WHUFC.com
The club has on Friday issued a statement with regard to Carlton Cole's
situation
15.07.2011
West Ham United would like to clear up media speculation regarding Carlton
Cole's offer to join Stoke City. Carlton has not asked for a transfer and
has remained committed to the club at all times. In being given permission
to talk to Stoke, the negotiations did not break down as a result of him
asking for too much money. He was discussing wage parity with other key
players and was well within his right to do so. Further, there is no issue
in terms of his reported "injury problems". An England striker, he played 43
games last season. In fact he has averaged 36 matches a year in the last
four campaigns at West Ham United. Carlton remains part of the West Ham
United first-team squad under Sam Allardyce.
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Captain Kevin's pride
WHUFC.com
Kevin Nolan was delighted to wear the skipper's armband on his first
appearance for West Ham United
15.07.2011
Kevin Nolan has spoken of his pride at wearing the captain's armband on his
West Ham United debut. The midfielder was made skipper by manager Sam
Allardyce for Wednesday's 2-1 pre-season defeat by FC Basel as the Hammers'
pre-season training camp in Switzerland drew to a close. Nolan, who was
previously made captain by Allardyce at both Bolton Wanderers and Newcastle
United, relished the opportunity to lead out the boys in claret and blue on
his maiden appearance. "I was very proud to pull on the shirt," he told West
Ham TV. "I was delighted and to be made captain was a nice little touch,
too, and I was happy to get through my first 45 minutes. "I think it showed
that at the end of the week, we were a little bit tired. This is the last
game here and I think it showed a little bit in our performance. Some of the
lads were a bit lethargic. "To be fair, it was my first game in eight or
nine weeks, so I'm delighted to have got through it with no injuries.
Hopefully I can push on now and get more games under the belt and it's the
first step to getting ready for Cardiff."
Along with his new team-mates, Nolan has enjoyed 6.30am alarm calls over the
past week as Allardyce and his staff have worked them harder than many will
have ever worked before. The 29-year-old is well-accustomed to the manager's
pre-season training methods, explaining that the early-morning starts and
triple training sessions were all aimed at getting the players up to top
speed for the opening day of an important season. "This is what it's for.
You've got to find out who is going to be ready for the fight, because it's
going to be a fight. It's going to be backs against the walls at times with
people lumping balls into our box. "Everyone has got to raise their game
because we're West Ham. We've got to be ready for that. We've got to make
sure we're physically and mentally strong and do the business in pre-season
so that when it comes to Cardiff on 7 August we're ready and we can hit the
ground running."
While the intensive training may have left the players tired at the end of
their week in Switzerland, Nolan said the spirit in the squad remained good.
The new No4 has quickly settled into life at the club and has played a
central role in both training and the team-bonding activities organised by
the staff. Nolan wants the players to take that same spirit on to the pitch
in every game they play. "Sometimes when you join a club, especially a
relegated side, there's a bit of a split in the camp and something has gone
wrong, but here the lads are fantastic and there is a great team spirit.
"Hopefully now we can add to that. We can do a few more things during the
season and we can get back to where we belong - the Premier League - because
that's the main aim and the goal. "Although these are good run outs for us,
the main aim is making sure everyone is fit and ready and raring to go come
7 August."
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Ed lands one-year deal
KUMB.com
Filed: Friday, 15th July 2011
By: Staff Writer
Former Hammer Anthony Edgar has signed a one-year contract with League One
side Yeovil Town. The 20-year-old midfielder put pen to paper today having
spent the past few weeks on trial with the Glovers. He was released by West
Ham at the end of last season having failed to make the step up from the
Academy to the first team squad. Confirming his arrival, a statement on
Yeovil's website read: "[Edgar] has looked lively in both pre-season
friendlies, impressing manager Terry Skiverton enough to offer him a
contract. The youngster comes with a good pedigree having come up through
the West Ham United youth academy." Edgar - who will team up at Huish Park
with another former Hammer, Bondz N'Gala - managed to make just two
appearances for West Ham's first team, both as a substitute in the FA Cup.
In January 2009 he came on as an 87th minute sub in the third round 2-1
defeat against Arsenal, whilst his second and final appearance came at the
same stage of last season's competition as an 89th minute replacement for
Zavon Hines in 2-0 win over Barnsley.
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Fans banned from season-opener
KUMB.com
Filed: Friday, 15th July 2011
By: Staff Writer
Cardiff supporters are up in arms over a decision by West Ham to ban fans
from travelling independently to Upton Park. West Ham United's Safety
Advisory Group are insisting that only supporters travelling officially with
Cardiff City will be allowed tickets for the game, which opens West Ham's
Championship campaign early next month. That decision has caused a furore
amongst supporters of the Welsh club - who have been given an allocation of
1,250 tickets for the game - who insist that the decision is unfair on those
fans not living in Cardiff. As a result, City have proposed that instead of
an outright ban fans should be allowed to collect tickets from an agreed
point - in this case, South Mimms service station. But that offer is said
to have been rejected by West Ham officials who are insisting on travelling
fans taking official coaches directly from Cardiff to Upton Park. West Ham's
position is thought to have arien as a result of the skirmishes between fans
of Cardiff and Chelsea following an FA Cup tie at Stamford Bridge in
February. On that occasion violent clashes erupted around the ground,
resulting in almost 100 arrests. That match - which was categorised by the
Met as C-plus, the highest category in terms of the probability of violence
occuring - saw 6,000 Welsh fans descend on the capital and led prosecutor
Howard Tobias to conclude: "The reputation of the fans and the two clubs
alerted police to the high probability of spontaneous and pre-planned
disorder. It was believed violence would occur."
As a result all City fans now look like paying the price for the actions of
a few.
* West Ham are no strangers to controversy with regards to away fans; on the
final day of last season the club was lambasted by Sunderland supporters who
were forced to pay £46 per ticket - despite West Ham having already been
relegated.
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Tony Fernandes: For now I will not say anything about West Ham
London24
Nathaniel John
Friday, July 15, 2011
3:14 PM
Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes has revealed that he is to walk away
from any perspective involvement with West Ham. The owner of the AirAsia
airline and team principal of Formula One team Team Lotus has been linked
numerous times with investing in the Hammers, but revealed via an email to
London24 that he would not be talking about West Ham 'for the moment'. When
asked whether he would answer questions about his potential involvement with
the club, Fernandes appeared to distance himself from the matter. "For the
moment it's probably best I don't say too much about West Ham," he said. "I
think the fans are fed up."
This response begs the question: what are the fans fed up with? Are the fans
fed up with Fernandes' promises that he has failed to back up with actions?
Fernandes describes himself as a 'loyal West Ham fan' according to his
Twitter page, yet the 47-year-old's actions of late have surely been
anything but helpful to the club?
Fernandes' interest in West Ham first came to light in 2009, when the club
was put up for sale by the then-Icelandic owners. However, David Sullivan
and David Gold's bid for the club was preferred and Fernandes returned to
whence he came, not to be seen or heard from for another 18 months following
the Hammers' relegation to the Championship.
In May of this year, the Malaysian entrepreneur was once again linked with
buying a share in the club, but insisted that he would only do so if the
West Ham fans wanted him to. The following month, Fernandes announced that
he had submitted an offer for 51 per cent of the club, on the same morning
that Sam Allardyce was confirmed as Hammers boss. "For all you West Ham fans
an offer has gone to the present owners of West Ham," Fernandes said on his
Twitter page. "Let's see if they accept. There won't be any more statements
on West Ham. I'm just keeping fans informed. "Now we have to just respect
the process. If something happens it happens. If it goes quiet it goes
quiet."
Sullivan was first to react to Fernandes' bid, which he described as 'two
bob'. "Tony Fernandes wanted to buy 51 per cent of the club for 'two bob',"
he said. "He thinks somehow that we are desperate to have him involved or
desperate for the small amount of money he offered." The timing of
Fernandes' bid was also questioned. Is the day a new manager is confirmed at
the club the right time to attempt to bring uncertainty to West Ham by
public announcing a takeover bid? Fernandes believed that the offer was a
legitimate and honest. "We put an offer in, it was a good offer, they didn't
like it and the ball is in their court," he said. "But for the benefit of
West Ham – and I don't want to keep talking about this – let the new manager
go in and do his bit and have some stability there. But if Sullivan and Gold
ever want to talk to us we are there."
And so the saga went on. Despite Fernandes wanting new manager Allardyce to
'do his bit and have some stability' the Malaysian businessman this week
criticised the board and revealed that he would have wanted Gianfranco Zola
back as manager of West Ham had his takeover bid succeeded. "West Ham is all
about a style of football which you won't get with Allardyce," he said.
"And I just can't understand why Avram Grant was ever in charge. "Zola is
far more suited to managing the club.
"There are not many teams with West Ham's support and traditions. But the
way I was treated by Karren Brady in particular has put me off football.
"I'm concentrating on my F1 team now. I can build something here."
Unfortunately for Fernandes, both of his Team Lotus cars were out of the
British Grand Prix at Silverstone before the 10th lap last weekend. Will
Fernandes keep to his word and stay away from West Ham, or will he keep
linking himself with the club in a bid to create some free publicity? Only
time will tell. But I don't think that this is the last we will hear or see
from Fernandes in relation to the Hammers. You can follow me on twitter
@nathaniel_john
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Exclusive - Dyer blames Hammers for injury woes
TalkSPort
By Alex Varney
Friday, July 15
Kieron Dyer inists he is not to blame for his disappointing spell at West
Ham. The England international made only 34 appearances for the Hammers in
four years after a succession of injuries. But, after joining QPR on a free
transfer, Dyer claimed poor treatment has cost him a large part of his
career. "It's frustrating when you're doing everything you're told to do but
you're being misdiagnosed, so you're doing all the rehab but you're doing
the wrong rehab," he said. "You come back and break down again and you go
and see another specialist and they say, 'why have you been doing that
for?'. That happened a number of times where I lost months and months of the
season and people were saying it's down to me but I was only taking the
advice I was given. "It's very frustrating when you're doing all you can to
get fit but you're being told the wrong information. Two seasons ago I was
out with a hamstring injury for almost the whole season. I kept coming back
but kept pulling my hamstring. I went to see a specialist who said, 'you've
got a big piece of scar tissue in your leg, it's too big, break it down and
you'll never have a hamstring problem again. I broke that down and what
happened? I never had a hamstring problem again."
Dyer has signed a short-term perfroamce related deal with QPR and he
revealed Neil Warnock was the reason behind his move to Loftus Road. "I had
a few offers from the Premier League and abroad," he added. "I weighed up my
options and was still undecided until two weeks ago, when I sat down with
the manager and he completely won me over. I'm 100 per cent fit at the
moment. I'm fit and looking forward to the start of the season."
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