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Irish temper....
I wonder how many of the people he can name in the three beautiful pictures you have posted. I can do ALL of them. Some of our fanbase... shocking.
Funniest part is, if Cresswell doesn't get the red, they win that and go through.
Frankfurt were shit.
The format of the competition is different from the competition we won, and like Tomo said, in those days you played the teams second and third on their leagues - so it was a harder cup to win.
So was the first division, as there were 22 teams in it.
My point was that they have done better than we have managed in THAT competition, even when we were parachuted into it from the CL.
On this board, people routinely slag off pokey fans for being obsessed with us, and then promptly copy the shite they come out with.
Strange behaviour,
“Contra Spurs, West Ham have reached a European final. I am willing to bet that you cannot remember when Spurs last attained this feat.”Genuinely braindead. West Ham supporter on site today (wearing a West Ham shirt with PRICE written on the back.
“At least we’ve made it to a European Final! Bet you can’t remember the last time you were in one of them.”
Spot the mistakes in that statement…
Point for each. Bonus point if you get all of them.
How it started:
How it ended:
in virtually all of the posts I've made - I have demonstrated no allegiance to west ham, so why do you think you have to threaten me, just because I have made observations about comments made by people on here?You’ll note that this is the ‘laugh at west ham’ thread.
If you, and it’s obviously up to you, don’t want to laugh at those wankers, then get out and post in another thread.
Or start your own ‘let’s all empathise with west ham’ thread and see how that goes.
Foul voting any more posts of yours in this thread that aren’t anti west ham!
yep, thats why I yearn for the cup format, to reduce the loadI see your point, and I think that for us the issue is that the club and the fanbase has somehow decided that these competitions are beneath us. It started when Poch was here. The league and the CL, or getting into it, was all that mattered. And that's despite a few deep cup runs. Instead it was just seen as "ego stroking".
Look at how happy the Frankfurt, Rangers and Roma fans were last night to make their respective finals. These may not be the biggest competitions anymore, but I would love to win a few.
If we had a Europa League or a cup or two from the Poch years, Kane may not have pushed as hard to leave as he did last summer, and Poch would probably have been given more time to handle the painful rebuild.
But the counter argument will always be that going deep in those competitions means risking the league form. So you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
so what is a group stage, other than a small league?Where’s the league version? The group stage which was in place for over a decade?
That’s like saying we didn’t win the league as it was called Division 1 back then
if you want to, if it makes you happy.The format of the league is also different. We won it when it was 2 points for a win.
Does that mean we can’t claim we won it?
The UEFA cup had a group stage since 2005 so that’s hardly a new change.so what is a group stage, other than a small league?
Is it really so difficult to wrap your head around - that the format of the current competition differs from the two that you posted the pictures of?
in virtually all of the posts I've made - I have demonstrated no allegiance to west ham, so why do you think you have to threaten me, just because I have made observations about comments made by people on here?
Have you unilaterally declared a new rule that passing comment (not judgement) on what people post is now forbidden?
For the absence of doubt, it fills me with a deep feeling of joy to see them knocked out, primarily because it will depress and annoy the caravan club membership.
The only other comment I made was that they made better progress than we have ever done, and then people jumped on me saying we had won it twice, despite it not being called the EUFA Cup any more, and the fact that it has a preliminary league format, which the thing we won never had.
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Hope that's OK?
Spot on. Excellent post sir
My personal take is that Dele was just the encapsulation of that entire collapse. The entire team looked mentally shot since I believe that was our first serious Champions League foray with Poch. The team seemed so psyched to play CL knockout football and just couldn't handle going down to the EL.yep, thats why I yearn for the cup format, to reduce the load
For us there was always something more important to fight for, so we took liberties with team selection and got ignominious exits for our sins. Although when we went out to the Belgian team, I'm fairly sure we played a full team, and still managed to lose (thanks Deli!)
seeing as I have been supporting the club since 67 I can manage most pretty comfortablyI wonder how many of the people he can name in the three beautiful pictures you have posted. I can do ALL of them. Some of our fanbase... shocking.