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Large doses of reality are unwelcome in most aspects of life, even more so for football supporters desperate for their clubs to do well, even though they know in their hearts that success is very unlikely on a repeated basis, even so called top teams with relatively endless budgets!

During the 'lazy crazy days' of Manuel Pellegrini's era, the club, egged on by the majority of it's fanbase, pushed the boat out to acquire the cream of the crop. Unfortunately the cream got a little clotted when Sebastien 'le sulk' Haller strolled up to the bowl in Stratford.

We acknowledge that it is after all the 'silly season', but there is silly and then there's just plain stupid, the latter being a category that the Martin Braithwaite from Barcelona to West Ham 'story' falls in. The 'fantasy' story, if you are representing Barcelona, or the nightmare if you are a Hammers fan, is being continuously and erroneously reported and re reported by a steady stream of media outlets that should know better.

With only three weeks remaining before the first home fixture of the Barclays Premier League, the 8PM evening kick off against Leicester City on the 23rd of August, fans still don't know where and in what form their season tickets are. London rivals Chelsea have already sent out their season tickets in the same format as the last real season, ie: a credit card type of ticket, the same as was used by West Ham since the move to the London Stadium.