The Kickabout

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@WestHam Genuinely called this squad last Sunday. Potter is so easy to predict its insane. If I can do it, much smarter people within football can. I worry for West Ham tonight, this could get ugly. Hope I am wrong.

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@fonzytottenham @WestHamTony1 @WestHam_Central If you can keep him happy he will be very good I think. Sometimes he is like adama though, no end product. But if he doesn't get his way, things go against him or his form drops, his attitude drops like a stone. He reportedly did it at Ajax and he did it with us.

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Hey @andybrassell , I know the statistics suggest Ruben Amorim has done very well in Portugal but do you think he would be successful in England if the rumours of him going to Liverpool or West Ham are true ?

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@StefanLJones Embarrassingly I've only just seen this tweet, so sorry!

100% interested, I will join the Facebook group later this evening 😁

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@WHUFC_News He was like the Antonio from 5 years ago. Amazing performance.

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Please tell me this isn't true @ExWHUEmployee

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He's recently come under some pressure after an eight-match winless run.

#BBCFootball

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@Sam_K493 @1westhamfan @whucentre I would say several of those players you mentioned came in during the summer and thus putting them straight in to areas that we needed to strengthen, is a lot easier to do than mid season when soucek has had an "ok" season. I want to see Phillips replace soucek too btw long term.

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@WestHamViews_ Given that one of his biggest issues was tracking back and defending, I highly doubt he will suit a Moyes brand of football. He will be another benrahma and will quickly fall out of favour with Moyes.

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No podcast recording tonight, Chris is ill as usual. Will aim to record new year's day and release the following day.

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Merry Christmas Everyone 🎁 🎄. Hope you have all had fantastic days!

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Tonight is the night everyone! Live from 20:00 BST for the season ending LMA Mnager live stream. It should be great with lots still to play for. A new style of forfeits are set as well for extra scuffness and stupidness. Join us on YT tonight!

https://t.co/ZJXWtYeiQI

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Starting to branch out into other types of YT stuff. Check out my thoughts on the impending Rice transfer to Arsenal.

https://t.co/NZaxjRTr7z

#rice #arsenal #reactions #opinions

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Live footage of Helmut Marko replacing De Vries with Daniel Ricciardo

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@jordan_kelly56 Wisely haha. Someone who can work well with an ever improving Paquetta would be nice. Ward-Prowse would be a good addition, seen Edson Alvarez's name thrown around but think he is going Dortmund. Maybe Youssouf Fofana too but might be out of our league.

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Looks like Rice to @Arsenal is very likely now, just some structure stuff to work out. WH have done well to get a good amount of money, Arsenal have an unbelievable player. Gutted to lose him but also excited to see what he can do in Champions League and for England long term.

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@alalwayslosses @Abdidhicir @WestHam_Central Very good way of putting it. I have always maintained that the 100m figure is not a reflection on just his ability on the pitch. Its everything on & off the pitch. He is the best player we have had for a very long time, so I don't blame WH doing everything they can to get max £££

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@Ras_Bery @SamFree55640200 @Gunners_PL23 @WestHam_Central @JacobSteinberg We don't have a problem, we only have a problem IF we sell Rice and don't get enough money up front to help replace a player of his quality. If we kept Rice, we wouldn't have a problem outside of not being able to go mad. We are on the ffp watchlist, we aren't being investigated!

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@rushyfpl @Gunners_PL23 @WestHam_Central @JacobSteinberg It probably does more than you think, this is just very high profile. From some normally reliable sources, it appears WH are happy with the £105m fee. Its the structure that is still not right however it is apparently close. So this may well still get accepted with a bit of work.

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@SamFree55640200 @Gunners_PL23 @WestHam_Central @JacobSteinberg Well the way its worded, I think suggests they are happy with the amount, its just the structure that they aren't. Given what I said, I think if Arsenal offer a big chunk up front and then the rest over a few years, it will get accepted. I think its a deal that works for everyone