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Wednesday Night and West Ham

  • 19-05-2008 1:11pm
    #1
    invincibleirish
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    inspired by this article on Joe Cole and the reunions on Wednesday night

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/19/championsleague.chelsea

    How annoyed are West Ham fans with the fact that 4 of their former players will be playing in European Footballs biggest club game on Wednesday,along with David James & Glem Johnson winning Cup Medals on Saturday (and Jermaine Defoe cup tied),not forgetting Harry Redknapp managing, that was the nucleus of a great first XI.

    I also bring up the topic as a reminder to the Villa fans how important it is MON keeps Barry, Young, Agbonlahor, Laursen and whoever else as the last thing we want to be seeing is to be feeling like West Ham fans will be feeling on Wednesday Night!(like Yorke in 99!)


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  • #2
    IrishMike
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    Maybe hammers should deem it a credit to their youth set up and wonder why more players from that set up are not been given the chance?
    Seems the seemingly endless conveyer has dried up.
    Then again the same thing happened at United, now its Arsenal with the phenomenal youth system.
    Seems to go in cycles.
    Nothing that West Ham could do in all honestly, they are and probably always will be a selling club.


  • #3
    Bubs101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,478 ✭✭✭Bubs101


    In fairness, without Mourinho's influence I don't think Joe Cole would be the player he is today


  • #4
    Death or Glory
    Closed Accounts Posts: 482 ✭✭Death or Glory


    Harte, Woodgate, Smith, McPhail, Kewell, Robinson.........

    Lennon, Milner, Carson, Kilgallon..........

    Soon to be Howson, Delph, Hotchkiss, Ovington, Elliot.........

    Our academy is as good as ever ;)


  • #5
    String
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭String


    Nothing can be done. The same thing is going to happen to noble, ferdinand, ashton etc. We have more youth such as tompkins and sears that look promising but will leave eventually.

    Noble is the only one I think would stay no matter what tho as he is west ham threw and threw, but money usually tends to draw players away as they get older.


  • #6
    invincibleirish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,219 ✭✭✭invincibleirish


    Death or Glory wrote: »
    Harte, Woodgate, Smith, McPhail, Kewell, Robinson.........

    Lennon, Milner, Carson, Kilgallon..........

    Soon to be Howson, Delph, Hotchkiss, Ovington, Elliot.........

    Our academy is as good as ever ;)

    Wrong thread....


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  • #7
    Death or Glory
    Closed Accounts Posts: 482 ✭✭Death or Glory


    No...... right thread.....

    Response to point about youth academy production lines working in cycles....

    I was merely illustrating that while the likes of Man Yoo's and Arsenals academies produce talent on a not so regular basis, Leeds is constant


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