The West Ham Process

The rise of Mark Noble

By Sam H ⋅ November 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Reading of Mark Noble’s untimely ‘abdominal pains’ and subsequent surgery for appendicitis can only mean that he’s quite literally busted a gut in his last two West Ham outings. It goes without saying what a huge loss it will be to be without him for the next month as he recovers. Not least because November [...]

West Ham boys in Sweden: Report from Gothenburg

By Sam H ⋅ June 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This has to go down as one of my favourtie blogs to write…obviously not because of it’s quality as I’ve not started yet, but because I’m writing it on a train from Gothenburg to Malmo; following the path of the England U21 team to the final of the European Championships. I’ve been fortunate enough to [...]

Spineless

By Sam H ⋅ August 25, 2008 ⋅ 21 comments

Manchester City 3 – 0 West Ham 24/08/08 I read in the Daily Mail before the season started that we are the least exciting team to watch in the whole league. I bluntly refuted this rude and unjustified judgment of our underlying quality and entertainment. (Obviously blinded by my pre-season optimism) My reasoning however, and [...]

[POLL RESULTS] Should Curbishley Get The Sack?: And Negotiations With Appiah

By Sam H ⋅ August 12, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

For the record, I certainly don’t think Curbishley should get the sack…especially so close to the start of the season. I am not his biggest fan as a manager, but as soon as the first ball is kicked on Saturday, I am firmly behind him and the team. I will let his management of the [...]

This Is Encouraging

By Sam H ⋅ July 3, 2008 ⋅ 12 comments

As you all know if you have read any of my previous articles that there are two things I value more than anything as a West Ham fan, and I’m sure this opinion is upheld amongst most of the readers here: – Firstly, that the players in Claret and Blue each week are players who [...]

Ljungberg is Back: And He’s Not Leaving

By Sam H ⋅ June 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Having returned from the European Championships after getting knocked out with Sweden, it will appear that we have every intention on keeping Freddy Ljungberg on our books. Despite his ludicrously tasty wage packet. Speaking to Setanta Sports, Ljungberg’s agent has said: I met with [chief executive] Scott Duxbury and the new general manager Gianluca Nani [...]

Collinson Nurtured For Captaincy

By Sam H ⋅ June 23, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

19 year-old Jack Collinson has been describing to whufc.com his experiences of taking over the captains armband for the reserve team last season. The youngster was picked for the full Welsh international side based on Reserve team performances alone as he only made one start for the first team in the 07-08 season (and I [...]