Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Christmas Pudding, Big Sam and Farewell Fergie

Us English love Christmas Pudding. Given we only eat it once a year, it becomes ever so more precious. Why pudding? The less you eat it the more you appreciate it. I’m tired of complaining Hammers supporters. Try living over the pond. Now, some of many benefits of living 4,000 miles away from Upton Park include:
  • You start to realize there are a finite number of Hammers games you get to live for.
  • The only Spurs supporters over here are actually nice.
  • You don’t have to sit in a pub with 70 odd miserable England fans complaining again and again
  • People away from England, who like football, are actually interested in a club with history.
  •  If you have a WHU tattoo people think you were consulted in the filming of Green Street Hooligans. 
    Who are ya, who are ya...!

It’s been a tough new year for the Irons and the regulars are swinging the lead and demanding change. Interestingly, the entertaining owners, Gold and Sullivan, have put their faith in Big Sam, despite a rock bottom defeat at the hands of a slightly above average Championship team, Forest. Losing to potential Premier League relegation fodder added fuel to the fire for many supporters given the result, number of youth players selected and the lack of support for the youth by the seniors on the field. Villa’s Lambert questioned the usefulness of the FA Cup and subsequently was handed a well deserved defeat in the third round. Comparing Villa with West Ham is simply wrong, but it suits the media to do so, and some supporters. Interestingly,  a formal description of a “supporter’ includes these words” 


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Given the comments on the WHU facebook page it looks like Thatcher’s Britain is well and truly alive – and the traditional East London “underdog” spirit is long gone. Bottom line, if you don’t like it, don’t pay the money to watch it. Getting your pounds back after a poor performance? Go support a team that can buy success, like Manchester City. You’ll be happier in the long run.


OK. Let’s move on. Here’s an inadequate summary of 2013.
- Ferguson Retired.
- Ferguson writes and publishes a book in which he slags off everyone good and proper.
No, its ok. Hang on, no, it hurts....
- West Ham spend £15 million on a player only slightly fitter than Darren Anderton.
- The Special One returns.
- England qualify for the FIFA 2014 World Cup in civil war / stadium collapsing Brazil.
- West Ham beat Spurs, away in both League and Cup Quarter Finals.
- Moyes takes over at Old Trafford, hands his replacement Martinez, an away win.
- David Coleman dies – Tremendous loss to Sport
- Eusebio dies. Tremendous loss to World Football
- The BBC continue to only report on clubs that helps sell their advertising worldwide.

And, here is an irresponsible and inaccurate summary of 2014.
-  Arsenal win the League
Sea-Sea-Seasiders....
-  Southend win the FA.Cup but survive Millwall fans in a ‘Escape from New York’ scenario.
-  West Ham win the League Cup, but the FA award it to Manchester United as they feel sorry for them.
-  Belgium win the World Cup.
-  Palace, Spurs and Villa get relegated.
-  No one comes up from the Championship – they are all crap.
-  Moyes is given a knighthood for simply being ‘ferguson number 2’
Hubba waa,,?
-  Moyes is given the keys to the cities of Dresden, Lima and Canvey.
-  Wayne Rooney returns to the planet from which he came.
-  Moyes is the last man on earth following a virus outbreak, lives with his dog outwitting virus ridden zombies and then sacrifices himself to create and protect an antidote for civilization.

        That’s right David. ‘I follow Legend”

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