I nearly said that David Sullivan has been reading "1984" but that is so implausable that I corrected myself at the last moment - he has clearly seen the film!
Of course Big Brother Sullivan understands perfectly that "War is Peace" (Just like he understands "Pornography is Love"), and Tottenham Hotspurs represent the perfect Goldstein, of course, because of their Jewish links. As Orwell tells us, "the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival." At the moment Sullivan is orchestrating Hate Week!
Sullivan also understands that "the essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty." Mind you, Duxbury left behind the Idiot Guide on this when he made his hasty exit from the CEO office!
Not that Sullivan necessarily understands what he is doing, of course. Just like the Three Monkeys Brigade within our fan base, Sullivan is probably fully conditioned by Doublethink, described by Orwell as "the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in ones' mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them." So, Sullivan probably believes his statement on the OS, whilst at the same time knowing that Parker will be sold, just like the posters on here who tell me that West Ham will not sell Parker but that Parker will probably leave anyway!
And ahead of the reaction of the Three Monkeys Brigade to this post, let me share with you how Orwell has predicted your mental health:
"We shall abolish the orgasm. Our neurologists are at work upon it now. There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards West Ham. There will be no love, except the love of David Sullivan. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science. When we are omnipotent there will be no need of science. There will be no distinction between beauty and ugliness. There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always—do not forget this Winston—always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."
Look in the mirror guys, Orwell saw you coming!
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I think you got a bit carried away with this HF. Of course, as I stated before without becoming an optimist, I do hope you are wrong about G&S.
The truth of course, will not be found at the extremes. I think they are two guys who mean well and also want to be successful in making their investment yield a good return. While meaning well however they obviously get a little intoxicated from the power that comes from the opportunity to carry this Club towards glory and like you, they also get carried away, simply because they find or sometimes put themselves in the limelight.
The difference between what you say and what I think is the truth with the Davids is that they are NOT masterminding a conspiracy against anyone (and in particular the fans). In any case, as I stated before, I don't think they are capable of putting together and executing such a diabolical plan.
They are a fans like us, but they are also investors who are concerned by how to make West Ham a success and their investment pay. The two go hand in hand and I am sure G&S understand that. You cannot have the one without the other.
Sullivan and Gold have an idea how to get there (the Olympic Stadium is part of it) but they have not thought out each and every tactic. Very often, people like this, although they make mistakes along the way, manage to get to their target. I hope they do mostly for the sake of fans. But if they do and also make a profit I will wish well.
"All that was required of them was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make them accept longer working hours or shorter rations. And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances. The larger evils invariably escaped their notice."
I have to be honest, and this is a first, and whilst I don't wish this to be seen as any form of encouragement for you.... because I actually hate this blog and all that you stand for, I do actually agree with you on this one and only point.... I read the back page of the evening standard last night and the first thought that I had was that this is phoney!
I have been reading this blog for months now but you are so downbeat about everything. It appears you hope west ham crash and burn so you can state at the end of it 'I told you so'. Quite frankly I do not believe you are a west ham fan and further more I think that you are an over-exaggerating pessimist. I used to think that you made a good read but those days are long gone.
I'm just doing the math and wondered if someone who is not bias could count the positive and negative responses to the post for me, then I can work out the stats for HF and let him know how successful or not that he has been. thanks in advance.
1041 I know what you mean but hf's posts are pure sensationalism (again) he just doesn't know how to do balanced.
Hf is a very sad person & must be suffering from depression to be constantly so negative,we should all feel sorry for him & hope the right medication can be found.Bernie Brown
Mr Hammersfan,
in your post on WEDNESDAY, 28 JULY 2010 - The Tottenham offer for Parker was allegedly £7m!
You wrote:
"As opening gambits go, this Tottenham offer was derisory. Why on earth has Sullivan given it credibility by making his, "I will never betray the fans statement"? It's a bit like me claiming proof of my love for my wife by refusing to trade her for a knackered old camel! (But if anybody has a knackered old camel to trade...)"
Well I've just come across a knackered old donkey, will it suffice? does it have to be alive? Anyway! I think this represents a good deal as I haven't seen your wife yet. Can she speak German? Or does she just talk rubbish like you?
If you wont trade your wife, what about your Spuds season ticket?
well im glad gold and sullivan are at wes tham every1 seems to forget if they didnt takeover then we would be another portsmouth
fred - well said sir - HF and his cronies seem to forget this!!!
I'm glad they are at West Ham too Fred. But they aint perfect and nobody should run away with the idea that they are.
Thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.com is ranked #1,917,988 in the world according to the three-month traffic rankings, and the time spent in a typical visit to it is roughly two minutes, with two minutes spent on each pageview. Its visitors view an average of 1.2 unique pages per day. The fraction of visits to Thegamesgonecrazy.blogspot.com referred by search engines is approximately 6%. While the site is ranked #172,871 in the UK, where we estimate that 68% of its visitors are located, it is popular in Malaysia, where it is ranked #53,313. Its currently monthly view is -20% on the same period for last month, and is -12% down on same period for the last three months. The site receives 1400 unique visitors a week, not including reloads and approximately 10% of visitors make comment.
Wow, where did that lot come from Dave? How do you access that information?
Blimey Dave - looks like you know your onions - a little different to the 730,000 that HF reckons he gets
Seems about right. 1400 unique visitors a week, with most returning every day through the week and a few times each day would explain how the site is averaging about 2000 hits per day since last October. The slight drop is explained by the end of the World Cup and the Prem season. I have been surprised by how visitors have been maintained through the "close season". I mean, what has actually happened over the last three weeks?
Dave, how many of the sites above TGGC are porn sites out of interest?
Westhamtillidie.com is ranked #308,204 in the world according to the three-month traffic rankings. The site's visitors view an average of 1.4 unique pages per day. Roughly 87% of the site's visitors are in the UK, where it has attained a traffic rank of #12,089. Approximately 16% of visits to Westhamtillidie.com are referred by search engines, and this site is relatively popular among users in the city of Croydon (where it is ranked #1,782). Its currently monthly view is +50% on the same period for last month, and is +20% up on same period for the last three months.
Kumb.com's three-month global traffic rank is #80,963. It has been online since 2002. Compared with all internet users, it appeals more to men; its visitors also tend to consist of users aged under 25 and 35–55 who browse from work and have incomes between $60,000 and $100,000. While approximately 68% of visitors to Kumb.com come from the UK, where it is ranked #3,967, it is also popular in Ireland, where it is ranked #1,151. Visitors to the site spend about 53 seconds on each pageview and a total of five minutes on the site during each visit. Its current 7 day view is +12%, monthly view is +50% on the same period for last month, and is +32% up on same period for the last three months.
Westhamfans.org has a three-month global traffic rank of #714,942. Roughly 61% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces). We estimate that 87% of this site's visitors are in the UK, where it has attained a traffic rank of #27,018. The site is in the “Fan Pages” category. Westhamfans.org is located in the UK. Its current monthly view is +60% on the same period for last month, and is +60% up on same period for the last three months.
Whufc.com is ranked #35,848 in the world according to the three-month traffic rankings. The site has a bounce rate of roughly 28% (i.e., 28% of visits consist of only one pageview), and the site has been online for at least thirteen years. Whufc.com's content places it in the “West Ham United” category of websites. The site's visitors view an average of 4.0 unique pages per day. Its current 7 day view is -12%, monthly view is +77% on the same period for last month, and is +36% up on same period for the last three months.
1824 - your guess is as good as mine
whufc.co.uk - is ranked #1,441 within the uk
Tottenhamhotspur.com's three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 26,507. The site's content places it in the “Tottenham Hotspur” category. About 37% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces). Approximately 56% of visitors to Tottenhamhotspur.com come from the UK, where it has attained a traffic rank of 1,034. The site is located in the UK. Its current 7 day view is -8%, monthly view is +96% on the same period for last month, and is -10% up on same period for the last three months.
Tottenhamscum....
United Kingdom Flag UK
1,034
Norway Flag Norway
2,156
Ireland Flag Ireland
2,466
Denmark Flag Denmark
4,610
South Africa Flag South Africa
4,890
Hong Kong Flag Hong Kong
5,665
Malaysia Flag Malaysia
8,874
Singapore Flag Singapore
10,249
Greece Flag Greece
10,932
Portugal Flag Portugal
12,067
Argentina Flag Argentina
14,089
Thailand Flag Thailand
14,163
Israel Flag Israel
15,703
Sweden Flag Sweden
18,271
Australia Flag Australia
19,636
Italy Flag Italy
38,751
Russia Flag Russia
40,341
Spain Flag Spain
41,433
Netherlands Flag Netherlands
44,262
Indonesia Flag Indonesia
46,341
United States Flag United States
66,810
Germany Flag Germany
71,310
India Flag India
171,125
Phew. So where is all this information coming from Dave? That word estimate is being used a lot. How do you "estimate"?
West Ham
United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
1,441
Mexico Flag Mexico
2,584
South Africa Flag South Africa
4,218
Algeria Flag Algeria
7,783
Ireland Flag Ireland
9,507
Israel Flag Israel
11,461
Thailand Flag Thailand
11,905
Greece Flag Greece
18,734
Spain Flag Spain
19,437
Italy Flag Italy
25,209
Germany Flag Germany
58,246
Australia Flag Australia
77,953
United States Flag United States
129,532
Hf - not estimates mare - pretty accurate algorithms are used - but as the programe I use isn't a commercial one they put estimates so no one can hold them to it.
mare = mate
Now you are losing me. Maybe enough for now Statto?
Surpised about KUMB I never visit much prefer yours...
So how can you access this information? Is it used to indicate traffic for potential advertisers? Can you calcullate for every site out there on the web? The raw data is interesting, how it is accessed and then utilised would be fascinating!
All finished.
KUMB is a big site. Must be, Duxbury shared his deceits with them and they platformed his cobblers. Same is true of WHTID. I think what your figures show is that there is a place for all sorts of West Ham sites as I keep saying.
Thanks for all that Dave. I'm sure I will not be the only interested reader!
Hf if you have any request you want me to look at - let me know - only takes a jiffy.
HF,
Use analytics and you'll have this sites data.
I can't do it Stani! I've tried! And I'm worried that changing the site address with the analytics prefix!
Dave, can you drop me an email please so we can chat properly?
you won't have to change your sites address, and to be honest analytics's is a bit of a head fuk, I have emailed you
Cheers, I'll get back to you tomorrow.
You won't have to change the site's address HF!
Have a go at Dave's thing, if not, let me know and we'll go over the analytics again. It is as simple as pasting a bit of code on one of the pages on your blog.
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