- Feb 8, 2007
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Really excellent analysis!I have always said West Ham's biggest problem is thinking they are a big club before they are. If you don't know your position then you can't improve your circumstance.
According to the last financial reports they have the 8th highest turnover in the league and 11th highest wage bill. So in that manner they are OK.
However, like you say they spend a lot on transfers and appear to recoup very little. Buying Payet should have been the type of signing they
love. Bought for £10m, get a great season out of him then triple your money to reinvest. But because they think they are a big club the fans hated it. They have since bought experienced players, largely with injury problems. Basically they have become us in the 90s.
They are now looking at a relegation battle. If they go down they are in trouble.
Instead of targeting Carroll, Wilshere etc they should be buying younger, talented players with a good salary that doesn't cripple them and the option for first team football that better teams can't guarantee. But as they want to act like a big club they don't do that enough.