Let's All Laugh At... Let's All Laugh At West Ham

[montylynch]

Spoke to my dad last night who's well in over there, apparently that story about the car is a load of bollocks. But why let the truth get in the way of a good story lol.

The car is leased and Sakho left it there for the lease company to pick it up, ages ago. They just haven't come to collect it. My dads mate has the keys. He wanted to take it for a spin but he's 20 stone and couldn't fit in the car. He also picked Pellegrini up from the airport wednesday after he was called back early from Chile by the board.

I read somewhere that York City and Nuneaton have more players away on international duty than west ham do. Both their games at the weekend have been postponed.

 

[DJS]

Spoke to my dad last night who's well in over there, apparently that story about the car is a load of bollocks. But why let the truth get in the way of a good story lol.

The car is leased and Sakho left it there for the lease company to pick it up, ages ago. They just haven't come to collect it. My dads mate has the keys. He wanted to take it for a spin but he's 20 stone and couldn't fit in the car. He also picked Pellegrini up from the airport wednesday after he was called back early from Chile by the board.

I read somewhere that York City and Nuneaton have more players away on international duty than west ham do. Both their games at the weekend have been postponed.

Interesting the board have called Pellegrini back from Chile early.

 

[yankspurs]

Interesting the board have called Pellegrini back from Chile early.

If they sack him

 

[allatsea]

If they sack him

Only a matter of time

 

[DJS]

If they bring back Moyes I will probably explode with pure laughter!

(Not that this would be a bad decision but they should have kept him in summer rather than going the usual ‘West Ham way’ meaning short-term planning).

Signings of Fredericks and Wilshere we’re good solid ones but they should be looking at improving their training facilities, scouting and youth set up.

Their youth set up was their staple before but looks like being completely miss-managed.

 

[Setzthree]

If they bring back Moyes I will probably explode with pure laughter!

(Not that this would be a bad decision but they should have kept him in summer rather than going the usual ‘West Ham way’ meaning short-term planning).

Signings of Fredericks and Wilshere we’re good solid ones but they should be looking at improving their training facilities, scouting and youth set up.

Their youth set up was their staple before but looks like being completely miss-managed.

 

[nailsy]

If they sack him

I really can't see it happening soon and I'd be amazed if they got rid of him before Christmas. He also selected their Director of Football so getting rid of him would mean they'd have to reassess that side of the club as well.

 

[coys200]

 

[coys200]

This will end in tears pretty soon imo.

 

[nailsy]

I met up with an old school friend the other week. His Dad used to be a ref, not high level or anything, but he made a few contacts through that and once he packed in being a ref he was asked to do some work for the FA doing referee assessments and the occasional job doing club assessments as well. As you can imagine most of the clubs were very welcoming, polite and took great care of him. Apparently Roy Hodgson in particular was an absolute gent. And then he went to West Ham. Rather than the professional and courteous welcome he'd received at all the other clubs he was greeted with a rather different approach......"Who the f**k are you and what do you want?" was his initial greeting. Apparently the assessment did not go well.

 

[nailsy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/45439883

West Ham's rent at their London Stadium "does not even cover cost of staging matches", the ground's owners say.

Lyn Garner, London Legacy Development Corporation chief executive, also said "high operating costs" and "a lack of commercialisation" meant they were facing "losses for the next 97 years".

West Ham have paid an annual rent of £2.5m since moving in in August 2016.

The stadium, built for the London Olympics in 2012, has been dogged by controversy over its finances.

In July, it was revealed £450,000 of taxpayers' money had been spent on unsuccessfully searching for a sponsor for the venue, which cost £323m to convert into a football ground after an original estimate of £190m.

It was planned that any sponsorship would offset some of the £140m losses expected over the next 10 years.

Garner told a London Assembly meeting that the cost of moving seats for events was also a factor in why taxpayers were having to subsidise the stadium - though that cost had come down from £11m to £4m this year.

But she continued: "To be honest, what is really driving the problems here are the low rents paid by the concessionaires, particularly West Ham.

"The elephant in the room is the fee that they pay us in a usage cost does not cover the event-day costs, and that's before we go anywhere near a commercial advantage. It simply does not cover the costs of running the events on a day-to-day basis.

"The stadium is a centrepiece of the legacy of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It's really important that we tackle the public subsidy issue over the next few years. There is much to do and many reasons for it."

West Ham told BBC Sport they had offered to help the LLDC identify commercial opportunities and had only ever honoured the terms of their tenancy agreement.

Garner also said the group had decided to reject West Ham's offer to pay £300,000 to change the colour of the running track around the ground, from green to claret.

She said it was rejected for a variety of reasons, including the fact "it could affect potential naming rights" deals, adding that they were in discussions over charging an annual commercial fee of "around £300,000" instead.

"The usage fee is extremely low," she added. "We could take the £300k. It's a drop in the ocean for the size of the losses we are dealing with and will be dealing with for the next 97 years of this contract.

"But it's not unreasonable to ask the club to pay something extra for something they are getting back which is extra."

Meanwhile LLDC chairman Sir Peter Hendy told assembly members that it was wrong to suggest the stadium was not suitable for football - one of the reasons that has been put forward by some looking to explain the club's recent on-pitch struggles as they sit bottom of the Premier League.

He cited recent quotes from manager Manuel Pellegrini in which he said: "The pitch has the same measurements. The grass is in very good shape. The atmosphere with 55,000 people is great. The stadium is not an excuse."

The clubs response....
"West Ham United initially offered to purchase London Stadium but our request was denied. We were given a tenancy agreement because we were the best offer by far on the table," a club spokesman said.

"As LLDC acknowledged at the hearing today the losses at the stadium are due to a number of factors, including the extraordinary cost of moving the retractable seating, inefficient operating costs and the absence of a naming rights partner.

"There are other commercial opportunities that they have ignored. West Ham United have offered our experience, expertise and opportunities for shared endeavour every step of the way but these have so far been rejected, as well as considerable cash for additional rights, all of which have also been rejected.

"All we have ever done is honour the terms of our tenancy agreement which has 97 years to run."

 

[TheChosenOne]

There is a film that has just started on Sky Movies called Final Score.

It's about terrorists and a football stadium..

West Ham and The Boleyn Ground and a European fixture. Must be one of those fantasy movies

https://g.co/kgs/Y8YYuR

 

[Flynn]

It might be real.

Are they losing to Astra F’king Goo Goo?

 

[hellava_tough]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/45439883

West Ham's rent at their London Stadium "does not even cover cost of staging matches", the ground's owners say.

Lyn Garner, London Legacy Development Corporation chief executive, also said "high operating costs" and "a lack of commercialisation" meant they were facing "losses for the next 97 years".

West Ham have paid an annual rent of £2.5m since moving in in August 2016.

The stadium, built for the London Olympics in 2012, has been dogged by controversy over its finances.

In July, it was revealed £450,000 of taxpayers' money had been spent on unsuccessfully searching for a sponsor for the venue, which cost £323m to convert into a football ground after an original estimate of £190m.

It was planned that any sponsorship would offset some of the £140m losses expected over the next 10 years.

Garner told a London Assembly meeting that the cost of moving seats for events was also a factor in why taxpayers were having to subsidise the stadium - though that cost had come down from £11m to £4m this year.

But she continued: "To be honest, what is really driving the problems here are the low rents paid by the concessionaires, particularly West Ham.

"The elephant in the room is the fee that they pay us in a usage cost does not cover the event-day costs, and that's before we go anywhere near a commercial advantage. It simply does not cover the costs of running the events on a day-to-day basis.

"The stadium is a centrepiece of the legacy of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It's really important that we tackle the public subsidy issue over the next few years. There is much to do and many reasons for it."

West Ham told BBC Sport they had offered to help the LLDC identify commercial opportunities and had only ever honoured the terms of their tenancy agreement.

Garner also said the group had decided to reject West Ham's offer to pay £300,000 to change the colour of the running track around the ground, from green to claret.

She said it was rejected for a variety of reasons, including the fact "it could affect potential naming rights" deals, adding that they were in discussions over charging an annual commercial fee of "around £300,000" instead.

"The usage fee is extremely low," she added. "We could take the £300k. It's a drop in the ocean for the size of the losses we are dealing with and will be dealing with for the next 97 years of this contract.

"But it's not unreasonable to ask the club to pay something extra for something they are getting back which is extra."

Meanwhile LLDC chairman Sir Peter Hendy told assembly members that it was wrong to suggest the stadium was not suitable for football - one of the reasons that has been put forward by some looking to explain the club's recent on-pitch struggles as they sit bottom of the Premier League.

He cited recent quotes from manager Manuel Pellegrini in which he said: "The pitch has the same measurements. The grass is in very good shape. The atmosphere with 55,000 people is great. The stadium is not an excuse."

The clubs response....
"West Ham United initially offered to purchase London Stadium but our request was denied. We were given a tenancy agreement because we were the best offer by far on the table," a club spokesman said.

"As LLDC acknowledged at the hearing today the losses at the stadium are due to a number of factors, including the extraordinary cost of moving the retractable seating, inefficient operating costs and the absence of a naming rights partner.

"There are other commercial opportunities that they have ignored. West Ham United have offered our experience, expertise and opportunities for shared endeavour every step of the way but these have so far been rejected, as well as considerable cash for additional rights, all of which have also been rejected.

"All we have ever done is honour the terms of our tenancy agreement which has 97 years to run."

Is there anyway that the public authorities in London can rip up the contract and start again?

In private business you can't simply do that, but when governments want to flex their muscles they usually get away with it.

Any precedent for changing of contracts?

 

[slartibartfast]

That whole thing was as bent as is gets. Fkin crooks the lot of them.

 

[slartibartfast]

The clubs response....
"West Ham United initially offered to purchase London Stadium but our request was denied. We were given a tenancy agreement because we were the best offer by far on the table," a club spokesman said.


"There are other commercial opportunities that they have ignored. West Ham United have offered our experience, expertise and opportunities for shared endeavour every step of the way but these have so far been rejected, as well as considerable cash for additional rights, all of which have also been rejected.

 

[Gb160]

The clubs response....
"West Ham United initially offered to purchase London Stadium but our request was denied. We were given a tenancy agreement because we were the best offer by far on the table," a club spokesman said.


"There are other commercial opportunities that they have ignored. West Ham United have offered our experience, expertise and opportunities for shared endeavour every step of the way but these have so far been rejected, as well as considerable cash for additional rights, all of which have also been rejected.

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They must've offered to set up smut stalls, scattered throughout the stadium.

 

[SugarRay]

Final Score film...

I know it’s a film but, West Ham in a European Cup semi final? Do fuck off!

Dave Bautista riding a motorbike on the stadium roof fighting terrorists is infinitely more believable!

 

[TheChosenOne]

The clubs response....
"West Ham United initially offered to purchase London Stadium but our request was denied. We were given a tenancy agreement because we were the best offer by far on the table," a club spokesman said.


"There are other commercial opportunities that they have ignored. West Ham United have offered our experience, expertise and opportunities for shared endeavour every step of the way but these have so far been rejected, as well as considerable cash for additional rights, all of which have also been rejected.

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At the time of the final round of bidding these were the contenders :

West Ham United
Intelligent Transport Services, in conjunction with Formula One.
University College of Football Business (UCFB), an affiliate of Bucks New University
Essex County Cricket Club with the University of East London.

West Ham looked pretty good in that countdown.

 

[Flynn]

They must've offered to set up smut stalls, scattered throughout the stadium.

Half time glory holes.