Trevor Sinclair: Lucas Neil(?!)

…However, I’ve kind of come across my first hitch. Some may use the word hitch, I would argue that it is a fascinating insight into the correlation between our success and our style of play of the team that played under Redknapp in 1999 [...]

Robert Green: Shaka Hislop

The second in the series compares Robert Green’s West Ham career stats with Shaka Hislop’s.
On first thought I immediately said that there could be no comparison between Green and Hislop but after delving a little deeper I come to realise/remember that actually in his first stint with us, Shaka was a formidable keeper. The year we made it into the UEFA cup, he won the Hammer of the Year trophy….something that really doesn’t usually get won without a reason! But then Greeno won it this year and the standard of the Premiership is completely different now. In my opinion [...]

Squad Comparison: Past and Present

In an attempt to keep you lovely people entertained until that momentous day when Curbishly ends his love-affair with Louis Boa Morte, I have decided to begin a short series.

I am going to run a player by player analysis comparing this years (predicted XI) with the team of 1998-2000 who qualified in 1998 for the UEFA Cup after finishing 5th and winning the Intertoto Cup. At the end of the day, we all expect something half decent of our current team…it’s very interesting [...]

Alan Curbishley : Harry Redknapp

[...]Another key difference between these two lovely people is their abilities to wheel’n'deal. Or in Curb’s case, lack of. Harry would barter and bargain and get players at the best deal possible…Curb’s on the other hand seems quite content with paying through the nose for old time mercinaries…LBM for £5m? You have got to be kidding me.