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Merson tips West Ham for Champions league

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Paul-Merson-on-Sky-SportsSky Sports pundit Paul Merson has suggested that West Ham will qualify for the Champions League by 2019.

West Ham will compete in the Europa League third qualifying round next season after Manchester United won the FA Cup but at one point it looked like the Hammers could have finished in the top four this season just gone. West Ham reached a peak of third place during the season but spent a number of weeks in fourth place. If it were not for some inconsistent referee performances towards the end of the 2015-16 season the Irons could have finished above Manchester City who finished the season just three points above us in fourth place.

Merson says that West Ham who move to the former Olympic Stadium next season will rub shoulders with Europe’s elite in the coming years. Asked on Sky Sports’ Fantasy Football podcast whether West Ham would qualify for the Champions League next year, Merson replied: “Within the next three years.”

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  • Radai Lama says:

    I should have guessed you would like it Matte,you Italian Mongrel haha
    Never saw all the game Chaz,i was in the pub watching it.Our defence looked suspect as usual though from what I saw of it.I have a bad feeling some of the top teams are going to walk through our defence.Maybe some of the lesser teams as well 🙂

  • canchaz says:

    Not quite relevant to this but just read the England/ Turkey game. Sounds as if England badly needed any or all of our snubbed players

  • canchaz says:

    I reckon you could fit those two descriptions into a summary of just about any site. Thank heaven for humour, it reminds us that football is, in the end just entertainment.

  • mattefumi27 says:

    hahah… that’s funny Rick, what did they say about this site? … “A suburban bar where you can drink in dirty bowls placed on the floor, frequented by ignorant pigs and rabid dogs and where you can’t have a little chat because of the illiterate people who live inside it” lol 😀

  • Radai Lama says:

    Rick mate that is funny as f*ck.I bet Monkeys Bellend sits in the kharsi all day on the off chance he might get fed haha

  • Gobby says:

    My god thats so out of order but it made laugh so much.I must be a bad man lol

  • RickHammer says:

    Tyson I can remember last year there was an article about site comparisons that the lads on Westhamonline were discussing.Now they are mental but funny.A bit ott for many but they always make me laugh.So this lad on there was comparing sites as if they were pubs & this was his on them
    WHTID – A gay bar where you would be looked down upon for not wearing a shirt to games but looked up to if you have a glory hole in your home toilet… And you just live with your dad.
    Lmao,so if they think you lads are mean or disrespectful to them they should think again.

  • TysonM says:

    He makes me laugh tbh. I dont take what he says seriously but if I record Soccer Sat to watch sometimes he is funny.He doesnt take himself too seriously anyway & is always ok with taking the rise out of himself.Charlie Nicholas is usually bigging us up as well.Im a bit distracted though.I read there could be changes to wetpants this summer.Im racking my brain trying to help them out with suggestions.So far I have only come up with A Moat,Better flood defense system & humidifiers to help with the damp at their castle of expertise.Also make OT compulsory before every comment 😛

  • West Ham Fan No 32 says:

    I don’t hold much for his predictions but he has generally been pretty enthusiastic about us and especially Payet, nice to have at least one of the commentators on side

  • Radai Lama says:

    Dangerous stuff Rick mentioning the Be Careful What You Wish For mob,they will come out crying & still believing we should have been careful 😉

  • RickHammer says:

    Another of the becareful want you wish for brigade last summer.Him,TC,Souness,Keys.What a bunch of lemons.Now he is telling everyone we will qualify for the CL..He said the same on Soccer Saturday as well I seem to recall.

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