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03/12/2009, 4:43 PM hammersfanno1 Joined on 02/12/2009 Posts 6 West Ham Close In On Striker How many times have we read that headline over the last 6 or 7 months? One day it is Balotelli, soon to be the subject of an £18m bid from Arsenal apparently, the next it is Toni, and the day after it is Chamakh. The fact that we don't have any money is not even the most significant obstacle standing in our way of signing any one of these three, a more significant factor still is that, outside of our own imaginations, we are a relatively insignificant club that no self respecting European based striker is in the least bit interested in joining. Tell me, why would they want to move to West Ham? Imagine the hard sell from Zola and Duxbury: "We can guarantee you first team football and ... and ... and ... we hope to be able to pay your wages, especially if we are bought by anybody this side of bankruptcy, which remains a possibility, and ... and ... and if you do well, we could sell you to Tottenham or Arsenal!" Where are these rumours coming from? Well the press need to fill up their papers and we bloggers need something to write about and Duxbury, well he is happy to see the fans fooled so they don't start calling for his head! Of the three, I think Toni is the only slight possibility, signed on a loan deal where we pay a proportion of his salary, so removing a malcontent from the Bayern dressing room. That deal might just stack up and suit all three parties. But are we close to landing this big fish? As close as Ahab got to Moby *** in all probability. I just hope that the good ship West Ham doesn't go down with all hands, like the poor old Pequod. But hang on, one guy did escape the Pequod to tell the tale, clinging hold to a coffin until he was rescued by a passing ship. Call me Ishmael? No, call him Scott Duxbury!  http://thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.com Posted by Hammersfan at 16:09    Report

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