Burnley at home - 10th March - Match Thread

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  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Macca85 said:


    The atmosphere is there now it won’t change there will be no truce it’s the fans v the board

    a minority of
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    You can still go to games and protest, just don't buy the merchandise. If everyone did that, it would affect the board, without affecting the players.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    bbb

    "There is also no proof that coins were thrown. Show me."

    Sir Trev said it had happened and that is good enough for me.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Fair enough bbb. ;ok
  • ClactoniteClactonite
    I’m not sure or really care if I’m in the majority or whatever but at the moment I’m indifferent to the board and a lot more bothered and concerned about our team seemingly sliding towards the championship!

    Are the board going to quit or sell the club any time soon - No
    Can they spend more money on transfers now - No nothing till the summer
    Will we be leaving the London Stadium - No

    So what is the point of the protesting at this stage of the season?

    Against Bournemouth and Leicester, when we went a goal down against them the crowd encouraged them and we got something from both games. So when we were needed most on Saturday to support the team, we then get distracted by some attention seekers invading the pitch and watching a mob of angry people shouting and swearing at an 81 year old man and scaring kids.

    I’m not Sullivan’s biggest fan but just don’t think this is the right time and certainly don’t believe it was the right manner in which to protest.

    Anyway I’m more of a reader of this forum than a commenter so think I’ll go back to that now. Peace coyi
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    Re the coins debate, the coverage I saw showed DS being led away by the arm and he was clearly very shaken indeed, he did not walk away from the directors area with anything like a normal body posture.

    I said at the time that something must have been hurled at him beyond just words.

    When I heard the accusation that coins were thrown, unfortunately I am afraid that I have no doubt.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Macca85 said:

    bring back the old club crest

    Which one? ;whistle
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Macca85 said:

    The board now have a couple of weeks to really make some changes that maybe able to calm the storm and unite the fans, but they need to happen now. The club needs west hamming to make it feel like a proper football club.
    I would do the following
    Ask Sir Trevor Brooking to be a Director of the club make Billy Bonds Ambassador of the club these are people the fans trust
    Re name Rush Green after Ron Greenwood bring back the old club crest name the other two stands after west ham Legends Lyall and Bonds.

    Go all out to drape the football club in its history and surround yourself with West Ham people and drive home the pr machine.

    This may yes may turn the corner.

    If memory serves Sir Trev was a director but resigned when he became the FA's Director of Football Development in order to avoid a conflict of interest. He's often said he's got his dream job so I can't imagine he'd want to walk away from it and rejoin as a director.

    The rest is just PR. I think its going to take a lot more than that to make the fans happy
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    I thought he wasn't doing that for the FA now?
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited March 2018
    Oh yeah. Alzheimer's on my part........

    PS here's something frightening

    Joe Hart has conceded 36 goals in 19 games, average 1.895
    Bernard Lama conceded 25 goals in 14 games, average 1.785
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    I don’t want PR.

    I’ve had it up to here with PR.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    What I love about Joe Hart however is he seems to have unshakable self confidence and part of me thinks this is how he got and keeps the England job. He absolutely looks the part even if picking the ball out of the net for the fourth time in a match.

    He could still be lauded as one of the best had Pep not rumbled him and seen beyond his fantastic body language and confidence, as with City's defence and amount of possession any reasonable keeper could look good. I think average teams such as us and Fiorentina who cannot hold possession as much and defences who cannot protect as much have shown him to be what he is which is a decent enough lower end Premiership or Championship standard keeper and no more. I think he is s decent shot stopper but the closer the action gets to him the less competent he is.
  • sweepy23sweepy23
    I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Hart has some issues off the pitch. He’s gone from being a world class goalkeeper to a shadow of his former self. I just wonder if he has a gambling problem or plays video games until the early hours? His mind just seems somewhere else.

    I really don’t want him anywhere near our goal for the run in. One mistake at home to the saints and it could very well be bye bye premier league. At the moment he can’t even seem to kick the ball correctly.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    billybondsbeard said:

    SuzanneClaret said:

    I don’t want PR.

    I’ve had it up to here with bad PR.

    Fixed it for you I think Suz ;ok
    That is not a fix because that is not what I meant.

    I DON'T WANT ANY PR !!
  • MarkNobleLocalHeroMarkNobleLocalHero
    Joe Hart has NEVER been able to kick the ball correctly (never mind at the moment).
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    It's more the catching and collecting that worries me.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    We've had Hart miskicking a clearance to Rooney at Everton and Adrian missing his kick completely at Liverpool.
    We need a kicking coach and not necessarily just for goalkeepers.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    I don't count the Rooney goal as a mistake as such. Hart cleared the ball into the opposition half from where Rooney drove the ball home on the half volley. Great goal.
    At Liverpool Firmano touched the ball round Adrian.

    Other than that I agree.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    I did notice that when Hart plays for England he usually throws the ball to defenders. Maybe we should tell our keepers to keep it short
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    Not sure about that, he'd probably end up throwing into his own net.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Maybe he has more confidence in the England defenders to play the ball out of defence.....
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Not sure I would have.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited March 2018
    http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2018/march/22-march/west-ham-united-statement

    - Lifetime bans for the 5 pitch invaders
    - Lifetime bans for (an unspecified number) of others who threw coins and other objects


    Investigations ongoing (into other attempted pitch incursions and acts of violence) in conjunction with LS185 and the police, using witness statements and CCTV footage.

  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    What about the other 11 pitch invaders ?
  • MoojorMoojor
    Yeoldhammer said:

    What about the other 11 pitch invaders ?

    They got a worse punishment, they don't get a lifetime ban and have to be there for the Saints match.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited March 2018
    MrsGrey said:


    - Lifetime bans for (an unspecified number) of others who threw coins and other objects



    Looks like it was about 15, since this statement here refers to bans for 20 people so far in total.

    And names given to the police (presumably of the people who threw things). Allegedly.

    http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2018/march/24-march/west-ham-united-respond-mayors-comments
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