England call-up Robert Green has spoken of his disappointment following the
weekend loss
07.10.2008
Robert Green will be "twice as determined to get things right in two weeks'
time" when West Ham United return to action away to Hull City.
The England goalkeeper took personal responsibility for his part in the 3-1
defeat by Bolton Wanderers on Sunday, despite his outstanding form having
been a key factor in a start to the season that had been going
"fantastically well". His uncharacteristic first-half slip allowed Kevin
Davies to put the visitors on the road to victory and the No1 held up his
hands afterwards.
"It's just disappointing," said the ever-honest Green. "And being
responsible for the start of the downfall really, that's the biggest
disappointment. But it's done. I've made mistakes in the past and I'm sure
I'll probably make a few in the future as well. So I'll just get on and work
hard and put the wrongs right and I'll be twice as determined to get things
right in two weeks' time."
Of the goal itself, Green added: "I slipped, and that's about it. It was a
mistake, a bad mistake. I'll go back to the training ground and work on
catching the ball. It's as simple as that. It's something that happens, it's
an occupational hazard, really, making mistakes. And it was disappointing
because it looked like we were controlling the game and it really changed
the complexion.
"If it had come after winning 5-0 and in the last minute of a game, then
yeah, you try and take it with a pinch of salt," the 27-year-old said. "But
that's football and that's life. And you can only treat the successes you
have and the failures you have with in the same way, and just learn from
them and work on them."
Green rightly has the full support of Zola and said the manager had offered
private words of encouragement, as he had publicly in his post-match press
conference. "That's all he's done so far," he said. "He's been fantastic and
encouraged everyone. The important thing is, especially against a team like
Bolton, you try and help your defence out as much as you can and
unfortunately it back-fired in such a way, but these things happen.
"It's something to learn from, it's something that happens. I'll move on and
concentrate on the game coming up against Hull in a couple of weeks' time."
The reigning Hammer of the Year certainly will not be feeling sorry for
himself, adding: "That's life in football, that's what happens. You get
rewarded enough for dealing with it and you just deal with it and get on
with it."
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Reserves to face Fulham - WHUFC
West Ham United reserves travel to west London to play Fulham on Tuesday
night looking for another win
07.10.2008
West Ham United reserves will make the short trip across London on Tuesday
evening to face Fulham.
The team should still be on a high after securing their first win of the
season last week - beating West Bromwich Albion 4-3 in an enthralling
contest. The visitors took the lead three times only for Freddie Sears to
bring the game level on each occasion. The 18-year-old then scored a
last-gasp winner to give his side all three points.
The starting XI could have a slightly more youthful look to it this time
around though. While Jordan Spence is away on England Under-19 duty, the
likes of Marek Stech, Junior Stanislas and Balint Bajner - all youth
internationals in their own right - may well be hoping to get a run-out and
impress the new manager.
West Ham United sit fifth in the Barclays Premier Reserve League with three
points from two games. Their hosts on Tuesday night are bottom of the table,
having drawn one and lost two of their opening three matches.
The match will be held at Fulham's Motspur Park training ground, kick-off
7pm.
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Carr looking for a finish - WHUFC
Tony Carr knows his young side can start winning again if they take more of
their chances
07.10.2008
West Ham United Under-18s may have lost 2-0 at Portsmouth on Saturday but
manager Tony Carr said there were many positives to take from the game.
The hosts took the lead in the 65th minute through penalty after Matty Fry
was adjudged to have felled Tom Kilbey in the area. United thought they had
equalised a short while later but Balint Bajner's strike was ruled out for
offside. Portsmouth put the game out of reach with a second five minutes
from time.
Despite the loss, Carr was pleased with his side's efforts, particularly in
the opening 45 minutes. He said: "We played very well in the first half, and
arguably could have been 2-0 up at half-time. There was a great chance from
Balint Bajner who saw his close-range effort saved by the goalkeeper and
Ahmed Abdulla again, from quite close range, lofted the ball over the bar
when if he had hit the target he would have scored.
"It seems that is how it is going for us at the moment - up front we are
creating lots but not finishing our chances and then getting punished at the
other end. We did the same against Birmingham and Arsenal in the other
recent games."
Carr is convinced they will start to get the rub of the green soon. "We just
need something to go our way, to set us on our way, a goal that goes in off
the back of someone's heel or whatever, just a bit of luck to turn the
corner and I am sure we can improve our performances and results as the
weeks go on," he said.
"We are not pulling it together for the full 90 minutes at the moment, but
we go into the next two games, against Crystal Palace and Chelsea, hoping
that we can report that we have improved and got another few points on the
board," he added.
Several of Carr's original Under-18 squad have made the step up to the
senior level this season. The likes of Freddie Sears, Junior Stanislas,
Jordan Spence and Marek Stech have progressed to be in and around the
first-team but the academy director is still more than happy with the
players he has at his disposal. He believed some small changes would make a
big difference. "It is nothing to do with fitness just things like people
having an extra touch on the ball, when all it needs is one or two touches,
not three.
"In other games, if we had scored from the chances we had been creating, we
would probably be sitting more to the top of the table. As it is, we are not
at the moment, but as I have said many times, parts of the performance in
these games have been very good, but then other parts in the second half
haven't been. We have conceded from set-plays and perhaps lost a bit of
concentration and have a little lack of confidence.
"After what has been a promising start, we are seeing the other side of the
game. After a defeat everyone is a little bit low and it is my job to lift
the spirits and disappointment.
"There is a lot we can improve on the training pitch and other things like
confidence will come when we get a goal in front again and get a win under
our belts. We are going back to the real basics, setting our stall out to
make sure we are organised, are concentrating, never turn our back on the
ball, always have our eye on what is going on and we keep the performance
going and the chances going for the whole 90 minutes."
Carr concluded: "The last victory we had - against Aston Villa, was a
terrific performance from everyone who played that day, so I know what the
players can do and so do they. Freddie took a lot of credit that day, but
the other ten players played a huge part in that performance.
West Ham United: Street, O'Neill, Brown, N'Gala, Fry, Grasser (Kearns 70),
Barrett (McNaughton 73), Lee, Abdulla (Montano 66), Edgar, Bajner.
Subs not used: Loveday, Okus
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Green up for the fight - SSN
Hammers star knows he must step up
Last updated: 6th October 2008
Robert Green knows he will need to be on "top form" to become England's No.1
- but the West Ham goalkeeper has no intention of dwelling on his howler
against Bolton. Green was named in the England squad for the forthcoming
World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus despite gifting Kevin
Davies the opening goal in West Ham's 3-1 defeat to Bolton. Green has only
one full cap, against Colombia during the 2005 tour of the United States,
after his World Cup dreams of two years ago were shattered when he suffered
a ruptured groin while taking a goal-kick during the England B international
against Belarus at the Madejski Stadium. Green faces a fight with David
James and Scott Carson to become England's No.1 and the former Norwich
keeper accepts he needs to be more consistent if he is to become a regular
in the England side. "I want to play and I want to be involved, but you need
to be on top form," said Green. "However, these things happen in life. It is
gone and it will give me something to work on while I am away with England."
West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola backed Green in the aftermath of the defeat to
Bolton and Green is determined not to let the mistake affect him. "It was a
bad mistake and I will do some extra work on the training ground and
practice catching - it is as simple as that," added Green. "It is something
that happens, and for keepers it is an occupational hazard, making mistakes.
"We were disappointed because we were controlling the game then and [the
goal] really changed the complexion of the game. "If that happens in the
last minutes of game when you are winning 5-0, then you take it with a pinch
of salt - but that is football and that is life. "You treat the successes
and failures that you have in the same way. You just have to learn from them
and work on them."
Green added: "I have made mistakes in the past and I am sure I will make a
few in the future, so I will get on and work hard and put the wrongs right.
"I will be twice as determined to get things right come the next game in two
weeks' time."
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Robert Green determined to atone for recent slips - The Times
Gary Jacob
Robert Green has waited so long for an opportunity to shine with England but
he has been shielding his eyes in embarrassment of late. Overlooked when
playing well during the past 18 months, his presence in the national squad
comes at a time when the West Ham United goalkeeper has made a series of
gaffes.
Green dropped a cross to hand Kevin Davies the opening goal in the 3-1 home
defeat by Bolton Wanderers on Sunday and gave away a penalty during the 3-2
defeat away to West Bromwich Albion last month.
The 28-year-old has never hidden his disappointment at having only one
international cap, which came more than three years ago in a friendly
against Colombia. He once had "England's No 6" stitched onto his gloves,
mocking his position in the goalkeeping pecking order, and has claimed that
he does not watch England when not named in the party. Such honesty might,
in other situations, have been regarded as commendable, but could irritate
the England management.
Green was recalled for the World Cup qualifying fixtures against Andorra and
Croatia last month and is the understudy to David James for the matches
against Kazakhstan on Saturday and Belarus four days later. "I want to play
and I want to be involved," Green said. "The squad is picked on form, but
these things [mistakes] happen in life. It's something to be worked on while
I'm away with England.
"It's an occupational hazard, making mistakes. I'll be twice as determined
to get things right. You get rewarded enough for good saves, so you have to
deal with this."
Green has never lacked confidence, but it cannot help him that West Ham have
failed to keep a clean sheet in 19 league matches, during which he has
conceded 40 goals. "Being responsible for the start of the downfall [the
first league defeat under Gianfranco Zola, the new manager] is the biggest
disappointment," he said. "I'll go back to the training ground and work on
catching. If it had come after winning 5-0 and in the last minute, then you
try and take it with a pinch of salt."
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Italian managers keep faith in Green after 'occupational hazard' costs
Hammers dear - Daily Mail
By Simon Cass Last updated at 12:11 AM on 07th October 2008
Luckily for West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green, he has two sympathetic
Italians in his life - with England coach Fabio Capello evidently just as
forgiving as Gianfranco Zola. West Ham manager Zola refused to blame Green
for presenting Bolton with three points on Sunday, while Capello chose to
keep him in the squad for England's World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan
and Belarus. 'It was a mistake, a bad mistake,' conceded Green in reference
to dropping Ricardo Gardner's innocuous cross at the feet of Kevin Davies.
He also allowed Gary Cahill a 'gimme'. 'I'll go back to the training ground
and work on catching the ball. It's that simple,' said Green.
'It's an occupational hazard, really, making mistakes. And it was
disappointing because it looked like we were controlling things and it
changed the complexion of the game.
'You try to help your defence out as much as you can and unfortunately it
backfired. But that's football and that's life. You can only treat the
successes you have and the failures you have in the same way.' Green was
backed by England's goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence. He said: 'Robert has
been playing well all season. Unfortunately, he made a couple of errors but
that happens to goalkeepers. You have to remember you are a quality keeper
and carry on.'
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Reserves Face West Ham - FulhamFC.com
Tuesday 7th October 2008
Billy McKinlay's Reserve Team will be looking to secure their first win of
the season on Tuesday evening as they take on West Ham United at Motspur
Park.
Last Wednesday night the Development Squad travelled to the Britannia
Stadium to face Stoke City, where they gained their first point of the
season with a battling performance in an entertaining 2-2 draw.
Recent reserve encounters between Fulham and West Ham have proved highly
entertaining with the pick of the bunch a 4-1 Fulham win at Craven Cottage
back in November 2006. Following our Reserve League double over the Hammers
in 2006/07 it was the Eastenders' turn to have the better of things last
season, winning 2-0 at Bishops Stortford whilst the game here at Motspur
Park finished 1-1.
The Hammers opened this season's fixtures with a 2-0 reverse at Chelsea, but
gained their first points of the season by taking all three in a seven-goal
thriller against West Bromwich Albion last week. The game saw the return of
Welsh international James Collins and Jack Collison from injury, but the
headlines were stolen by hot prospect Freddie Sears who bagged all four
goals in a 4-3 win.
Sears made a scoring debut for the first team last season when he netted
minutes after coming on as substitute against Blackburn and in all, his goal
tally was 25 from 24 games at reserve and youth team level. Also featuring
in the Hammers team against Albion was defender Walter Lopez, the Uruguayan
international who joined the club last month. Lopez can play in defence or
midfield.
Another West Ham summer signing was that of former Czech Republic U21
international Jan Lastuvka who is on loan from Ukrainian club Shaktar
Donetsk. Jan will be a familiar name to Fulham fans following his
season-long loan at Craven Cottage in 2006/07 when he featured in eight
Premier League games for the Whites. The man between the posts for the
Albion game however was Marek Stech.
Match Details:
Kick-Off: 7pm
Location: Motspur Park
|Ticket Prices: £3 adults, £1 concessions
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West Ham may soon not be the only club where bubbles burst - Guardian
The current indebtedness of England's leading football clubs ought to be
filling everyone involved with profound unease
It's about a dozen years since I sat on the desk of a financial journalist
and refused to move until he'd explained what hedge funds did and how short
selling worked. So when spread betting caught on, the inherent danger was
clear: if you're putting your money on someone losing, all sorts of
opportunities for dirty tricks open up. And in the end, as we've seen on a
much grander scale in the last couple of weeks, little good can come of
betting on failure.
Sport doesn't always mimic the workings of the wider world, but sometimes
the parallels can't be escaped. So yesterday I persuaded our economics
editor to break off from discussing the plight of Tottenham Hotspur to tell
me how and why the Chinese government came to own such a large proportion of
the United States' national debt that they could, if they were feeling
mischievous, wipe out that country's economy with a stroke of the pen. The
point of this, since you ask, is that the current indebtedness of England's
leading football clubs ought to be filling everyone involved with profound
unease.
Reduced to its essentials, the answer was that the US made itself vulnerable
by spending more on imports than it earned from exports, thanks to the
erosion of its industrial base following the end of protectionism and the
derestriction of capital controls. A similar self-indulgence can be seen in
the English clubs' willingness - also in the wake of deregulation - to
imperil their financial stability by paying transfer fees and running up
wage bills amounting to an unhealthy percentage of their turnover, while
also needing to spend money on upgrading their facilities.
In that state, the only recourse is to outside capital: foreigners buying
treasury bonds in the case of the US economy, foreign ownership of the clubs
in the case of the Premier League. So now virtually every club that is not
already foreign-owned is dreaming of the arrival of billionaires from
abroad, with Spurs, Newcastle United and Everton leading the queue.
But already the danger signs are turning from amber to red. The price of oil
has fallen sharply in the current crisis, along with that of steel and other
minerals; none is likely to recover soon. Football, a direct beneficiary of
those industries' prosperity, will find that the investors of the Persian
Gulf, China and Russia are no longer wandering around with open chequebooks.
Liverpool's American businessmen have put the plans for a new stadium on
hold, and the American Insurance Group, whose initials adorn Manchester
United's strip, have just become the beneficiaries of the largest government
bailout ever awarded to a private company. West Ham United actually lost
their shirt sponsor as a consequence of last month's collapse of the XL
leisure company, in which the Icelandic businessman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson,
who owns a majority of the club's shares, had an interest. This week
Iceland's banks have gone into meltdown, which may be much worse news for
Upton Park than the team's failure to get a point from a home match against
Bolton at the weekend.
The swirling financial currents are even threatening to cause disruption in
the Championship, supposedly a repository of the values of "real football".
Until the sovereign wealth of Abu Dhabi descended upon Manchester City, the
combined funds of Lakshmi Mittal, Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore
enabled Queens Park Rangers to describe themselves as Britain's richest
club. The value of Mittal's family holdings in steel, however, dropped from
£33bn in June to £16bn this week. That still makes him as rich as Roman
Abramovich, but possibly more inclined to watch the pennies for a while.
In the short term, football's only reliable source of major revenue is
likely to be television. The networks need the audience the game delivers
and will pay handsomely to secure the supply line. But if broadcasting
rights brought in enough money to keep the clubs in the style to which they
have become accustomed, the likes of Mike Ashley and Bill Kenwright would
not be lifting their skirts to investors. At Reading, John Madejski failed
to find a buyer last year and saw the club relegated.
Football, our economics editor concluded, is the one bubble that has yet to
burst. It may be a while before the Rooneys and the Lampards need to
downsize, but for the fans of those clubs who yearn to join the big four but
have not quite managed it so far, the frustration is likely to get worse.
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Star still waiting over permanent deal - lep.co.uk
Published Date: 07 October 2008
Carlos Tevez is determined to stay at Manchester United - even though the
former West Ham United star's loan contract at Old Trafford has not yet been
made permanent. The Sun newspaper reports Tevez fears his Manchester United
future is in doubt because he has still not been offered a deal despite
assurances from the club. Tevez has been on the bench in three of the last
four games and was also angry the vacant No 9 shirt was saved for Dimitar
Berbatov rather than given to him this season. United secured the hitman,
24, on an initial two-year loan at the start of last term after his
controversial spell at West Ham. In July, United chief executive David Gill
said: "The only issue is a long-term contract. It is not a problem." But
last month manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: "As I understand, a permanent
deal will happen at the end of the season." Tevez said: "Ever since I came
I've wanted a permanent contract. I would sign it without doubt."
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England coach Clemence backing West Ham's Green
07.10.08 | tribalfootball.com
England goalkeeper coach Ray Clemence has given his backing to West Ham No1
Robert Green after his disappointing performance against Bolton Wanderers on
Sunday. Clemence said: "Robert Green has been playing well all season.
Unfortunately he made a couple of errors but that happens to goalkeepers.
"You have got to have broad shoulders. You have got to remember you are a
quality goalkeeper and carry on."
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Bolton's Davies has sympathy for West Ham keeper Green
07.10.08 | tribalfootball.com
Bolton Wanderers striker Kevin Davies feels for West Ham goalkeeper Robert
Green after his gaffe gifted the Trotters their opener on Sunday. "It is
unfortunate for him, he just dropped it and the ball fell nicely for me,"
said Davies. "I think the defender thought he was going to get there, but I
just nipped in and knocked the ball into the net. "It was a bit of luck but
we have not had too much of that recently so I suppose we were due." The
striker added: "We have not managed to get in front for a while either and
that takes the pressure off. "It was a great away performance from us and I
am obviously made up with another goal."
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West Ham keeper Green: I didn't want to cause Zola downfall
07.10.08 | tribalfootball.com
West Ham United goalkeeper Robert Green admits the worst thing to come from
his error-prone display against Bolton was that it ended manager Gianfranco
Zola's unbeaten run since taking over. "Being responsible for the start of
the downfall [the first league defeat under Zola] is the biggest
disappointment," he said. "I'll go back to the training ground and work on
catching. If it had come after winning 5-0 and in the last minute, then you
try and take it with a pinch of salt."
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