Hi guys. I am just wondering what your thoughts would be on signing Jarrod Bowen? I really admire him as an attacker for WH. I feel he could bring something up top for us. Whether he would move across London to join us as a city rival, I'm not sure, but he's a player I would be open to having at Chelsea. He can play wide and central in a front three, too. He scored 16 goals for WH last season. I feel he's wasted at WH and should join a bigger club. 

I'd take anyone who can score goals at the moment, but Jarrod bleeds West Ham, there would be no chance!

Isn't he engaged to Danny Dyer's daughter? Another reason why he'd never leave West Ham! Imagine the conversation over the family meal if he was offered a contract at Chelsea!

1 hour ago, Mod said:

I'd take anyone who can score goals at the moment, but Jarrod bleeds West Ham, there would be no chance!

Isn't he engaged to Danny Dyer's daughter? Another reason why he'd never leave West Ham! Imagine the conversation over the family meal if he was offered a contract at Chelsea!

I imagine the phrase "you shlaag" would come up

2 hours ago, Mod said:

I'd take anyone who can score goals at the moment, but Jarrod bleeds West Ham, there would be no chance!

Isn't he engaged to Danny Dyer's daughter? Another reason why he'd never leave West Ham! Imagine the conversation over the family meal if he was offered a contract at Chelsea!

I understand. But anyone has a price. I would like to see us try to see if we can tempt him away as I'm a fan of him as a player. It's not like WH will be challenging for a European place anytime soon. He deserves a move to a bigger club. I can see Kudus going in the summer, so maybe it will be more difficult to get Bowen.

No. Europa League quality at best, maybe Conference League. He also just broke his foot and will be out for the next 2 months.

Oh dear another candidate for the Championship, hes not and will never be an elite level player.

 

On 31/12/2024 at 15:54, Sunspear_88 said:

I understand. But anyone has a price. I would like to see us try to see if we can tempt him away as I'm a fan of him as a player. It's not like WH will be challenging for a European place anytime soon. He deserves a move to a bigger club. I can see Kudus going in the summer, so maybe it will be more difficult to get Bowen.

If he deserves a bigger club maybe Leeds Portsmouth or Sheffield Wednesday would suit. 

Edited January 1, 20251 yr by OneTommyLangley

Think he’s a good player but no thanks.

He would not be as effective with any other team.

He would improve us no end and probably link up well with Palmer, but as others have said he's a Hammer through & through so he'll probably be the next Mark Noble and stay with them until he hangs his boots up. He certainly wouldn't move to a London Rival with Danny Dyer as his father in law, although DD did play a Chelsea supporter in Football Factory, so maybe he has a soft spot for us and would okay it!

 

 

Could just play Palmer on the right and use Felix or Nkunku in the 10. Would be similar outcome. 

Bowen good goalscoring wide forward though. 

Unlike our wingers he’s got experience and a knack for scoring goals.  I like him as a player and think he’s better than West Ham.  However I don’t think he’s right for us.  

Not sure how he’s seen as Mr West Ham and the next Mark Noble.  He’s not exactly been at West Ham long, spent most of he’s career playing for Hull and was born in Herefordshire.  As for his Father in Law not sure he’s going to deny him a big pay rise .

Think he would have been a good buy a couple of years back suspect he might now get injured and lose something in his game, he's 28 now.

He's been linked to us with West Ham potentially going down. It could be fate.

Not for me, medium quality. We can do better.

1 hour ago, OTL said:

Not for me, medium quality. We can do better.

Plus he comes with Danny Dyer attached.

3 hours ago, OTL said:

Not for me, medium quality. We can do better.

Absolutely light years ahead of Delap and Jacko in every respect. Intelligent, experienced and hard working. Exactly the kind of player we are crying out for.

But he is an Iron through and through. Shame.

19 minutes ago, just said:

Absolutely light years ahead of Delap and Jacko in every respect. Intelligent, experienced and hard working. Exactly the kind of player we are crying out for.

But he is an Iron through and through. Shame.

This is a bit of a strange comparison. Jarrod Bowen is a left footed right winger and with Palmer, Quenda, Estevao along with Net Zero we're already stacked there. If we do look for wingers I would rather Yildiz who is naturally two footed and is comfortable on either the left or right. I would take Bowen if it meant Net Zero was moving as I think we could probably get some dough for him.

1 hour ago, WhiteWall said:

This is a bit of a strange comparison. Jarrod Bowen is a left footed right winger and with Palmer, Quenda, Estevao along with Net Zero we're already stacked there. If we do look for wingers I would rather Yildiz who is naturally two footed and is comfortable on either the left or right. I would take Bowen if it meant Net Zero was moving as I think we could probably get some dough for him.

Palmer has been playing at 10, not that I think that’s his best position, but I definitely take Bowen on the right over Estevao for next season (with Estevao learning from him), and over Quenda or Neto at any time in the next 2-3 seasons. But, as @just has mentioned, he’s an iron through and through and I don’t see him leaving unless the spammers are forced to sell him.

Estevao learning from Bowen is funny. There is a reason he has never played for a top club besides being an Iron, some players just look better in a bottom half team. Like Neto, he is another player that will look confused when he is facing a low block.