Saint Garrett

A cool head from one yard out? Lol Carroll missed a similar chance the other week from what I remember.

Pal of mine asked me to do a Q+A for WestHamOnline.net. Will put a link up once it's been put up there. EDIT: Article here: http://westhamonline.net/article.php?7233072||1|| Thought I'd do the same...why not? Could even make it a weekly feature as I quite like getting other fans views... Thanks to my mate Woody for his answers - you can find him at https://twitter.com/woodstockiron if you want to give him some abuse! 1. What do you think of West Ham’s season so far? It has been awful really. Every time we got a good win and thought it would kick start our season we go on a losing streak. Both wins against Spurs was awesome but apart from that we have been dire. It hasn’t helped that we have had loads of injuries though. We have now got most of the players back and starting to get on a little run. Hopefully we will stay clear of a relegation dog fight and have a good end to the season. 2. Your view on your playing style? Should Allardyce leave? Our style isn’t great to watch and sometimes I cringe when Collins does one of his hoofs when there is an easy pass on. West Ham fans love to get entertained and under Fat Sam we very rarely do. Having said all that, while he has been in charge we have beaten all our arch rivals which hasn’t happened a great over the years (Spurs away, Chelsea and Millwall). I would love to see Downing and Jarvis both playing swinging balls into the box for Carroll to nod it home. Unfortunately for us they never seem to all be fit. Trouble is that it’s so important we are in the premiership when we move into the new ground I think the owners are scared to get anyone else in. I would like him to leave at the end of the season and for us to get an exciting manager in. If we are going to sell out the new ground we need to see exciting football and I don’t think Fat Sam is the man to lead us out there. 3. What has happened to the famed ‘Academy of Football’? There are still loads of players to come out of our academy. At the moment though they just don’t seem good enough for the 1st team our youth teams always seem to be doing very well. I also don’t think Fat Sam will risk a younger player in the 1st team. A new manager may well do though. Noble and Tomkins are our best players and both out of the academy. 4. What do you think of your move to the Olympic Stadium? Would you rather stay at Upton Park? I’m still not sure to be honest. I just wish we could move into a proper football stadium, I am so worried the view is going to crap and there will be empty seats. I do wish we could just replace the East Stand and make it 43 thousand as I think that’s enough for us but by what the owners say that’s isn’t an option. There is no doubt the train’s links to the ground will be fantastic and deal for the ground (seems) a bargain. Fingers crossed it’s as good as the owners say and takes us to the next level. 5. What have you made of Southampton’s season? Been an excellent season for you lot, with the amount you spent you would expect to be where you are. I just don’t understand the cup game last week? Why on earth does he play a weakened team when that has to be the biggest game of the season. In my opinion you had a massive chance to get to Wembley. If that was us I would be furious. 6. Opinion on Southampton FC as a whole? Likes and dislikes? The youth at Southampton seems really good at the moment loads of young players in the 1st team which must be good to see. I thought it was a well run club until the owner/chairman left and some fat bird actually runs the club? All a bit odd if you ask me. Dislikes – You fans seem to think you play like Brazil? Whenever I seen you play, you pass it around a bit but always look for a lump up to Lambert. Apart from that it always rains when we play you lot but a decent club deserve to be in the prem. 7. How many players from both clubs do you think should be on the plane to Brazil for England? If any, who? Lallana is a good player from what I have seen so I think he should be in the squad – Would love Carroll to go, although your fans think he is a donkey I think he is a great striker. He works so hard for the team and always a massive threat. Needs a run of games though and if it wasn’t for that cheat Chico he would be on his way by now. 8. Do you think any of the teams outside of the “top 6” (Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, Spurs, Everton) will ever be able to compete for a Champions League place? If yes, how would they do this? If another team gets taken over and spend **** loads of cash someone might. I can’t see anyone doing it though. I know you have some dosh these days but players aren’t going to pick Southampton over Liverpool or Everton or even those ******s Spurs. 9. Which players from the Southampton squad would get a start in the West Ham side? I would have Shaw and I quite wanted Lambert when we were after him. Would love to see him and Carroll up top together that would be chaos. 10. Score prediction for Saturday? IF you have a full strength team I reckon a high scoring draw, If like the cup game I reckon we could nick it. Good luck

Agree but we always pick players on reputation rather than form, it's a problem that we've had for years! My choice: Hart (Foster, Forster) Johnson (Walker), Jagielka (Jones), Cahill (Smalling), Baines (Shaw) Gerrard (Carrick) Wilshere (Henderson) Lallana(Sterling) Rooney(Barkley) Chamberlain (Milner) Sturridge(Welbeck)

Probably just Lallana - maybe Shaw, although I'm pretty sure Cole will go.

You have got to be joking. BT can **** off!!!!

Why the hell would you start Wanyama? His brain is so far behind the game at the moment it's embarrassing. Cork to start for me alongside Morgan.

I hope the players wont be too tired, probably need another month off to make sure they've got some energy - sod it they might as well go on holiday now so they're fresh for pre season.

What if they go down and win neither trophy ?

I'm sure they all have bonuses. Win bonuses, final placing bonuses, cup win bonuses. Be stupid to think otherwise. But you saying that Poch gets a massive bonus for getting us eighth is probably bullshiit. You're just speculating. Ok it may be true, but you're just making it up with no reason other than being a cock

Why does GS just consistently post lies? Just don't get it. Is your life that sad that you need to post lies on an Internet forum to wind people up?

I agree. This weekend has cost me a fortune!

Turkish ain't that bad at all, he just likes winding people up and has his opinions. Along with Alpine. Don't mind either of them Glasgow and Barry Sanchez however are just irritating top to bottom.

Jos came over to clap the fans, people were literally just telling him to f*ck off. Harsh but not good enough. Was a very frustrating day all round

But everyone knows we have no strength in depth. It's not like people have been saying otherwise. But it's very harsh to have a go at players who aren't good enough, it's not their fault they're on the pitch. I love the fact we're giving these youngsters a chance in the first team squad, but we need to have more than one or two attacking options on the bench. Especially as those 2 players, one is injured and one is out on loan. We should have brought in a striker, and we need another player who can play across the attacking positions. It's great having our side playing so well, but our system is a very tiring system, and a few fresh legs would be very welcome right now. Still ****ed off the team we put out today though, should have sacrificed the Hull game for this one IMO.

This. Come all the way up here for that ****e. Atleast try to win the game FFS!!!!!!

What the **** are we doing?! No JRod? No Boruc? No Morgan? Really glad I mad this trip!

From the vid on twitter, doesn't look like Boruc and Fonte have travelled?

It will be strongest possible team IMO.

Anyone recommend somewhere to park near the ground? And is there any pubs close to the away end?

Makes a big difference when we have a really good chance of getting a result away as well. We've got some great results away in the last 5 years. People get back into it, and a lot of the away games aren't that difficult to get to really, and are in decent cities. Add the fact that a lot of our younger support...(I include myself in that at 25) won't have done many of the prem grounds before last season. Tomorrow will be my last of the 20 prem. It's been good this season though, and those stats are ridiculous!!!

Well I'm leaving after work tonight so I'll be ****ed if they cancel it tomorrow !

I always think it's quite funny when I sit and watch the press conference, and then newspaper articles are written using those quotes and suddenly it's in a complete different context.

Shaw the best LB in the world....eh?!?

Got a lot of time for him, but not quite good enough at this level. Hugely appreciative of all his efforts over his time here - an important cog to our success.

Lovren would have to be in there IMO. Prob Baines instead of Shaw. and DEFINITELY not 442! Would have to go with Aguero Suarez and Hazard up top, Lallana in behind with Toure and Ramsey closely pip Morgan.