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West Ham target Callum O'Hare and Jacob Grieves....
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Brian Marwood
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Son of Mark Greaves who played for us in the 1990's.
Simply red
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They took Jarod Bowen from the championship , maybe thinking O'hare and Greaves can step up. I agree with them .
BoroMart
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Greaves possibly
Do West Ham need to increase their homegrown player quota??
They did on footy manager, anyway, when they tried to nab Sonny Finch off me
They do.
They have 5 home-grown players out of contract this summer - Cresswell, Antonio, Johnson, Mubama and their young keeper - and they sold Connor Coventry in Jan.
You'd expect Antonio, Mubama and the keeper to sign extensions - which leaves them with those 3 + Bowen, Ings and Ward-Prowse
If the other 2 leave... They need 2 more. Could be O'Hare annd Grieves
Brian Marwood
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They do.
They have 5 home-grown players out of contract this summer - Cresswell, Antonio, Johnson, Mubama and their young keeper - and they sold Connor Coventry in Jan.
You'd expect Antonio, Mubama and the keeper to sign extensions - which leaves them with those 3 + Bowen, Ings and Ward-Prowse
If the other 2 leave... They need 2 more. Could be O'Hare annd Grieves
Greaves.
BoroMart
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I'd be very skeptical if I was a player being signed to fulfil a home grown quota....are you really anything more than a squad fillerThey do.
They have 5 home-grown players out of contract this summer - Cresswell, Antonio, Johnson, Mubama and their young keeper - and they sold Connor Coventry in Jan.
You'd expect Antonio, Mubama and the keeper to sign extensions - which leaves them with those 3 + Bowen, Ings and Ward-Prowse
If the other 2 leave... They need 2 more. Could be O'Hare annd Grieves
If you're good enough, you're good enough. West Ham might be inclined to spend more money on a player who is good enough - but also home grown.
BoroMart
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Maybe, but there are plenty of examples of players that go and rot on the bench. I mean Randolph to West Ham is a great example. 5 league appearances in 3 years after going to West Ham and his career was done from that point with he exists to train first choice keepers, where is the job satisfaction in that?
Randolph was 32-33 when he joined West Ham so his career was pretty much done anyway - He had the choice of staying in the championship for another 2 seasons or setting himself up for the next 3-4 as a PL 3rd choice, on a much higher wage? - I know which one I'd choose. Carson at City, Heaton/Lee Grant at Utd, even Schwarzer at Chelsea are more examples of this.
It's a bit different for a player like Jacob Greaves who's arguably one of the best young CBs in the championship... He's 23 years old... He should be backing himself to secure a place in a PL team.
BoroMart
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That’s prime time for a goalkeeper
LessoftheLip
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We will grieve for Jacob like we grieved for Tony
