This West Ham thing reminds me of our unpopular move to The Arena all those years ago under the time of Reynolds, and it just goes to prove that if you mess around with the identity of a football club too much there will be trouble.
I remember demonstrations, songs about toilets (great lyrics) failed ejections and the subsequent banning of fans.
Other similarities are striking and they include leaving a popular, deemed to be too small stadium with history, for a bleak too large stadium unsuited to the needs of the fans and the unfulfilled promise of new players and a better team. Also, out of touch owners, a change in the club's location and a change in the club's badge.
Another parallel is that that Sullivan/Gold and co have been consistently underbidding for potential players thinking that the lure of their super new stadium will entice them in, however the opposite effect has been had, this as I remember was another failed tactic of Reynolds.
I can’t see any easy fix for West Ham here - in my opinion the owners have ballsed things up big time.
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Go on, remind me of the song. My memory isn't what it used to be!theoriginalfatcat wrote:I remember demonstrations, songs about toilets (great lyrics) failed ejections and the subsequent banning of fans.
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I thought west ham nearly filled the ground? I've been for a concert and a decent grounding it is but could imageing it been souless for football. I'm guessing crowds may plummit once the novelty wears off
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They used to have a massive waiting list to buy a season ticket, so I assume they'll be fans who would take any remaining seats vacated by disgruntled fans.
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Absolute disaster of a move. The West Ham action group videos make interesting viewing. The saddest part of the losses experienced by local business because of this Karen Brady car crash project. I would argue that west ham is actually no more.
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liddle_4_ever wrote:Go on, remind me of the song. My memory isn't what it used to be!theoriginalfatcat wrote:I remember demonstrations, songs about toilets (great lyrics) failed ejections and the subsequent banning of fans.
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Okay, here we go............
To the tune of 'She'll be coming round the mountain....'
With the legendary lyrics of -----
"You can stick your &&^%$$£@* toilets up your **$"
"You can stick your &&^%$$£@* toilets up your **$"
"You can stick your &&^%$$£@* toilets
"You can stick your &&^%$$£@* toilets
"You can stick your &&^%$$£@* toilets up your **$"
Cue stewards attempting to eject fans/security cameras spinning/fans standing their ground.
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