⚒Paul Mitchell ⚒

@_WestHamReport @The_BoleynBoys The only alternative is to say nothing. Why should we have to do that?

I see a lot of comments about "spreading negativity" and I just want to address this quickly. The club is a mess. Nothing is positive as it stands. Creating discussion points and addressing what's happening is not spreading negativity as if it's a false entity. It's reality.

@jayrayner1 I really think you should publish your photos as part of the review. The staged pictures often bear little relation to what you are describing

I’ve noted before that stupidly, restaurants often change the plating of dishes for the pro photographer we send in after I visit the restaurant. Note my pic of the birdcage dessert. And how they added strawberries I didn’t receive, an extra scoop of ice cream and foliage.

@The_BoleynBoys The only, very brief, moment when it looked like we had some kind of plan is when we tried to sign Onana last summer. When that didn’t work out we just gave up.

@pmitchell1969 That is everyone’s main gripe. It’s embarrassing we’re in this mess.

The disrespect McTominay is getting. He will prove so many wrong if we can get him through the door. Anything around £40m lovely! ⚒

@The_BoleynBoys We’ve had at least two years to prepare for Rice leaving. We knew he was going and we knew it would almost certainly be this summer. We even knew roughly how much money we would get Unforgivable that we have no plan to deal with the situation.

@pmitchell1969 Nothing seems organised and that seems our biggest problem.

@The_BoleynBoys Depends on the price and the overall strategy but I broadly agree. I think most people would also agree if we had already signed two or three more exciting players. The lack of action is not helping anyone at the moment.

@pmitchell1969 Agreed mate! I think we need a 6 more than anything but is McTominay a good buy? Absolutely he is!

@COYIronscom Billy Bonds and Joe Cole

You're allowed TWO former #WHUFC players to play alongside Paqueta. Who are you picking? 👇

@ben_personal Alvarez looks the best value option.

If we get Gallagher over the line, Paqueta / Gallagher midfield starts to look high energy, and good both defensively and pressing. What DM completes these two?

@WestHam The Frenchies

Pre-season picture posing 📸

@legsidelizzy If this series has anything it is that absolutely anything can happen next. Likely to be at least as much play tomorrow as today. New ball due in nine overs. Pitch producing some irregular bounce for the spinner at one end, pace at the other.

I am an eternal pessimist but it Feels like the Ashes have gone.

@quantick But Owen Jones says Labour are bad!

@PetronellaWyatt @MailOnline I left my heart in San Francisco

I know of two British women in a well known London hospital who came back from Turkey with no kidneys. Their organs were literally stolen while the women were under anesthetic. The deals luring Brits to Istanbul for cosmetic surgery mol.im/a/12151565 via @MailOnline

@The_BoleynBoys Yep. ‘Loan to buy’ says either ‘we’re not sure if this guy is any good’ or ‘we haven’t really got any money’. Inspiring messages.

Every fucking thing is loan to buy. I’m sorry but the argument that it’s good to do business that way is just bollocks. We should be confident enough in ourselves that if we want someone, just go and fucking get them!

@Herring1967 People don’t understand that being a hypocrite is about holding two contradictory positions at the same time, not about doing one thing then changing your mind and doing something different.

people saying BBC hypocrites for not naming the presenter when they didn’t have any trouble naming Cliff Richard, without realising they’re not naming because of what happened with CR. Presumably you think what happened with CR was wrong, so why would you want name this time?

@ESPNcricinfo Root

With Harry Brook now likely to stay in the middle order, who should step up to no.3 for England at Old Trafford? #Ashes | #ENGvAUS

@WestHam Top man Oggy

The West Ham family ❤️⚒️

@yvanspijk Is that where we get the English word ‘heist’ as well?

Sometimes, words were saved from death because they were borrowed. The descendants of *uzgōlīn (pride) became extinct in Germanic, but borrowings live on in Romance: e.g. French 'orgueil'. *Haifstiz (conflict) was even brought back to Germanic thanks to Old French 'haste':

@quantick I think her lawyers have had a word with her

@The_BoleynBoys A lot of good things about him but I’m not sure his first touch is good enough to play at the top level. Might just be a bit of nerves though, I’d be happy to see him given some chances to settle in the first team.

Anyone actually think Mubama has it in him to be our no.9? Not convinced at all so far.

@admiralabby @ESPNcricinfo Show me how a batsman can ‘withdraw’ runs in the Laws of cricket.

Ben Stokes says he would have withdrawn the appeal if his side had dismissed a player in the manner that Alex Carey stumped Jonny Bairstow espncricinfo.com/story/ashes-20…