gdp's Comments

West Ham Till I Die : Happy Endings

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:07:23 +0000

I think I may be missing the point. Games are played for 90 minutes so what position we'd be in if we stopped games at 45 minutes is irrelevant. I've just done some analysis and if we had scored 10 goals in every game we'd have a 100% record and be clear at the top of the league. I'm also working on some extrapolation of the data which is likely to show that if games were played for 18 days instead of the standard 90 minutes we'd be bottom of the league - but then we all know that extrapolation is the devil's work. I had a sense that Sam loved this crap when we were seeing stats on the official site about possession against crystal palace at the start of October - http://www.whufc.com/articles/20111004/big-sam-se.... The article seemed to suggest that despite the draw WH were the true victors as they had far more of the possession. I suppose this had its place in keeping the players mentally right after what might have been a disappointing result at that point in the season but beyond that it means nothing.

West Ham Till I Die : In Conversation With David Sullivan (Part 4): "Benni McCarthy Cost Us £7 Million"

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:55:50 +0000

One observation: "he [Zola] said 'You get me Benni McCarthy and I will keep you up'." Now, they got him Benni McCarthy and true to his word he (Zola) kept them up #justsaying

West Ham Till I Die : Match Thread: West Ham v Southampton

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:21:16 +0000

bugger

West Ham Till I Die : Match Thread: West Ham v Southampton

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:54:56 +0000

When sharp kicked noble for the penalty Taylor steamed in and pushed sharp over. Straight red.

West Ham Till I Die : Kovac: Not Missing You Already...

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 14:09:24 +0000

Can someone explain how you can fight for back-to-back promotions when you are a championship club? Surely you'd need to be league 1 or lower to achieve such a feat? Has he assumed that if he had stayed we'd be relegated next season as well and he would have been happy to have signed a 3 year contract?

West Ham Till I Die : Demba, Demba, have you scored a goal? Yes sir yes sir, so has Carlton Cole!

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 21:08:06 +0000

Demba ba song: to the tune of Do The Conga by Black Lace Instead of the Chorus: Do-do-do. Come on and do the conga. Try: Dem-ba-ba. Come on and score a go-al. No? End of brief foray into football chants.

West Ham Till I Die : Jonathan Spector: An Apology

Wed, 1 Dec 2010 14:31:48 +0000

Iain, I'll stick a tin of alphabet soup in the post thus enabling you to eat your words.

West Ham Till I Die : Thrashed, But it is Apparently All About the Goals That Man Utd 'Gave Away!'

Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:57:10 +0000

I suppose the good news is we wont get Luton or Oldham in the semi.

West Ham Till I Die : 48 hours and Counting!

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:54:12 +0000

WRT the stepping stone comment I think it was the club rather than player/agent who made that statement. I read something about them being happy with the deal as the player had signed a 4 year deal and 'will' be sold after 2 maybe 3 years. EDIT: I found the quote in a link - http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6254... I took this to mean that there was a sell on clause and they were expecting his value to rise within those two years. I also drew parallels with previous deals.

West Ham Till I Die : New Away Kit Unveiled

Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:49:10 +0000

I've just posted about this on the previous thread. Forget the kit, what do people think about the captain not being used in the promotional pictures? Should we be reading anything into this? Maybe he's on the home kit pictures; I suppose we'll have to wait until 22/7 to see.

West Ham Till I Die : Hammers Eye Dutch Keeper

Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:44:39 +0000

Has anyone spotted that Mr Parker hasn't been used on the away kit promotional pictures? Should we read anything into this?

West Ham Till I Die : Time for Harry?

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:46:26 +0000

Iain, completely agree.

West Ham Till I Die : Gold & Sullivan's Ten Point Plan!

Tue, 18 May 2010 20:53:05 +0000

No mention of calling a halt to the media sideshow that we seem to have recently acquired. Will anything really change?

West Ham Till I Die : Vote!

Fri, 7 May 2010 17:12:11 +0000

Iain, That exit poll wasn't far off and I'm yet to see any evidence of the promised streaking event.......

West Ham Till I Die : Redemption, but We Must Heed the Lessons of History!

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:54:25 +0000

Its a sign of how bad we have been this season when we start pointing at LBM as some sort of saviour.

West Ham Till I Die : Looking Cheap

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:17:52 +0000

"Are we really saying that if West Ham were in the same position as Fulham that we wouldn’t have done the same? Of course we would." That depends on your perspective. You could also ask 'if Fulham were in our position would they do the same?', and we all know the answer to that is yes if the stories about them asking us for 500k in lieu of one place in the final league table 2 years ago is anything to go by.

West Ham Till I Die : West Ham v Wolves: Match Thread

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:55:54 +0000

Prepare for Curbs or Hughes if Zola is fired tonight. My money is on a return for Curbs.

West Ham Till I Die : West Ham v Chelsea: Match Thread

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:32:19 +0000

Quite a goal

West Ham Till I Die : Sullivan: I Did It My Way

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:54:40 +0000

Another day, another article in the media. hmph....

West Ham Till I Die : No Sweat!

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:48:14 +0000

Sorry for being the resident pedant. Brum had gone 2 games without defeat, not twelve. They lost 3-0 to Chelsea at the end of January.