TeamRocket Posted 17 February 2021 Share Posted 17 February 2021 Haha West ham fans never seem to shock me anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 17 February 2021 Share Posted 17 February 2021 Funny how West Ham fans aren't moaning about GSB and Moyes now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OntarioFox Posted 17 February 2021 Share Posted 17 February 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, KingsX said: At least in the case of Sky -- I don't see how you could win that side of the debate. OK, it's too sensitive to act hurt and obsess about it. But it strikes me as a carefully considered business practice. Somebody is editing the shows. Somebody is boss of the comms and pundits, directing and evaluating them. In discussing results, the table, and individual players, isn't LCFC given far less time than richer but currently far less successful clubs? With exceptions rare enough to be very noticeable. NBCSN's advertising and pundits do give us a proportion of coverage closer to our current stature as a playing unit. The contrast is striking. * caveat -- I'm saying this as someone with limited exposure (NBC broadcasts of Sky Sports News and transfer day are not things I return to, nor do I seek out their social media clips unless posted on here). Interesting. I get most of my coverage through DAZN here, and while for the most part it's a good service, Leicester is buried in the coverage. You get the "b*g s*x" and the usual European suspects (Barca, Real Madrid, Juventus, PSG) as your front page selection for specific team coverage. If you want anything from Leicester, or any non "b*g s*x" club, you have to navigate the menus to find your specific league, then scroll to find them. They have done some nice little pieces on us - the 2016 championship and Jamie Vardy mostly - but those are normally just run during our games. Otherwise, you wouldn't know we existed when we're not live on air. Joke's on them though - everybody I've met who knows about football here knows something about us and our team since 2016 - most of the interest in the PL in the neighbourhoods I've been in is passive, with a lot more La Liga and Serie A fans (makes sense, those neighbourhoods are mostly Spanish, Portugese and Italian folks). But where interest is garnered we're part of the conversation. A surprising number of folks I know think Maddison in particular is a baller. Edited 17 February 2021 by OntarioFox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fktf Posted 17 February 2021 Share Posted 17 February 2021 (edited) A lot of posts doing what we're hammering wham fans for. They've got some good players. Bowen or Antonio probably walk into our team on the right, soucek would offer us something different at the base of mid. Coufal is also looks good, but we're pretty set in that position. They're suffering with rice, the same way our fans did with chilwell. He's decent, but they wont regret selling him for a fortune. Edited 17 February 2021 by Fktf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EnderbyFox Posted 17 February 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 17 February 2021 I am dead jealous of West Ham to be fair.. I mean who wouldn't want the dildo brothers as owners of their Football Club. If that doesn't convince prospective singings them i'm sure their state of the art training ground (that resembles a pop up Covid vaccine centre) will seal the deal 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 17 February 2021 Share Posted 17 February 2021 4 hours ago, Raw Dykes said: A West Ham fan: "We have better players than Leicester overall. They have a few that would get in our 18 or XI, but not many. It'll be even less once Moyes has finished building his squad. The major difference is that they are small enough to be comfortable cheating to narrow the gap. Horrible, scummy club. Decent owners though. There's elements of their club that we can look upon with envy, but nothing of significance. I'm happier with our lot, I've got to say. There's no way they'll sustain it. They're basically the new Southampton. They'll be gone in a few years." Haha. West Ham fans crack me up. The “West Ham Way” no one knows what that means! Half a decent season with nearly £300m spent and stadium on lease and they think they’re relevant. Ok sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fightforever Posted 17 February 2021 Share Posted 17 February 2021 2 hours ago, KFS said: Ok all jokes aside don’t tell me any of these fvcking players get in our XI Maybe Soucek when we need a more physical presence but baring that no one stands out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbury Fox Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 5 hours ago, Raw Dykes said: You're right. Here's one reply: "You can't be serious? Schmeichel, Pereira, Castagne, Fofana, Justin, Tielemans, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy would all walk into our team. And the only reason Ndidi doesn't get in is we've got one of the only players that matches him in that role in Rice." Aside from Ndidi being obviously better than Rice, that's a fair assessment, although they've forgotten to mention Cags and Evans, who'd also walk into their side. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 3 hours ago, Blue Fox 72 said: I'm calling you out on this one Geoff. You've got your media tinted specs on and you're the one talking bollocks here IMO. They absolutely want to keep the 'big 6' as the top 6. I am more than happy to call out the media when I think it's fit and proper and have done so plenty of times, here and elsewhere. We shall have to agree to disagree on this one. Arsenal / Spurs / Chelsea (for example) outside the top six, and therefore having a bad season, is a decent story for the media. As an aside, if we continue over the next few years to make the progress we've made since 2015 then the 'big six' media narrative will certainly change. We're not close to it yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 7 hours ago, Fktf said: A lot of posts doing what we're hammering wham fans for. They've got some good players. Bowen or Antonio probably walk into our team on the right, soucek would offer us something different at the base of mid. Coufal is also looks good, but we're pretty set in that position. They're suffering with rice, the same way our fans did with chilwell. He's decent, but they wont regret selling him for a fortune. They have got some good players a, no question and they are having a brilliant season. I would love to see them get into Europe with us and kick another one of the bigger boys out. However, Bowen on the right aside, I still don’t think a fully fit XI anyone in there team makes our XI. Big fan of Antonio, but he’s not Jamie Vardy, Soucek is having a brilliant season too, but does he play over Tielemans? Coufal another decent player but he isn’t Ricardo and Cresswell should be getting into the England squad at LB, but when JJ or Castagne are fit he wouldn’t make our team. I don’t think it’s disrespectful to say we have some outstanding players who I wouldn’t swap for west hams good players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wardyfox86 Posted 18 February 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 18 February 2021 12 hours ago, Raw Dykes said: A West Ham fan: "We have better players than Leicester overall. They have a few that would get in our 18 or XI, but not many. It'll be even less once Moyes has finished building his squad. The major difference is that they are small enough to be comfortable cheating to narrow the gap. Horrible, scummy club. Decent owners though. There's elements of their club that we can look upon with envy, but nothing of significance. I'm happier with our lot, I've got to say. There's no way they'll sustain it. They're basically the new Southampton. They'll be gone in a few years." We have taken points off every team in the 'big 6' this season. They play Spurs, Man Utd, Man City and Arsenal in their next five games. If they're still in the mix then, I tip my hat. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam95581 Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 16 minutes ago, wardyfox86 said: We have taken points off every team in the 'big 6' this season. They play Spurs, Man Utd, Man City and Arsenal in their next five games. If they're still in the mix then, I tip my hat. Spurs, Man City, Leeds, Man U, Arsenal, Wolves and then us is their next 7...that’s pretty bloody tough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 Another attempt at defining 'big' clubs... https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news-top-10s-the-40-biggest-clubs-in-england-have-been-named-and-ranked-20201206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxfordfox83 Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 9 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Funny how West Ham fans aren't moaning about GSB and Moyes now. They definitely are. This one stupid post about XIs aside, the thrust of the thread is that the difference between them and us is we’re not run by cretins... It’s a good thread, complimentary and generally pretty well considered, albeit grounded in the fairly standard belief that their football team is better and more important than it really is (see also: every other fan on the planet). What we’re doing is the equivalent of them taking a match thread post from @lcfcsnow and writing three pages about how Leicester fans are all miserable bastards... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxfordfox83 Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 24 minutes ago, Spudulike said: Another attempt at defining 'big' clubs... https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news-top-10s-the-40-biggest-clubs-in-england-have-been-named-and-ranked-20201206 An interesting concept, and not a bad set of metrics for where everybody is placed. I can’t read the Athletic article that shows its workings, but I’d be thrilled to understand how they measured player quality, which puts Spurs above Man City and Liverpool, and Villa above us... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, KFS said: Ok all jokes aside don’t tell me any of these fvcking players get in our XI Lanzini if he was back at his best, which he isn't, so no-one. Edited 18 February 2021 by Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillippaT Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 13 minutes ago, Oxfordfox83 said: What we’re doing is the equivalent of them taking a match thread post from @lcfcsnow and writing three pages about how Leicester fans are all miserable bastards... We're not? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 52 minutes ago, Spudulike said: Another attempt at defining 'big' clubs... https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news-top-10s-the-40-biggest-clubs-in-england-have-been-named-and-ranked-20201206 The crowd measure is a bit questionable because it's clearly affected by how big are the capacity of the club's stadiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobyfox Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 17 minutes ago, Oxfordfox83 said: An interesting concept, and not a bad set of metrics for where everybody is placed. I can’t read the Athletic article that shows its workings, but I’d be thrilled to understand how they measured player quality, which puts Spurs above Man City and Liverpool, and Villa above us... I can only assume there is a time period over which the metrics were developed. Trophies won is over last 20 years (we're above Spurs 😀), but we only returned to the Premier League in 14/15. Similarly Man City's dominance is relatively recent. The one that fascinated me was: "global fanbase" as we're 7th and only outside the rich six. Compare that to (two European Cups) Nottingham Forest who are 31st. I hope the club are trying to exploit that in terms of commercial revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 55 minutes ago, Spudulike said: Another attempt at defining 'big' clubs... https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news-top-10s-the-40-biggest-clubs-in-england-have-been-named-and-ranked-20201206 West Brom above Leeds, Sunderland and West Ham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manini Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 10 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Funny how West Ham fans aren't moaning about GSB and Moyes now. 100% this. It was as recently as at the start of this season they were pretty much all crying in to the phone ins saying the owners had destroyed the club and Moyes was taking them down. I’ve got no issue with them being proved wrong that’s just funny and good to see another smaller club at the top end of the league but the stuff they’re currently spouting is just pure deluded nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 1 hour ago, Oxfordfox83 said: They definitely are. This one stupid post about XIs aside, the thrust of the thread is that the difference between them and us is we’re not run by cretins... It’s a good thread, complimentary and generally pretty well considered, albeit grounded in the fairly standard belief that their football team is better and more important than it really is (see also: every other fan on the planet). What we’re doing is the equivalent of them taking a match thread post from @lcfcsnow and writing three pages about how Leicester fans are all miserable bastards... Well my Mrs and all her family are West Ham and funnily enough they haven't moaned once this season, and they were at all the GSB out protests last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majaco Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 I think we have a vastly superior squad to George Michael and Andrew Ridgely United. However, they are having a good season. They did beat us comfortably. They are our rivals in the league table. Funny game football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 1 hour ago, Spudulike said: Another attempt at defining 'big' clubs... https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news-top-10s-the-40-biggest-clubs-in-england-have-been-named-and-ranked-20201206 I'd love to know how West Brom are ahead of us in player quality. Hard to take seriously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4everfox Posted 18 February 2021 Share Posted 18 February 2021 3 hours ago, Spudulike said: Another attempt at defining 'big' clubs... https://www.sportbible.com/football/football-news-top-10s-the-40-biggest-clubs-in-england-have-been-named-and-ranked-20201206 Clearly a Spurs fan if he thinks Spurs have the strongest squad in the league. I mean, really? That's delusions of grandeur. In his opinion we have the 12th strongest squad 😂 I refuse to take anything like this seriously when Spurs are ranked above us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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