Things never run smoothly at West Ham. There's always something wrong, whether it's the club, the players, the fans or a mixture of all three, and followers of the club are very rarely content . I similarly am not a happy hammer.

And the worst part of it is, there is no sympathy at all from anywhere else. I recall a time when the East End side were the football man's second team, but since the Carlos Tevez saga, we're very much on football's death wish-list.

I also recall a time when the Hammers played exciting football, even if they did occasionally succumb to 5-0 and 7-1 defeats to the likes of Everton and Blackburn.

But that is what being a West Ham fan is about and at the moment it feels boring to be a West Ham fan. We couldn't have finished any more mid-table in 10th, which tells you something on its own. I actually think many fans would have preferred to have suffered near heart attacks in another relegation scrap than be bored witless by a consistently average campaign.

Fans are split at the moment. There are those in favour of Alan Curbishley and those who are not. Those in favour of the former Charlton boss say that the poor season was due to injuries. That the gaffer did well with what was available and should be remembered for saving us from relegation. The rest say that his football is tedious, like himself, and he will not take the club anywhere higher.

The board created this optimism when they stated their ambitions of Champions League football in coming years. This excited fans, and an apparent 'list' was made of players that the club wished to acquire. This was reportedly a factor behind Lucas Neil's decision to sign for the Londoners ahead of Liverpool, after he saw the names and wanted to be part of what he believed would be a bright future.

I personally am not a fan of Curbishley. I appreciate what he has done for the club, but I think now is the time to move on. The only problem being that he hasn't actually done anything worthy of sacking, so is it the wrong thing to do?

Many believe he will receive the chop if West Ham fail to impress in the opening stages of the season, and punters are already taking bets on where the Hammers will finish up next season.

I don't think Curbishley is right for us. His football is boring, and easy to work out (which happened numerous times last season). But most of all it's himself. He is not going to attract the players the the club wish to acquire.

Not only that, but he just doesn't seem to be trying to sign players. There has been hardly any transfer involvement so far in the window. we've been strongly linked with both Stephen Carr and James Harper- I needn't say any more.

Eidur Gudjohnson and Valon Behrami sounded slightly more promising, but Behrami's agent has laughed off reports that he would sign for West Ham and Gudjohnson has not played for about 10 years.

We have the likes of Keiron Dyer and Craig Bellamy fit again, but how far will they seriously take us? A UEFA Cup challenge? A domestic cup run? I don't know for sure, but I seriously doubt it. Head this way to place your stake on a potential cup-winning side.

I just want something to look forward to as a West Ham fan when the season starts again. Even Alan Pardew managed to raise some eyebrows with the bargain capture of Yossi Benayoun - Curbishley bought Nigel Quashie.

Who knows what will happen. Maybe the boss has something up his sleeve and will surprise everyone with something dramatic and out of the blue. But for now, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we'll lose the opening 5 games of the season and appoint Slaven Bilic as manager... with Paolo Di Canio as his assistant of course.