Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

Ha! West Ham fans fighting amongst themselves again. Enjoying your new home? Careful what you wish for.

Oh, and Spurs were superb today. ;-)

[Alan Medic]

Perhaps they need a 'new fans area' to avoid any trouble.

[Jah Lush]

http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag237/jahlushhead/42670ca9-0c35-4d6a-91d8-c7d8ff308d11_zps4zsjcvyq.jpg

[Alan Medic]

I'd like to hear Ms Brady's take on it.

[Jah Lush]

I'd like to hear any of the West Ham fans on here's take on it. Quids was the last one to post but that was a month ago. Out of Europe since then. They've been very quiet of late. I wonder why. Maybe they're fighting amongst themselves. :-)

[Otta]

You say "out of europe" like it's a bad thing (in footballing terms). Europa league just isn't worth the trouble. Of course I'd have loved for Liverpool to have won it last season, but it's just way too many games to get to the end of it.

[Alan Medic]

With a big enough squad it's a good way of giving everyone a game. If they're good enough. Just heard Torino lost due to a Joe Hart error.

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West Ham

Jah

Key players not fit yet (we were excellent for 40 mins on Saturday)

Signings - jury's out but a bit underwhelming to be honest -apart from the 2 young ones who are both going to be terrific

Some adjusting to the new stadium & bigger pitch

Not sure why we sold Tomkins

Not panicking but mid-table

Europe was an embarrassment exit ( but may be a blessing)

Olympic Stadium -stewardings awful - not run by club BTW; standing was ignored at UP but now not being ignored (man City had very similar problems if you reacall when they moved; as I said a few weeks back, I'm worried about the potential for trouble when we play the likes of Spurs/Man U/ Chelsea with current away fan arrangements.

Onwards & upwards

PS unlucky with injuries

[red devil]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Just as well PGC. I enjoyed the Manchester derby

> if not the result. City were very good especially

> in the first half. Not sure what to say about

> United. Great goal by Zlat and we should have had

> a pen. Maybe time for Rashford to start games. I'm

> not sure what Smalling has done wrong. I like

> Blind but maybe not as a centre half. Great season

> in store I think meaning generally.

City were good in the first half, but I felt we backed off far much...Mourinho's liking for zonal marking explains that.

At least he admitted that he goofed playing Lingard and Mikky after both coming back from injuries, and that he shouldn't have changed a winning team.

Smalling was injured and in his absence Blind and Bailly have been good pre-Derby.

A lot of the squad that haven't played much will surely get a run out on Thurs in the Europa League, including Smalling and Rashford.

I thought we came back into the game well and on another day could've got a draw or even a win...

[red devil]

West Ham's first 'big' game is against Arsenal in early Dec, so plenty of time to sort out the stewarding/standing up issue. Not sure if that's classed as high risk but a month later Utd rock up and I hear revenge is in the air for the attack on the Utd bus...

[Mick Mac]

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Don't think I'll be throwing down a gauntlet to

> MickMac today based on this:

>

> http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/footba

> ll-news/who-win-celtic-v-rangers-8799729

Wise move PGC!

[titch juicy]

So, it looks like Tottenham are set to smash the home attendance record for a top flight club after selling out Wembley. I cannot wait!

http://www.squawka.com/news/tottenham-announce-wembley-sell-out-for-champions-league-opener-against-monaco/771698?

[Mick Mac]

Celtic Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup Final 1937 of 146k is the european club match record.

Celtic Leeds 1970 European Cup Semi final is the biggest crowd ever for a European club match. 136k

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28 April 1923

Venue Wembley Stadium, London

Referee D. H. Asson (Birmingham)

Attendance 126,047 (official)

up to 300,000 (estimate)

West Ham Vs Bolton

[Mick Mac]

I still love Roy Keane

Speaking on last night?s Champions League Highlights show the former Celt said: ?They need to do a lot better in Europe. Easier said than done, of course.

?But even in qualifying, they were poor. They scraped through.

?The whole mindset has to change. Don?t accept, especially away from home, being the whipping boys of Europe.

?It?s Celtic, a huge club.?

Keane, Martin O?Neill?s international assistant who spent six months at the club in 2006, added: ?When they qualified for the group, the celebrations, for me, were way over the top.

?I actually thought they?d won the competition! People were hugging each other, the manager, the coaches, the players.

?It?s not Altrincham, it?s Celtic!?

[Alan Medic]

I see Joey has got himself in trouble over in the blue half of Glasgow......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37378180

[red devil]

Straight from the horse's arse... http://talksport.com/football/i-havent-done-anything-apologise-joey-barton-lifts-lid-rangers-ban-exclusive-talksport

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Spurs' recent Wembley Record P5 W0 D0 L5

Great temporary home for you eh lads?

[Jah Lush]

At least we get to play at Wembley now and then and have won plenty of trophies there. And it's all going so well at the Tax Free Tesco Stadium isn't it.

West Ham's latest glorious European jaunt has been noted and already laughed at so I won't tread on your toes again by reminding you just how far you got. BTW: What was the name of that team again?

[red devil]

Spurs are playing all their PL home games next season at Wembley, but only so many games can be played at full capacity, will be interesting to see which games they pick...

[Mick Mac]

Good video - LA Galaxy - Robbie Keane and Steven Gerrard v 30 eight year olds

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37383159

[Alan Medic]

Another impressive result for Liverpool. Apart from losing at Burnley they're looking like contenders moreso than all bar City.

[red devil]

Last season they did very well against top 6 teams too, won 3-1 at the Bridge, it was the Burnley's that they couldn't beat...

[Alan Medic]

Watching a bit of Soccer Saturday one of the pundits was asked if Liverpool could keep it up. His reply was that he didn't know but last season those teams who played the 'pressing' game (Liverpool & Spurs) ran out of steam in the later stages. Not being in Europe has got to help Liverpool in the league.

[Jah Lush]

It's going well at The Hawthorns. ;-)