Bit of a hot potato this one?

Certainly in some quarters. Rightly so in some cases, but not all?

Now take Ince and Defoe as the vitriolic benchmark. For reasons set in history. Wearing a potential and as it proved eventual home shirt and having your mug pictured. Or for handing in a transfer request no sooner than you'd washed yer balls after relegation.

Big Fat Frank, (what a chant that is by the way) A victim of nepotism and the Uncle Harry era. I never really got the furore behind that one. Frank went on to become one of the best midfielders this country has produced. I'd welcome him back. But what about Joe Cole, Carlos Tevez? Nothing doing there.

Payet was a twat, so that one is a given. Mark Noble absolute legend. But what if he had a go at managing us? He crashes and burns. What then? Dogs abuse, Noble out?

Many have come and gone. Take Dec for instance, learnt the ropes from Noble. Always gave his all for the club. Never wanted away. Never slagged us off. Never threw his toys out of the pram. But he wasn't one of our own as he was a Chelsea reject. Notwithstanding the fact he was with us since being a kid! So I don't buy that view in any way shape or form.

He didn't go to ManUre, Liverpool, Man City, but to Arsenal. To further his career, now he has 100 appearances for the Arse in the Prem. SF of the Champions League, pole position for the League title. But he still gets untold sh*t from some. Don't get that one. I waved goodbye and wished him all the best, I still do. But thats just me, each to their own I suppose...

12th April.

Whilst the years might've been different, it would feel wrong not to write a message to both Bobby Moore and Neville Nixon on this day.

Both will be remembered for their Hammers history... Moore more than my old man, but let's not get bogged down about that!

Have a decent birthday, the pair of you - Louis

Many thanks for the support on the Org, whilst my match reports and other ludicrous articles don't emulate Nev's in the slightest, he certainly had a few more years on me in terms of experience. But still we rise, thank you to all.

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All this ...forget the cup, its all about staying up. Tosh. Absolute nonsense

What is football about? Foregoing a potential cup semi to do what? Try to stay in a league struggling year after year? Going nowhere?

Or looking to make the last 4? Pushing for a cup final shot?

Id argue you can do both. Play your strongest, give us a southampton night. Buzzing and singing.

Who cares about the poxy prem league? Turgid boring, players are mercenaries. So what if we go down. Look at southampton, buzzing with energy n style

Forget the cup? No way! Come on hammers!

What on earth is going on with todays supporters? a friend of mine is a big Wolves fan and his son is to well was..the boy was 14 couple years back and decided he had had enough of Wolves and decided Chelski was his side a team that wins things(i no)but now that they are going through a bad run he has decided that Arsenal are his team now.

We all are thinking it i no..he's not a fan he may like watching football but he does not support a club...his Dads upset that his son doesn't attend games with him anymore and despite trying to educate him that supporting a club is not always about winning things the Lad will not change.

Then my mate tells me his boys not the only one like this and a lot of his schoolmates were the same.....being old school as we are once you found your team you stuck with them through thick and thin accepting the bad with the good and you can never change no matter what as you will not be taken seriously as a supporter if you did.

Any of you come across the same? because to me/us chopping and changing your team is a complete and utter no no and something you cannot comprehend.

With all the doom and gloom surrounding the club i must admit i was surprised and happy for the person that shows you can be successful at West Ham so lets all rejoice and put our hands together with a nice round of applause for
vice-chair Karren Brady’s pay increase to £1.472m.

Just cos you wear that silly Russian gear Free speech is still allowed in this country it aint Russia and you cant stop web sites filming on public ground WHU rely on the public to carry their mobile to enter the ground but apparently they don't like us using it if we criticise the board or the running of the club what a disgrace this so called custodian is absolutely wrong again this will just make him even more unpopular

Now I know why he wears that Russian outfit he does not think that the board should be criticised. and has banned 3 fans in for bringing a banner into the ground apparently you cant bring a flag or banner into the ground if it is bigger than 2metresx 1metre a banner was "smuggled" which looks a lot bigger but was not offensive, into the Bobby Moore stand, for the Sunderland game the fans have been suspended I know Rules are rules but I wonder how many fans knew about this? B&S certainly did so the fans were e mailed telling him he is banned for the next 3 home games what a hooligan and he has supported WHU for 47 years I dont know about the other 2 supporters but it just goes to show that Sullivan does not believe in demonstrations or free speech the supporters are nothing to them but they will find out how important we are next season- no on 2nd thoughts I don't think they care- the lowest of them all could have been sorted with a phone call or better still just a warning NO MORE BS

Is it just me getting disillusioned with the game today. Back when I was growing up in the 60's watching the game it was so simple. There was no VAR, the offside rule simple and handball was handball, There was only one camera high up above the stands broadcasting, calm commentary from the likes of Brian Moore, Motson or Kenneth Wolstenholme dressed in sheepskins or heavy raincoats. Not a hint of some squeaky voiced dolly bird dressed in the latest fashion nodding furiously at every comment made by those who knew what they were talking about.
, The referees decision was final and the linesman generally so. Goalkeepers caught the ball and also took goal kicks unless injured. Players went down only if they had a broken leg and any other injury play was waved on until it went out of play. The object of the game was to score more goals than the opposition, none of this sideways, sideways, sideways and back, before sideways. sideways again. I remember the boos and the slow handclaps if they dared pass back to the keeper in those days.
And then there is the allure of the players themselves. Never mind the allure of going to the games to watch our own players, Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Billy Bonds or Trevor Brooking, I would go to games to see the oppositions special attractions, The Stan Bowles, Rodney Marshes or the George Bests and Bobby Charltone. Even the lower teams like Spurs had their Jimmy Greaves, Burnley's Ralph Coates, or Leicester Citys Frank Worthington. Even goalkeepers would get me out on a freezing snow driven day like Pat Jennings, Gordon Banks or Peter Shilton. So many names from nearly all teams but there isn't a single Premier League player that would tempt me to part with my hard earned today.
Of course, I can't stop whinging without a mention to the sterilised grounds of today. The day the demolition of the Twin Towers of Wembley was the start of the rot in my opinion. Highbury, The original Den of Millwall, White Hart Lane and of course our own Boleyn Ground. Gone are the roasted peanuts, hot chestnuts braziers, burgers dripping in greasy fat and onions and the spit and sawdust pubs of the day. I won't mention the price match tickets these days. Corporate Hospitality? That was for those who had a seat wasn't it?
Anyone feel the same?

Should they be scrapped and back to the old ways of buying any player you can afford whenever you want during the season..or do you like the way the current system works or would you like to see one universal window open in the summer and all deals across all leagues in Europe end on the same day and no further deals can be made until the following summer?