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Re: Alan Curbishley Resigns As West Ham United Manager

JLay — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:20:55 -0000

Yeah, sad to see. Seems like the leadership at WH are happy being perennial 12-17 finishers.

While every other team in the league was bringing in talent, WH sat on the sideline and sold players that Curbishley needed on the pitch. I don't see them making any effort to improve, and I think Curbs did the right thing in walking away...

Re: Alan Curbishley Resigns As West Ham United Manager

Simon Burke — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:49:47 -0000

By resigning though you dont get your massive payoff which is why most managers hang on forever... until the axe. God knows whats going on at Newcastle, i assume Ashley is trying to worm out of paying Keegan.

Re: Alan Curbishley Resigns As West Ham United Manager

The Gaffer — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:23:59 -0000

I don't blame Curbs for resigning. After Ferdinand and McCartney were sold to Sunderland and no adequate cover was brought in, how is he expected to win matches?

It's not as if the expectations from the Hammers fans would have been lowered. They would have still expected the same top half finish.

In the back of his mind, Curbs probably knew he would end up being sacked in a few weeks time if the team slumped to more defeats, so resigning now was the best thing he could do. It saves him the embarrassment of being sacked and increases his chances of getting another manager's job in the near future.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

Re: Alan Curbishley Resigns As West Ham United Manager

Desmond - FootballMeeting.com — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:07:48 -0000

Premier league is in a mess.

Curbs is a very good manager and he resigns. Kevin Keegan is also inspiring and he might be force to resign.

And then Man City got bought over by some group of people with unlimited funds.

What's up with the league?