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Wow, so many uninformed opinions about West Ham (or even worse, opinions formed from red tops or SSN)
West Ham did have a significant 'element' in their support..just like Villa, Brum, Stoke, Portsmouth, Chelsea and Leeds all had significant 'crews'. Singling out West Ham as some sort of racist hotspot and missing those clubs, and even Millwall takes some effort
As has been mentioned, Brown was/is a bent, corrupt, money grabbing shitcunt of the highest order. I've no doubt that he glossed over 'certain' parts of the transfer of Masher and Tevez as he thought he'd be out of the picture when Kia-ora bought the place, so it wouldn't matter to him. As it turns out, it was bought by others and when the time came, the club owned up to the dealings of the previous administration. Yes, we were lucky that we were 'only' fined a record amount (substantially more than Chelsea were for breaking the rules in tapping up Cole) but the real reason, the absolute truth of it is, Sheff Utd blew a 10 point lead over West Ham, and failed to win at home to the worst team (form wise) in the league when all they needed was a point. That, is the reason they were relegated; after all, I didin't hear any mumbling over Tevez when he played in the 3-0 defeat at Bramall Lane.
The rules over here regarding 3rd party ownership are utterly outdated in these days of SA cartels owning players etc. European clubs have been dealing with this for years with no bother and the FA need to do something so they can clarify the situation of deals like the Howard 'loan' and cheekily, Steve Kabbas' deal from Sheff U to Watford which forbode him playing against them
And lets not mention West Ham are so loved by the FA that no doubt, as we speak, the meeja darhlings of Liverpool are facing questions over their rather blatent tapping up of Yossi Benayoun
(gives his word to sign a new contract until interest in him is *leaked* )
The whole game is bent. Roll on August
West Ham did have a significant 'element' in their support..just like Villa, Brum, Stoke, Portsmouth, Chelsea and Leeds all had significant 'crews'. Singling out West Ham as some sort of racist hotspot and missing those clubs, and even Millwall takes some effort
As has been mentioned, Brown was/is a bent, corrupt, money grabbing shitcunt of the highest order. I've no doubt that he glossed over 'certain' parts of the transfer of Masher and Tevez as he thought he'd be out of the picture when Kia-ora bought the place, so it wouldn't matter to him. As it turns out, it was bought by others and when the time came, the club owned up to the dealings of the previous administration. Yes, we were lucky that we were 'only' fined a record amount (substantially more than Chelsea were for breaking the rules in tapping up Cole) but the real reason, the absolute truth of it is, Sheff Utd blew a 10 point lead over West Ham, and failed to win at home to the worst team (form wise) in the league when all they needed was a point. That, is the reason they were relegated; after all, I didin't hear any mumbling over Tevez when he played in the 3-0 defeat at Bramall Lane.
The rules over here regarding 3rd party ownership are utterly outdated in these days of SA cartels owning players etc. European clubs have been dealing with this for years with no bother and the FA need to do something so they can clarify the situation of deals like the Howard 'loan' and cheekily, Steve Kabbas' deal from Sheff U to Watford which forbode him playing against them
And lets not mention West Ham are so loved by the FA that no doubt, as we speak, the meeja darhlings of Liverpool are facing questions over their rather blatent tapping up of Yossi Benayoun
(gives his word to sign a new contract until interest in him is *leaked* )The whole game is bent. Roll on August
