So, weird season.

The build up to the year was full of promise and with the Tevez saga behind us (almost) I think it’s fair to say the the general consensus amongst the fans was a positive one. The team and backroom staff had undergone a restructure and generally I think I was optimistic about what we could achieve. The board and manager were cetainly making all the right noises.

But I guess what we forgot is that exactly. The manager.

Now, don’t get me wrong, i’m not writing this to lay into Curb’s….I still think that he deserves another half a season to try and prove himself. But this season just gone was a very Curbishly kind of year.

I’ve mentioned to people that when Curbs takes over a club, they should offer a 2/3 season ticket because it would seem that with Curbishly, that is what you get. I’d buy one.

We started fairly brightly but slipped quite appalligly into mid-table obscurity, and I think appalling could quite possibly be too weak a word. But let’s not be harsh, we had injuries.

For 20 weeks we heard that excuse…..if your kids keep falling out of bed during the night, you put a barrier up. Or at very least a big cushion on the floor. It will stop them falling out of bed and injuring themselves. Falling out of bed is preventable, and therefore so are the subsequent injuries. If you don’t take any action and your kids get badly injured, it is your fault and you take responsibility. Especially if it has been happening for 20 weeks.

Curbishly never once took responsibility for any of the preventable injuries….he just used them as excuses. I think during one game (not sure what one exactly), Anton limped off after 3mins. Why did he limp off?…….because he didn’t warm up properly. Quick rain check Curbs, you cannot blame injuries for results if they are preventable.

(as a quick aside, Davenport’s injury is a good example of an unpreventable injuriy and therefore Curbs has every right to blame it if it had led to a bad result)

I think that’s enough complaining about Curb’s for now. Poor little guy – will do nothing for his PR. On that note and before I finish this pararaph, Curbs’ PR is rubbish. He needs to employ somebody to help him out here because if he carries on like he is, he will add to the pressure he is getting from the fans.

Enough!

It’s fair to say that I was, everything considered, very dissapointed with our season. It is not acceptable in my opinion to ever ever ever settle for 10th place. And as much as it was nice to finish above Spurs, lets not give them the glory of us thinking that that was what our entire season hinged around. That only counts for something when we finish 5th and they finish anywhere from 6th – 20th. Particularly 20th. We can then take pride in that.

We need to see a lot more from the team next year, and I honestly think we will. Wholesale backroom staff changes are needed in my opinion, the injury situation this year was shambolic. Curb’s will truly earn my respect if he ditched all his old mates from Charlton who were kicking about working at Sainsburys waiting for him to be employed again.

There is a lot more to see from this West Ham side, but I guess only time will tell

God Bless, Sam

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