Hugh Southon, Author at Blowing Bubbles

The Last Word: Will Moyes suffer the same fate as Bilic and Pellegrini? Let’s hope not!

May 26, 2021 Hugh Southon 0

It’s been a great season, but I hope it won’t be a case of deja vous and a replica of what happened to Slaven Bilic and later Manuel Pellegrini in their second year. The received

The Last Word: Mark is a Hammer for life. I hope he gets the send off he deserves

April 16, 2021 Hugh Southon 0

Everything that needs to be said about Mark Noble’s immense loyalty to this club will have been said a million times or more. It’s the biggest given in West Ham and probably across the Premier

The Last Word: We’ve many Hammer of the Year contenders after vintage season

March 17, 2021 Hugh Southon 0

Has there ever been a more difficult season to even consider who should become Hammer of the Year? It’s a long time since we have seen so many contenders for the most prized of awards

The Last Word: Irons fans must trust Moyes as boss fails to invest in a striker

February 20, 2021 Hugh Southon 0

It’s difficult to understand why David Moyes decided not to move for a striker in the winter window. To be perhaps rather unfair, maybe he was haunted by the memory of Jordan Hugill, who has

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: Noble has been great for West Ham but his time is now over

January 7, 2021 Hugh Southon 0

It’s a very sad day indeed when you need to spell out the obvious concerning a person who has been loyal and true from the start. It becomes even worse when you need to say

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: Humble Rice is starting to look like Moore on and off the pitch

December 13, 2020 Hugh Southon 0

I don’t know Declan Rice. I wish I did because as I watched him give an exuberant interview to Sky Sports before the game against Sheffield United game I felt the smile crossing my face

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: You don’t need to spend loads of cash if you find the right guys

November 27, 2020 Hugh Southon 0

Based on what we have seen so far this season, Jarrod Bowen, Tomas Soucek and the new right back Vladimir Coufal are ready-made Hammers stars snapped up at bargain prices and making a major impact.

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: You can take the rough with the smooth but the buck stops here

October 26, 2020 Hugh Southon 0

Making a sensible and realistic appraisal of West Ham United’s place in football generally and among its own supporters right now is a mystery which even Sherlock Holmes may have issues solving. The past 10

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: We can moan all we like but we had to raise the cash somehow

September 28, 2020 Hugh Southon 0

It would be easy to blather on about whether the sale of Grady Diangana is a good or bad decision but it does come as a result of some very poor recruitment down the last

Hugh Southon’s Last Word

July 13, 2020 Hugh Southon 0

Some things are almost too wicked to consider and the departures of Zaba and a kid of 19 called Ngakia come as close as it will ever get – Talk about a tale of two

Articles by Hugh Southon

The Last Word: Will Moyes suffer the same fate as Bilic and Pellegrini? Let’s hope not!

The Last Word: Mark is a Hammer for life. I hope he gets the send off he deserves

The Last Word: We’ve many Hammer of the Year contenders after vintage season

The Last Word: Irons fans must trust Moyes as boss fails to invest in a striker

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: Noble has been great for West Ham but his time is now over

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: Humble Rice is starting to look like Moore on and off the pitch

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: You don’t need to spend loads of cash if you find the right guys

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: You can take the rough with the smooth but the buck stops here

Hugh Southon’s Last Word: We can moan all we like but we had to raise the cash somehow

Hugh Southon’s Last Word

The Last Word: Will Moyes suffer the same fate as Bilic and Pellegrini? Let’s hope not!

Forget Shakira’s hips, it’s really the numbers that don’t lie

Accounts lay bare the impact of COVID-19 on West Ham and others

Will any of our loan rangers ever get their first team chance?