Burnley at home - 10th March - Match Thread

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  • Wombat - sorry to miss you -
    Expat - ditto - missed your earlier post as I had already set off and don't do mobile internet thingy.
    All the best to you both
  • Sorry I missed you too Bruv, and Expat. I came in from a different direction, parked at west ferry and got the dlr. brilliant way in avoiding Stratford and out again too.
  • This game had so much riding on it, on and off the field.

    I knew that if we lost the game we would be in trouble. I didn't expet to see such moronic actions from some in the stadium.

    I am disappointed with the result, but significantly more unhapply with the situation our club is now in.

    A sad state of affairs.
  • Watching at the stadium, I thought the Lennon handball should have been a penalty. Looking at the replay on MOTD, how on earth was it not a penalty?! Why is his hand up there?
  • Nice to meet you today Brother Sledge. For obvious reasons didn’t enjoy the second half and although I was up in the clouds had a good view of the match. Quite impressed with stadium and thetoilts etc as compared with UP. Will try to get down again November as I have another reunion I London this time. As for the morons I’ll say no more!
  • The original march was going to be peaceful.
    When it was cancelled all hell broke loose!
    Yobs saw it as their time to shine!
    They knew what they were doing as the invasion was orchestrated by so called
    "REAL" fans who decided upon themselves to cause havock and besmirch the memory of our "gentleman hero" Bobby
    Moore.
    If he had been here, he would have done exactly as Mark Noble did and more!
    I hope they are proud of themselves for their 15 minutes of fame.

  • Sorry dee but what invasion?
  • The morons that ran onto the pitch and had a go at the players during a game.
    That shows me they were doing it for themselves or they would have either joined the peaceful 150 who did walk, or waited till the game was over and demonstrated.
    The headlines are going to focus on the stupidity of what they did and the frightened children they didn't take into account.
  • They should have let the march go ahead, after 3 miles of hiking through the streets of Newham they would have been too knackered to do anything else. Most of them wouldn't have made it up Green Street to the Romford Road!

    The Met estimated that 200 fans were protesting in front of the directors box although BBC reckoned it was 500 at the time. The official attendance was 56,904, as far as I can tell the away allocation is 7000 and according to Burnley's website they sold the lot. So if we say that there 49904 West Ham fans then even if it was 500 that's 1%, even if they overestimated the attendance its still going to be a tiny proportion.

    From what I've heard more people walked out in disgust after the second goal than tried to start a riot
  • The away allocation is 3000 I believe ASLEF, definitely not 7000.

    Dee, the 4 or 5 people who ran onto the pitch did not have a go at the players.
    Mind they were escorted from the pitch by stewards who then helped them over the electronic advertising things and back to their seats. Still they all have their NVQ's.
  • Really not much to smile about today, but the following comment on Facebook, just about managed to do it.

    Addressing the muppet who came on the pitch with the corner flag,

    “Hey pal, I will tell you where you can put that flag, hint - ask Chelsea”

    Well it made me smile

  • I'm nervous as a kitten about today. After everything went wrong against Swansea, we need to steady the ship or Burnley will steamroller us. The crowd may also be unpredictable on Bobby's remembrance day. It will upset me if a few demonstrators with a score to settle make all the headlines, rather than the best footballer that ever played for West Ham. And it mortifies me that most newspapers have their 'Hooliganism at LS' articles written already, however the fans behave. Will the true (as opposed to self-proclaimed 'Real') fans make themselves heard? Will the football be 100% effort, with some skill, whatever the distractions? Will the reporting on tv & by the press be fair? Fingers crossed...

    Yes, well, I'm sure many of us were thinking much the same. Perhaps, just perhaps, this will make the true supporters (of whatever persuasion) get totally behind the club, and allow the club to purge the troublemakers.
    For the time being, though, I'm staying behind the sofa.

    ;sofa
  • edited March 2018
    Aslef

    You're right in that it was a minority in the stadium who protested, however, it is quite clear that there is now a huge number of people who are disgruntled with the way the owners have run the club.

    Apparently 5000 did not renew there season ticket last summer which is a huge chunk of the fan base.

    Some 16k were looking to protest before the match on Saturday before it was called off.

    Yes only 500-600 protested but there are still thousands more who are disgruntled. It would be unwise for Gold, Sullivan and Brady to now come out, ignore there is an issue and state that it's only a handful who are upset, although that's probably will happen next.

    As a club everyone should acknowledge that there are issues and try to see If they can be addressed. Just side stepping them as if the problem isn't there will solve nothing and only compound the issue.
  • This was my first year as a season ticket holder along with my son. Even before yesterday’s trouble I was debating whether or not to renew for next season. I think I now know the answer.
  • Posh - where did you get that figure of 5000? While I agree that at least some of these 5000 will probably be fans who didn't renew for some reason or another, I expect a good number of those to be what many here call 'tourists', people who got themselves a season ticket simply because it was the first year at the OS and they were comparatively cheap.
  • I'm feel low after yesterday's game but I know I will still renew next season wether whatever league we are in . Once this all blows over and things settle again I just can't help myself it's part of being a supporter the lows make the highs all the sweeter when we occasionally get one. Am I a glutton for punishment or just a normal West Ham fan I don't know ;lol DJ I hope you do renew, this season has not been reflective of most my years as a season ticket holder I had some great seasons some middling seasons a a few relegation seasons but I always come back for more.
  • Am I a glutton for punishment or just a normal West Ham fan I don't know ;lol .

    On top of that I am an England supporter living in Germany. I get my fair share of punishment pretty much every two years at least.
  • I work for German bank in London Munich so get plenty of that aswell
  • Just to compare our club to another club in turmoil - Hamburg SV. They sacked two board members last week and got thumped 6-0 by Bayern Munich yesterday.

    Yesterday, in front of their stadium, a group of fans put up a banner accompanied by grave crosses. It read 'Time's up, we'll get you all"

  • Just to compare our club to another club in turmoil - Hamburg SV. They sacked two board members last week and got thumped 6-0 by Bayern Munich yesterday.

    Yesterday, in front of their stadium, a group of fans put up a banner accompanied by grave crosses. It read 'Time's up, we'll get you all"

    Doubt it will ever get that bad here....although saying that here's what happened in our second biggest city less than a decade ago.....

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/may/12/premierleague.birminghamcityfc
  • https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/10/west-ham-burnley-premier-league-match-report

    Apologies if this has already been referenced...

    Press reporting stuff was chucked at the directors' box, and DS was hit in the face by a coin.
  • So no culpability towards the match thread starter then who, by his own admission, had never even overseen a draw previously?

    ;lol

    You were warned ;lol
  • Wombat - sorry to miss you -
    Expat - ditto - missed your earlier post as I had already set off and don't do mobile internet thingy.
    All the best to you both

    Somehow my phone will not keep an identifier on your number, so I don't know which one yours is. Send me a txt and I'll try and label you again
  • "Press reporting stuff was chucked at the directors' box, and DS was hit in the face by a coin."

    Any right minded person would condone this...should this be proven!

    But apparently in Birmingham the fans confronted their owners in the car park.
  • Some fans could be seen making throat-slitting gestures at members of the board.

    Oh no, ;lol
  • Posh

    I hope it is safe to assume you meant 'condemn' there.

    Herb

    Struggle to see what is funny about that, tbh.
  • You think that token gestures are worth reporting? It's no different to thumbing your nose.
  • It is different to thumbing your nose though, isn’t it.
  • No, it really isn't.
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