Board is simply reaping what it’s sown

By Nigel Kahn

I won’t say I’m disappointed in the fans reaction to the supposed failings of the board in the past week. It’s no secret I’ve never been their biggest fan since the day they took over the club and announced they wanted to move us to Stratford.

They gathered the support of the fans by making promises that I never believed they could or would keep, and I long said that they will pay one day for the false boasts of world class team in world class stadium. My biggest fear over the move was what would become of the club if we just stayed at the same old West Ham, just in a different stadium.

Well, if the past week is anything g to go by we are still the same old West Ham, making a pig’s ear of everything we do. It’s a trait that goes back decades through different owners with things never changing, but the venom at the current board has never been so strong as since the transfer window closed at 11pm on Thursday.

The Cavarhlo saga finally ended with him not joining the club, and many fans were upset at the lack of numbers coming in when added against the players leaving – had the board left us short?. Well DS answered that on Friday with his transfer window views on the official site. 

I may understand slightly why he felt the need to write that in light of the stick the board was receiving, but to point the finger at his manager, was actively blame shifting of the worse kind. Effectively it said, don’t blame me blame him.

The twist came later with Lisbon’s strange post about West Ham not even bidding for the player, which to be honest I don’t believe. It’s. been known for weeks we have been after him, it’s been put out there that we had a negotiating team in Portugal, and at none of these times has Sporting Lisbon denied this. There’s more than meets the eye that’s for sure in this matter and I doubt it will end here. 

The fans though see Lisbon’s statement and allied with the lack of player numbers of quality the “worm” is turning; fans want to protest, some wanting the board out. How and what form those protests take shape we are yet to see but the board have no sympathy from me. 

Having a presence on social media has it’s pitfalls. If  you put your head above the parapet you have to be prepared to take a few arrows your way and there’s now a legion of bowmen standing by to sling those arrows at the owners and Karren Brady. I for one understand why it’s got to this point.

The masters of media spin are now seeing how emotional football fans can be. This is not a shop, we are not customers, if we don’t deliver what you say, we don’t go elsewhere, we tell you how bad you are and it’s up to you to sort it out.

So board of West Ham it’s time for you to deliver. It’s time for you to stand up and sort this mess out of your making, not those of the Icelandics or Terry Brown, but  of your own.

Failure to do this will only will result in fan anarchy and while it’s distressing to see as it shows how bad the state of the club is. I i will have a smug smile on my face as you will be reaping what you sowed with the failed expectations you made all those years ago.