The site talks about traditions going back thousands of years. How many of us thought, as we read this, of the tens of thousands of West Ham fans whose happiness is so tied up with the club, whose religion is West Ham United? This match may decide our fate at the end of the season, defeat at Stoke may send us down. But other things are more important to Avram obviously.
Apparently Avram will "pick and prepare the side as usual and fully ensure that all are ready for the match at the weekend". How exactly? What if a player shows up injured on the morning of the match? Will Avram leave instructions on how to use substitutions minute by minute according to what is happening in the game?
There's no need for us to worry though because the Three Stooges are in the dugout: Petrovic, Groves and Keen. Who needs an Emperor when you have a Triumvirate? Who needs the Jewish Grant when we have a Holy Trinity? Surely three heads are better than one?
The club obviously has to be very careful in what it says but you have to wonder why this wasn't addressed when the fixture list came out. I am sure the Premier League could have been maneuvered into rescheduling the game out of the same respect that we are showing for Jewish traditions. A failure to do so would have exposed the powers that be to charges of insensitivity and even prejudice and discrimination. "You never ask Christians to play or manage on Christmas Day so how dare you ask Jews to work on Yom Kippur?"
So why didn't that happen? How late was it before Grant spotted the clash and notified the club? The date of Yom Kippur was set when the fixture list came out. A quick call would probably have shifted the game to the next day.
And why did the newspapers break this story before the club announced it? Who told the journalists exactly? I know the Official Shite only wants to deal in good news stories, but should we be learning that our manager will miss a game via the Daily Star? What has been going on behind the scenes in the interim? Were attempts made to change Grant's mind?
I truly believe Grant's position becomes untenable on Saturday. If we lose, the fans will be furious he wasn't there. If we win, the fans will see him as an albatross around the neck of the club and will want him gone. This is one holy mess that should never, ever have happened.
7 comments:
good for the Grant out movement even quite pleasing for the Oh shit please not Grant mob to which I subscribed
Grant out. Never get over this shambles if you cant do the job then please leave as you are crap anyway
I see you've changed your tune, now that you've jumped on the 'religous intolerance' bandwagon.
Hypocrite!!!
Victor Obinna to the rescue!!!
it's funny HF thought he was a brilliant choice right until someone pointed out that he had less premiership experience than Zola - hahaha - I love this blog HF mugs himself off again and again.
1438, I still do not understand this term "mugged himself off". Can you please use English?
I supported the appointment of Avram and despite the results, he would still have my support. I was 100% behind Zola UNTIL it became obvious that he wasn't up to the job. That has not yet been proved in the case of Avram and, personally, I think we have looked better in the games against Bolton and Chelsea than we looked at just about any point during Zola's second season. Dreadful defensive errors cost us both games but some of our football, when in possession, was very exciting.
However, Grant's decision to miss the Stoke game is utterly unacceptable in my opinion. As I say, if we lose, he will rightly be blamed; and if we win, people will say it was because he wasn't there.
Welsh Hammer, I am not a hypocrite and I do not show religious intolerance. I have repeatedly said that Avram is welcome to his beliefs. He is welcome to follow the Jewish faith. He is welcome to attend a synagogue in East London. he is welcome to wear ringlets if he wants to, though it does look odd in my opinion. He is even welcome to dress all in black on a boiling hot day in the summer if he is mad enough to do so. His choice. But football is a religion in its own right. And Avram should not put his religion over ours. He is paid to manage West Ham. there are 38 Premiership games each season and, unless very ill, he should be there for ALL of them. If he can't meet that requirement, he shouldn't be in the job. If it was an issue, he should not have applied for nor accepted the job. I don't want to watch Championship football next season because Avram Grant believes that God is writing his personal fate into a book in Heaven. He can be as Jewish as he likes PROVIDING it doesn't clash with his duties as manager of West Ham.
If we win everyone will say 'we play better without him' if we lose then everyone will say 'he should of been there'.
It's a win win lose lose for everyone.
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