West ham fans - confront the board on the pitch

[COYBL25]

Horrible lot, them.

Not all of them mate.

If it hadn`t been for a group of West Ham fans, me and Dad would`ve been mullered by Leeds fans, at the 1980 Fa Cup Semi replay against West Ham.

For that I am eternally grateful.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Honestly if we relegate them it's like starting the season on -6 points. As much as I would like to see them go down I say we let them have this one for the greater good.

 

[COYBL25]

That will be a nice tranquil jaunt for the travelling blues last game then.

I think they`ll be more arsed with carrying on the protests against the board, than the game mate.

It`ll be a tasty atmosphere, that`s for sure.

 

[ToffeeDan]

West Ham (Vibrator Brothers, Brady)
Newcastle (Ashley)
Everton (KEIOC etc)
Liverpool (Hicks, Gillette)
United (Glazer, Knighton)
Arsenal (Ownership battles, Wenger)

and other fan discontent mostly about managers

OK, we get it.. the owners put in their millions, sometimes 50, 100, many hundreds of millions

Sometimes they get a free stadium (City, West Ham etc), and sometimes they don't - and they pay for it..

I get it when they want their investment to grow - the whole premise of buying a football club (apart from the reflected glory, kudos etc) is the ROI - and that comes from ever-increasing revenue streams from Sky etc..

What the fans don't get, latest example West Ham (and Newcastle) is when the owner takes the pish.. keeps all the Sky money (see Oyston but obviously a little less unsavoury) and doesn't really care about on field progress (new players) or identity (selling stadium, naming rights, increasing ticket and shirt prices) - so yeah Gold and Sullivan, you're into porn which is not exactly a living breathing example of an exemplary industry (check the suicide rates amongst participants.) - so it's small wonder they are abusing their fans..

 

[bignev23]

This what can happen when cold hearted capitalist business men and women like Brady and Gold get control of community assets, the heart and soul gets ripped out in favour of commercial ventures which it seems have barely been thought through which fans lap up at first in the hope of success. We've seen quite a few dodgy chairmen/owners during the Last decade or so, some like the Glazers could even be considered to be successful but I don't think they've ever got the clubs best interest at heart, only ever their own. Beware what you wish for I suppose.

 

[LEONARD]

When they get relegated, Moyes can blame the fan's and stadium.

 

[Royalbm1]

When they get relegated, Moyes can blame the fan's and stadium.

And the fans can blame the board, moyes and the stadium and the board can blame moyes and the fans. It's win win win really lol

 

[roydo]

If West Ham, well, more the owners, had been a bit more modest about their good fortune when this ground landed in their lap, instead of promising world domination, I reckon most footie fans would have a bit more sympathy for their fans. As it happened, they went all billy big balls, and now just get laughed at.

 

[Blues Harp]

If West Ham, well, more the owners, had been a bit more modest about their good fortune when this ground landed in their lap, instead of promising world domination, I reckon most footie fans would have a bit more sympathy for their fans. As it happened, they went all billy big balls, and now just get laughed at.

Indeed....."this man will win us the Champions league.." lollollol

 

[Toast]

People on the pitch at Crufts here.

Dem Ammers get everywhere.

 

[COYBL25]

People on the pitch at Crufts here.

Dem Ammers get everywhere.

Hold the front page of the Daily Mail lol

 

[Mozza1987]

People on the pitch at Crufts here.

Dem Ammers get everywhere.

They need to hire the security team. The person got absolutely wiped out.

 

[Toast]

They need to hire the security team. The person got absolutely wiped out.

Notice they didn't kick off a protest in the "dead lairy guard dog " category.

 

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

Those lovable 'ammers are in exactly the position, on and off the pitch, that I hoped they would be.
The fraudulent and possibly criminal acquisition of that abomination of a stadium deserves nothing less than relegation and infighting within that sorry excuse of a club.

 

[Steve Wigan]

This what can happen when cold hearted capitalist business men and women like Brady and Gold get control of community assets, the heart and soul gets ripped out in favour of commercial ventures which it seems have barely been thought through which fans lap up at first in the hope of success. We've seen quite a few dodgy chairmen/owners during the Last decade or so, some like the Glazers could even be considered to be successful but I don't think they've ever got the clubs best interest at heart, only ever their own. Beware what you wish for I suppose.

That,above,in my opinion,is mostly a very silly worthless rant. But youre allowed to on a forum. See my post earlier in this thread.