tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270099330318525552011-12-20T12:42:50.701-05:00Analysis and satire of West Ham United Football Club, and sometimes, when the mood takes, the wider world in general.whufc84http://www.blogger.com/profile/03332677372853066939noreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27009933031852555.post-26844153355720683812010-09-29T08:24:00.000-04:002010-09-29T08:24:17.273-04:00

Firstly, I’m quite proud of the title of this piece, it can function in multiple ways, take a second to think about that, oh you agree it’s quite brilliant, ok good. Last week was monumental for us all, there is no denying that, and the amount of “firsts” we seemed to accomplish was rewarding, but mainly relieving. First win of the season, first away win since August 2009, first league

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I just made this, no idea why or what it means, but you gotta love Abe's beer helmet. 

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Aaaah Chavez, he's definitely on my list of top 10 favourite dictators of all time; not for any presence of being a hard man like Pol Pot, or, like Stalin, and in fact being able to deliver any kind of military backing for any of his words, EVER; but he just screams "look at me, look at me, please world, please think that I'm relevant." In this way he is the dictatorship equivalent of a

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So the debt ceiling just got raised to almost $15,000,000,000,000 - an almost incomprehensible sum, a ludicrous sum, an amount so high that I'm getting spasms just thinking about it. Whose idea was this? "Well boys and girls we're in a lot of debt, and the economy is in the shitter, what shall we do? I've a great idea, let's borrow some more fucking money until we've borrowed so much that all of

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Or really more, where do they come from? We're staring down the barrel of a gun currently as our run of form has taken a dive from what looked like an early season slip up to an almost full blown catastrophe. Luckily for us the other teams around us, are, well frankly, shit. To stay up this season may be a case of being less shit than those around you. But where are we going to pick up points

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Thank you Lynn Fucking Sweet for asking the question that has now driven the whole media into a frenzy over the Crowley-Gates ordeal. Thank you for asking a question so off topic that it drives me mad. In the middle of Q&A over health care you have managed to distract an entire nation's worth of media on to possibly one of the most mundane and over-hyped "news events" possibly witnessed. The fact

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So as I sit here, on a lazy Sunday in Arlington, I think to myself “What should I listen to?” and I just so happen to have a feeling that it should probably be Radiohead – so track one on Kid A gets the green light, and myself and Thom Yorke bond through the medium of song – Everything in its Right Place.And indeed it seems as though things are returning to their right places, the Ruskis are

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According to the Times Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) have just formed an alliance that is based on economical and political policies that will be used to take away total power in the world system from the United States.The article explains that;...The first summit of heads of state of the BRIC countries — Brazil, Russia, India and China — ended with a declaration calling for a “

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Hmmn so now I can blog via mobile device eh? Wolves away first game? I hope we stuff em!

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I'm angry, and rightfully so, the loss against Liverpool this weekend was one to stirr the emotions. we put in a good display, and pretty much matched them in all parts of the field - the problem every game is that we are playing with 9 men versus 11, the last resort inclusion of Di Michele and Tristan up front for lack of better options is killing us, and I swoon at the thought of a return of

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I suppose your life is busy too, but then again I'm not reading your opinions of West Ham (unless you're on my blogroll on the left), so yes, deal with it. Not that my posts of doubtful pessimism could possibly have been missed by anyone bar Martin Lawrence at the BBC, who's uncanny ability to continuously predict West Ham to lose week in week out would have us in League Two in 3 years. He tops

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Just as I thought things were going to lighten up a bit, well eer, they didn't. Subsequently I've managed to miss our last two games, which is a shame, because they've nicely provided us with two wins, a great position in the table, and a candidate for goal of the season...The last game I watched, in fact, was a horrible horrible affair - namely losing to Bolton. As you will presumably agree it

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As tides of change swept through the fair city of Washington DC this last month and a half or so, similar occurences seem to be underway at West Ham. There's a bright sense of optimism amongst us West Ham fans at the moment, and it's almost contagious. The Zola and Clarke system has finally come to fruition with a string of good results, and a very good showing against Man United that was only

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Trolling around YouTube I found this video...if for nothing else watch it for Dicksy's magnificence, and Tim Breaker's impeccable hair! I was at the away fixture for this one, I don't think we did so well that night...but 5 goals at UP is always a treat, enjoy!

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Our boys produced a brilliant display today to come away from Stanford Bridge with a well deserved point. The London derby had a great pace and tempo about it right from the off, and our boys dug deep and pulled out quite a heroic display that against less formidable opponents would have seen us pick up all three points.Chelski deserved the lions share of possession, but the gritty performance

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I'm glad that I don't have Setanta, otherwise I would have had to watch West Ham lose to Spurs last Monday. Fortunately for me though I'm poor, and Setanta is expensive, and as an afterthought it may also get taken off of my Christmas wish list due to the fact that we are now so bad that watching us on it will undoubtedly send me into a spiral of massive depression; couple that with my love of

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Sorry for not posting in quite some time, I've been busy, and to be completely overly dramatic let's say "life' got in the way. Anyway my sabbatical has reaped huge benefits for West Ham, so I can't complain. That's now three clean sheets in a row, count them I dare you, three, this is mad. Greeny has been impeccable, Ginge has been an absolute force, and Upson has been his usual rock self.

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I can't possibly go into detail about Saturday's game; never have I seen us outplay a team so convincingly and lose a game in a massive 4 minutes. All I know is that after we scored the game was calling out for Mullins to bolster the midfield, and we sat back and let Everton come at us instead of retaining possession and closing the game out. We played well for about 75 minutes, and that's all I

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This post falls into the "wider world in general" bit in the description of this blog...Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama, who yesterday sealed his future in the White House with a monumental victory over the honourable Senator John McCain. Congratulations must also go to Mr. McCain, who not only ran a tough race, but also bowed out gracefully and with a message of the importance of

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I missed this game due to work, but judging by the highlights (here) we played quite well with the youngsters impressing. We're still as likely to keep a clean sheet as a fifteen year old boy with a Playboy and a night light however. Anyway, since I didn't see the game I'll keep shtum.Our poll on the right for favourite player of the last thirty years has timed out, and the results are as follows

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The game has been over all of about 5 minutes, and such is my outrage that I feel compelled to write, so please observe the many knee jerk reactions that are to follow.Firstly let me say R.I.P. to Sky Sports commentary, any journalistic integrity and impartiality that you once may have had has been demolished in an instant by tonight's commentary - I suppose I shouldn't expect too much

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Sunday Bloody SundayI’m not doing player reviews today, because I thought the whole team did really well. We showed a ton of grit and determination, and I think it should be obvious to all that the game changer was the introduction of Emmanuel Barnyarddoor, and that the loss really was at little to no fault of our boys – they did us proud against an excellent team, and had the objective of the

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I've been to Hull, I actually rather liked it with its bevy of Northern birds without Mancunian accents, and I have to say I love going to Yorkshire video shops and renting T'Good, T'Bad, and T'Ugly. Of course I'm wrong with my facts, as my native Hullian uncle will tell thee, but either way Hull was a good laugh, and not too dissimilar from the East End with it's strong roots in the dockyards

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Now that I've finally got some motivation and I've stopped sobbing about the relentless decline of the Dow Jones (he's an odd Welshman) I've decided to write a bit, so I think I'll start with the England game the other day. We won, which was nice, and in quite convincing fashion (at least in the last 30 minutes). It was also pleasing to see just how shite Ashley Cole is too, and how Chelsea have

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I've been away for a bit and unable to write, so I apologise. Took a bit of a tour, and managed to cram in a gig by The Rumble Strips, who I highly recommend watching, good live act, and all very chatty after the show.So there's just so much to catch up with that I just can't be arsed to do it now; in the mean time please check out The Turning on the new Oasis album - excellent track (even if it

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I just simply can't go into this whole thing with Sheffield United, I think the whole thing is a shambles, do they need money because Uri Geller made a surprise appearance in their town?Who knows but here's a few points I feel that I have to make...1) We were fined a record 5.5m for Tevezgate - we paid.2) We were asked to negate the original contract with MSI and draw up new terms to ensure that

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I'm all giddy with joy this weekend, and rightly so as West Ham are enjoying the dizzy heights of 6th place in the league. Zola's come in and won his first proper game in charge with a display that is very encouraging, and Newcastle again prove what a shambles they are indeed - chalk me up for two things I like about that whole scenario. Oh and my my my didn't our North London rivals only manage

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So we got Zola, he's now taking the reigns, and yet I feel so confused and ambivalent about all of this. Zola, there's no denying, was a world class player, an inspirational player, he was Chelsea's Paolo. Now I don't want to complain, and I definitely back him now that he's officially our manager, but this just seems like such a strange decision, and to me there's only one justification behind

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What a week indeed, certainly some strange goings on uuurm going on. We've seen McCartney leave, Green back in the England squad, two unknowns come in a day after the close of the transfer window, Curbs walk out, and now we are in pursuit of a new manager.Let me just say that my polls seem to be a bit prophetic; the first was in regards to whether or not Green will get called back into the

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Now that I live in the States, it should come as no surprise to you that being able to get my hands on a big-fuck-off-weapon is really not that hard at all. Virginia, for instance, has open air markets where you can easily get a hold of a shooter. Tomorrow in fact, I may venture into the Virginia countryside and do just that, in an attempt to blow my head off to rid myself of the memory of the

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So the legend that is Rob Green has finally won a place in the England squad. Well done Greeny, much deserved and long overdue. Cappello must have finally changed his glasses. Whether he will start or not is another question, he will most likely see James and Robinson in front of him - this I have problem with. James, although decent, is getting on a bit, there's no way he could possibly

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With too much enthusiasm floating around these pages it's time to get back to being a miserable bastard, so I present to you my list of 5 most hated footballers, again in no particular order...1) El Hadji Diouf: I just want to slap him every time I see his face. He's constantly whinging, and always complains when he doesn't get the call to go his way, he huffs and puffs and throws his arms

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Even though it was an early 10am on this side of the pond, I had to crack open a beer to calm my nerves for this encounter with Blackburn...and believe me, if the whiskey was there I would have had some of that too. But instead of an alcohol fueled sobbing session, I came away from this whole escapade a very very happy man.Ladies and gentlemen, we looked good, very good, traditional West Ham good

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My best mate is a Blackburn fan, so as you can imagine it's been a good few years for me as we certainly seem to be their bogey team. But, after every win we've put over them I get a feeling that this pleasure can surely not last, and there is no way that the footballing Gods could be on my side this often - I mean Christ even Real-Choker made them look bad a few years ago, and even God doesn't

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Here's something hammerobie sent me in the old email box, it seems to go nicely as an afterthought of the memories I posted earlier; and as always comments are welcome..."I wish we could be blissfully ignorant like we were kids again. When we were younger, and couldn't keep track of players names, stats, etc to save our lives. We would just go to and/or watch the matches not caring about '

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Since it's all been a bit doom and gloom on this blog lately, I figure I might as well cheer up a bit and give a list of my 5 most appreciated West Ham moments (in no particular order). We haven't had too much to rave about lately, so join in if you want.1) My first game - West Ham vs Charlton, I believe it was in the 92/93 season, I know it was when we were ground sharing with them. The old man

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Reports are flying around that Bellamy, Upson, Neil, and Cole are being touted about town (as well as Anton who looks as good as gone) in what looks to be another move by the board over Curbs' head to cut the wage bill. Most of you have probably read this elsewhere, so I will not go into any of the details, but this does lead me to think of a few possibilities if these reports lead to be true...1

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BBC Sport is reporting that the board have accepted £8m for Ferdinand; whilst not the most surprising of moves with a "need" to wrestle the wages bill, it was surprising to note Curbs' comments in a 5-Live interview...The board have accepted the bid - he's not renegotiated his contract - and the decision was taken out of my handsWhat is going on here? There's certainly a massive wake between

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Some terrible defending combined with a lack of any ambition to play football saw West Ham go down 3 - 0 at the City of Manchester Stadium. West Ham, buoyed by the return of absolutely no one, went out to prove its supporters correct in assuming that we came to Manchester to try and get a point at best.The SommeOne of the most dismal displays of football ever witnessed saw massive amounts of down

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Intros...Well lets get the formalities out of the way, and I do feel kind of awkward doing this, like meeting your girlfriend's dad for the first time I feel pangs, anyway here's the lowdown.1) I'm a West Ham fan and have been since around 1992.2) I'm not much of a rumour updater, although I may use this blog to vent about possible rumours, but it'll probably be pre and post match commentary,

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