This is one of the hardest days of my football career.
I’m devastated for our fans, for everyone at the club and for what this means after 7 years in the club and in the Premier League.
You deserved better from us.
Thank you for standing with us even in the toughest moments.
I truly believe the West Ham family will stay united and loyal through this difficult time, just as you always have.
Now it’s on us to respond the right way, work harder than ever and fight to bring West Ham back where it belongs.
“World-class team in a world-class stadium?” Second-tier team in a track-and-field stadium. West Ham United relegated to the Championship at the London Stadium. Fans have every right to be angry. They turned up. But where was the real leadership in the club? Or on the pitch in recent times (Bowen apart)? No urgency in the first half against Leeds. Taty and Bowen gave brief hope. But they couldn’t rise to the equation. Spurs survive.
Many reasons for West Ham’s demise: some iffy recruitment, some below-par coach appointments (Lopetegui, Potter), defensive issues, lack of direction from board, tensions between fans and Sullivan, as well as an unsuitable stadium (fans far from pitch, rental so difficult to generate money). Record losses. And revenue will be hammered by the drop.
Who gets sold? Fernandes and Summerville will be top of many clubs’ shopping list. And the loyal Bowen? Does Nuno stay? Will the fanbase want him to? Does Kretinsky make a move to take over? Would Sullivan sell anyway? So many questions. Who can provide the answers? Who will stand up to be counted?
West Ham need a reset, a rethink, improved recruitment and better leadership - on and off the pitch. Their fans deserve better. #WHULEE #WHU
I will be FOREVER blowing bubbles, till I fade and die 🫶🏼⚒️
Now it hurts but I am 💯 percent sure first game of new season fans will be here again, London stadium will be full cheering for Claret and Blue army.
COYI
This club is in the fucking bin. @WestHam handing out 3 match bans for fans holding this up against our terrible owners.
@karren_brady and co simply cannot accept any criticism of a fanbase they have chosen to ignore. Disgusting.
PLEASE REPOST
@HammersUnited2@WestHamHelp
As usual, the fiasco at West Ham is handled with a total lack of class !
The players will be delighted to have their 4th Manager in 16 months ?!!!!!!!!!
What a shambles ….
As I’ve said before though, nothing will ever change until this dreadful ownership has left the Club !
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I think this symbolises a point football has reached, where it has to decide what it stands for.
From an entertainment value perspective, this might be fun: fewer dead rubbers, possibly 1st legs abolished with an eliminator system that means every game has an immediate, direct consequence.
From a sporting merit perspective, this would be a disaster: you shouldn’t be allowed to finish 8th over a 46-game season, and play in the Premier League next year.
I would argue the damage to sporting merit would outweigh the entertainment value.
Let the competition provide the entertainment, as opposed to making the entertainment dictate the competition.
@Chris_Mills_@TheGroveWHU To be fair mate probably same lot who don’t come into stands until like the 55th minute second half and we end up starting second half with a fraction of support
Those who turned up know and it’s a start now hoping for strong boycott for Brentford
How on earth has @Sjopinion10 just said a concern is having a foreign owner who ‘doesn’t care about the heritage and culture of the football club’.
I’d say leaving Upton Park to play in a soulless athletics bowl, describing it as a world class stadium, making false promises to local businesses from UP, as well as trying to price out the kids, elderly and the disabled.
All in the name of being one of us is pretty culture destroying.
30,000 STH walked away now, and more coming including myself if things don’t change.
@talkSPORT climb out of Sullivan’s rectum for 5 minutes.
Just as clarification please make sure we do keep protests peaceful. Sullivan would desperately love to play the victim and get the media to make us out as the bad guys.
Join the march or meet at the gates. This really needs numbers. The club needs a new direction.
#GSBOUT
Following on from my dumb post yesterday (now deleted) please join the protests next week, they’ve got to be peaceful but we have to have good numbers.
This board needs to see the damage they continue to do to West Ham cannot continue.
#GSBOUT
Second home game of the season, second match ground emptying on the 60th minute.
Seems the lack of fight on the pitch is spreading to the stands where people don’t have the energy to be angry anymore.
All the more reason to Boycott Brentford
#GSBOUT#BoycottBrentford#WHUTOT