Not sure how our finances stand but to make a push for­ Europe we need more firepower, we dont have a good­ depth in the team and if we suffer injuries like last­ year with some key players we will be patching up the­ team again.

I agree that the exit of Tristan, Bowyer and Di Michele­ are due to their age.

With only Ashton and Cole, it is­ insufficient to play for a whole season.
Di­ Michele's scoring power is not good, but Tristan­ should be better, at least his free kick is powerful­ and accruate. That's what West Ham needs.

His­ experience can help West Ham and he should be a good­ sub after Ashton and Cole if his salary is not high.

If this is an exodus its a shame West ham didn't­ have one ages ago, all players we can well do without.­ Tristan and DiMichele are too old and proved not to be­ sharp enough for most defences, Neill was ably covered­ by Tomkins towards the end of last season and is­ extremely expensive (turned down Liverpool for higher­ pay)Bowyer disgraced himself and has been nothing but­ disappointing on the pitch (promised goals from­ midfeild never appeared) Kovac has been nothing more­ than average (one good goal)and we certainly wont miss­ Lopez, Reid, Stokes & Walker (unfamiliar to all but­ the most ardent supporter). Shame we have to accomodate­ Faubert's return, it looked like a right result­ sending him to Spain, but Devenport was always reliable­ when he wasn't injured. Talking of injuries can­ Ashton return after 2 years out of the game? It would­ be a shame if we let him go after waiting so long for­ his return to form, but he looked heavy last Summer;­ God knows what he weighs after another season off.­ Let's hope its all muscle!

Would like to see Tom Huddleston at West Ham (if Bolton­ can put in an offer surely we are a better proposition­ for a decent player who doesnt miss 75% of season­ through various injuries and back ache)and a decent­ striker - get what we can for Ashton, Boa Morte &­ Dyer could throw in a Physio table with them three, a­ decent full back and Central Defender wouldnt go amiss­ either

With Gabbidon coming back, maybe Tomkins will be used­ at right back... I recall that he did a fine job there­ in a couple of games this season.

def not worth that money, glen johnson would be great,­ but we dont have that kind of money and i doubt he­ would want to come to upton park! Duno how neill got­ the captain band!!?? Noble should have it and shud have­ had it since he played regularly! Hes always passionate­ and runs loads! Or should be parker, great player but­ injured alot of the time! I also think green cud give­ the captain band a test, he leads his back four well.­ Why havn't we got rid of boa morte yet???

Not sure why these CFC chloroflurocarbons are still­ choking our atmosphere here! Its their fault we have­ global warming and a melt down of football! I think­ there's not a name on the list who is worth keeping­ anyway!

Comment 22 your a chav and you know you are,chelsea­ divers moaners and not worth the bother WHU far better­ old school team and JT learnt his trade at west ham­ shame he turned in to a cheating dirty player,now go­ away and get your dummy,and do you kiss your mum with a­ mouth like that shame on you .

Come down to Portsmouth Billy with a little willy and­ I'll smash your face in you BNP idiot.

Jimmyrice man u are champs again Where you from Jimmy­ definitely not a Mancunian another so called football­ fan with no roots, just because people are loyal to­ their local team and heritage you think their morons. I­ think people who live hundreds of miles from the team­ they support just because they're a rich club are­ cretins and if they have juvenile web names such as­ "Jimmyrice man u are champs again" they are­ truly, truly morons

This is not an exodus it's simply good management,­ getting rid of unwanted players that are a drain on the­ wage bill. By doing this Zola can introduce two or­ three players that will be more useful to the team. ­ The players mentioned will be joined by others before­ Zola and Clarke have finished getting rid of the dead­ wood. Hopefully a new buyer will come in and give them­ some money to buy players, until then they have to get­ rid of the surplus players in order to balance the­ books and make it viable to bring in fresh players. As­ far as authurlaws West Ham down next year, you need a­ check up from the neck up.

arthurlaws, what on earth do you base that comment on?

Jamie C i dont like them i think they have been ­ mismanaged an corrupt for years selin all their good­ players to line chairmans pckets i just sayin i think­ next club will be them pompey already done so i said­ next they are really well supported down here though,­ by morons yes but does that matter they pay their­ money too support

lucas neill-money grabbing mercenary!!!!

"exodus", more anti-west ham media. We have­ released 4 very old players and not offered contracts­ to a few youngsters, its not an exodus! just like there­ wasnt a "fire sale" when you lot predicted­ it.

Exodus???? I call it trimming off unwanted fat, I cant­ believe Neill was on £90,000 what we need is another­ good quality striker and by releasing the fringe­ players and on Neills wage savings alone we should be­ able to do that. Little bit worried about Collins going­ out on a loan deal as Ive read somewhere. First priorty­ is keeping Upson and Green, whatever Green turned down­ on the contract offer we need to up it to keep him.­ Make Upson captain and lock him in as well

re 22 terry's old man sold him out we didnt let him­ go get ya facts right.
glad to see the back of neil to­ much of a liabilty got caught to many times.

Karen b comment number 22, get a life, your language is­ appauling and your intelligence level is lower than­ Drogba's diving antics.

West Ham are a class­ outfit with a superb acadamy and without us Chelsea­ would be nothing, we are the pride of London and CFC­ are not much better than an overated overaged pub team.

Jimmyrice man u are champs again, Didn't realise­ Portsmouth was in London or Kent. "Daaaaa"­
People love the Hammers for good reason they supply­ mercenary clubs like yours with talent.