Comments on: So it Wasn’t a Wind-Up

By: Plaistow54

Plaistow54 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:41:04 +0000

I think that this is a money grabbing exercise probably by Rupert Murdoch that is unwanted by the fans, clubs & players. Even Sir Rodney Eddington, the man that thought it up, thinks that it won’t happen. Australia & Asia don’t want it. Scudamore says that he has the support of the twenty clubs, i don’t believe him. The Premier League is going down the lets make as much money as we can & that is bad for the game. As far as bringing Scots clubs down to play us, don’t forget that they started the English civil war in 1642. Some people have short memories obviously. I propose fixing up Hadrians wall as far as that goes.

By: kaprikapri

kaprikapri — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:32:07 +0000

Totally agree re the 39th game.

By: vdm

vdm — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:53:02 +0000

Has it ever occured to anyone on here that there is such a thing as a scottish Hammer – so much for the scots and their anti english feelings!! looks like the opposite is alive and well.

As for the subject – I think you’d find that Celtic and Rangers would both do very well in the Premiership given a couple of seasons – fan base, pulling power, sponsorship etc. would be enormous – aside from Man U and maybe Liverpool and Arsenal they are easily bigger clubs that everyoneelse in the Premiership. That’s probably one of the reasons it will never happen – because Turkeys don’t vote for Xmas do they!

By: Doc H Ball

Doc H Ball — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:31:03 +0000

The rot set in when Wimbledon were allowed to relocate to M Keynes rather than Pete Waterman having to set up a team from scratch and working through the pyramid like everyone else. That set us on the road to franchise football and this is the obvious, odious but logical progression.

As for Celtic/Rangers, I agree with the posters above – if the Scots want independence, let them rot in the small world of their own making.

By: Michael Szeder

Michael Szeder — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:47:46 +0000

I disagree with both the ideas of the 39th game abroad and having scottish clubs in OUR (ENGLISH) premierleague!! Why would any1 want to travel to Scotland for matches? The only decent games would b Celtic and rangers and i dont see the benefit of having to travel to Scotland to see those 2 play!! I think the premier league is fine how it is.

If people in America or asia or wherever dont want to travel here to watch Premier league games, i dnt see why fans in England should spend their money to travel to watch the teams they actually support and have followed for years!!

By: aushammer

aushammer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:43:04 +0000

Wats all this talk of not filling up games and evry fan not wanting 2 travel. They don’t need 2 because teams like West Ham are very popular in places like Australia. We’ll fill up the ground ourselves and people would go regardless of who was playing. West Ham is globally recognised so u will see the true west ham passion. I’ll definetely be there cos its always been my dream 2 see the wonderful team in claret and blue. Love the hammers and always will nothing will change my love. And after all it will be one game in mid season, u pick names out of a hat and problem solve. One game doesnt win u a league or get u relegated its a culmination of events. Come on Hammers!!

By: Al Bundy

Al Bundy — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:19:27 +0000

Imagine it the other way round.
A team that would have finished fourth from bottom ends up being relegated because they lost away to a seeded team in the so called 39th game which would be held in January.
I assume the reason that they propose these game’s take place in January is that they think no team would be clever enough to think “Hang on, we’ve just been relegated and lost millions of pounds just so that a bunch of fat cat freebooter officials can travel the world to watch the games and get pampered at our expense”. Also have you you noticed, the weather ain’t so good.
They say that they are worried about the so called elite teams breaking away and forming their own leagues, but you can bet your mortgage that if this was to happen they would all be fighting for the lifeboat’s to join them.
When will they wake up and realise that football is about us and not them.
I think they already know this but just look after their own personal interests whilst pretending to defend our’s.
As for the seeding of teams, well that is another debate entirely.

By: hammerswest

hammerswest — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:16:20 +0000

I’m in LA too, and it would be great to see the Hammers out here, but knowing my luck we’d get Tottenscum against Chelski.
Anyway I thought the players were exhausted with too many games already.
Just doesn’t make sense except for the money

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:03:26 +0000

I’m in Los Angeles and I’d love to see my beloved Hammers out here but there are too many problems as Iain has outlined. How can a third game against one particular team ever work out to be fair?

By: jonnyhammer

jonnyhammer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:23:14 +0000

Why not invite Lyon, PSV or Ajax and bring some quality into the Premiership. I don’t want Rangers and Celtic, their bigoted fans and frankly just another bunch of very average players joining the Prem.

The Scots want nothing to do with England and forever promote their ‘independence’. I am happy for them to have it.

We need LESS teams and less games not more….