Charlie 's star seems to be in the ascendancy once more

Anyone seen the pic on Claretandhugh. Not looking good

well its coming round to that time of year again and what a year its proved to be...we were going great guns till bfs finally caved and had to have carroll and Nolan playing and it all went tits up after the master tactician decided which games to try and win and which we could not(we all know what I'm talking about),,,yet here we are a year on the styles changed we have a stronger squad just look at how we are coping with the injuries this time around...and before any of you get on your high horse and say we had more points under sam or we have not won since chelski.......just remember the football we were forced to endure...no I am thankful that the board made the right moves eventually and with the players we aquired in the summer I think it will be a very good new year much improved from last time with the WEST HAM WAY back and fans with a smile on there faces COYI

we all know them the cocky chelski fans droning on about how brilliant they are etc but mmm where are they now I constantly call my brother/txt/email to keep him up on the chelski news as he and his son for some reason are not mentioning it....few of my mates as well ahhh I'd feel sorry for them if they were not such a sh**e team lol loving every week this goes on for but the only thing I cannot contradict is moanrino being the special one I mean it takes someone pretty special to be runaway champions one year and now just canonfodder lol long may it last

Aarrggg

Her indoors asked want I wanted for Christmas....the 1st choice went out the window like it has for the past 5 yrs.. so my 2nd choice is this book...http://www.ex-hammers.com/page.php?102

A trip down memory lane, is there any unsung heroes of hammers past you used to enjoy watching? Not your big stars that everyone mentions. I'm sure I can pick loads but to start with ID sat Jimmy neighbour, pat Holland, mark ward and Peter butler always excited me. Who did you like?

Based on what Slav says Antonio is due to start today ( barring injury) he states that we will change our style a bit to accommodate antonios pace. Good to hear we will adjust and my hope is Antonio does well after waiting months to get a decent run out, so good luck Antonio have a good one , I'm sure it won't be long before you find the net altho his lack of match time may have taken the edge of him for a few games.

1. Ludo - So good we still sing about him!
2. Stuart - Penalty king and steady, a great coach to the Junior Hammers in the 80's
3. Dicks - Tough as old boots and always gave 100%
4. Bonds - Commitment could not be questioned and 'he's 6'2" eyes are blue'
5. Martin - A great centre half that commanded the position and gave his all
6. Moore - Legend
7. Payet - Seen enough already to know he will be a Legend, seriously a class act.
8. McAvennie - Great memories of the mid 80's and great combination with Cottee
9. Cottee - A born goal scorer and one of our own
10. Brooking - What a player and a gentleman
11. Devonshire - Naturally gifted footballer and so great to watch with the ball stuck to his feet

12. Di Canio - Difficult not to put him in the starting eleven as he scored some of the best goals I have ever seen and we all loved him
13. Tevez - Class act and such a shame he left but we should be thankful for the short memories
14. Ferdinand - The best youth player I ever saw at 15/16 and his career proves that fact
15. Parker - One of the best attitudes I have ever seen as he didn't stop battling even those around him were nowhere to be seen
16. Etherington - Love to watch wingers beating full backs and delivering good balls in the box, this guy was a class act and great to watch for me.

I'm sure some of my choices will be questioned but there you go, so what's your choices and why?

Just watching the Wolves v Forrest game ,cant help but notice vast areas of the ground are empty , considering these two are among the top teams in the championship i was just wondering can football sustain what appears to be a downward trend in attendances and is it just the money from sky thats keeping them going .
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