Marc 570 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 15 hours ago, DNA said: Does anything that isn't negative come out of West Ham these days Lol good point. This summer they had a bit of good news with the manager and potentially some good signings and it’s resulted in their worst start in years and now they have a tough run coming up there seems to be a lot of unrest between the board and the supporters. I don’t think the ‘hardcore’ support will ever be happy in that stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadLinesman 5,938 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 At least they won the World Cup in 66 though. Always a positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted September 14, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted September 14, 2018 Called West Ham's when I went. Laughed out loud when they tried to claim it was mid fifties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted September 14, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted September 14, 2018 11 hours ago, Marc said: Lol good point. This summer they had a bit of good news with the manager and potentially some good signings and it’s resulted in their worst start in years and now they have a tough run coming up there seems to be a lot of unrest between the board and the supporters. I don’t think the ‘hardcore’ support will ever be happy in that stadium. It's as simple as that. They don't play in a football ground. The only way you fix West Ham is to knock this stupid move on the head and get something new knocked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,209 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Dan said: It's as simple as that. They don't play in a football ground. The only way you fix West Ham is to knock this stupid move on the head and get something new knocked up. In East London? The best move would have been a stadium expansion and that was difficult enough because of the housing. Unless they can find a park the council are willing to give up (improbable) or some industrial land then they're probably stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted September 15, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted September 15, 2018 22 hours ago, Danny said: In East London? The best move would have been a stadium expansion and that was difficult enough because of the housing. Unless they can find a park the council are willing to give up (improbable) or some industrial land then they're probably stuck. I didn't say it was feasible. They've snookered themselves. Idealistic thinking from the off and it's going to be a long, long road to recovery. It's a real eye opener that capacity doesn't mean everything in a ground. People can only truly appreciate how bad it is when they've been to it, and to go from a ground like Upton Park to that is depressing. People slag off grounds like ours, Southampton, Middlesbrough etc... fair enough but they're streets ahead of that place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,209 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 5 hours ago, Dan said: I didn't say it was feasible. They've snookered themselves. Idealistic thinking from the off and it's going to be a long, long road to recovery. It's a real eye opener that capacity doesn't mean everything in a ground. People can only truly appreciate how bad it is when they've been to it, and to go from a ground like Upton Park to that is depressing. People slag off grounds like ours, Southampton, Middlesbrough etc... fair enough but they're streets ahead of that place. The concept of the London Stadium is great, and if it was tight around the pitch then it'd make for a world class football stadium rather than what it is, a world class athletics stadium. I think West Ham will try to angle to kick the athletics out one day so they can adjust how far away people are. I've not been and so might try it out when I get home, but looking at pictures online it's amazing that anyone is expected to watch football from that distance. If it was football appropriate I'd be really happy with that stadium if I were a supporter, but it's just not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 It's the worst football stadium I've ever been to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc 570 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 What's so bad about it? just the distance from the pitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMadLad 2,080 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 27 minutes ago, Marc said: What's so bad about it? It gets a lot of West Ham fans in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,918 Posted September 16, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted September 16, 2018 15 hours ago, LFCMadLad said: It gets a lot of West Ham fans in it. But not as many as we all thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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