West Ham are complete failures! Let's all laugh at 'em!

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:02 pm

Joint 11th with us! Stick that up your Jules Rimet, Hammers!

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:05 pm

I fear I may be repeating myself here, but we've won more domestic trophies than West Ham, have spent about 15-20 more years in the top flight than them (which is both more years and a greater percentage of our respective histories), have more higher league finishes, have the highest post war average crowd of the pair of us. They are not a bigger club than us.

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:27 pm

bobo the clown wrote:Today, Zola has barred Sullivan from attending training or sitting in on the team discussion.

It's clear Zola knows he's gone ... so nothing to behave for now.

The players will leave e-masse`in the summer. He will get replacements, of course, but it could take some time for it all to settle.

This remains a big club, so their level of failure will be relative, but whenever non-footballing owners try to direct the playing side of things it ends in tears. Chester City got this with an idiot who dictated purchases, formations, tactics and eventually took over as manager & even played off the bench a few times.

As I said, it's all relative, but it's a sticky path you tread on when the Chairman starts interfering in day to day matters in an obvious & intrusive way..

In an update on this, reports from various sources suggest that Sullivan did ome into the training ground on Friday & did insist on seeing & speaking to the team. It's said that he called them "fat ... useless .... & lazy".

Now, THAT helps !

Zola is reported to be ready to walk & is staying on only for the benefit of the players.

Montreal Wanderer · Post by **Montreal Wanderer** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:34 pm

They appear to be losing 0-1 at the moment (fat lazy useless tw*ts).

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:06 pm

West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola said in interview rather than wrote:I have to find out what the problem is. If the problem is me then why not [resign]? The players are trying hard for us. The bottom line is to see whether I can help them or not. I will consider overnight whether I am doing a good job or not.

For Chuff's sake, stay 'til the end of the season ya useless fecker.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:46 pm

Rumours flying around on KUMB that Zola has gone back to Italy to consider his future - for three days!

Also strong rumours that he will come back and say "I'm not resigning so try sacking me."

It just gets better and better.

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:01 pm

Don't know what you're all getting excited about, West Ham are too good to go down. Ray Parlour said so. After all, they have the England Goalkeeper, an England centre-half, and England Centre-forward................

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:12 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:Don't know what you're all getting excited about, West Ham are too good to go down. Ray Parlour said so. After all, they have the England Goalkeeper, an England centre-half, and England Centre-forward................

Some fans were being interviewed outside the ground in midweek, and they were saying that the side has a good spine to it - mentioning Green and Upson as being part therof. Is it only me that sees those two as being a major part of their undoing?
And I wouldn't pay Carlton Cole in bottletops.
Scott Parker on the other hand..........

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:40 pm

West Ham will today lodge an official complaint to the Premier League against Fulham after Roy Hodgson fielded a weakened side in last weekend's 2-0 defeat at relegation rivals Hull. Relations between the two clubs remain strained as Fulham are still suing West Ham for "merit money" lost in 2006-07 as a result of the Carlos Tevez affair.

Hodgson left out Damien Duff, Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu and Stephen Kelly while Bobby Zamora was rested with a cold.

rockthereebok · Post by **rockthereebok** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:37 pm

thebish wrote:West Ham will today lodge an official complaint to the Premier League against Fulham after Roy Hodgson fielded a weakened side in last weekend's 2-0 defeat at relegation rivals Hull. Relations between the two clubs remain strained as Fulham are still suing West Ham for "merit money" lost in 2006-07 as a result of the Carlos Tevez affair.

Hodgson left out Damien Duff, Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu and Stephen Kelly while Bobby Zamora was rested with a cold.

West Ham are a disgrace to football. They should have been relegated because of the Tevez thing and now this. All involved with the club need a swift kick in the nads. Other than Karen Brady, of course...

FD · Post by FD » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:41 pm

I think it's disgusting after the FACT that they used an illegible player to keep them up, not only they weren't punished for it but now they have the balls to complain about someone elses team selection?

Wow.

CAPSLOCK · Post by **CAPSLOCK** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:40 pm

Ineligible

West Ham rested 2 or 3 v Arsenal

Maybe United/Chelsea will sue them

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:42 pm

west ham played a weakened team against us - it had Upson in it...

Lord Kangana · Post by **Lord Kangana** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:59 pm

I hear the low humming of the "keep West Ham Up At All costs" machinery whirring in to action.

One of these days they'll go down, and everyone will say 'They went down because they were one of the 3 worst teams in the division'.

The truth can't be avoided forever.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:06 pm

CAPSLOCK wrote:Ineligible

West Ham rested 2 or 3 v Arsenal

Maybe United/Chelsea will sue them

Dunno - plenty find it hard to read Tevez...

FD · Post by FD » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:14 pm

I am actually shocked at how wrong I got that! I knew what I wanted to type but my mind was off wandering through the fields somewhere...probably still in Somerset!

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 5:16 pm

FD wrote:I am actually shocked at how wrong I got that! I knew what I wanted to type but my mind was off wandering through the fields somewhere...probably still in Somerset!

Bollocks to spelling, you were right though.

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:02 am

At the risk of adding balance, this is more the Premier League's fault than it is West Ham's.

If you're going to randomly elect to start punishing people for playing a weakened team, you can hardly complain when people expect you to y'know, apply the same rules to everybody else.

I'm suprised West Ham have brought the complaint because I'm suprised Fulham haven't been punished already. The complete lack of consistency in the PL is absolutely mind boggling. It really is like someone wanders in at the end of every week with one of those laser pens from Men In Black and makes them all forget any previous rulings they've made.

Admittedly, it is pretty desperate though.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:19 am

Not sure what the fuss is, it's not a team game, it's a squad game. Fulham selected from their squad. They need to look closer to home, to games like Wolves and Bolton at home (as Sullivan said) which they didn't manage to win.

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:25 am

The top 4 constantly play weakened teams in the league. You don't notice because their bench means they can start with the likes of Park Ji Sung, Ballack, Deco, Eduardo etc so the first teams are still strong.

It will be a ridiculously big can of worms to open to start to fine people for fielding weakened sides in the league. I don't think the FA and UEFA will allow it because it will devalue the cup competitions even more.

I don't think Fulham should face any sanctions for their decision, I think if you did you'd have to wheel it out every other weekend and I think it would damage the middle of the road clubs a lot more than the top 3 because their "weakened" teams are much more obvious

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