West Ham Thread 2013/14

[City_Sean]

The Zarate Kid !!!

Lovely signing and a freebie. COYI

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE-2TLy41Vc[/video]

Good player, can see him and Carroll forming a good partnership if the latter stays injury free.

 

[Dubai Blue]

 

[Manc in London]

May come across as small time but then Spurs sold offocial merchandise celebrating a 5-1 win against Arsenal.

It's all part of the banter and rivalry.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

Can't help thinking it's a bit sad when beating Spurs is seen as cause for printing t shirts and mugs.
Just think what kind of merchandise they will put out if they ever beat Chelsea.
Probably limited edition jellied eel and pie mash plates, with Big Fat Sam sat on a throne in a claret and blue pearly queen jacket, grinning inanely, whilst being fellated by Danny Dyer.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Can't help thinking it's a bit sad when beating Spurs is seen as cause for printing t shirts and mugs.
Just think what kind of merchandise they will put out if they ever beat Chelsea.
Probably limited edition jellied eel and pie mash plates, with Big Fat Sam sat on a throne in a claret and blue pearly queen jacket, grinning inanely, whilst being fellated by Danny Dyer.

we stuffed Chelsea last season

small fry it may be, but its just a piss take on our rivals wouldnt buy it myself though

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

Can't help thinking it's a bit sad when beating Spurs is seen as cause for printing t shirts and mugs.
Just think what kind of merchandise they will put out if they ever beat Chelsea.
Probably limited edition jellied eel and pie mash plates, with Big Fat Sam sat on a throne in a claret and blue pearly queen jacket, grinning inanely, whilst being fellated by Danny Dyer.

we stuffed Chelsea last season

small fry it may be, but its just a piss take on our rivals wouldnt buy it myself though

Just out of interest Mark, are Spuds West Ham's most hated team, or is that still Millwall?
And where would you say Arsenal and Chelsea fit into the equation?

 

[Latics Fan SJK]

Sam's done a great job and should be allowed to do it unhindered, if the owners meddle with his strategy it'll backfire, and whilst sadly it would be Sam getting the bullet and the criticism it will be the owners fault.

i think Gary Neville made the pertinent point that owners have ideas above their station so to speak, and in modern football, with the way the elite clubs have it structured, owners of mid-table clubs have to accept that unless they really invest hard and pull in lucrative deals, that staying in the prem is the goal every season, and managers who achieve that should be respected a lot more.

Let's face it Palace would be down if it wasn't for Pulis, for the sake of their long term future he has done a remarkable job, one that, with their recent financial history, is nearly, if not as, important or meaningful to the club as winning a trophy.

Poorly run clubs go down, it's all about how clubs are run these days, you can't get away with a circus anymore. 10 years ago United could have had that transition, and really poor season (ie. Djemba-Djemba/Kleberson/Forlan era) yet still finish top 4, this season they finished 7th. You can't get away with poor management anymore.

I fully agree that with Sam not being dealt a great hand in terms of finances etc, he’s done a stellar job at getting West ham promoted and cementing their position in the PL. However we all know Sam’s style of football and, whilst it’s effective in it’s own way, just as he proved at Bolton, it’s not the prettiest. West Ham fans can harp on about them wanting to bring back attacking football but it’s not as simple as that nowadays, and money is playing a bigger factor now than it ever has.

That being said, it’s the fans that keep clubs going, and with the impending move to the Olympic Stadium, I can see why fans (who are obviously looking forward to this new era) being sceptical about what they are paying to watch on a weekly basis, and that only puts pressure on the owners. They know they need to balance the books, they know they need to invest to survive, but they also know they need to keep the backing of the fans. Especially when you’re looking to maximise that fanbase by the time the Olympic Stadium is ready to move into.

It’s OK for us to sit here and state that “you should be careful what you wish for”, yet who knows what we’d be saying if we were in that position (tbf I see bog standard football on a regular basis but I don’t pay stupid ticket prices and we aren’t about to move into the Olympic Stadium). Charlton are a prime example of what can happen if you hound a manager out (who had done an exceptional job) for not being able to live up to increased supporter expectations (however unrealistic they are).

West Ham are a big club, and with such a move on the horizon, I don’t see a shortage of managerial suitors putting their name forward in the near future should Sam get the bullet.

Re Pulis – Stoke fans started to feel the same with regards to what they were watching at felt Pulis couldn’t take them any further. They haven’t brought in Guardiola, granted, but I would imagine they’re, in the main, pleased with how Hughes has got them playing post Pulis. Should Pulis manage to cement Palace’s position in the PL in the same way he did Stoke, he may find himself in the same position again and eventually be handed his P45 for reasons which, certainly to Pulis, are incredibly harsh, yet totally unsurprising given how supporters view today’s game.

 

[supercity88]

Can't help thinking it's a bit sad when beating Spurs is seen as cause for printing t shirts and mugs.
Just think what kind of merchandise they will put out if they ever beat Chelsea.
Probably limited edition jellied eel and pie mash plates, with Big Fat Sam sat on a throne in a claret and blue pearly queen jacket, grinning inanely, whilst being fellated by Danny Dyer.

we stuffed Chelsea last season

small fry it may be, but its just a piss take on our rivals wouldnt buy it myself though

I'm with you on that. Wasn't so long ago we'd have been celebrating stuff like that. Like with our Tevez welcome to Manchester sign - we won nothing whilst the Rags did but we still enjoyed it!

 

[BlueHammer85]

Can't help thinking it's a bit sad when beating Spurs is seen as cause for printing t shirts and mugs.
Just think what kind of merchandise they will put out if they ever beat Chelsea.
Probably limited edition jellied eel and pie mash plates, with Big Fat Sam sat on a throne in a claret and blue pearly queen jacket, grinning inanely, whilst being fellated by Danny Dyer.

we stuffed Chelsea last season

small fry it may be, but its just a piss take on our rivals wouldnt buy it myself though

Just out of interest Mark, are Spuds West Ham's most hated team, or is that still Millwall?
And where would you say Arsenal and Chelsea fit into the equation?

Spurs definitely , no one comes close

Millwall have been so sh*t for so long that i dont think anyone really cares about them, cup match will bring out some morons that want a fight thats about all

chelsea are pretty hated obviously, lot of abuse when Lampard and Terry are on the pitch

Arsenal. there ok with us.

 

[stony]

Can't help thinking it's a bit sad when beating Spurs is seen as cause for printing t shirts and mugs.
Just think what kind of merchandise they will put out if they ever beat Chelsea.
Probably limited edition jellied eel and pie mash plates, with Big Fat Sam sat on a throne in a claret and blue pearly queen jacket, grinning inanely, whilst being fellated by Danny Dyer.

I don't think there's anything wrong in that, it's just banter and cross town rivalry. It's not that long ago that the only thing we could cling onto and use to wind the rags up was their location outside of Manchester.