Author Topic: Football 2017/18 (Read 10801 times)

wigginhall · « **Reply #50 on:** December 10, 2017, 03:53:10 PM »

Well done, Hammers. Old Moysie came up trumps.

Humph Warden Bennett · « **Reply #51 on:** December 16, 2017, 02:30:05 PM »

Crystal Palace have won 3-0 away from home at Leicester. My brother must be opening the beer about now.

Edit: It's so rare for Palace to win that I forgot to include the "w" word.

Humph Warden Bennett · « **Reply #52 on:** December 16, 2017, 09:16:10 PM »

Palace winning away from home seems to have been a conversation stopper

jeremyp · « **Reply #53 on:** December 17, 2017, 01:47:32 AM »

Quote from: Humph Warden Bennett on December 16, 2017, 09:16:10 PM

Palace winning away from home seems to have been a conversation stopper

Everybody is still in shock.

Humph Warden Bennett · « **Reply #54 on:** December 17, 2017, 10:19:53 AM »

Quote from: jeremyp on December 17, 2017, 01:47:32 AM

Everybody is still in shock.

Long standing Charlton fans joke:

"Burglars broke into the Trophy Room at Selhurst Park last night"

"Did they steal the cups?"

No they kept out of the kitchen"

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #55 on:** January 01, 2018, 04:39:30 PM »

Taxi for Hughes?

wigginhall · « **Reply #56 on:** January 01, 2018, 04:50:55 PM »

I've always liked Sparky - for some reason, he has lost his mojo. Amazing that he was manager at City in distant days.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #57 on:** January 01, 2018, 05:03:07 PM »

Regression to the mean

wigginhall · « **Reply #58 on:** January 08, 2018, 05:15:35 PM »

Guess who Mr January is in the Liverpool calendar for 2018? Never mind, it'll soon be February.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #59 on:** February 16, 2018, 04:40:33 PM »

I am going to guess that they were not entirely sober

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43089347

ad_orientem · « **Reply #60 on:** February 26, 2018, 10:17:04 AM »

Quote from: Rhiannon on November 19, 2017, 11:57:36 AM

From what I can gather the WHU/Milwall firms organise plenty of, erm, rivalry whether they are playing each other or not. But that’s the lunatic fringe. From what I can tell most WHU fans have transferred their hatred to Chelsea. Well, doesn’t everyone?

It always has been and always will be Millwall (though of course we hate everyone else) ever since the two teams formed as East End rivals. Add to that the dockers strike of 1926 and Harry Cripps's testimonial in 1972 (among other things) when Millwall got walloped by the Mile End mob, then you have all ingredients of pure hatred.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156050004112086&id=689022085

ad_orientem · « **Reply #61 on:** February 26, 2018, 01:06:14 PM »

West Ham fans are marching on the 10th of March, taking the board to account for their false promises. Many of us reluctantly accepted to move from the Boleyn with the promise of a world class stadium with world class players. The board delivered on neither. Then there are all the local businesses which are going down the khazi as a result of the move.

ad_orientem · « **Reply #62 on:** March 04, 2018, 10:45:25 AM »

I don't know how active any of you are on social media but on Twitter and Facebook, for instance, the West Ham fanbase is in complete meltdown after yestetday's defeat and the decision by the Real West Ham Fans Action Group to pull out of the march. West Ham fans are insulting and accusing each other of this and that and the ICF are pulling ranks and saying those who still wish to march (except Bill Gardner) will not be allowed to pass through their manor because, they believe, the other protest groups have been infiltrated by ANTIFA.

Rhiannon · « **Reply #63 on:** March 04, 2018, 12:27:19 PM »

Woolworths went bust because they sold most of their real estate in favour of leasehold agreements. When in difficulties they had no assets to speak of. This is pretty much what WHU did and I do not see how the club will survive long term.

ad_orientem · « **Reply #64 on:** March 04, 2018, 01:09:25 PM »

And the owners are to blame. If we go down I really do fear the worst. Sullivan and Gold are asset stripping the club. The only upside is we'll get to play Millwall. I think the only viable longterm solution for both the club and the taxpayer is to either sell the stadium to us or to build our own stadium elsewhere. What really gets me is one of the claimed reasons we couldn't fully redevelop the Boleyn was the bus garage behind the East stand which has subsequently demolished. You couldn't make it up. This is the West Ham way. We're a joke from top to bottom.

I'm a member of the Real West Ham Fans Action Group and I back Andy Swallow and Micky Morgan, old school and I trust them.

ad_orientem · « **Reply #65 on:** March 05, 2018, 09:22:14 PM »

Could it get any worse. Palace up 2-0 against United. Wouldn't put it past those bloody Mancs to be doing it on purpose. LOL!

ad_orientem · « **Reply #66 on:** March 11, 2018, 09:51:50 AM »

The boiling pot that is the West Han fanbase finally boiled over yesterday. The club has no one to blame but itself. The owners are liars and thieves. The manager is clueless. The players are not fit to wear the shirt. Sullivan, Gold, and Brady you have ruined our club! I'm surprised there wasn't a full out riot. West Ham died the day we left the Boleyn.

Rhiannon · « **Reply #67 on:** March 11, 2018, 01:39:50 PM »

Even more so if the actions of the fans lead to relegation. Points deduction?

ad_orientem · « **Reply #68 on:** March 11, 2018, 01:42:04 PM »

Quote from: Rhiannon on March 11, 2018, 01:39:50 PM

Even more so if the actions of the fans lead to relegation. Points deduction?

You can't absolutely rule it out but I do think it's highly unlikely.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #69 on:** March 17, 2018, 10:10:23 PM »

Commentator tonight after the Liverpool game 'It might be snowing in March but it's like Christmas Day again for Salah'

Rhiannon · « **Reply #70 on:** March 22, 2018, 11:02:35 AM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 17, 2018, 10:10:23 PM

Commentator tonight after the Liverpool game 'It might be snowing in March but it's like Christmas Day again for Salah'

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #71 on:** March 22, 2018, 02:58:42 PM »

Big achievement for Gareth Bale, but the paucity of imagination used for football nicknames is dreadful.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43501828

Rhiannon · « **Reply #72 on:** March 22, 2018, 05:57:38 PM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2018, 02:58:42 PM

Big achievement for Gareth Bale, but the paucity of imagination used for football nicknames is dreadful.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43501828

Presumably Baleo is a play on Kaleo, the uber-cool Icelandic indie blues rockers.

I see this as an improvement from the days when Giggs himself played, when every nickname was created by sticking -y on the end of surnames or syllables thereof.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #73 on:** March 22, 2018, 06:03:27 PM »

Quote from: Rhiannon on March 22, 2018, 05:57:38 PM

Presumably Baleo is a play on Kaleo, the uber-cool Icelandic indie blues rockers.

I see this as an improvement from the days when Giggs himself played, when every nickname was created by sticking -y on the end of surnames or syllables thereof.

Indeed, though I fear that it was just to avoid being confused with someone called Bailey, obviously nicknamed Baileyy

Rhiannon · « **Reply #74 on:** March 22, 2018, 06:14:39 PM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on March 22, 2018, 06:03:27 PM

Indeed, though I feat that it was just to avoid being confused with someone called Bailey, obviously nicknamed Baileyy

Perhaps they should adopt WWE style nicknames. You know, things like The Arsonist, The Dead Man and the Eater of Worlds. Actually they should use the entrances too, including music, and every match should end with the opposition being hit by ladders and thrown through commentary tables.

West Ham are already exploring a collaboration with Vince McMahon.

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