Spector Wonderland - The West Ham Revelation

it all comes down to michael bradley and the us national team even in unrelated threads in unrelated forums.

the man is clearly showing an aptitude for putting the ball in the back of the net. hopefully grant gives him some sort attacking brief perhaps in 451.

 

Another good goal from Spector. Hope there is a league goal coming eventually. Any news on German interest or is it more likely for Spector to see his contract run out in May and then perhaps leave? I honestly can't see WH offering him a new contract unless he continues to play better and better and better.

 

last word was specs wanted to stay. so hopefully as i mentioned he gets an attacking role in league play; it's not as though the hammers have been the barcelona of brittania.

 

keep it up Johnny!

 

The bad news is that Spector has played 5 of 22 league matches, and only 3 as a central midfielder. He's still largely irrelevant for West Ham.

The good news is that the first leg of the Carling Cup semi-final against Birmingham is on Tuesday, which is perhaps another opportunity for Spector.

 

Isn't he a converted forward? How many forwards converted to defense have moved back to forward and succeeded?

 

Next week we will be reading, "Spector makes spectacular saves in place of injured Green".

 

I actually think this could be a pretty good idea considering that Everton have literally no money to spend and Spector has only 6 months left on his contract. He would definitely be a good utility guy for them they could use some depth all across the back line as well as in central midfield where they often play with 3.

 

Yes, he was a forward in his youth.

 

Spector starts again in the Carling Cup today, his position is completely up in the air due to Avram Grant's confusing lineup selection.

 

Spector's career arc to date is one you are not likely to see repeated for a while. Its like a bad movie thriller where twists come out of nowhere and make no sense.

 

Spector continues to be West Hams cup warrior, 2 assists and great presence in the middle of the park again today. It boggles the mind how Kovac is still starting ahead of him.

 

Spector was great today, got the assist on both goals, made some excellent defensive plays and after WH went down to 10 men because of Obinna's stupidity, he was shifted out wide to the right, which is where he made the match winning assist from.

Truly amazing turnaround for this guy. He is clearly the player of the tournament, so strange.

 

I think Spector will get more starts in the PL now that Grant has decided to go with three CM's and one striker up top. I like the Noble-Parker-Spector threesome, works well i think. Cant believe hes gone from being an out of favor career defender to a pretty effective #10 in no time.

 

Spector as a CAM?!

 

Indeed. A different CAM. He's less flashy than say a Diskerud but he has a little more brawn.

 

This guy Spector is playing well, but we don't need any more CMs. I wonder if he can play in the back?

 

Spector is an enigma. I'm still curious what caused him to play utterly horrible for nearly all 2010 and losing out his place in the WC only to somehow regain a starting role 2months ago. Did he find a new gf or something?

 

I still hold that Spector should leave but WH now have a great chance of making the final and perhaps he could start. Very tantalizing option I guess, plus maybe he wants to regain his role for the club and not leave a flop. Though I would love to see him playing in Germany.

 

So now can we start talking about him as a possible RM since he played there for West Ham?

 

He injured his hip and hasn't had the same lateral movement since he came back.

It's not unusual for defenders to also be good mids. Marquez comes to mind. Gianluca Zambrotta in the '06 WC.

 

You ever heard of this Freddy Adu guy?