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Re: West Ham Utd v Napoli: match thread

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Not bad, I figured about 10%.
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I'm sure there were more fans who travelled from abroad than the 150 in the terminal at that time. Surely most fans would make a weekend out of it and travel back this weekend?
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Yeah, im sure. Bet they couldnt wait to get out of the Med for a weekend in overpriced, cold/wet London. Who wouldnt?
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Ok.. You're boring me now.
I just asked why you got so worked up on assumptions you were making that you had no statistics to back it up with. That possibly there could have been quite a few more fans than 10% of the total away fans from italy.

Did you know London is the most visited city in the world? But the bad weather probably puts off everyone from warm countries right?
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Edit. cross referenced London's tourism numbers and some have it lower. Most top 5 in world though.
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Im boring you?..I bet you are a right laugh. Amount of people who visit London in the summer= no relevance to my original point. Now get back to Eastenders/Emerdale/Coranation st.
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shammy wrote:Im boring you?..I bet you are a right laugh. Amount of people who visit London in the summer= no relevance to my original point. Now get back to Eastenders/Emerdale/Coranation st.
Would you have gone to Naples, if the game were played there?

They travelled in surprising numbers.
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shammy wrote:Im boring you?..I bet you are a right laugh. Amount of people who visit London in the summer= no relevance to my original point. Now get back to Eastenders/Emerdale/Coranation st.
But your original point - that you are so vehemently defending - remains completely unsubstantiated, no? That seems to be what your fellow members are questioning.

Hence it's unclear why you're having a pop at everyone who's questioned your statement ... perhaps you've been sitting in the glorious Bethnal Green rain too long today? :wink:
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Probably not. But if Naples was London i would expect at least 10,000 West Ham supporters living in the area. So i would think at least 2500 would be there plus a few travellers who fancied some Med. sun for the weekend. Lets say 3500....Rememeber London is the largest multi-cultural city in Europe, maybe the world. In Comparison Naples is a tiny village. Try to wrap that concept around your minds.
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Well,having a conductor indicates there would have been a coach....
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My original post, Junction, was to point out that i didnt believe that 10% of tha Napoli support actually travelled from Italy. I stand by that and if anyone doesnt agree with me i mean no offence to their free point of view. Is that enough to avoid a yellow card?
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Cambiasso wrote:Here are some highlights of the match:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCfrIFZnv5k
Had a little giggle at the title whoops never mind... West Ham-Napoli 0-1 Trofeo Bobby Moore 08/08/09 :wink:
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shammy wrote:My original post, Junction, was to point out that i didnt believe that 10% of tha Napoli support actually travelled from Italy. I stand by that and if anyone doesnt agree with me i mean no offence to their free point of view. Is that enough to avoid a yellow card?
Mate you are cracking me up. Why does it matter where they came from? Were you touched by a Napoli fan residing in London as a child?
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shammy wrote:My original post, Junction, was to point out that i didnt believe that 10% of tha Napoli support actually travelled from Italy. I stand by that and if anyone doesnt agree with me i mean no offence to their free point of view. Is that enough to avoid a yellow card?
We don't issue yellow cards any more mate :wink:

Alls I'm saying is that you seem to be defending a point which is indefensible (but you could equally be right, if that makes sense).
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There are some strange posts here about the Napoli fans. I thought they were excellent.They had a 90 minute sing song. I'd love to know what that whisling chant was all about. They filled their section & there were loads of others spread around if the West Lower was anything to go by. There was even a car with flags out of the sun roof driving around the ground before the game. Superb. These guys know how to drum up an atmosphere. As far as I'm concerned I hope we play them again some time. If this game was anything to go by I'd defo have an away day in Naples. :thup:
Sadly our lot trotted out the same boring crap about Lampard, Chelsea & Spurs. Seriously, does anyone truly believe that this stuff inspires our team?
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shammy wrote:Because mate i live in London and every day i meet people who are not from London, they are Northerners/Scots/Welsh/Polish /Italian/Bengali/Australian. I dont care, but when West Ham play far afields i know that 90% have come from London/Essex. I know today that 10% at best came from Naples today. Same goes for all Northern clubs.
And I know for a fact that of the 50.000-60.000 people that visit the San Paolo Stadium in Naples for a home-game about 99% come from the city or surrounding areas.

What the F is your problem :lol:
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Up the Junction wrote:We don't issue yellow cards any more mate :wink:
Bring them back.

And while you're at it, the rolly eyes emoticon too!
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