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You are Scott Parker, what is is the first thing you are working on with your West Ham side over the international break?

catoj443h ago

I agree concerning Hermansen. He is good with his feet...Nuno style. Parker dosent primarily want to play 80 min passing back there ...so go and get one that fits...or give Areola a chance..if he's ready.

razorwestham6h ago

You must be blind if you cant see we need to get herman no arms no height slow as a tortoise to react sold given away in jan out the club and a young top tall keeper in with areola hendric as back ups rest of season. How on earth was potter allowed to waste 25 mill on the worst keeper since Roberto. Ffs.

catoj4416h ago

I trust SP will do optimum within his possibilities . I have not seen the trainings ..I trust they will have to bleed for the shirt from now on, like TS. Otherwise they can expect to be parked on the bench or worse.

catoj441d ago

Intensity...nuff said. Optimize the players we have ....we are soooo slow. Use even more Juniors if needed. Save the money

dantowen8195122h ago

Have you seen the video from rush green on West Ham’s YouTube? Don’t think the players will have many quiet days under Parker haha

wmw5twfhm51d ago

We need defensive stability first and more competitive midfielders who tackle and advance the ball into the oppositions penalty box

dantowen8195122h ago

I think Parker can fix the midfield. Josh Brownhill scored 18 times for Burnley in 24/25. Wonder if he can get Engels or Mukasa scoring regularly

tonysmith281d ago

We are looking at forwards and defenders when I feel the real problem is in midfield. We do not stop teams walking through our midfield. We are crying out for Alvarez to be back or need to recruit a new version of Scott Parker. We have no fight in the middle. Mikado and kante are promising do t compete and Angels too deep so no midfield to stop opposition.

dantowen8195122h ago

Agreed, look how easy it was for Southampton and West Brom to break us open with one pass through the middle. Parker can fix it though. He’s an expert at setting up a solid team out of possession

nickdomjan3d ago

We need pace, a backbone and a few beasts and the usual leadership.....how about Milenkovic-Savic in goal

jo.hadland3d ago

Get Callum Wilson back. Play Soucek. Everyone says Pablo is useful, though he doesn't score. I suspect the training ground regime is all wrong. There is probably too much reliance on what the Stats guys say, and trying to be too clever.

dantowen819513d ago

I think Wilson probably regrets leaving when you consider how little he’s played at Brentford

caleb.sage4d ago

That defence is leaking far too many goals for a team that has just come down from the PL. Needs to be addressed.

cumberworth574d ago

I sound like a broken record but I have been saying it all season, Alverez is the best CDM in this league yet he has been totally ignored by Nuno, he must get a chance to add some steel and nous to that position which would transform our defence

dantowen819511d ago

Yeah the Alvarez thing is strange - I’m desperate for someone to ask Parker about this in his next presser

pwithey14d ago

Areola Veltman Golumbekis Mav Myers Alvarez Bowen Soucek Engels Astubo Piroe. Maybe Kante for Soucek. This would be a more Solid line up until the next Transfer window, if we are not still in touch with the top four at Christmas then there will be no chance of automatic promotion.

dantowen819513d ago

It’s a really good team on paper isn’t it? Parker just needs to find a system that clicks. We’re so much worse than the sum of our parts currently

peter.lynch4d ago

A decent bit of structure! Plenty of tactics on the training ground and perhaps even a bit of fitness. Think they need improvements in plenty of areas tbh

suede1164d ago

So where we really need to focus on recruitment is at DF and FB with strong defensive abilities and man-marking. Players who excel at build-up and short progressive passes are out of our budget, so they aren't realistic options for us. Naturally, our tactics will have to rely heavily on long balls, counter-attacks, and winning aerial duels.

suede1164d ago

Our midfield is already overcrowded. Only three out of Alvarez, Engels, Mukasa, Kante, Magassa, and Soucek can actually play. Plus, Lamadrid is coming back from injury. Since the winter window is small and mainly about loans, signing a quality midfielder is impossible unless we send some out on loan. On top of that, quality defenders are insanely expensive.

suede1164d ago

There's nothing wrong with our forwards like Taty, Pablo, or Piroe. They'll perform if there's a proper system where they play in their right positions. It's not a matter of the gap between the Premier League and the Championship. Look at Niclas Füllkrug—he looked like he could never score a goal here, but now he's doing great in Germany.

dantowen819513d ago

Agreed. That frontline is so, so talented. Apart from Wrexham we’ve barely seen it

will.butcher4d ago

Defence, and he will do - his previous teams that won promotion were based on it

antonymmartin844d ago

Switching systems so that we have a DM in the side sitting in front of the back four. The team is not good enough to accommodate a no 10. Either get Magassa up to speed or red retreated Alvarez.

daviescallum424d ago

Get his defensive principles instilled asap

daviescallum424d ago

And let Bowen & co do the rest

jonathan.gorrie4d ago

Got to be getting Areola back up to speed ASAP. Hermansen really cannot go on in goal

leeclarke05084d ago

Got to take Morato out at LB been poor for weeks.

chillout4d ago

Making sure we start on time - it seems it’s only the opposition who realise that the match starts when the ref signals so by blowing the whistle. By the time we get going we are already 2 or 3 goals down.

matt_murray994d ago

Defence For Sure.. Kilman, Morato , Mayers And Scarles All Out And A New GK That Will Actually Try And Keep It From Going In Our Net Unlike Hermanssen..

pwithey14d ago

How can you say Mayers out..the boys played one and a half games and been our best player in both, surely he deserves as much of a chance as Scarles and Morata have, also he can play RB & CB, and I’m sure he’s better than both Killman and KWP by a country mile. I would like to see him in a B4 with Golumbekis.

gordon1davison4d ago

I would bring in Golambeckis and come January put Kilman on the transfer list and return Morata to Nottingham Forest.Keep either Mayers or Scarles at left back.

antonymmartin844d ago

Neither Mayers nor Scarles are good enough though Gordon. It really is a huge concern

wmw5twfhm54d ago

Stopping teams running past our midfielders and rampaging into our 18 yd box and causing havoc! Our defensive midfield and defense as a whole is awful !!!!

dantowen819513d ago

Yeah the midfield needs a tweak. Think someone needs to be deployed deeper to let Engels, Mukasa, Kante etc driving on Whether we have that missing piece, I don’t know. Alvarez probably the best option

alanveal64d ago

Parker is a defensive type Of manager which is ideal For our squad needs at the moment.

dantowen819513d ago

Agreed. We’ve conceded I think 9 more goals already than Parker’s Burnley in the entire 2024/25 season

michaelrglynn4d ago

DEFENCE, DEFENCE and DEFENCE. Specifically: ball watching in our box, clean tackling before opponents reach our box. And a new goalkeeper, or at least anyone not called Hermansen.

swhitecrossuk84d ago

Finishing, loads of attempts but not many on target, work on a back 4 without Kilman and get Areola fit and ready for a return, 1st 20 mins mentality too, we are starting slow and bad , and tell them playing in front of 50,000 is a priviledge and stop bottling it at home

dantowen819513d ago

Think we’ve conceded 6 goals inside the opening 20 minutes! Says it all

alan.mayo514d ago

Morale and the psychological aspects of the game rather than the technical. Next priority is to decide who his no.1 goalkeeper is to be.

dantowen819513d ago

100%. Parker won’t be scared of making the big decisions. Such as Mayers keeping his spot ahead of Morato, that bodes well for me