Not really West Ham related except Bobby Moore is here. But this was a time when I enjoyed football and indeed players from the other teams. George Best, Rodney Marsh were two of them, and in my opinion, the best footy commentator, Brian Moore. The interview at the end was enlightening as well compared to todays cliche driven words by players and managers.

https://www.facebook.com/100049700133455/videos/944247970025184/

West Ham just think on it what is the club to you? for me its about a proper football club that knows its roots that appeals to the working man and know we dont win trophies every year/decade etc but when we do we celebrate it properly unlike those self entitled clubs/fans who think it is there right to win trophies year in year out and dont celebrate winning them because well its the norm its nothing special fuck them they are not fans they are just glory hunting pricks that when the going gets tough they piss off......We are different we are special look at yesterdays game the arse v manure and the commentator on about how gooners/spuds/liverpool all challenging Citeh...our club on the same points not mentioned not even an afterthought no we are not big enough for the media unless its a scandal or one of the bigboys buying our players......good because we dont need them we are West Ham United feet firmly on the ground not fantasising about about winning leagues and cups but a club that means something to the community and plays good football(not so much of late i no).

So when doing the media rounds today the old Quatari to buy us story comes up i would like to put it on here right now and say NO....i dont want it to happen i want my club to be my club not some small business owned by a state with a bottomless pit for a wallet.....i dont want to see fake fans wearing the Claret n Blue i dont want the media fawning all over us because suddenly we got pots n pots of cash...no i want to us to be WEST HAM the club that now and then pisses off the big guns and loathed by the mega rich clubs fans because we know what we are a proper football club and have something those faux fans will never have.

I hate that our owners moved us from our spiritual home but there is nothing i can do about that and i accept that younger fans are even now building memories at the BOM and good luck to them but if we get taken over by a mega rich super state then that will be it for me our club and all that it means to me will be no more and i will stop supporting them because we will not be WEST HAM anymore...just look at the barcodes playing in Saudi Green pffff if thats our future then i want none of it........relegation dog fights the very odd cup now and then stopping big clubs winning a title or cup the camaraderie of the fans the gallows humour dodgy burgers overpriced chips! and the wit of the terraces.....now thats a club to support not a club thats a nation state.....

Lets keep WEST HAM what it is a real mans club COYI

Scamacca made hius first Atalanta start last night, what happened will surprise absolutely nobody. The Italian hitman was named in Gasperini’s starting XI for the first time since he left the Hammers.
Atalanta beat Monza 3-0 and moved up to third spot in Serie A in the process.
Scamacca bagged two goals for his new club. He nearly had a hat-trick, but his third goal was ruled out by VAR.

So that's it then...is this the end for me! Are we the new citeh,or at least there biggest rivals? Their fans are OK in my life book,well they would be,the Cockney Reds...lol
67 they took liberties,but we were heavily outnumbered but we were out in force in 75...COYI
My very first thread/:post call it what you like even though I loved the Holy Grail with every bone in my body,actually said I will embrace the change,but they better get it right...simple terms from a simple mind ( still alive & kicking)
I hated it,on the lash in the carpenters,my old manor & I loved the cut through to Hackney through the old industrial area by the river lea back in the day...blimey where has that 30 years gone...sad ending btw....
Anyway what the hell is going on?
Mr David Gold R.I.P I salute you sir,you were right all along & I was harsh...
Unbelievable can I take anymore...coursevi f*cking can,though I had the right bleeding hump trying to get me firestick to work..HG got any of those little blue jack & Jill's for me girl !!;) ;)
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How do every other club manage to get players through a medical, signed and available to play the next
day. Harry Kane was registered to play today for Bayern Munich today and did not even arrive in Germany until 1800 yesterday. West Ham however seem to take an eternity.

I was very Very happy with Moyes and beating Fiorentina and said to a few of my mates out there in Prague, that I would like to see him bow out Gracefully- and go to Celtic thought this would be his dream club. But now once again I have Got the Pox of David Moyes we've missed out on a really promising talent too Ajax. Steiden Wanted him, bet your life Rob Newman and Noble wanted him, a real bargain 14 million no wonder we missed out on Barnesas well bet he put the block on that as well - we will never Know. At this rate our team will not have any young players all older players with absolutely no sell on value whatsoever and losing money like we did with Haller and Vlassic the average age will 30, and nothing for the long term, and I wonder why we signed Steidman in the first place. Thought like a lot of fans that this was a New Beginning- what was it called West Ham Mach 2.0 more like Back to the Future Phase out. We will have have no new players. You can see why the coaching staff are all leaving. It turns out Moyes never wanted Borges in the first place so the vote must have gone 3-2 presuming Sullivan backed Moyes, says a lot for Sullivan as well, and says a lot for our future hope we lose the first few games and David Sullivan realizes MOYES HAS GOTTA GO. Done very well winning the Conference Leauge and he will always be remembered by WHU fans, But if we dont wake up he will be remembered for something else RELEGATION

Fan wise without a doubt but all the club sees is a way to make money off of the "massive" and stuff it on shirts cups etc...but where it really matters those in charge do not believe it they still see us as small fry when compared to those other London clubs and on the managing/coaching/playing side they do not believe we are good enough to be up there hence every game we play its more like preserving the point than going for all three.

so are we massive?

Sorry, but this is just obscene.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11820/12926765/kylian-mbappe-pa…

Yep I know can you believe it a thread I'm having to do today!!lol
But seriously I dug him out for his ' rant' the morning after the cup win,we all as fans I suppose are guilty of believing everything we see & hear but I'm going to give him a massive doff of the cap!! Sully has played a blinder & as informed Rice wanted to go in February 'BUT' he did refuse the pay offer & still played his heart out....
Billy Bonds,Sir Trev,Devo I think,Frank Lampard snr & of course Nobes all weren't bothered about the dough,THEY WERE ONE OF YOUR OWN

I would start with
GK Areola
RB Coufal
CB Augerd
CB Zouma
LB Emerson
RM Bowen
CM Paquetta
CM Ward Prowse
LM Barnes
AM Benrahma
CF Scamacca

Play Benrahma behind Scamacca