My two pence worth...
Yes it was embarrassing last! But I'm not talking about the team or their performance, I'm talking about the so-called fans that were around me on the BML!
I get to my seat just on KO as usual, exchange the usual pleasantries with a few of the usual crowd that sit (stand) around me... However the un-usauls, that I'm hoping were only there as it was £10 a ticket, made the game unbearable!
It all started off OK, they even sang "Slaven Bilic's Claret and Blue Army".
Then the inevitable happened when we hadn't scored after 10 minutes... Every player on the park was a grade A c**t according to them.
Even when players did something that merited a clap for a good piece of play, good ball, turn into space, tackle made was met with "not good enough you c**t! If it was Nolan, the word fat was also used, which I thought was ironic, as some of these 'men' would love to be as fat as Nolan.
I admit some players were frustrating last night, Maiga and his inability to learn the offside rule really frustrates at times. Then he smacks one against the post, which was really unlucky.... but not for those around me, "he should have buried it".
Half time comes, so does the booing.... embarrassing!
2nd half comes, and now the "Slaven Bilic's Claret and Blue army" has changed to "We are West Ham's Claret and Blue Army", in an hour, the support for our new man has gone... classy at times are some West Ham fans.
Finally, Jarvis beats his man, get to the dead ball line, crosses to the middle, where Nolan has made a great run to get on the end of the cross and as he's about to hit the ball with a left foot volley when a defender, lets say, eases Nolan off of his balance and the volley doesn't connect. Now Nolan is a "Massive fat c**t!" Funny that, because if he was that big how did their defender put him off balance?
Sub Nolan off, more booing.
Pass back to our keeper to keep the ball instead of lumping it up, a la Alladyce football, more booing. One bloke even tried to start "what a load of rubbish" luckily that didn't catch on.
One of the regulars said to me "We could go and sign Messi and Ronaldo, and some people would still boo them!"
We won a game in pre-season, with a lot of players that probably will not be in the 1st team squad come to the game at The Emirates in 3 weeks time. Let's get real here.
We have one last season at the old place, our home! Can we please make it memorable for all the right reasons! Lets get behind the 11 players on that hallowed turf, whoever they are, and really make this season one where you look back and say the ground was really rocking! I know some of you will say, that the players performances will help get the crowd up, but lets go into every game this season and make it a party atmosphere.... we don't have too many opportunities left to do that at the old place.
Sorry for the ramble....
Get behind the team