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Fuck me they dont hang around them norweigens or what ever they are 
Who they gonna get in mid season all the top bosses are in jobs and the new chairman sounds a right twat doesnt look good for the hammers
Who they gonna get in mid season all the top bosses are in jobs and the new chairman sounds a right twat doesnt look good for the hammers
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Originally Posted by CossieRich
Fuck him and fuck the hammers rofl
I was just about to say the same thing!
Why so shocked, he was wank!
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why pardew didnt just walk when they made him play the argies, at least he'd have his head held high, but now his reputation has been tarnished a little imo
think west ham will find it hard to stay up this year which is a shame as they play football how it was invented to be played.
think west ham will find it hard to stay up this year which is a shame as they play football how it was invented to be played.
11-12-2006, 05:15 PM
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Serves him right for jumping ship on Reading (who are well above the hammers) 
Although you've got to admit he done WH right and what a dumb move in sacking him NOW ...blame the players not the Manager in this instance!
Although you've got to admit he done WH right and what a dumb move in sacking him NOW
...blame the players not the Manager in this instance!
11-12-2006, 05:42 PM
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Fuck him and fuck the hammers rofl
Crystal Palace where are they now Division 2 ???
We desereve to be where we are as we aint good enough for top flight football, just like West Ham, but the fans wont admit it
11-12-2006, 07:04 PM
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anyone actully seen Tevez play this season ?
he's been out best player, battling far more than anyone else
is disruptive cunts like reo coker that have got pardew the sack, didnt get his move so has sulked and played like a cunt basically, he has been the biggest let down, hes west ham captin FFS, followed on from people like Moore, Bonds, Dicks, Di Canio, all these people played with passion and for West Ham, he hasnt
as for pardew beeing told to start the argies, when did that happen, ops, no it didnt did it media playing games again
he's been out best player, battling far more than anyone else
is disruptive cunts like reo coker that have got pardew the sack, didnt get his move so has sulked and played like a cunt basically, he has been the biggest let down, hes west ham captin FFS, followed on from people like Moore, Bonds, Dicks, Di Canio, all these people played with passion and for West Ham, he hasnt
as for pardew beeing told to start the argies, when did that happen, ops, no it didnt did it
media playing games again
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suposse ive no seen much of him but hes been injurd alot i take your point about the old players they were being huffy little shit and theyyre the ones to blame for pardew hes done well for the club and i liked him i hope he gets another job soon as for curbishley and souness bad moves i wouldnt let them manage a pub team
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i agree, but he kep an average charlton side in the prem for long enough, if he could push on with a bigger club with a bit more £££ i might work
11-12-2006, 08:01 PM
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Fuck him and fuck the hammers rofl
Crystal Palace where are they now Division 2 ???
We desereve to be where we are as we aint good enough for top flight football, just like West Ham, but the fans wont admit it
Hopefully this will be a start to purchasing top flight players and not selling them...
Get the wallet out
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My girlfriend went to see them at Bolton at the weekend and she said they were poo!
Shes trying to come to terms with the fact that they may actualy have to play Luton next season
Shes trying to come to terms with the fact that they may actualy have to play Luton next season
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Dave as a fellow west ham fan you my find this intresting, written by billy blag on WHO
There are many clichés in football; it being a ‘funny game’ is usually foremost amongst them, it also being a ‘cruel game’ normally following closely behind. Alan Pardew learnt the meaning of both of those today as new Chairman Eggert Magnusson took one look at West Ham’s performances against Wigan and Bolton before dispensing with Pardew’s services, almost before the new owners sign had been placed in the Director’s car park.
No matches to turn it around, no money given in the transfer window, this was ruthless and sent out a clear signal. Put simply, when £85m plus has been invested then relegation is not only not an option, it is not even to be flirted with. And I think we can ignore the idea that the Icelandic consortium are, even as we speak, desperately searching out for a successor. These people know what they want and they know how to get it. Expect the new manager to have already been approached.
Regardless of whether or not the sacking was justified – and, as ever, opinions are largely divided – most West Ham fans are shocked at the departure of a man who was just a minute away from delivering the FA Cup just seven short months ago. Hammers supporters may well consider another cliché though, when viewing the sacking of the popular manager; ‘Be careful what you wish for, it may come true’.
After years of under-funding and under achievement, where the appearance of yet another young England hopeful meant that ‘bigger’ clubs would come circling with cheque books poised, long-suffering Hammers fans had long prayed for a new board and owner, one that would grab the club and drag it kicking and screaming into the 21st Century and, like it or not, that appears to be what they now have.
The chairman and Icelandic banking mogul Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, who provided most of the cash for the £85million takeover, were both present at the defeat by Bolton and they were patently not happy at what they saw. I can’t blame them – neither was I. But for a club like West Ham to subsequently sack the Manager immediately after – particularly after two seasons in which the club has had a successful return from the Millennium Stadium – is a shock to the system and hardly the 'West Ham way'. But isn’t decisive action what the fans have been crying out for years and something that Terence Brown singularly failed to do in the Glenn Roeder era?
The new owners are not looking for West Ham to scuffle around bobbing and weaving between divisions, they are not even looking at trying to scrabble around in mid-table, Gudmundsson and Magnusson have their sights on top European competition and they expect to get there sooner rather than later.
These men haven’t been brought up in the East End, they’ve not learned that West Ham are a loyal club who are loath to sack managers – hell they probably don’t even understand how a few thousand Hammers supporters finding their team 4-0 down should suddenly decide to remove their shirts and do the ‘Hokey-cokey’ in the rain. But why should they? These new owners simply looked at the squad, looked at the achievements of recent seasons and asked if something hadn’t happened in the Manager’s office. They felt they knew the answer and acted according to how most businesses are run.
Of course, the irony of all this is that virtually all West Ham fans will feel genuinely sorry for Alan Pardew. A good and likeable man whose feelings for West Ham were shown at their best after the late winner against Arsenal that so upset Arsene Wenger, Pardew had shown signs last season of being a top English coach who might have even been touted for the England role had his success in the FA Cup come a season before.
After a tentative start, Pardew had shown himself to be an excellent manager with a good eye in the transfer market, who was able to coach his team in the fast running; free flowing football that served so well last season, suggesting that a foreign manager didn’t always need to be the way forward.
That being the case this season’s slump has puzzled many. Whether he has been shown the respect he deserved by some of his players and if he was a victim of circumstance with regard to the Tevez and Mascherano transfer – the circumstances of which still haven’t been fully released - we may never know (although released from his Managerial shackles, expect to hear the full story soon). Nevertheless, I know hardly any Hammers fans who didn’t will Alan Pardew to turn things around, and many will still think he wasn’t given sufficient time, but that is the ‘old guard’ mentality and I think its something many of us will need to be wary of over the coming seasons.
Of course, the paradox here is that there are generations of supporters who cannot remember Ron Greenwood and Bobby Moore, a time where the local support and East End fraternity meant a special bond between club, fan and local community. Many of these ideas have been passed down from Father to Son and have become so imbued in the fabric of the club that it is often hard not to find yourself wondering why you have these feelings for something you barely remember. But, in a week when ‘What is a real Cockney?’ has been discussed on the Forum perhaps it is inevitable that this week has turned the old regime upside down.
Me? Well after initial doubts that I can’t deny (they appeared in my book) I really took to Alan Pardew and I’m both saddened and bemused by what has happened this season. Quite why these cycles appear throughout West Ham’s history is something that I’m perfectly happy to let the Icelandic Consortium find out and hopefully solve. Neither am I too concerned about West Ham’s immediate future. The sacking of Alan Pardew has shown me that the new owners mean business and I suggest there will be a number of clubs around the relegation area wondering if they might have to remove the Hammers from their ‘perm another two from five’ calculations. But that’s the future. Right now I’d like to take some time to thank a man who must feel gutted at what has happened to him these past three months.
Alan Pardew has had a rough ride at West Ham, both at the beginning and end of his career. But he was always stoical and determined to get things right and eventually won fans over with the 2005 Play-off semi-final victory over Ipswich and the final win over Preston in Cardiff, during which he seemed to grow in stature. In 2005/6, with pundits tipping us for a quick return to the lower division, Pardew bought us a magnificent season that was eventually cruelly ended in the most heart-breaking way in the F.A. Cup Final but not before a scintillating game had taken place in what is regarded as the greatest final of modern times.
Personally, I’ll always remember celebrating with my Son, a boy too young to remember the ‘good days’, after a Marlon Harewood strike had secured the semi-final win at Villa Park. Alan Pardew bought us that and, whatever intentions the new owners have, they will have to come up with something to better it.
That semi-final and final are a memory that no-one can take from me and it’s something that Alan Pardew should remember as he contemplates his future in football. I don’t expect him to be out of work for too long – I can imagine a couple of Premiership clubs are already looking up his number – and, whatever he does, I will certainly wish him well. As West Ham look to a new and different future so should Alan Pardew.
Where West Ham go from here remains to be seen but, for now, I'd just like to say Good Luck Alan – and thanks for the memories.
There are many clichés in football; it being a ‘funny game’ is usually foremost amongst them, it also being a ‘cruel game’ normally following closely behind. Alan Pardew learnt the meaning of both of those today as new Chairman Eggert Magnusson took one look at West Ham’s performances against Wigan and Bolton before dispensing with Pardew’s services, almost before the new owners sign had been placed in the Director’s car park.
No matches to turn it around, no money given in the transfer window, this was ruthless and sent out a clear signal. Put simply, when £85m plus has been invested then relegation is not only not an option, it is not even to be flirted with. And I think we can ignore the idea that the Icelandic consortium are, even as we speak, desperately searching out for a successor. These people know what they want and they know how to get it. Expect the new manager to have already been approached.
Regardless of whether or not the sacking was justified – and, as ever, opinions are largely divided – most West Ham fans are shocked at the departure of a man who was just a minute away from delivering the FA Cup just seven short months ago. Hammers supporters may well consider another cliché though, when viewing the sacking of the popular manager; ‘Be careful what you wish for, it may come true’.
After years of under-funding and under achievement, where the appearance of yet another young England hopeful meant that ‘bigger’ clubs would come circling with cheque books poised, long-suffering Hammers fans had long prayed for a new board and owner, one that would grab the club and drag it kicking and screaming into the 21st Century and, like it or not, that appears to be what they now have.
The chairman and Icelandic banking mogul Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, who provided most of the cash for the £85million takeover, were both present at the defeat by Bolton and they were patently not happy at what they saw. I can’t blame them – neither was I. But for a club like West Ham to subsequently sack the Manager immediately after – particularly after two seasons in which the club has had a successful return from the Millennium Stadium – is a shock to the system and hardly the 'West Ham way'. But isn’t decisive action what the fans have been crying out for years and something that Terence Brown singularly failed to do in the Glenn Roeder era?
The new owners are not looking for West Ham to scuffle around bobbing and weaving between divisions, they are not even looking at trying to scrabble around in mid-table, Gudmundsson and Magnusson have their sights on top European competition and they expect to get there sooner rather than later.
These men haven’t been brought up in the East End, they’ve not learned that West Ham are a loyal club who are loath to sack managers – hell they probably don’t even understand how a few thousand Hammers supporters finding their team 4-0 down should suddenly decide to remove their shirts and do the ‘Hokey-cokey’ in the rain. But why should they? These new owners simply looked at the squad, looked at the achievements of recent seasons and asked if something hadn’t happened in the Manager’s office. They felt they knew the answer and acted according to how most businesses are run.
Of course, the irony of all this is that virtually all West Ham fans will feel genuinely sorry for Alan Pardew. A good and likeable man whose feelings for West Ham were shown at their best after the late winner against Arsenal that so upset Arsene Wenger, Pardew had shown signs last season of being a top English coach who might have even been touted for the England role had his success in the FA Cup come a season before.
After a tentative start, Pardew had shown himself to be an excellent manager with a good eye in the transfer market, who was able to coach his team in the fast running; free flowing football that served so well last season, suggesting that a foreign manager didn’t always need to be the way forward.
That being the case this season’s slump has puzzled many. Whether he has been shown the respect he deserved by some of his players and if he was a victim of circumstance with regard to the Tevez and Mascherano transfer – the circumstances of which still haven’t been fully released - we may never know (although released from his Managerial shackles, expect to hear the full story soon). Nevertheless, I know hardly any Hammers fans who didn’t will Alan Pardew to turn things around, and many will still think he wasn’t given sufficient time, but that is the ‘old guard’ mentality and I think its something many of us will need to be wary of over the coming seasons.
Of course, the paradox here is that there are generations of supporters who cannot remember Ron Greenwood and Bobby Moore, a time where the local support and East End fraternity meant a special bond between club, fan and local community. Many of these ideas have been passed down from Father to Son and have become so imbued in the fabric of the club that it is often hard not to find yourself wondering why you have these feelings for something you barely remember. But, in a week when ‘What is a real Cockney?’ has been discussed on the Forum perhaps it is inevitable that this week has turned the old regime upside down.
Me? Well after initial doubts that I can’t deny (they appeared in my book) I really took to Alan Pardew and I’m both saddened and bemused by what has happened this season. Quite why these cycles appear throughout West Ham’s history is something that I’m perfectly happy to let the Icelandic Consortium find out and hopefully solve. Neither am I too concerned about West Ham’s immediate future. The sacking of Alan Pardew has shown me that the new owners mean business and I suggest there will be a number of clubs around the relegation area wondering if they might have to remove the Hammers from their ‘perm another two from five’ calculations. But that’s the future. Right now I’d like to take some time to thank a man who must feel gutted at what has happened to him these past three months.
Alan Pardew has had a rough ride at West Ham, both at the beginning and end of his career. But he was always stoical and determined to get things right and eventually won fans over with the 2005 Play-off semi-final victory over Ipswich and the final win over Preston in Cardiff, during which he seemed to grow in stature. In 2005/6, with pundits tipping us for a quick return to the lower division, Pardew bought us a magnificent season that was eventually cruelly ended in the most heart-breaking way in the F.A. Cup Final but not before a scintillating game had taken place in what is regarded as the greatest final of modern times.
Personally, I’ll always remember celebrating with my Son, a boy too young to remember the ‘good days’, after a Marlon Harewood strike had secured the semi-final win at Villa Park. Alan Pardew bought us that and, whatever intentions the new owners have, they will have to come up with something to better it.
That semi-final and final are a memory that no-one can take from me and it’s something that Alan Pardew should remember as he contemplates his future in football. I don’t expect him to be out of work for too long – I can imagine a couple of Premiership clubs are already looking up his number – and, whatever he does, I will certainly wish him well. As West Ham look to a new and different future so should Alan Pardew.
Where West Ham go from here remains to be seen but, for now, I'd just like to say Good Luck Alan – and thanks for the memories.
11-12-2006, 08:39 PM
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Dave as a fellow west ham fan you my find this intresting, written by billy blag on WHO
There are many clichés in football; it being a ‘funny game’ is usually foremost amongst them, it also being a ‘cruel game’ normally following closely behind. Alan Pardew learnt the meaning of both of those today as new Chairman Eggert Magnusson took one look at West Ham’s performances against Wigan and Bolton before dispensing with Pardew’s services, almost before the new owners sign had been placed in the Director’s car park.
No matches to turn it around, no money given in the transfer window, this was ruthless and sent out a clear signal. Put simply, when £85m plus has been invested then relegation is not only not an option, it is not even to be flirted with. And I think we can ignore the idea that the Icelandic consortium are, even as we speak, desperately searching out for a successor. These people know what they want and they know how to get it. Expect the new manager to have already been approached.
Regardless of whether or not the sacking was justified – and, as ever, opinions are largely divided – most West Ham fans are shocked at the departure of a man who was just a minute away from delivering the FA Cup just seven short months ago. Hammers supporters may well consider another cliché though, when viewing the sacking of the popular manager; ‘Be careful what you wish for, it may come true’.
After years of under-funding and under achievement, where the appearance of yet another young England hopeful meant that ‘bigger’ clubs would come circling with cheque books poised, long-suffering Hammers fans had long prayed for a new board and owner, one that would grab the club and drag it kicking and screaming into the 21st Century and, like it or not, that appears to be what they now have.
The chairman and Icelandic banking mogul Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, who provided most of the cash for the £85million takeover, were both present at the defeat by Bolton and they were patently not happy at what they saw. I can’t blame them – neither was I. But for a club like West Ham to subsequently sack the Manager immediately after – particularly after two seasons in which the club has had a successful return from the Millennium Stadium – is a shock to the system and hardly the 'West Ham way'. But isn’t decisive action what the fans have been crying out for years and something that Terence Brown singularly failed to do in the Glenn Roeder era?
The new owners are not looking for West Ham to scuffle around bobbing and weaving between divisions, they are not even looking at trying to scrabble around in mid-table, Gudmundsson and Magnusson have their sights on top European competition and they expect to get there sooner rather than later.
These men haven’t been brought up in the East End, they’ve not learned that West Ham are a loyal club who are loath to sack managers – hell they probably don’t even understand how a few thousand Hammers supporters finding their team 4-0 down should suddenly decide to remove their shirts and do the ‘Hokey-cokey’ in the rain. But why should they? These new owners simply looked at the squad, looked at the achievements of recent seasons and asked if something hadn’t happened in the Manager’s office. They felt they knew the answer and acted according to how most businesses are run.
Of course, the irony of all this is that virtually all West Ham fans will feel genuinely sorry for Alan Pardew. A good and likeable man whose feelings for West Ham were shown at their best after the late winner against Arsenal that so upset Arsene Wenger, Pardew had shown signs last season of being a top English coach who might have even been touted for the England role had his success in the FA Cup come a season before.
After a tentative start, Pardew had shown himself to be an excellent manager with a good eye in the transfer market, who was able to coach his team in the fast running; free flowing football that served so well last season, suggesting that a foreign manager didn’t always need to be the way forward.
That being the case this season’s slump has puzzled many. Whether he has been shown the respect he deserved by some of his players and if he was a victim of circumstance with regard to the Tevez and Mascherano transfer – the circumstances of which still haven’t been fully released - we may never know (although released from his Managerial shackles, expect to hear the full story soon). Nevertheless, I know hardly any Hammers fans who didn’t will Alan Pardew to turn things around, and many will still think he wasn’t given sufficient time, but that is the ‘old guard’ mentality and I think its something many of us will need to be wary of over the coming seasons.
Of course, the paradox here is that there are generations of supporters who cannot remember Ron Greenwood and Bobby Moore, a time where the local support and East End fraternity meant a special bond between club, fan and local community. Many of these ideas have been passed down from Father to Son and have become so imbued in the fabric of the club that it is often hard not to find yourself wondering why you have these feelings for something you barely remember. But, in a week when ‘What is a real Cockney?’ has been discussed on the Forum perhaps it is inevitable that this week has turned the old regime upside down.
Me? Well after initial doubts that I can’t deny (they appeared in my book) I really took to Alan Pardew and I’m both saddened and bemused by what has happened this season. Quite why these cycles appear throughout West Ham’s history is something that I’m perfectly happy to let the Icelandic Consortium find out and hopefully solve. Neither am I too concerned about West Ham’s immediate future. The sacking of Alan Pardew has shown me that the new owners mean business and I suggest there will be a number of clubs around the relegation area wondering if they might have to remove the Hammers from their ‘perm another two from five’ calculations. But that’s the future. Right now I’d like to take some time to thank a man who must feel gutted at what has happened to him these past three months.
Alan Pardew has had a rough ride at West Ham, both at the beginning and end of his career. But he was always stoical and determined to get things right and eventually won fans over with the 2005 Play-off semi-final victory over Ipswich and the final win over Preston in Cardiff, during which he seemed to grow in stature. In 2005/6, with pundits tipping us for a quick return to the lower division, Pardew bought us a magnificent season that was eventually cruelly ended in the most heart-breaking way in the F.A. Cup Final but not before a scintillating game had taken place in what is regarded as the greatest final of modern times.
Personally, I’ll always remember celebrating with my Son, a boy too young to remember the ‘good days’, after a Marlon Harewood strike had secured the semi-final win at Villa Park. Alan Pardew bought us that and, whatever intentions the new owners have, they will have to come up with something to better it.
That semi-final and final are a memory that no-one can take from me and it’s something that Alan Pardew should remember as he contemplates his future in football. I don’t expect him to be out of work for too long – I can imagine a couple of Premiership clubs are already looking up his number – and, whatever he does, I will certainly wish him well. As West Ham look to a new and different future so should Alan Pardew.
Where West Ham go from here remains to be seen but, for now, I'd just like to say Good Luck Alan – and thanks for the memories.
There are many clichés in football; it being a ‘funny game’ is usually foremost amongst them, it also being a ‘cruel game’ normally following closely behind. Alan Pardew learnt the meaning of both of those today as new Chairman Eggert Magnusson took one look at West Ham’s performances against Wigan and Bolton before dispensing with Pardew’s services, almost before the new owners sign had been placed in the Director’s car park.
No matches to turn it around, no money given in the transfer window, this was ruthless and sent out a clear signal. Put simply, when £85m plus has been invested then relegation is not only not an option, it is not even to be flirted with. And I think we can ignore the idea that the Icelandic consortium are, even as we speak, desperately searching out for a successor. These people know what they want and they know how to get it. Expect the new manager to have already been approached.
Regardless of whether or not the sacking was justified – and, as ever, opinions are largely divided – most West Ham fans are shocked at the departure of a man who was just a minute away from delivering the FA Cup just seven short months ago. Hammers supporters may well consider another cliché though, when viewing the sacking of the popular manager; ‘Be careful what you wish for, it may come true’.
After years of under-funding and under achievement, where the appearance of yet another young England hopeful meant that ‘bigger’ clubs would come circling with cheque books poised, long-suffering Hammers fans had long prayed for a new board and owner, one that would grab the club and drag it kicking and screaming into the 21st Century and, like it or not, that appears to be what they now have.
The chairman and Icelandic banking mogul Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, who provided most of the cash for the £85million takeover, were both present at the defeat by Bolton and they were patently not happy at what they saw. I can’t blame them – neither was I. But for a club like West Ham to subsequently sack the Manager immediately after – particularly after two seasons in which the club has had a successful return from the Millennium Stadium – is a shock to the system and hardly the 'West Ham way'. But isn’t decisive action what the fans have been crying out for years and something that Terence Brown singularly failed to do in the Glenn Roeder era?
The new owners are not looking for West Ham to scuffle around bobbing and weaving between divisions, they are not even looking at trying to scrabble around in mid-table, Gudmundsson and Magnusson have their sights on top European competition and they expect to get there sooner rather than later.
These men haven’t been brought up in the East End, they’ve not learned that West Ham are a loyal club who are loath to sack managers – hell they probably don’t even understand how a few thousand Hammers supporters finding their team 4-0 down should suddenly decide to remove their shirts and do the ‘Hokey-cokey’ in the rain. But why should they? These new owners simply looked at the squad, looked at the achievements of recent seasons and asked if something hadn’t happened in the Manager’s office. They felt they knew the answer and acted according to how most businesses are run.
Of course, the irony of all this is that virtually all West Ham fans will feel genuinely sorry for Alan Pardew. A good and likeable man whose feelings for West Ham were shown at their best after the late winner against Arsenal that so upset Arsene Wenger, Pardew had shown signs last season of being a top English coach who might have even been touted for the England role had his success in the FA Cup come a season before.
After a tentative start, Pardew had shown himself to be an excellent manager with a good eye in the transfer market, who was able to coach his team in the fast running; free flowing football that served so well last season, suggesting that a foreign manager didn’t always need to be the way forward.
That being the case this season’s slump has puzzled many. Whether he has been shown the respect he deserved by some of his players and if he was a victim of circumstance with regard to the Tevez and Mascherano transfer – the circumstances of which still haven’t been fully released - we may never know (although released from his Managerial shackles, expect to hear the full story soon). Nevertheless, I know hardly any Hammers fans who didn’t will Alan Pardew to turn things around, and many will still think he wasn’t given sufficient time, but that is the ‘old guard’ mentality and I think its something many of us will need to be wary of over the coming seasons.
Of course, the paradox here is that there are generations of supporters who cannot remember Ron Greenwood and Bobby Moore, a time where the local support and East End fraternity meant a special bond between club, fan and local community. Many of these ideas have been passed down from Father to Son and have become so imbued in the fabric of the club that it is often hard not to find yourself wondering why you have these feelings for something you barely remember. But, in a week when ‘What is a real Cockney?’ has been discussed on the Forum perhaps it is inevitable that this week has turned the old regime upside down.
Me? Well after initial doubts that I can’t deny (they appeared in my book) I really took to Alan Pardew and I’m both saddened and bemused by what has happened this season. Quite why these cycles appear throughout West Ham’s history is something that I’m perfectly happy to let the Icelandic Consortium find out and hopefully solve. Neither am I too concerned about West Ham’s immediate future. The sacking of Alan Pardew has shown me that the new owners mean business and I suggest there will be a number of clubs around the relegation area wondering if they might have to remove the Hammers from their ‘perm another two from five’ calculations. But that’s the future. Right now I’d like to take some time to thank a man who must feel gutted at what has happened to him these past three months.
Alan Pardew has had a rough ride at West Ham, both at the beginning and end of his career. But he was always stoical and determined to get things right and eventually won fans over with the 2005 Play-off semi-final victory over Ipswich and the final win over Preston in Cardiff, during which he seemed to grow in stature. In 2005/6, with pundits tipping us for a quick return to the lower division, Pardew bought us a magnificent season that was eventually cruelly ended in the most heart-breaking way in the F.A. Cup Final but not before a scintillating game had taken place in what is regarded as the greatest final of modern times.
Personally, I’ll always remember celebrating with my Son, a boy too young to remember the ‘good days’, after a Marlon Harewood strike had secured the semi-final win at Villa Park. Alan Pardew bought us that and, whatever intentions the new owners have, they will have to come up with something to better it.
That semi-final and final are a memory that no-one can take from me and it’s something that Alan Pardew should remember as he contemplates his future in football. I don’t expect him to be out of work for too long – I can imagine a couple of Premiership clubs are already looking up his number – and, whatever he does, I will certainly wish him well. As West Ham look to a new and different future so should Alan Pardew.
Where West Ham go from here remains to be seen but, for now, I'd just like to say Good Luck Alan – and thanks for the memories.
Well said
11-12-2006, 10:21 PM
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fucking excellent,really cheered me up today.he is a tosser who shit on Reading at the sniff of a few quid(im not a Reading surported).turnt his back on his contract that said he could talk with other clubs if they was in the premiership,but west ham where not at the time 
up the spurs.im pleased because of the hate most westham surports seem to show towards tottenham.fantastic.
still there's a good chance of winning the championship next season
up the spurs.im pleased because of the hate most westham surports seem to show towards tottenham.fantastic.still there's a good chance of winning the championship next season
12-12-2006, 07:59 AM
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Fuck him and fuck the hammers rofl
Crystal Palace where are they now Division 2 ???
We desereve to be where we are as we aint good enough for top flight football, just like West Ham, but the fans wont admit it
Hopefully this will be a start to purchasing top flight players and not selling them...
Get the wallet out
12-12-2006, 08:28 AM
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The chairman and Icelandic banking mogul Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, who provided most of the cash for the £85million takeover, were both present at the defeat by Bolton and they were patently not happy at what they saw. I can’t blame them – neither was I. But for a club like West Ham to subsequently sack the Manager immediately after – particularly after two seasons in which the club has had a successful return from the Millennium Stadium – is a shock to the system and hardly the 'West Ham way'. But isn’t decisive action what the fans have been crying out for years and something that Terence Brown singularly failed to do in the Glenn Roeder era?
The new owners are not looking for West Ham to scuffle around bobbing and weaving between divisions, they are not even looking at trying to scrabble around in mid-table, Gudmundsson and Magnusson have their sights on top European competition and they expect to get there sooner rather than later.
The new owners are not looking for West Ham to scuffle around bobbing and weaving between divisions, they are not even looking at trying to scrabble around in mid-table, Gudmundsson and Magnusson have their sights on top European competition and they expect to get there sooner rather than later.
12-12-2006, 08:42 AM
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Fuck him and fuck the hammers rofl
Crystal Palace where are they now Division 2 ???
We desereve to be where we are as we aint good enough for top flight football, just like West Ham, but the fans wont admit it
Hopefully this will be a start to purchasing top flight players and not selling them...
Get the wallet out
13-12-2006, 07:30 AM
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Looks like Curbishley will unveiled as the new Manager....
West Ham set to unveil Curbishley
West Ham will appoint Alan Curbishley as their new manager on Wednesday, BBC Sport understands.
The former Charlton boss will step into the vacancy left after the sacking of Alan Pardew on Monday.
Curbishley, who played for West Ham from 1975-79, revealed on Tuesday he would find the job hard to turn down.
And the 49-year-old is all set to put pen to paper on a three-year contract he has been offered by new Hammers chairman Eggert Magnusson.
West Ham set to unveil Curbishley
West Ham will appoint Alan Curbishley as their new manager on Wednesday, BBC Sport understands.
The former Charlton boss will step into the vacancy left after the sacking of Alan Pardew on Monday.
Curbishley, who played for West Ham from 1975-79, revealed on Tuesday he would find the job hard to turn down.
And the 49-year-old is all set to put pen to paper on a three-year contract he has been offered by new Hammers chairman Eggert Magnusson.
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