Such a positive piece

[TOWIE]

Sorry WHU I remember it differently,
You say no real hatred towards John Lyall, I saw faces twisted with hatred and the abuse was as bad as you would get now. This was pretty much all season made me sick to be honest. A Sad and the worst day in our history for me.
I am no admirer of Bfs but the abuse he gets on here I think is ridiculous.
I hope he stays and is moulded into the manager playing the football we love to see, I'm fed up of changing managers at a drop of a hat it was something that stood us apart from the other clubs, gave us that moral high ground.
Not now we areas bad as the others. o???

[jon15u]

think youll be waiting a long time for him to be moulded into the manager we would want to see. Theres plenty there to mould. And hes been at it too long to change. Hes lost the way, " The West Ham Way. "

[bonzosbest74]

Even Redknapp divides opinions, you either love him or you hate him. Allardyce . . . . . . . you either hate him or you tolerate him.

That point hit home here Bonz.

It's the fear of "what else we'll have" that keeps me relatively loyal to Allardyce.

We're in danger of becoming "grateful" just for Premiership survival. Not a good thing.

If we finish top 10 this year... I will still find it hard to suggest a replacement that's "viable" to be picked by the current board.
Look at all the other "great" teams performing in the Premier League???? Where are they outside of the top ten ??[/quote]

I agree with all of that Tone, at the end I last season I suggested Martinez and Solskjaer amongst Sams replacements. I was only half right it seems which shows how tricky appointing a new bloke would be.


What I would say though is we are not shopping in the bargain basement of management,

[WHU]

jon, nothing to do with you mate, relax

i remember some hostility to JL and I would be a fool to deny it but i genuinely don't see it as bad as some did and i missed very few games home and away around that time

the clincher was when he tried to make a substitution at anfield. our lot disagreed, john changed it. writing on the wall from there on in

will always remember the man with affection and nothing else

[jon15u]

Same here WHU. I thought he did well for us in general, at least we didnt have to watch the dross we are dished up today.

Always remember talking to Sheepshanks, on the Ipswich board i believe, and he told me the ****es at ours treated him disgracefully,i wish i could have got more details. but what ever, he will always be remembered by me as something positive to the club.

[Tone_Loc]

Even Redknapp divides opinions, you either love him or you hate him. Allardyce . . . . . . . you either hate him or you tolerate him.

That point hit home here Bonz.

It's the fear of "what else we'll have" that keeps me relatively loyal to Allardyce.

We're in danger of becoming "grateful" just for Premiership survival. Not a good thing.

If we finish top 10 this year... I will still find it hard to suggest a replacement that's "viable" to be picked by the current board.
Look at all the other "great" teams performing in the Premier League???? Where are they outside of the top ten ??[/quote]

I agree with all of that Tone, at the end I last season I suggested Martinez and Solskjaer amongst Sams replacements. I was only half right it seems which shows how tricky appointing a new bloke would be.


What I would say though is we are n

[bonzosbest74]

Is there anything (or anyone) within the club that makes you think we have the know-how to hunt-down and place a high quality, modern thinking, footballing motivator?

No. Once again I wouldn't disagree with anything you've said which is why I've advocated bringing in the out of work David Dein (or someone like him) more times than I care to remember.

I don't think that lot have a football brain amongst them.


On a slightly different tangent can you imagine sitting across the negotiating table with Silkman, Sullivan & Allardyce on the other side . It would put me off that's for sure and particularly if later on in the day I was scheduled to meet the affable Kenwright & Martinz.

Brady doesn't sign players, she was brought in to secure the Olympic stadium, manage the debt and secure new sponsorship deals. . . . . . I reluctantly concede that she's probably done a very good job. On the football side however our executiv

[bonzosbest74]

I should probably also say that I think they have clearly supported the manager with funds which he has spent poorly.

[mikeveep]

From what we've seen, it seems The Dave's are treading water until the O/S.

Keep us up Sam till '16, then we can sell on without any managerial baggage.

[WHU]

i seriously hope not mike but i fear you may have it right

you won't attract corporate with the current manager though, a huge factor for making stratford viable/ a cash cow and for that reason, i don't think he'll be with us until 2016

fu(king pray that is the case