The Official West Ham United Thread. Vol 2
Discussion
There's a separate thread running about Frank Lampard's retirement.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Shame he took a lot of abuse when he played against us.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Shame he took a lot of abuse when he played against us.
bad company said:
There's a separate thread running about Frank Lampard's retirement.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Shame he took a lot of abuse when he played against us.
He scored against us pretty much every game that I went to that he was playing in http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Shame he took a lot of abuse when he played against us.
FMOB. Well that was an interesting way to relieve myself of £125.
Impressed with the stadium, apart from being herded around like sheep after the game.
Decidedly unimpressed with the utter garbage dished up on the pitch. Embarrassing, shameful s
t-in-your-hat-and-punch-it, terrible.
FML.
Impressed with the stadium, apart from being herded around like sheep after the game.
Decidedly unimpressed with the utter garbage dished up on the pitch. Embarrassing, shameful s
t-in-your-hat-and-punch-it, terrible. FML.
TCEvo said:
Agree, it was a pathetic & inept performance. At 3-0 I did think about fking off as we weren't going to get back into the game, although that would have been the same at 1-0.
Collins should defo have started, doubt that the outcome would have been any different.
To cap a ste evening the tossers at TFL have overcharged my Oyster card again.
You must have been one of the few that did stay, I thought that we had the most embarrassing early leavers in the Premier League but there must have been some silent dog whistle that prompted everyone to leave. At 75 mins it was looking very empty. It was like a fire drill.;)king off as we weren't going to get back into the game, although that would have been the same at 1-0. Collins should defo have started, doubt that the outcome would have been any different.
To cap a s
te evening the tossers at TFL have overcharged my Oyster card again. As for the stadium, it wasn't so much impressive as striking. From the outside it was quite spectacular, from the inside it was disjointed/hiddelty piddelty with gaps in the stands giving it an eerie non atmosphere. Where we were, we couldn't see the screen because of the speakers and cables in the way. The circular configuration did not give the air of a football stadium and it put me in mind of a lot of European grounds that were trying to be something they are not. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and will return. All Hammers should be rightly proud of such a venue but there needs to be a concerted effort to create an "end" with all the singers etc, otherwise it will continue to be sterile......not unlike the Etihad.
The stewards that I spoke to were all polite but completely useless, not knowing where the coach park/away end/way to the station were.
Having said all that, it is early days and the blueprint is there to make West Ham the main London branded club in the capital. The future seems bright.
All the Hammers fans we encountered were to a man/woman friendly and chatty.
As for the football it was a mixture of West Ham standing off and City punishing this in a spectacular fashion.
Finally, is it me or is that pitch alot wider than normal? If so, you are not doing yourselves any favours there.
Good luck for the rest of the season, like a lot of Blues I've always had a soft spot for West Ham, must be the colours!
Edited by willyeckerslike on Thursday 2nd February 22:44
Edited by willyeckerslike on Thursday 2nd February 22:48
willyeckerslike said:
TCEvo said:
Agree, it was a pathetic & inept performance. At 3-0 I did think about fking off as we weren't going to get back into the game, although that would have been the same at 1-0.
Collins should defo have started, doubt that the outcome would have been any different.
To cap a ste evening the tossers at TFL have overcharged my Oyster card again.
You must have been one of the few that did stay, I thought that we had the most embarrassing early leavers in the Premier League but there must have been some silent dog whistle that prompted everyone to leave. At 75 mins it was looking very empty. It was like a fire drill.;)king off as we weren't going to get back into the game, although that would have been the same at 1-0. Collins should defo have started, doubt that the outcome would have been any different.
To cap a s
te evening the tossers at TFL have overcharged my Oyster card again. As for the stadium, it wasn't so much impressive as striking. From the outside it was quite spectacular, from the inside it was disjointed/hiddelty piddelty with gaps in the stands giving it an eerie non atmosphere. Where we were, we couldn't see the screen because of the speakers and cables in the way. The circular configuration did not give the air of a football stadium and it put me in mind of a lot of European grounds that were trying to be something they are not. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and will return. All Hammers should be rightly proud of such a venue but there needs to be a concerted effort to create an "end" with all the singers etc, otherwise it will continue to be sterile......not unlike the Etihad.
The stewards that I spoke to were all polite but completely useless, not knowing where the coach park/away end/way to the station were.
Having said all that, it is early days and the blueprint is there to make West Ham the main London branded club in the capital. The future seems bright.
All the Hammers fans we encountered were to a man/woman friendly and chatty.
As for the football it was a mixture of West Ham standing off and City punishing this in a spectacular fashion.
Finally, is it me or is that pitch alot wider than normal? If so, you are not doing yourselves any favours there.
Good luck for the rest of the season, like a lot of Blues I've always had a soft spot for West Ham, must be the colours!
Edited by willyeckerslike on Thursday 2nd February 22:44
Edited by willyeckerslike on Thursday 2nd February 22:48
Pitch is large & apparently in accordance w/ FIFA rules - presumably that has something to do w/ the size of the stadium - David Gold mentioned it on Twitter yesterday evening but I've not had a chance to look into it more.
TEKNOPUG said:
willyeckerslike said:
Having said all that, it is early days and the blueprint is there to make West Ham the main London branded club in the capital. The future seems bright.
You guys renaming the club "London Hammers" 
TCEvo said:
The herding, searching and instructions via megaphone; the metal fences, barricaded entrances and station are all particularly annoying.
I take it you have to go to Stratford? I tried it the first couple of games and decided to avoid it. Luckily I don't have to go there as I need to get to West Ham for the Hammersmith & City tube. So I usually go to Stratford International DLR or Stratford High St. DLR. You get away from most of the crowds quickly and there's not usually any problems at either station.The only bit that annoyed me about getting away from the stadium was the barricade where the away fans come out. It only annoyed me once, when I didn't know they'd put it up and had to leg it back round the entire stadium
. TBH I don't know why it wasn't there from the start...TEKNOPUG said:
willyeckerslike said:
Having said all that, it is early days and the blueprint is there to make West Ham the main London branded club in the capital. The future seems bright.
You guys renaming the club "London Hammers" Edited by willyeckerslike on Friday 3rd February 12:46
willyeckerslike said:
TEKNOPUG said:
willyeckerslike said:
Having said all that, it is early days and the blueprint is there to make West Ham the main London branded club in the capital. The future seems bright.
You guys renaming the club "London Hammers" Edited by willyeckerslike on Friday 3rd February 12:46
Sounds almost too easy
willyeckerslike said:
Having said all that, it is early days and the blueprint is there to make West Ham the main London branded club in the capital. The future seems bright.
To be fair, they are the only "London" branded club and I can't see any of the other 40 Pro/Semi Pro clubs in London bothering to change their name, so I guess they will be the main London-branded club by default.I suspect that the billionaire owner will have more of an effect though
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