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Alan Curbishley speaks out about the future for West Ham and his squad.
His reply to was there any bids from Aston Villa and Newcastle for Anton Ferdinand and Turkish giants Galatasaray and Manchester City for Lucas Neill and was he looking to sell them, was simply:
NO NO NO NO
Curbishley has been ordered to cut the squad from 42 to 27, finding clubs for that many players is quite a task on its own, so when asked about his plans to bring in more players, his reply was:
“West Ham were crippled by injuries for large parts of last season, with a number of key players missing chunks of the campaign.
After so many injuries last season with key players such as Faubert, Bellamy, Dyer etc etc Curbishley is happy to have what he calls his OLD/NEW signings, and any new signings will be dealt with at the right pace, Curbishley said :
“I think everybody is jumping up and down and coming to their own conclusions. Let’s just wait and see what happens to us.
“I did say at the end of the season that it was the size of the squad which held us together, because we had tremendous (injury) problems.
“There’s a long way to go before the window closes and we want to improve the squad.
“I feel that if I get my best XI out there we’ve got a decent side. I want to add a little bit more to that to get a bit more competition and we’re working very hard to do that.”
Asked if he was happy with result 4-2 from the game with Hampton and Richmond Borough. his answer was:
“Of course i am, this was a friendly match to test our teams fitness and style, some of these players we put out today have barely played any games together.
“Our main concern with friendlies is unnecessary injuries and i was very pleased that none occurred tonight.
I have to agree with Curbs, last night was just a friendly and more important, no injuries to our versatile players.
Sundays game should be interesting and more demanding on the West Ham squad. The MLS All Stars game next Thursday will be played on a plastic pitch, which when wet can be very slippery and prone to causing many injuries.
And well done WHUFC.com for putting our minds at rest regarding Robert Green.
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Why is it that the rags have to stir and fabricate so much that it takes the club to have to waste their time releasing statements rubbishing these rumours. if you’re a real west ham fan, you know which bestselling paper to boycott, if enough people do it then perhaps they’ll take the hint and leave us alone.
There is a huge amount of rubbish being written about WHU at the moment. I am sure that if someone comes in with decent offers for Neill and the like then WHU would consider them. Also Bellamy – terrific player but misses too many games. Sell Bellamy and buy Johnson? Not the worst deal in the world. We will keep Anton unless he wants to go. Trouble is there are too many teams doing more – top 4 then Man City, Spuds, Portsmouth, Villa, Newcastle, Everton. We need to break into that 6 (ignoring Blackburn and Sunderland who will spend money) to get into the top 10! I am not being negative but the division is becoming more competitive.
There is a lot of negativity against WHU and Curbs at the moment – both the fans and the media. Can we please all get behind West Ham – good times and bad times – enjoy the season and hope that we can improve on tenth place? Am I the only fan to actually be looking forward to the new season with a fit squad?