Curbishley Gone

monkey9 · 03-09-2008 3:24pm

I'd love to see Slaven Bilic get the job. I'd be really interested to see how he gets on as a club manager. I think he'd do a really good job! Although he's just signed a new contract with Croatia, i think!

String · 03-09-2008 3:25pm

Looks like billic has ruled it out anyway.

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Football/2008/09/03/Prem-Bilic-on-West-Ham/

Though aparently these are from before euro's I still dont think he would leave especially so close to England match.

Ludo · 03-09-2008 3:27pm

Easy for Bilic to get out of that contract if he wanted to...only a 100K get out clause or something small like that apparently.

He screwed us once before as a player and has no club experience really (other than a handful of games as Hadjuk Split caretaker) so I'm not convinced but then again given the choice of Bilic or someone like Allardyce, I guess I would prefer Bilic.

But being realistic, we ain't going to get him anyway so not an issue.

ibh · 03-09-2008 3:28pm

What about Dowie?? I know his management career has been up and down but a former fans favourite and a Londoner, pretty sure he's a fan as well.
He also like his teams to play good football (even though he never could!!:D) which would please the fans.

Or Chris Coleman?? Young manager who I thought did well at Fulham considering he had that tool Fayed in charge of him.

monkey9 · 03-09-2008 3:29pm

ibh wrote: »

What about Dowie?? I know his management career has been up and down but a former fans favourite and a Londoner, pretty sure he's a fan as well.
He also like his teams to play good football (even though he never could!!:D) which would please the fans.

Or Chris Coleman?? Young manager who I thought did well at Fulham considering he had that tool Fayed in charge of him.

Dowie had a decent six months at Palace when he got them promoted. That's it!

Limerick Dude · 03-09-2008 3:40pm

Looks like NUFC arent the only club with a dodgy board!

Het-Field · 03-09-2008 4:24pm

As Hammers Fans we may be dillusional about our status, but Newcastle are something else. They are a small fry club with a fat beer drinking ignoramus called Ashley as their Chairman. They have shelled out millions and millions of pounds, qualifying for the Champions League when it was easier, and qualify for two cup finals. Freddy Shephard used force them to compete in the Inter Toto Cup each year to qualify for Europe "as they were too big not to be in Europe", in spite of their 13th/14th place finishes. They are not even in the top 10 of big clubs, and never have been. A big stadium and deep pockets does not make you good.

Curb's departure saddens me. I wish him wekk

Charlie · 03-09-2008 4:30pm

Het-Field wrote: »

As Hammers Fans we may be dillusional about our status, but Newcastle are something else. They are a small fry club with a fat beer drinking ignoramus called Ashley as their Chairman. They have shelled out millions and millions of pounds, qualifying for the Champions League when it was easier, and qualify for two cup finals. Freddy Shephard used force them to compete in the Inter Toto Cup each year to qualify for Europe "as they were too big not to be in Europe", in spite of their 13th/14th place finishes. They are not even in the top 10 of big clubs, and never have been. A big stadium and deep pockets does not make you good.

What exactly does this have to do with anything in this thread???

If you want to have a discussion about it though, head over to the Keegan thread, and we can maybe discuss how NUFC fans have vocally backed their manager, and possibly saved his job, whereas WH fans, have probably made the decision even easier for their board.

leninbenjamin · 03-09-2008 4:32pm

Het-Field wrote: »

As Hammers Fans we may be dillusional about our status, but Newcastle are something else. They are a small fry club with a fat beer drinking ignoramus called Ashley as their Chairman. They have shelled out millions and millions of pounds, qualifying for the Champions League when it was easier, and qualify for two cup finals. Freddy Shephard used force them to compete in the Inter Toto Cup each year to qualify for Europe "as they were too big not to be in Europe", in spite of their 13th/14th place finishes. They are not even in the top 10 of big clubs, and never have been. A big stadium and deep pockets does not make you good.

Curb's departure saddens me. I wish him wekk

wekk?

Curbs gone. club seemingly in free fall. there will be more sales in the January window, as the club is backed by Icelandic bankers (i think?), who have really fallen on hard times.

despite the good start i'm beginning to think a relegation battle could be on the cards come February or March.

CHD · 03-09-2008 4:33pm

ibh wrote: »

What about Dowie?? I know his management career has been up and down but a former fans favourite and a Londoner, pretty sure he's a fan as well.
He also like his teams to play good football (even though he never could!!:D) which would please the fans.

Or Chris Coleman?? Young manager who I thought did well at Fulham considering he had that tool Fayed in charge of him.

Fayed is one of the better chairmen

Charlie · 03-09-2008 4:36pm

Anyway, SSN have said they have an exclusive interview with Curbs which they will air within the hour. It will be very interesting to hear what he has to say, unless he has signed one of those ghey non-disclosure agreements.

leninbenjamin · 03-09-2008 4:43pm

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Anyway, SSN have said they have an exclusive interview with Curbs which they will air within the hour. It will be very interesting to hear what he has to say, unless he has signed one of those ghey non-disclosure agreements.

doubt he would even be doing an interview if he signed one. WHU wouldn't even be in a position to pay him off anyway so imo there's no doubt he just walked and can say whatever the fup he likes.

eagle eye · 03-09-2008 4:52pm

West Ham United FC

Manager: Alan Curbishley

David James

Glen Johnson----Rio Ferdinand----Anton Ferdinand----Paul Konchesky

Javier Mascherano

Michael Carrick

Frank Lampard

Joe Cole

Jermaine Defoe

Carlos Tevez

None of the above are employed by West Ham United anymore.

CHD · 03-09-2008 4:55pm

Produced some great youths few years ago

ibh · 03-09-2008 4:57pm

CHD wrote: »

Fayed is one of the better chairmen

I don't think so. He's loaded and he never gave Coleman fcuk all money to spend. Becuase Craven Cottage is tiny, they get very poor gates so he couldn't get transfer money from there either.
Yet he always behaved as if he put his heart and soul into the club. Panicked with Coleman and sacked him when things were going poorly. Then he appointed Sanchez and for the first time ever, splashed some cash. Then sacked Sanchez.

I stand by my statement that he's a tool.

ibh · 03-09-2008 4:58pm

eagle eye wrote: »

West Ham United FC

Manager: Alan Curbishley
David James

Glen Johnson----Rio Ferdinand----Anton Ferdinand----Paul Konchesky
Javier Mascherano
Michael Carrick
Frank Lampard
Joe Cole
Jermaine Defoe
Carlos Tevez

None of the above are employed by West Ham United anymore.

I'd have Bilic and DiCanio in that team as well.

String · 03-09-2008 4:58pm

CHD wrote: »

Produced some great youths few years ago

Great youths coming threw now aswell such as noble, sears, tomkins and collison. We are still going to produce them, but we are also still going to sell them unfortunately. If only they were all like noble who are west ham threw and threw and wont leave unless they have to and I can see noble being very unhappy with this and can see him in an arsenal shirt next year :mad:

leninbenjamin · 03-09-2008 5:03pm

ibh wrote: »

I stand by my statement that he's a tool.

I'd agree with this. Coleman worked miracles on a shoestring in keeping that club in the premiership. Fayed of course was no where to be seen during that entire reign.

Fulham badly need investment beyond players. it's been apparent for years, yet Fayed's never been willing to put in anything but the bare minimum into the club.

then, as ibh says, it starts to go badly and he panics. watch as Hodgson stabilizes them, maybe Fayed has learned his lesson but i doubt it, i reckon we'll see the same thing reoccur; disinterest coupled with lack of investment. short period of panic induced investment, wash, rinse, repeat.

eagle eye · 03-09-2008 5:05pm

ibh wrote: »

I'd have Bilic and DiCanio in that team as well.

All I put in are current premiership players.

ibh · 03-09-2008 5:07pm

eagle eye wrote: »

All I put in are current premiership players.

Aye, fair enough i was just going from recent memory. Formidable team except for Konchesky.. Whats the opposite of formidable???:pac:

_blank_ · 03-09-2008 5:44pm

Who the Jaysis is Kevin Keen?

Fecking SSN nearly gave me a heart attack.

He's the new WHU Caretaker manager.

Ludo · 03-09-2008 7:40pm

Kevin Keen is a former WHU player...and a damn good one also. He is on the coaching staff there. Reserve team manager or something like that...not sure exactly.

ziggy · 03-09-2008 8:38pm

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zAbbo · 04-09-2008 10:27am

ziggy wrote: »

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What?

Curbishley completely messed up in the transfer market, and the board took control and let Ferdinand and McCartney go for 14m!!! which is great money for average players.

I'm not sure anyone can defend Curbs, as he brought in sicknotes, hasbeens and average players in Kieron Dyer, Craig Bellamy, Luis Boa Morte, Nigel Quashie, and Freddie Ljungberg - especially Ljungberg - they bought him for 3m, and terminated his contract after 1 year by paying him off for 6m!!!

That's completely inexcusable, Curbishley has no-one to blame but himself

eagle eye · 04-09-2008 3:10pm

zAbbo wrote: »

What?

Curbishley completely messed up in the transfer market, and the board took control and let Ferdinand and McCartney go for 14m!!! which is great money for average players.

I'm not sure anyone can defend Curbs, as he brought in sicknotes, hasbeens and average players in Kieron Dyer, Craig Bellamy, Luis Boa Morte, Nigel Quashie, and Freddie Ljungberg - especially Ljungberg - they bought him for 3m, and terminated his contract after 1 year by paying him off for 6m!!!

That's completely inexcusable, Curbishley has no-one to blame but himself

This is the Alan Curbishley who got 7 wins in the last nine games for West Ham to keep them in the Premier League in '07, who got West Ham to finish 10th last year.
His record is as follows for West Ham P75 W32 D28 L15.
West Ham were off to their best start to a season in 9 years I think it was. Its just a typical season in the recent history of West Ham, sell off promising players and create problems before things get good.

Curbishley Gone

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