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Six Players Released

May 23, 2012 By Iron Bobby Leave a Comment

West Ham have released six senior players which includes Julien Faubert, John Carew and Abdoulaye Faye following the club’s promotion to the Premier League.

Faubert was the only player who was released to have been involved in the Hammers’ 2-1 win over Blackpool at Wembley on Saturday that clinched our promotion back to the promised land of the Premier League.

The full list of players are Julien Faubert, John Carew, Abdoulaye Faye, Papa Bouba Diop, Frank Nouble and Olly Lee.

Faubert has featured the most out of the players released and the last time Carew or Diop had a run out was in January.

WHUFC.com “Julien Faubert, Abdoulaye Faye, Papa Bouba Diop, John Carew, Frank Nouble and Olly Lee will all leave West Ham when their current contracts end on 30 June.

“The six professionals have all played their part in a successful 2011-12 season which saw the Hammers gain promotion back to the Barclays Premier League.”

“West Ham would like to thank all of the aforementioned players for their hard work and dedication and wish them luck in their future careers.”

The only other player on his way is Henri Lansbury who has returned to Arsenal after his loan spell expired.

All in all no big shakes, most players did a job for us over the course of the season but we now need to improve the squad to consolidate in the Premier League.

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Keeper Signs Permanent Deal

May 21, 2012 By Iron Bobby Leave a Comment

West Ham United have agreed the permanent signing of highly-rated goalkeeper Stephen Henderson.

The 24-year-old stopper who has been on loan since March, has moved to Upton Park on a three-year contract after completing his move from Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee.

Henderson was among the substitutes as West Ham won promotion to the Barclays Premier League by beating Blackpool 2-1 in the npower Championship Play-Off final at Wembley.

“I’m chuffed to bits to get it wrapped up,” Henderson told West Ham TV. “I’m a very happy man today. It’s been absolutely brilliant since I joined and it obviously topped it off on Saturday with us getting to the Premier League. The lads have been brilliant with me and have made me feel welcome so I’m very happy.

“To be honest, I think Saturday was probably the poorest I’ve seen us play in a while! Blackpool had a few great chances to get their noses in the lead but at the end of the day we took our chances and Vaz has popped up at the end.

“It was a fantastic day. The support was a real buzz. It was absolutely brilliant. Considering the trouble I’ve had with Portsmouth and their relegation battle, I’m very lucky to be here and to be a Premier League goalkeeper, I hope.”

Henderson has been capped for Ireland all the way through the youth teams until U-21 level and looks to be a fantastic prospect and an excellent backup for our Number 1 Rob Green.

Hopefully we can follow this up with our star keeper Rob Green signing a new deal as he has been outstanding for us this campaign!

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Sour Grapes For Bitter Baptiste

May 21, 2012 By Iron Bobby Leave a Comment

Bitter Blackpool defender Alex Baptiste has had a pop at West Ham’s style of play following the Tangerines 2-1 defeat to The Hammers in the play-off final.

“We were the better side,” the defender told BBC Radio Lancashire. “It was embarrassing at times. They just hoof it long and hope for the best.

“It’s a foul on me for the second goal, so the ref has done us no favours.

“I suppose everyone got what they wanted. Everyone wanted West Ham to win because they’re a team from London.”

Fair enough Blackpool probably had the better of the game, but to say we hoofed it so much it was embarrassing is a bit much! Considering both goals came from some nice build up play and their secret weapon was a 50 yard cross field ball to Ince, it smacks of sour grapes to me.

I think he may have also forgotten the 4-0 and 4-1 wins in the league for West Ham against his Barca like Blackpool!

Other than this deluded gentleman Blackpool on the whole were gracious in defeat and I wish them well for next season.

 

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Tangerines Up In Arms Over Premier League Away Kit

May 17, 2012 By Stevo Leave a Comment

The Tangerines have apparently “got out of their prams” about a “new away kit” that sports the premier League logo on it! I couldn’t stop laughing when I heard this and thought it must be the seasiders new take on Fergie’s mind games!

Therefore the Hammers have come out and denied all rumours of a new away kit with the premier League logo after “somebody” posted a draft version of it online. The tangerines are said to be “riled”, who we play on Saturday at Wembley for Premiership glory in a 90 Million pound showcase.

Ian Evatt, a Tangerines defender has called the Hammers “disrespectful” and overconfident ahead of Saturday’s big game.

And defender Evatt had this to say about the away kit photo scandal:

“If you listen to them, they’re already up aren’t they?” “If I was them I wouldn’t be counting my chickens just yet because what I have learned over the past five or six seasons is these players never give up.
“A guy has just told me that their new kit’s come out with Premier League badges on, which I think is jumping the gun a bit and it’s disrespectful towards our group of players.
“I’m not going to sit here and say Blackpool are going to win, but we’re going to give them a better game than they think we’re going to give them.”

This outburst has surprised the Irons especially as their preparation and build up has been very low key – almost deliberately if you ask me. The Hammers have now responded to Evatt’s rants in a statement by the club:

“West Ham United can confirm that reports of replica shirts being produced with Premier League badges on ahead of Saturday’s play-off final are completely erroneous.
“The photograph of a shirt is a hoax and in no way connected to West Ham United Football Club.
“Comments made as to the conduct of our club in regards to our opponents on Saturday, Blackpool, are also false and have again, nothing to do with the club.”

In my opinion I think the seasiders are playing mind games with us ahead of the Wembley game in a bid to distract our focus and attention. These things happen all the time and anyone who’s worth their salt as a designer could create a mock up and post it on the Net – it’s not that hard believe me!

Ian Evatt should shut up ahead of this game as it doesn’t make too much sense going into a match like this unless you’re up for a few mind games before-hand. There’s just two days to go and the hammers will get to respond to the Tangerines tactics on the pitch with a brace from Vaz Té!

😉

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Allardyce To Sue Kean (Reportedly)

May 15, 2012 By Iron Bobby Leave a Comment

Current Hammers Manager and former Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce has reportedly instructed lawyers to sue his former Number 2 and current Blackburn manager Steve Kean.

This action comes following a four minute video released on YouTube overnight, apparently filmed during Rovers pre-season trip to Hong Kong, it shows Kean being very critical of Allardyce and using a series of expletives and going as far as to call Sam “a crook”.

It also shows Kean predicting a top half finish in The Premiership and that Blackburn would win the Carling Cup.

The BRFC Action Group  have claimed responsibility for the footage,  and have long campaigned against Kean and the clubs owners the Venky’s.

A statement from the group says: “We as a group of supporters, elected by its members, are disgusted that our club has been allowed to be pillaged with very little resistance from the regulatory bodies who should act in the best interest of the sport and supporters.

“We are pleased to announce that the Premier League has invited the BRFC Action Group for a full meeting to take place in the next couple of weeks.

“We are further delighted that the Sports Minister has also agreed to a similar meeting to discuss the goings on, behind the scenes, at our club.”

Interesting times to be a Blackburn fan then!

If your interested in seeing the video you can find it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xcB9XfLjL8

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