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The cost of season tickets & in time hopefully world domination.
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I expect it's so "some" of the fans can express their dissatisfaction at the last few years since we moved stadium and all that was said prior to it happening and no signs of that actually becoming reality? ;ok
There are lots of clubs who were premier league who would gladly swap places with us.
As for banners saying 'sack the board' who exactly do they think would be able to do that. The directors could be sacked I suppose by the owners and a new board appointed but wouldn't that leave the owners still in place.
If the owners were to walk away and take the money owed to them the club would fold and go into administration. Most likelihood it would be years before we got back into the PL if we in fact we're still in existence.
By all means protest at some of the things that happen such as the Henry affair but not the fact we are not buying players like City or Chelsea etc or not regularly in the top four.
They want Gold, Sullivan and Brady out? But who replaces them? Have they crowd funded enough to buy the club?
If the fans are correct in their belief, presumably the owners, sitting in their comfy seats looking at all the season ticket holders holding up bits of paper, are thinking ha ha ha you mugs. ;puzzled
I moan when we play like we did yesterday and get outplayed by teams we shouldn't really but come the next game I'm ready. I go into the game hoping for a win but at the same time expecting nothing. If we play our best or near our best but are beaten by the better team on the day then that's the nature of football.
I'd also like us to buy the best players but the best in true terms are out of our range but if we can buy the best available to us then I'm happy. I don't go into meltdown because we haven't signed this player or that player we've been linked with if I've never really seen them play and can't really make a judgement one way or the other.
There's been many a post on here slagging off players such as Ayew et al saying they're useless and a waste of money but then when they get sold to a rival team it's suddenly ridiculous.
Posters were slagging off Hughill from the moment he arrived and most of us had never seen him play. Give him a chance.
I wouldn't march if I were in the UK, and I don't believe I agree with or support many of the aims or beliefs of those who would march, and I would strongly object to being told, or having it implied, that as a result I was not a 'real' fan.
Are the marchers really after that sort of thing, though?
We'd have to ask them, but I suspect not. I haven't seen anything that suggests that.
I can't agree with the idea that should the current owners leave the club would fold or be in trouble as there are always people looking for business opportunity and a premiership football club with a solid support base would likely have more than a few significant heads turning in our direction. I would imagine the consortium recently looking at Newcastle may possibly be interested.
Ultimately it's a means of pressure and everything and everyone bows to pressure should it be significant enough and placed at the right point and the West Ham board are not immune to that. I think regardless of if enough pressure is placed to unseat them, or if even if that is expected or not, I am sure it wont be ignored and that it will at least impact on their future communications and decision making.
1 : Must take up full away ticket allocation
2 : Memorial garden to be maintained regularly
3: The Hammer and Castle badge to be recognised with immediate effect on match programme and, in future, in the stadium
4 : The owners to be more professional on social media i.e remove the Sullivan kids from speaking on the clubs behalf
5 : The 15 minute interval must be managed better in the food & drink kiosks as it currently impossible to get to the toilets get a drink and be back for the restart a for the second half
Thanks IH ;ok
I think the board underestimated the move away from the Boleyn. I was very pro-move because I felt it was necessary to move the club forward. I was swayed by the board's ambition and the confidence in the way they sold the move, but now that it's obvious that they simply don't have the finances to compete at the level they want to, the move seems a bit pointless. I know it's early in our tenure of the stadium and Rome wasn't built in a day, but I've seen no indication that things will change anytime soon.
And that, I guess, is why people think they've been sold down the river. The final straw for me, and I would argue a lot of people, was the January transfer window. No significant investment in a playing squad that is on it's knees in terms of depth and injuries, and a repeat of the abject failure of getting deals over the line due to poor planning and, IMO at least, an unwillingness or inability to spend what is necessary to improve.
But for me it's more than that. It's the seemingly constant barrage of unprofessional behaviour and PR gaffs that blight our club. Public spats with other clubs, unhelpful and frankly unnecessary columns in the tabloids, public denigration of our own players, accusations of racism and ill-discipline amongst the players. It feels like the club is broken and I can't help but think that starts from the top.
The relationship between the board and its fans is so important in making a club successful. There needs to be a mutual trust and respect between them and that is wholly missing at West Ham. It doesn't feel like we're in this together at all and the division is getting bigger. This forum is a prime example. I know we all have different opinions about things but I've not seen is this fractured for a long time, and I think that's symptomatic of what's happening at the club.
Finally, I don't buy into this 'real fan' nonsense. Bottom line is we all love West Ham and all want the club to be successful. Some believe marching against the board is necessary and good luck to them; their voices will be heard and so long as it remains peaceful I fully support their actions. Equally, those that don't march, or don't support it, aren't any less of a fan.
Er why so? If they walked away they would sell to another investor pay them a price for the enterprise value, which would be reduced by the debt on the balance sheet.
I would imagine quite a number of clubs have debt on their balance sheet. In fact many businesses as a whole have debt on their balance sheet. Doesn’t mean they will fold if their owners decide they want out
I would imagine there would be reasonable interest in the club if the owners decided they wanted to sell
"Next level".... ;wink