I do wish he might smile now and again – but he needs something to smile about. Meantime, he’s not allowed.
Zahamoore – spot on. Just what I thought when reading the piece. Frank was a fan’s dream on the pitch, mostly. BUT I don’t think that we’ll get the best from Haller by teaching him how to run his life just like Frank’s in the eighties. Sorry Frank. Lots of love and all that, but you might like to be more careful about opinions expressed on your behalf.
COYI