41 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I can play this out now.

We will pump fake Yildiz for a few weeks, until the player rejects us and the BlueCo PR machine will claim they are happy with their current wingers.

Well then spend 2 months trying to get Mainoo with zero competition, and still somehow overspend. Mainoo, who is slower than Enzo Fernandez, will make us all wish Enzo was still on the pitch.

Or, dont believe everything some no mark f**kwit on twitter tells you.

On 10/01/2026 at 10:13, WhiteWall said:

Doesn't quite fit the plucky underdog showing the big boys how it's done narrative eh?

In fairness to Bloom, the Club he inherited was playing in Division 1, and didn't have a stadium. Or a training ground They were playing at the Withdean athletics ground. Before that they played 70 miles away at Gillingham. .

Now they are established in the PL, have a new stadium, and a training ground at Shoreham... AND they have Chelsea throwing money at them as an added bonus !!

Our owners don't know how lucky they are !!

1 hour ago, dkw said:

Or, dont believe everything some no mark f**kwit on twitter tells you.

f**kwit?

That is Sir Nizaar Kinsella. First of his name, and leader of the arch alliance. You owe him your allegiance.

Going after a centre back now but 6 months too late.

Buonatte gotten rid of after a handful of games. The summer transfer window is looking more and more like the 2017/2022 ones.

Frustrating as we had momentum and closed the gap to Arsenal but squandered it.

Another f**king centre-back? When we have 1.5 competent forwards and already have Fofana, Colwill, Chalobah, Badiashile, Acheampong, Adarabioyo, plus Disasi, Anselmino and Sarr?

Elite squad planning, I'm in awe. I'm not sure there's any single position in the team which needs reinforcements less than centre-back.

Edited January 15Jan 15 by PloKoon13

On 14/01/2026 at 08:19, The Rising Sun said:

In fairness to Bloom, the Club he inherited was playing in Division 1, and didn't have a stadium. Or a training ground They were playing at the Withdean athletics ground. Before that they played 70 miles away at Gillingham. .

Now they are established in the PL, have a new stadium, and a training ground at Shoreham... AND they have Chelsea throwing money at them as an added bonus !!

Our owners don't know how lucky they are !!

So if Clearlake plan to make us the new Brighton they need to find another set of mugs to pay way over the odds for our players ;)

6 minutes ago, forbzy said:

So if Clearlake plan to make us the new Brighton they need to find another set of mugs to pay way over the odds for our players ;)

YES. They need to find bigger mugs than we are !😂

2 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

Another f**king centre-back? When we have 1.5 competent forwards and already have Fofana, Colwill, Chalobah, Badiashile, Acheampong, Adarabioyo, plus Disasi, Anselmino and Sarr?

Elite squad planning, I'm in awe. I'm not sure there's any single position in the team which needs reinforcements less than centre-back.

I think the key here is whether we can get a center back good enough to be a regular in the team. With Colwill injured, most of the other options aren't good enough. Acheampong looks decent but is rarely played in the center. Fofana can only play 1 game a month. Chalobah is a decent squad player. The rest are either on loan or not good enough.

We could have bought Marc Guehi back for £16m!

£16m for a quality Premier League ready defender - and we’re apparently looking for a defender during this window.

The craziest irony of the board turning their noses up at Premier League ready players in their mid 20’s is that the board are gonna realise how important financially it is to qualify for the Champions League if we don’t qualify for the next couple of years.

Then they’ll wonder why the youngsters we buy from abroad doesn’t translate to the speed or physicality of the EPL.

Arsenal and Man City are way ahead of us in terms of quality and ambition and Liverpool will spend big if they feel it’s the right player.

That realistically leaves us scrapping with Man Utd, Villa, Newcastle etc for one guaranteed spot per season.

It’s crazy that they won’t tweak their recruitment policy to get certain players.

And it’s even crazier that haven’t got the foresight to see how this can impact the club for years to come.

12 minutes ago, 2211 said:

We could have bought Marc Guehi back for £16m!

£16m for a quality Premier League ready defender - and we’re apparently looking for a defender during this window.

We aren't looking for anyone. It's all noise by the BlueCo PR machine.

We are simply going to recall Anselmino or Sarr if things get desperate. The only signing they'll make is some 18 year old they'll send to Strasbourg or will rot at Cobham until he goes to Strasbourg in the summer.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

We aren't looking for anyone. It's all noise by the BlueCo PR machine.

We are simply going to recall Anselmino or Sarr if things get desperate. The only signing they'll make is some 18 year old they'll send to Strasbourg or will rot at Cobham until he goes to Strasbourg in the summer.

I agree. They have probably just asked some of their stooges on social media to publish some links in attempt to make it look like they are trying to sign somebody. They will just wait until the summer to add 1 or 2 of the youngsters out on loan. But in the meantime no doubt they still think that the existing squad will qualify for the Champions League because AI said it was possible.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

We aren't looking for anyone. It's all noise by the BlueCo PR machine.

We are simply going to recall Anselmino or Sarr if things get desperate. The only signing they'll make is some 18 year old they'll send to Strasbourg or will rot at Cobham until he goes to Strasbourg in the summer.

And right on cue ... here is today's puff piece about Badiashile on the club web site LOL.

Internal solutions ... Yeah Baby !!!!

Benoit Badiashile playing free and aiming to be the best

A 7-0 weekend ain't too shabby.

So what happened to us being "busy" with sales?

34 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

So what happened to us being "busy" with sales?

Not a chance. These players are on ridiculous wages for average players, and are on long guaranteed contracts. It’s gone very quiet with Disasi, and he has stopped turning out for the u21s. Has a contract till 2029 so might as well dig in.

Won’t be surprised if Jeremy Jacquet comes in to replace Buonanotte, which will be silly considering the Palmer situation.

West Ham’s biggest win of the season against Joe Shield’s newly revamped Kinetic academy Chelsea U21’s

Brighton's latest 18 year old scored a stunning overhead goal last night against Bournemouth

We should put our usual mega offer in for him surely??

On 19/01/2026 at 03:11, axman2526 said:

So what happened to us being "busy" with sales?

We're busy concentrating on getting a FOS!

9 hours ago, GarnachoCheese said:

West Ham’s biggest win of the season against Joe Shield’s newly revamped Kinetic academy Chelsea U21’s

The future doesn't look too bright then ?!

6 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

The future doesn't look too bright then ?!

LOL

The club web site copy writer deserves an award for his opening paragraph of the match report :

Lost 10 of our last 15 games in all comps. Take a bow Calum McFarlane LOL

Edited January 20Jan 20 by Sexyfootball

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Brighton's latest 18 year old scored a stunning overhead goal last night against Bournemouth

We should put our usual mega offer in for him surely??

It was also crap keeping from our ex goal keeper who assumed it was going wide

The thing that baffles me the most with this policy of putting the faith in the youth and growing players is that Cobham is producing and has the potential to produce better players than we are currently signing?!

Jesse Derry is better than Jamie Gittens

Reggie Walsh isn’t/wasn’t worse than Buonanotte

Ibrahim Rabbaj, if given sensible minutes and handled correctly could be THE next big thing but we’ll happily sign some unknown South American for 10’s of Millions and that pricetag alone will give them a head start for 1st team minutes.

Hell, if none of them work out at least by giving them game time you’re putting them in the shop window for PuRe PrOfIt 🤮

It’s just such a weird, flawed and stupid business model.

13 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

It’s just such a weird, flawed and stupid business model.

There is no magic, unique, advanced strategy, it's about doing things in a manner that only BlueCo can possibly be credited for.

To paraphrase Game of Thrones, BlueCo are happy to burn the club down if it means people will worship them as kings of the ashes.

On 21/01/2026 at 12:02, The Boehly Babes said:

The thing that baffles me the most with this policy of putting the faith in the youth and growing players is that Cobham is producing and has the potential to produce better players than we are currently signing?!

Jesse Derry is better than Jamie Gittens

Reggie Walsh isn’t/wasn’t worse than Buonanotte

Ibrahim Rabbaj, if given sensible minutes and handled correctly could be THE next big thing but we’ll happily sign some unknown South American for 10’s of Millions and that pricetag alone will give them a head start for 1st team minutes.

Hell, if none of them work out at least by giving them game time you’re putting them in the shop window for PuRe PrOfIt 🤮

It’s just such a weird, flawed and stupid business model.

The worst thing is this is likely the last genration of talent we'll get from Cobham after the club sacked Neil Bath and dismantled everything that was built up over the last 2 decades.

At least Joe Shields mates have jobs for life now though. Another loss for the U21's the other day, wasn't it?

Not to worry we'll just buy players from City's academy instead of producing our own.