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15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - Absolutely Diabolical! · 0 replies · +1 points

Stoke remind me of that Everton side in the 80s that won a Euro cup doing the same thing. We're not French folks, we know the score in the blood, guts and passion English FA Cup here. All they could do was neutralise us.

Thank God we're not them and don't have to play like that.

However they are a club with a heritage who have never made it to a FA Cup Final and I dont begrudge their fans the chance.

Frankly, every single Stoke person in that stadium from supporter to staff wanted it more than any of us did.

15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - Vote: Player Performan... · 0 replies · +1 points

I think Upson scores 6 or lower just because he gave away two silly free kicks in dangerous places, apart from that well done All.

It's been like watching a different team of late. Parker's been doing it all on his own up to now and suddenly Der Hammer has changed everything.

He may even have changed my life. I might be able to watch his Germany now without hoping they lose ;-)

15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - The Sorry Saga Continu... · 2 replies · +1 points

"So this is a serious question: what would they have to do before you stopped giving them your money? "

Good question. However I've never been happy about the ownership of the club and one day I hope we'll all own it, Barca style, as WHUFC is "more than football club."

Until that happens I give my money to West Ham regardless of the goons in charge. They are not forever, but West Ham is. And I'm going to continue to go there even if I'm watching in despair. I know I am, I'm sure I am etc.........

15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - The Sorry Saga Continu... · 0 replies · +1 points

Well I can't argue with the previous 100 comments. We could get even bleaker and look at Norwich, Charlton, Southampton as examples of double relegation, all traceable to the boardroom.

I'm confused by a few things.......... surely if these texts or e mails exist then one has been seen or will emerge into the public domain and Ms Brady will be toast. The club say they will hunt down and remove the mole, but what if it's a player?

Incredibly the only silver lining I can see is that MON, being quite emotional and diva-ish himself was always going to crash and burn with those three in charge sooner rather than later. If you see the way he's walked out in a huff before, honestly how long would it have been?

I'd rather have him than them obviously but while we have the porn barons in charge, it stands to reason the only guy they can work with is the kerb crawler. And incredibly, because of the number fo draws across the division there will be a very low points aggregate which still gives every team a real chance of survival.

Still, I seem to remember more shame and pain around the bonds fiasco but I was young and much less jaded then.

15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - Poll Results: Yes to t... · 0 replies · +1 points

As a season ticket holder who voted Yes, it doesn't mean that I don't also have some of the concerns reflected in the poll.

My vote was based on the fact that however romantic it is, UP is no longer fit for purpose. You're at the mercy of the district line, you can't get a drink at half time without missing part of the game, in the BMU you can't hear the PA system and the toilets are like that clip from Trainspotting.

There has to be a new ground, either at West Ham station on the land about to be handed over to the new Mayoral Development Corporation or in Stratford.

We have a massive opportunity at the Olympic (Queen Elizabeth) stadium to be creative about how to watch Premiership football. How about bigger, comfy, US style seats with drinks holders and snack vendors who can come to you.

I'm trusting that the accessibility and experience will be so improved that we do get larger numbers through the gates.

15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - 2018 England World Cup... · 0 replies · +1 points

Anyway, I doubt Qatar's ability to host it.

A terrible human rights record, it makes Russia look like Sweden.There'll be no booze and prison if you smoke a bit of weed, It will be a terrorist securtiy liability, a heat health and safety nightmare in an economy built on sand, literally.

Nobody is going to go. Nobody. At the moment I'd support an English team boycott on the grounds above. although I can see us bailing them out in 2020 like Mexico did for Columbia in 86.

15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - 2018 England World Cup... · 0 replies · +1 points

Exactly Roshi. How did we win the Olympics if "everybody hates us"

The Eurovision analogy is rubbish as well because when we put the work in, touring the song around beforehand with a credible figure like Lloyd Webber (doing Russian TV) we came third with the international jury votes instead of last - a result our feeble efforts and tuneless performances more usually delivers.

When we do something worth respecting, we get respected.

It's clear that the FA doesn't have a clue. They have humiliated our PM and our future King by selling them a total dummy. They stabbed the Germans in the back over 2006 & use the 4 UK FAs to keep a death grip on the international rules.

The blazers are half a century out of date.

15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - Match Thread: West Ham... · 0 replies · +1 points

and to think I bet on 4-1

15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - Match Thread: West Ham... · 0 replies · +1 points

There's only two Jonathan Spectors ;-)

15 years ago @ West Ham Till I Die - Vote: Player Performan... · 0 replies · +1 points

Like we got rid of the deadwood last time? Relegation just attracts more deadwood.

I think alas the whole of professional football is full of greedy mercenaries or should I say driven professionals eager to flash their market worth on a broad platform ;-)

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