[Foxman_WBA]

I’d have to agree tidy, yes west ham have been very poor recently but of late they seem to have turned a corner (most teams seem to just before they play us) for us to be in the game as long as we were was encouraging. There are signs that we can get out of this mess but if we don’t turn it around soon we are done for, in most seasons that would already be the case but somehow it seems that there are 8/9 teams that are just as bad! It was clear to see that the players were dead on their feet towards the end of the game which begs one of two things, firstly is it a fair contest when one team has a full week off and the other has 2 days? Secondly, after having the ‘best’ transfer window in a long time is our squad still so thin that we can’t even contemplate rotating?

The first point, unfortunately this is the state of football now, it very much reminds me of the film rollerball (not sure if anyone has seen it, it’s pretty bad but the message stands) where the league sells its soul for money, the safety of players and all else is forfeit for the masses excitement and the money flooding the game. Sound familiar? This is why I’m not actually bothered if we go down, the premier league just reminds me of the promised land that all other teams are told they have to get to, then once they do, they find out its poison and no better than before.

The second point and this is more the state of our club, what the hell has happened to our squad? It seems yet again so thread bare its untrue after supposedly filling in all the cracks? The due diligence work seems so poor and general scouting seems poor, saying that though Hagazi and Gibbs for me has been our best players this year and so credit to getting those in but on the flip side, we almost break our transfer record on Burke and haven’t seen him, we’ve gone as far as recalling Leko before playing him. Is he that bad that Livermore is a better option at RW? Poor.

Well, onto Brighton and the Cup let’s hope we can get some confidence by smashing Exeter and get the ball rolling to Brighton which is now a must win game to see us not go down.

COYB