It’s partly symptomatic of what’s happening with football in general

Fans are just p***ed off that the buzz is not what it was

I take my hat off to them. They are standing up to their owners and I have no doubt that they will force some change.

Posted By: Jim on March 11th 2018 at 12:27:25

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West Ham (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Mar 11, 11:25:13
- The heart of their community. (Other Football) - avenging canary, Mar 11, 13:14:41
- If they wanted to protest about the stadium move... (Other Football) - mr carra, Mar 11, 12:59:03
- interesting re-read on the situation.... (Other Football) - robert_rosario, Mar 11, 12:38:27
- It’s partly symptomatic of what’s happening with football in general (Other Football) - Jim, Mar 11, 12:27:25
  - Yeah they're entitled to it. (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Mar 11, 12:33:44
    - I don’t condone frightening kids but in general I think the (Other Football) - Jim, Mar 11, 12:53:21
      - You said that you take your hat off to them. (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:56:55
        
        For protesting yes. (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Mar 11, 14:18:34
        
        So, to be clear... (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 14:36:48
    - lol (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:35:27
  - You take your hat off to fans throwing coins at people? (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:29:06
- Nah, if they were having a successful season (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Mar 11, 12:05:28
  - That stadium's so awful, it's killed their chances of being successful (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Mar 11, 12:12:46
    - So you're blaming Arsenal's decline on their new stadium? (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Mar 11, 12:14:28
      - It's definitely part of the problem. (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:20:21
        
        Why? (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Mar 11, 12:24:18
        
        Loss of identity and individuality, great place for other teams to play, (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:27:59
        
        It's Norway being Norway - don't worry about it. (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Mar 11, 15:29:27
        
        It's a perfectly sensible and polite debate. (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 16:03:05
        
        who says he's playing? (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 12, 00:32:51
        
        Arsenal 3rd best ppg at home this season (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 12:33:28
        
        Bloody statistics. (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:37:18
        
        A lot of that was down to financial restrictions (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Mar 11, 13:49:54
        
        Also a lot less well off compared to the other top teams (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 12:44:34
        
        Best ground in the Country tho (n/m) (Other Football) - Gob on a Stick, Mar 11, 13:36:23
        
        True (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:47:12
        
        Hasn't effected Man City (n/m) (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Mar 11, 12:29:12
        
        Maine Road was a poor ground. (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:31:21
        
        But it was right in the middle of Moss Side, intimidating place to go etc etc (Other Football) - Trent_Canary, Mar 11, 12:39:34
        
        There are many reasons (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:46:50
      - ha ha ha (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 11, 12:15:52
- In my opinion there's a huge undercurrent at West Ham which has stank to high hell for dec (Other Football) - pants, Mar 11, 11:55:30
- Didn't something very similar happen with Juventus after Italia 90? (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Mar 11, 11:48:12
  - They are in the same stadium. (Other Football) - norway, Mar 11, 12:19:15
    - Interesting; I doubt that West Ham would ever be allowed to do the same (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Mar 11, 13:10:23
  - It did indeed - but Juve are such a massive club they kept winning regardless (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Mar 11, 11:50:59
    - But they won the World Cup in 66 though (n/m) (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 11, 11:55:26
- Is the new stadium too far from the Queen Vic? (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Mar 11, 11:45:59
- Except they all seemed pretty smug at going at the time (Other Football) - camcan, Mar 11, 11:44:57
  - Yeah it felt like nobody elses case or proposals were taken seriously (Other Football) - pants, Mar 11, 11:58:41
  - Their owners were certainly smug. Many of their fans weren't (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Mar 11, 11:49:38
    - I’m so glad I have you here to tell me how I think (Other Football) - camcan, Mar 11, 11:56:29
      - ‘‘Twas ever thus... (n/m) (Other Football) - avenging canary, Mar 11, 13:00:16
      - "They all seemed pretty smug" - what is this based on? (n/m) (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Mar 11, 12:01:04
        
        It's all my mate could talk about at the time, about how cheap a deal they got. (Other Football) - Men without hats, Mar 11, 15:26:42
        
        People who were West Ham fans I worked with (Other Football) - camcan, Mar 11, 12:16:37
        
        Probably a couple of thousand words on the subject! (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Mar 11, 15:27:28
- Isn’t Roots Hall right in the heart of their community? (Other Football) - I Am Hoot, Mar 11, 11:43:27
  - Haha funny (n/m) (Other Football) - essexcanaryOTBC, Mar 11, 11:56:25

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