With things going so swimmingly for West Ham at the moment, there will surely be many Hammers fans revelling in their team's success while gloating at their London rivals lack of it. News of impending large scale investment has not gone down well with fans at Tottingham and at Arsenal to a lesser extent.
The one element that had always been in the North London clubs favour has been Hammers lack of resources, whenever the 'Noisy neighbours from the East End stuck their heads above the parapet, they were quickly knocked back down by the spending power of their competitors.
Despite this chronic lack of funding, The Moyesiah has somehow managed to get the Irons constantly punching way above their weight, last season's top six finish is now looking less like a fluke and more like a planned development. High profile victories in the 'useless' Cup have given Hammers a new global profile that the club previously lacked.
Topping their group in the UEFA Europa Cup as well as currently sitting a genuine fourth in the Premier League, West Ham are a club on an upward trajectory following a relentless transition process overseen by David Moyes. Bit by bit the deadwood has been cut out and replaced by a younger more invigorated group of players who have NO fear, an essential element for any team with topflight aspirations.
However before gloating too much, be mindful of the fact that Tottingham were in the Champions League final as recently as 2019, which has probably shown just how far their fall from grace has been! Kretinsky's investment and possible long term involvement eventually leading to a full take over, has been met enthusiastically by fans, but there is always the potential for pitfalls in any new situation.
As a rule, Premier League clubs DON'T make much money, least ways if they want to keep up with the all the others, at best they are a tax write off vanity project for incredibly wealthy owners, nothing more than a play thing. So Kretinsky's motives might be viewed as questionable, how does he intend making the club profitable is a principal line of enquiry. In the short term that is absolutely impossible, however with judicious investment and attention to growing the club as a global brand, it would eventually be achievable.
Until the details of any deal are legitimately available, we would suggest you hold your horses with the Schadenfreude, after all look how undignified and unmagnanimous Tottinham fans have been to West Ham over the years. Be careful, Schadenfreude can have a habit of biting you on your Asp!-Ed
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Wise words...
Well said, Nev. With PAI having just left the building with all of the drama & kerfuffle that has only just dissipated, we should now be cautious of any gift horses placed before us.
You are spot on with your assessment of what putting money into a Premier League club means in real terms, as it is a big boys game where the owners need deep pockets. With these latest rumours, everything about it ultimately needs to be viewed with suspicion.
Somehow, the nickname "The Czech Sphinx" sends a few shivers down my spine, as to me it conveys the great unknown, something similar to "Silent Stan" at Arsenal.
We're all still on a high after Wednesday and I was happy with our trajectory, all of a sudden up steps another curveball with the "Sphinx", well I will continue to follow the path that we have been on without being distracted by another media onslaught of a takeover or whatever it may be, and look forward to us (fingers crossed) taking all three points against the Villa on Sunday.
forget it
Money can't buy you happiness just look at manure........talking to Ipswich fan the other day and he said he would love to be back in the championship but the prem forget it who wants to be cannon fodder week in week out and prices go up soon as the so called better players come in...he is happy enough watching his team week in week out in a league thats competitive but fairly equal and lets face it he said teams like ours never going to win the league best you can ever hope for is a decent cup run....he does speak wisely IMO i mean outside the prem there are supporters of loads of clubs who are happy content and love seeing there heroes take the pitch week in week out and never going to ever get a sniff of the top league in this world of money grabbing agents players wages extortionate to say the least and clubs who charge the earth for a glimpse of the best in the world 0nce/twice a week sometimes you have to wonder.