Talkspoort producers called on Claret and Hugh this evening for their take on the West Ham v Sheffield United draw.
Claret and Hugh associate editor Sean Whetstone speaking to Talksport radio host Adrian Durham said the result felt like a loss and that Manuel Pellegrini had some answering to do.
Despite being the highest paid manager in West Ham’s history the honeymoon period is well and truly over with supporters asking valid questions of the 66-year-old Chilean.
Why did he drop Angelo Ogbonna and Ryan Fredericks? Why did he replace Robert Snodgrass and Felipe Anderson?
Some of the manager team selections and substitutions have been difficult to understand leading to further frustrations and bewilderment.
The summer signings are also being questioned. £25m for Pablo Fornals and £45m for Sebastien Haller don’t look like great deals right now.
We are all fed up with the excuses now, we want the next level we were promised and that is not drawing to the Blades at draw on a damp Saturday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Leicester City under Brendan Rogers are flying hight after their 9-0 win yesterday cementing their third place in the Premier League with a goal difference of plus 17.
This is Groundhog Day. We are back where we were two years ago( we are in a better position but are sliding fast). The owners are well known for their ‘loyalty’ to managers aka reluctance to pay compensation. That plays into our club’s reputation for long serving bosses, which was fine back in the old West Ham Way days, but it’s an approach that we have had bad experiences with in recent times (Roeder/Grant/Bilic)
I have been a big supporter of the owners on the whole. The sad truth is that they don’t have the money to buy the players or top class support staff to compete. Even sadder is the fact often mentioned on here that they are not going to sell up before 2023. Given those facts we need a manager who can build a team on the CP, Burnley, Sheffield U lines- solid at the back, total commitment- & can mould a TEAM from limited resources. The owners will not want to go down that route because they are afraid of upsetting those fans who still think we can bring back the West Ham Way. We have been trying that under Pellegrini but in 2019 you can’t play with a feeble defence & hope you will score more than your opponents. Certainly not unless you have a truly star studded group of attackers. And you can’t get them without big big spending. Back to the money. It’s called a Catch 22
Pellergine has to be sacked he has spent £150 million we getting relegated
A nett spend of 25m in the summer didn’t help. Sullivan needs to back the club instead of spending when there’s unrest. Our spend is shocking compared to other clubs bearing in mind our overheads are next to nothing. Sullivan needs to step up.
Part of our problem appears to be that we don’t zip it about enough. I appreciate that sometimes in attacking areas players want to think, maybe take a couple of touches, but it’s frustrating the hell out of me how many touches our defenders and midfielders feel they need to take, which hugely slows down our game.
I want to see someone… (why am I reluctant to say Ajeti…?) playing alongside Haller, with Anderson, Noble, Rice and Yarmo along the middle. We’re bypassing midfield more often than not anyway, so what’s the point filling it with players?!? ARGH!!