Mr Anon 5:45 Sun Feb 15
West Ham hate figures
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Do we always have one?
Was thinking what with Nolan, Reo-Coker, and Lampard that's one for pretty much every season for the last 15 years or so. A recent thing or has it always been this way?
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gph
5:46 Sun Feb 15
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Those fucking West Ham garden gnomes
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charlie paynter
6:05 Sun Feb 15
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They fall into two groups really, those who have left the club and the way they've gone about it (Lampard, Ince, Defoe..) and those who are hated while playing for the club.
I don't think there are many that fall into the latter category. Obviously there's Nolan at the moment (although I think it's more a case of it being directed at the manager for picking him). And going back to the 90s Lee Chapman springs to mind. Perhaps there are others I don't remember.
There are quite a lot that haven't been very good but still popular (CFC, Dailly, Spector to name but a few) but generally I think we're supportive, given some of the crap we've had to endure!
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Oliver Cromwell
6:07 Sun Feb 15
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Didn't mind chapman
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charlie paynter
6:08 Sun Feb 15
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Chapman was ok for a while but by the end he took a lot of stick, booing when he got the ball etc. I think, like Nolan, his legs had gone by then.
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Mr Anon
6:08 Sun Feb 15
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charlie paynter 6:05 Sun Feb 15
Surely Lampard falls into both?
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Northern Sold
6:08 Sun Feb 15
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Gary O'Neil... Dave Kelly.... sandy Clark... Steve P....
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ACIrons
6:09 Sun Feb 15
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Jimmy Neighbour and David Kelly were not popular I seem to remember, the latter as he came from Spurs I guess. Gary Breen for obvious reasons was unpopular, don't think I've seen a more inept player in a West Ham shirt.
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ACIrons
6:09 Sun Feb 15
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the former I meant
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charlie paynter
6:15 Sun Feb 15
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Mr Anon 6:08 Sun Feb 15
I think most of the hostility has come since he left. From what I remember he wasn't hated as a player while here. There were accusations of him not being subbed due to nepotism etc but he was a far better player than Nolan.
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cornish
6:19 Sun Feb 15
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Terry Brown.
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Alex V
6:20 Sun Feb 15
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I think it's slightly more of a recent thing because of the access we have to figures at the club - we can see every performance, and read rumours and opinions about them or players like them every day. Also the rise of fanzines and then sites like this promote discussion and strong opinions of players.
There's a difference between a small pocket of supporters hating a player, like CFC gets on this forum, and what the wider fanbase thinks. I don't think Reo Coker was ever a hate figure outside of small pockets of fans for example.
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gph
6:24 Sun Feb 15
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Oi! We're not all innumerate...
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B6NY B
6:27 Sun Feb 15
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Bishop got some stick towards (97ish) the end of his time with us. I was too young to remember his heyday, although I always here good things.
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B6NY B
6:27 Sun Feb 15
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David SPEEDIE lol
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terry-h
6:29 Sun Feb 15
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Chapman proved his haters right when he started beating up his wife.
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Nicey
6:31 Sun Feb 15
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The hatred for Lee Chapman suprises me.
Lanky centre forward that had one good season and dined out on it for years.
Likes to knock his bird about.
You'd think he would tick a lot of boxes for some on here.
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Takashi Miike
6:33 Sun Feb 15
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not a recent thing at all
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dicksie3
6:39 Sun Feb 15
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Fans always have players they don't rate as the game is all about opinions...
My old man used to think that Pat Holland was dog shit (way before my time, of course) and he actually lives in BOATminster now so he can cunt him off every time he sees him in the town centre...
He loves it...
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Dick Gozinia
6:40 Sun Feb 15
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I thought Repka split the fans into two camps. You either loved his gun-ho slightly reckless and sometimes well over the top tackles,decisions etc or despised him for his unprofessionalism .
i thought he was great
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Livingstone
6:42 Sun Feb 15
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Robbie Keane
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