Great. Despite my tongue in cheek approach to the latest take over rumours, I did get home from work today kind of hoping that the club might have confirmed that Bowe and co had asked to inspect the club's books ahead of a formal offer. I was ready to accommodate a rename of the ground to the Bowelyn Ground (not such a big change!)and to accept banners saying "The Academy of Soccer" if that meant new owners and staving off bankruptcy. But what do I find when I open News Now? The club throwing a wet blanket over the barely glowing embers of hope!
Well thanks very much! What's wrong with a little bit of hope I ask, with a heavy dollop of irony. Can't we dream for a few days at least? What's wrong with a bit of optimism for a change? But no, apparently there have been too many false dawns already! Tell me about it, I've been a supporter for over 40 years - and false dawns go with the territory, they come along at least once every other week! So why did this particular bubble have to be burst so quickly?
Maybe, just maybe, because there is some truth in it?
40years a West Ham fan and still living for optimism and hope POOR FOOL
ReplyDeleteme too
"The club throwing a wet blanket over the barely glowing embers of hope!"
ReplyDeleteThat's an unkind way to refer to Andrew Bernhardt.
Just like my dreams they....OH you know the rest.
ReplyDeleteThats the trouble with Newsnow. Leads to a lot of wet blankets. Didn't you say this blog was on Newsnow? Well well. What a coincidence.
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with a bit of optimism for a change?
ReplyDeleteYou should be in front of a mirror when asking this question
2208, what do you think I meant exactly when I said "with a heavy dollop of irony"?
ReplyDelete2108 - you are the wrong type of site surely? Wet blankets are found on / as a result of different types of sites!
You're a 'supporter'? Id like to know how you justify that claim when you dont ever attend games and all your drivel is negative towards the club and everyone involved with the club?
ReplyDeleteis your use of irony and tounge in cheek therefore a way of conflicting your own initial stupid opinions.
ReplyDeleteIrony is used for many different reasons. In this case, I noted how ironic I was that I was asking for the opportunity to be optimistic given I am normally very much a realist.
ReplyDelete"you dont ever attend games"...that's an Iain Dale type of argument if I ever saw one! Anonymous, you don't have to go to games to be a West Ham fan or we'd only have around 35,000 fans.
ReplyDeleteHang on.
ReplyDeleteWEST HAM have played down talks and warned about false dawns...
WEST HAM. THE CLUB.
Least you forget that Straumour are the ones with the keys to the ownership/debt of the club.
Bernhardt doesn't work for the club - it is an wanted thing he has to manage.
Unlike the garbage repeated vomited forth from Duxbury/Dale this has nothing to do with the running of the club.
If you want to buy us you don't talk to the club but the asset management company currently stripping us down.
Who gives a fuck if the mouthpieces of WEST HAM haven't been approached... maybe something to do with the fact that Scotty will be out on his ear and hopefully taking that nepotistic 'scout' Nani with him.
Anonymous. Piss off back to that Tory blog they call West Ham Till I die (yeah right)
ReplyDeleteOH and as it turns out they were right 'don't get your hopes up' it would appear to be a publicity stunt.
optimism you say?
The miserable have no other medicine
ReplyDeleteBut only hope. - William Shakespeare.