A Quote by Robert Snodgrass
I went to West Ham and I had a manager that played me out of position. To be honest with you it was very tough to take.
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Playing left midfield a lot at West Ham has been tough but the manager has put me there and I've got every faith in what he's doing.
I was at Arsenal but I didn't like the manager of the under-10s at the time so I went to West Ham where my brother played.
Although my dad Harry is the manager of West Ham, we get on very well.
I actually had the chance to sign for Newcastle before I went to West Ham; I didn't in the end because they had got rid of their reserve team. There were a few clubs interested but I liked what West Ham had to offer and never regretted signing for them, I loved it straight away.
I think that with West Ham, it was more complicated for me. It happened naturally; there was urgency to leave West Ham.
If I played a tough kid on the street I couldn't go out there and get into fifth position. I had to dance like a tough kid on the street.
My family have always been West Ham fans, so growing up, I used to go and watch them, and so I was a West Ham supporter.
If I was a normal player at West Ham and wanted to join a Chinese club, nobody would have said anything. But since I was a leader at West Ham and thought about that offer, I was suddenly a bad man.
I hate for people to think that I have only played for West Ham because I am the local lad and people make allowances for me.
To have a manager who has worked with top players, top strikers, who have played in my position, it's always nice to know that when he is giving me information, he's coached these players before so it's important I take it on board.
For example, for me, my brother helped me get a manager, which I don't take for granted. It's tough getting a manager, let alone one that actually cares about you and is smart. But from there, no one's going to cast me just because I'm James Franco's little brother.
The man who comes to take care of my piranhas told me that if I left West Ham he would kill all my fish.
I went to Chelsea twice when I was 14 and 15. I was at Danish club Odense at the time and came across with a friend to Cobham. We played against West Ham youth away, and the year after, we played Millwall away.
I had a year out playing local football before I went to Charlton at 12. West Ham was the club I supported so it was a hard decision to leave.
At West Ham I had a fantastic relationship with the board but I was really upset with them when they sold the club without telling me. I then had new owners I didn't get on particularly well with.
I had twelve years as a Tottenham player under Bill Nicholson and could not have wished to have played for a better manager. I can still hear his wise words in my head when I am out on the training ground as a manager myself.
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