Michael Collins

Striker - West Ham United
29 Jul 2029
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148 Edition

The West Ham United Courier

28 May 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces28 May 2029

The mood at West Ham United has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Boardroom28 May 2029

The scrutiny sharpens at West Ham United

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at West Ham United is running low.

Market28 May 2029

Cameron Congreve puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at West Ham United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market28 May 2029

Preston Fearon is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at West Ham United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market28 May 2029

Josh Dasilva comes back from a loan that worked

44 appearances and 14 goals away from here, and a player the manager did not have in August. Loans are sent out hoping for exactly this and most of them do not deliver it.

Squad28 May 2029

Joachim Kayi Sanda in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at West Ham United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout28 May 2029

Tomáš Souček is still paying for one afternoon at West Ham United

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout28 May 2029

Brian Madjo knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Brian Madjo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market28 May 2029

West Ham United put Leon Chiwome up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Leon Chiwome may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

Back issues
110 Edition

The West Ham United Courier

4 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market4 Sep 2028

West Ham United turn down Tottenham for Daniel Iversen

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Boardroom4 Sep 2028

West Ham United close the window on a squad of their own making

28 in and 27 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market4 Sep 2028

Evan N'Dicka wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at West Ham United hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Market4 Sep 2028

Eyes on Aaron Wan-Bissaka again

The phone has started ringing about Aaron Wan-Bissaka again, and this time the name on the line is Reading. West Ham United are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market4 Sep 2028

Cam Bragg has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around West Ham United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad4 Sep 2028

Manor Solomon wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and West Ham United know it.

Match2 Sep 2028

No end in sight to West Ham United's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at West Ham United has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad4 Sep 2028

Tempers go at West Ham United

Jarrod Bowen was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match2 Sep 2028

West Ham United cannot find the net

4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

In brief