Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Benrahma signing confirmed by West Ham

https://twitter.com/WestHam/status/1317170949930639361

[Toronto Villa]

It’s a cracking signing for them. He’s a supremely talented player and we would have loved it if he was signing with us. They have two excellent wingers now along with Bowen. But I love the direction we are going. They’ve been spending heavily for a few years now and have fallen well short. We’ve only started at that level of investment. We need to keep going allow our path. It’s starting to show shoots of real progress and success.

[olaftab]

Same old West Ham always cheating.....

[Louzie0]

I clicked on this to catch up, interested in why we were still posting about summer transfers and realised that the window hasn’t quite shut, yet!

However, I was surprised and sad at the number of posts (17) that were gratuitous and misogynistic about Karen Brady, married to a football player and a director of 2 clubs which may be not so dear to our hearts.

I was heartened by the posts that called them out as such. Thank you.

As for transfers, I’m still wondering whatever happened to Rashica.

[VILLA MOLE]

Ye

I clicked on this to catch up, interested in why we were still posting about summer transfers and realised that the window hasn’t quite shut, yet!

However, I was surprised and sad at the number of posts (17) that were gratuitous and misogynistic about Karen Brady, married to a football player and a director of 2 clubs which may be not so dear to our hearts.

I was heartened by the posts that called them out as such. Thank you.

As for transfers, I’m still wondering whatever happened to Rashica.

Yes well said ,!    As for Rashica I expect us to pick up the baton of speculation in January for him

[Louzie0]

Thanks, VILLA MOLE

And hopefully we get a second bite at Rashica!  👍

[Lsvilla]

Smith wants him around the first team squad.

Me 100%.

Quite right too, much rather bring him along than another signing

[ADVILLAFAN]

Talk that Rashica has agreed a move to Leverkusen on January

[Louzie0]

Win some, lose some
Still have to wait for ITSOTP

[Steve67]

Overall, a very good window.  We have some pace and class about us and will take some teams by surprise.  Really pleased will all the signings, although Traore may take a bit of time to settle in.  Hope we sign Barkley permanently.  Watkins looks a steal. Shame we couldn't get shot of a couple more but that how it goes.

[Dante Lavelli]

I’ve not seen enough of Benrahma to say whether he is a good or bad signing for West Ham.  What strikes me is that there will be a lot of players sat on the bench. Off the top of my head they have

Bowen,
Yarmalenko
Lanzini
Antonio
Filipe Anderson
Fornals
And maybe Haller

[paul_e]

I’ve not seen enough of Benrahma to say whether he is a good or bad signing for West Ham.  What strikes me is that there will be a lot of players sat on the bench. Off the top of my head they have

Bowen,
Yarmalenko
Lanzini
Antonio
Filipe Anderson
Fornals
And maybe Haller

I think Filipe Anderson has left (maybe just on loan)

[SoccerHQ]

Their front 3 will be Benrahma-Antonio-Bowen. Fornals has been played as number 10 I think.

West Ham to me have similar vibes to Newcastle last season. People had them relegated after 2 games but they're much better than that and will be comfortable mid table (no higher though due to conservative manager).

Not surprised we didn't sign anyone although King would've been a good fit given he can play out wide or centrally but think issue is motivation there as seems he was still waiting for Man. United or Spurs to come in for him which was a little optimistic.

We're light in areas but it is only two months and a bit to January so playing once a week we should manage and we're due some luck on injuries after last season.

Would be interesting to see what we do if we're still overachieving in league by Mid Jan. We saw in the MON era not adding much in that month and then wondering why our key players were all fatigued by mid March meant we didn't win anything or finish top 4.

Hopefully we can add in the 2-3 places we're still a bit light.

[tomd2103]

Pleasing transfer window overall, but only slight concern at this point for me is that we look a striker short.  That said, I guess we haven't really seen what Traore can do in a central role and whether the finances were really there at the moment to spend on a back up striker, given we still have some relatively big earners we need to shift.

[jwarry]

So we didn’t manage to shift more deadwood then.