@Alexp66_@kevtheslice@MileEnd0103@BennyG2002 Exactly I’m the same with just a few points off maximum. It’s not a closed shop but it does literally take years and a bit of luck in the ballots too so people get frustrated, which I do symphasise with
Why do people act like CR7 was just some decent Prem player who suddenly got good at Madrid?
AIG Ronaldo was widely regarded as the best on the planet, we were there 😭
The stadium move does not have correlation to the trophy win. The players brought to the club and any financial investment has been drive by the massive TV deal. West Ham have always been able to attract players due to the location of the club. Signing players like Craig Dawson, Said Benrahma, Kurt Zouma, Pablo Fornals, Vladimir Coufal, Flynn Downes, Danny Ings etc was not down to moving to a new stadium.
As someone who was very pro move at the time I was satisfied that the club has answered all the concerns.
But the answers were just false. And what they did was essentially negate any form of protest at the time by showing disingenuous images and giving answers to concerns that were just not true.
The day West Ham moved into the stadium the pitch was too far away from the stands. This is still the case no matter what colour carpet they use.
There will be those who are happy with the stadium and that is absolutely fine. I agree that more people being able to watch West Ham is a great thing.
But the stadium move has been a disaster and has altered the club in ways that is difficult to articulate and quantify in footballing terms.
It’s not a black and white issue.
I still believe moving was something West Ham needed to do with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham dominating London football.
But this particular move and this stadium was the wrong one and has left West Ham as a club that is more of a tribute act to once was.
The modern Premier League game has added to this feeling.
Under David Moyes West Ham put a team together (somewhat stumbled on this) and all issues with the stadium were forgotten because ultimately people just want their team to win games.
To conclude, I can only speak for myself when I say I hate the stadium. I’m missing more games than ever. But I don’t expect anyone to care about this, I’m replaceable. We all are.
I’ve got my memories and my opinion on what I think West Ham are and what they have been about.
It’s a different club now.
People moaning we’re unprofessional and can’t seem to do things privately… yet are happy to pay £5 to someone who leaks every fucking thing to the world. Make your fucking minds up.
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Struggling to keep up with England discourse. We’ve got a terrible squad and there’s 8 teams better than us, but also Southgate should be sacked if we don’t win it.
Also the 283 qualifiers we’ve won in a row didn’t matter but defeats in friendlies do.