LC2: West Ham Utd 4 Macclesfield 1 (aet) (27/08/08)

[dean_whu]

I'm a season ticket holder of many years.
You're not.
Therefore we don't need to talk about who the real supporter is here.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah :lol:

[dean_whu]

Hornsey....you have a PM

[BMLGirl]

Agree with comments about fans in Centenary Lower.
Didn't sound like the normal support there - more like a chavs day out.

Same in the BML - hardly recognised anyone (guess most ST holders stayed away). Fickle doesn't even begin to sum them up.

[thamesmeadhammer]

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Yeah I saw him was about 10 seats and 2 rows away from him What a knobjockey !

We just looked and glared at him !!!!

Loads of plastics where I was sitting.......................[/quote]

Surely those turning out at silly prices, when only 10 thousand others could be bothered, can hardly be called plastics?[/quote]

None of the usual ST holders where plastics sitting. My term of plastic maybe should be "fickle"....they slaughtered LBM, Cole, Reid but all cheered when Cole & Reid scored !

Had enough of it......

[coviron]

To be honest, even the poor atmosphere is partially the boards fault. The noise from yester year tended to come from a rowdy young following, prepared to travel all over the country and get behind their team. Now we have the lot that did that so passionately in the 70s and 80s, now wanting to sit down and not having the energy to do all they did before now aged 40 or 50.
The younger working class generation that creates atmosphere and passion for most clubs is not coming through as they have been priced away from the game, and instead we have grumpy old men fed up or the new fans who want instant success not aware of the fact that this clubs one biggest historical tradition and pride is good fans who know how to support their team with wit and banter.

With all due respect, that is bollox. I'm 47 and i still stand, sing and shout all game as do allot of other "grumpy old men" around me. And we know all the words to all the songs, not just the chelsea/ira ones. as an american football coach once said " if they don't bite as puppies they won't bite as dogs" and i'm glad to say there are still some old biters knocking around in the CL

[west ham15]

Im not one to dampen moods , however did anyone notice Ashton body language seem alot like berbatovs,perhaps he is not happy ,I dont know , im not saying he didn't try because he did , however he just din't seem happy

Yes mate i noticed that one aswell it looked like he was depressed about somthing.

[dapablo]

Yes mate i noticed that one aswell it looked like he was depressed about somthing.

Probably depressed about playing Macclesfield on a wednesday night, c'mon get real boys you'd be hard pressed to be exited.

[The Collector]

Also , how saw that bloke singing in the blm "we want harry rednapp " on this own for about 5 minutes.

Was it Frankie Lampard, looking to get his old job back? Probably lonely, kicking around the house all by himself.

[The Gibbins]

Those criticising the CM lower are out of order IMO. How many of you on your high horses were there? They supported the team very loudly until about 15 minutes into the second half which was bloody impressive I thought considering how awful we were at home to a League Two side near the bottom of their league. At least they can put a bloody song together unlike the now silent and pathetic BM lower.

The pathetic and now silent BML doesnt **** off their manager and sing songs that actually doesnt even support the team. Sory but how can songs coming from that stand even justify support?

its better to have no atmosphere then sing songs about potential managers written up by the daily mail and players that were here two seasons ago.

[hammer2192]

Each time the macclesfield players came towards the BM from half time and xtra half time we clapped them, as they did play very well, leading the game for most of the around 70-75 minutes.

I also think that reid and hines played very well last night and i believe that they have more confidence and more urge to take people on than sears.

[Kismet]

Most people in CL didn't notice our fourth goal, they were too busy chanting at some 15 year old chav who'd just vomited.

[Jackanakanory]

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[simon hammer]

hornsey - you are a West Ham supporter.

dean_whu - you are a West Ham supporter.

You both support the same club so why the need for all the "I'm a better fan than you are...ner, ner, ner ner, ner" crap?

I've supported this club for 28 years now...used to have a season ticket but gave it up about 7 years ago. I had my reasons and I'm not going into them here. Now though it's purely a case of I can't afford to go anymore because I refuse to fall into the money trap that is Football. Do I still qualify as a real fan?

Or because I choose to spend my money on my wife and children and make sure they are looked after instead of buying a season ticket, and because I am prepared to 'make do' with a (sometimes) shitty internet feed or just radio commentary, am I now counted as an armchair fan who isn't a proper supporter?

Some things are far, far more important than Football.

[The Gibbins]

Well put simonhammer, it seems as if everyone has to justify how much of a supporter they are.

[west ham15]

Well put simonhammer, it seems as if everyone has to justify how much of a supporter they are.

The Gibbins im a bigger fan then you because i have the new home shirt and you dont

[Bobby Orangeboom]

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Thank you Mr Anakanory..

[Morocco Mole]

Thank you Mr Anakanory..

Yep. Well done that man

[hammer2192]

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Cheers mate, there is proffe there that ashton was acting very strangley after each goal.

[Romford]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah :lol:

I don't like being ignored chaps... :evil:

[Fionn]

At the end of the day we won a game we usually lose. Can't complain.