Comments on: Breaking News: West Ham Owner’s Bank is Nationalised

By: Plaistow54

Plaistow54 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:48:38 +0000

Iain, i was having a bit of a wander around the net reading. Gudmundsson isn’t saying much. Last we heard he was going to hang on to the club. I don’t think that he can. Now talk of a “fire sale”, administration etc. Who knows what to believe. I reckon there are buyers waiting in the wings. They know BG is under pressure & they are waiting to get the best price possible. Finance sure is a cut throat game. Only the strong survive in that one. I hope that BG does the best for the club whilst managing to salvage something for himself, but the longer this goes on, the more likely he will take a loss. This must be difficult for Zola & the players. Damocles sword. One can only hope that in the spirit of West Ham, that when that whistle blows & the Ref waves his arm, the off field stuff is forgotten & it’s game on. Not much point looking for a buyer & sliding down the table at the same time. One thing that i read once as a kid sticks in my mind. May i quote from Sherlock Holmes “His Last Bow”
“Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it’s God’s own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better, stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.” The fans, & the players of West Ham, need to be that fixed point.

By: Plaistow54

Plaistow54 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:57:33 +0000

And…if there were exceptional circumstances, could be these days, & the Conservatives won it, could be these days, maybe Iain could arrange sponsorship for the shirts. Problem solved.

By: Doc H Ball

Doc H Ball — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:06:27 +0000

Blimey, if the UK Govt is serious about seizing UK assets to pay for investors’ money in Landsbanki, then we could about to be nationalised just like Northern Rock! There’s a thought, W Ham, the Nation’s official club.

I know Iain’s a Tory, but it sounds good to me…

By: brooking still the best

brooking still the best — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:38:19 +0000

I for one would like the football do the talking and not whats happening at board room level. After-all it’s been a long time since it has!

By: Essex

Essex — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:52:52 +0000

Surely this has been the maddest start to a season in Hammers history

Manager walks out
Dumped out of League cup
Threatened with £30M+ law suit
New manager with no experience comes in
Chairman loses most of his assets overnight
Still 6th in the league

What a roller coaster ride supporting the hammers really is

By: Iron Lung

Iron Lung — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:39:38 +0000

Billions are being wiped off the value of stocks worldwide. Even the net worth of billionaires is diminishing hourly. Amid this uncertainty, who in their right mind would buy a football club as a going concern? Perhaps football is imploding before our very eyes.

By: Hammers & Zvezda

Hammers & Zvezda — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:44:55 +0000

We have overnight become an asset of the Icelandic Government and as such will now be playing in the Icelandic Premiership – we stand a very good chance of winning our first title and playing in the Champions League next year! Bring it on!

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:39:57 +0000

The ambiguity of the statements (we issue a lot of those these days) seem to indicate that they will sell. Otherwise why state that there has been a lot of interest in the club and that they are not ‘actively’ selling.

In the current climate I don’t think we will wait long for further developments!

By: Joe the Feast

Joe the Feast — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:57:37 +0000

Could be a blessing in disguise gents, Zola wants to sell off our deadwood and so he rightly should. Far too many nearly men on the fringe of the first team that need shifting and will raise dough to help us through this ‘torrid’ time, although i think its just the media trying to latch on to the credit crunch affecting another area. Gudders has got a few more quid tucked under the mattress don’t you worry, and if he ain’t willing to spend we’ll let the other billionaire buy a piece of East London, be nice for him to take us even further beyond spurs as well as snubbing them haha GAME ON!!!

By: chris

chris — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:49:57 +0000

What has happened to our great country over the last ten years!!!!!everything these days is about foreign ownership are there any rich Englishman anymore,where are you my great English rose.