Andy Papps, Romford
David James is a great signing, although most Hammers fans were
expecting to see the midfield strengthened first. He is an England
international and will bring more presence behind the back line.
Glenn now needs to offload the likes of Charles, Kitson, Dailly,
Minto and Camara whilst adding a couple of new players to give the
squad more balance.
Gary St.Hilaire, London
Great signing by Glenn. Shaka has gone of the boil a bit and needs
this type of competition to bring him back to his best. All we need
now is a couple of young quality defenders and if we can get the
services of Josep Guardiola, we'll be a hard team to beat next
season.
Grant, Woodford
A good signing from Glenn, proving he has what it takes to bring
good players to West Ham. Shaka will have to raise his game to keep
his first team spot and so will David if he wants to be first
choice keeper. With a serious worry about our defensive situation
it is good to know that we have two strong keepers who will
each want to do their best in keeping a first team place.
Shane O'Connor, Grays
Keepers come in three groups - very good, good and bad. David James
is good, he isn't special, but it's not bad. Roeder needs
to strengthen the squad pretty quick and get them all known to each
other before the season starts before we find ourselves in another
mess like last season. Tihinen, Guardiola and Laurent Robert (who
Harry was after) would give us an excellent chance for a good
season. A good line up of 3-5-2 could be Pearce, Foxe, Tihinen in
defence, Carrick, Cole, Guardiola, Sinclair and Robert in midfield,
with Di Canio and Kanoute up front - with Defoe on the bench ready
to take his chance when it comes. That's not a bad team
comparing to what we have at the moment - if we get a few injuries
we are ruined.
Colin Charmer, Croydon
No question about it, David James was a good signing, but Shaka
Hislop hasn't been performing badly enough to warrant a
replacement. What we need is a couple more decent strikers or at
least one person that can guarantee us 16 goals per season. Take
Kanoute from the side and where do you look for a consistent
goalscorer. A striker has to be a priority, so come on Glenn,
strike us a good deal.
Brad Emerson, Barking
On a good day he is a good keeper but he does make mistakes a lot
of the time. He is full of promise and I hope he can become the 1st
choice England goalkeeper. I just hope he is not going to be our
only big signing this summer.
Marc Smith, Grays
A few years ago David James was error prone but in the last few
years he has worked on his game and deservedly earned an
England Squad position. I was a little excited when I heard we had
signed him because it's a fact that we don't make a habit
of signing England internationals with their best years still to
come. I feel a little for Shaka but I do think when you are trying
to shake a defence up, you do need to start with the goalie and
James is the man to sort them out. I will be very interested to see
who Roeder signs next although I did chuckle when we were linked to
Guardiola. We are being linked daily with players which is always
nice to read but I hope we follow it up, especially with
Tihinen.