‘For the second half we clear a place for him next to his three directors but he chooses to stand at the back among Hammers fans. As I walk past I can practically feel his mood, injustice oozing from every pore
‘He has the look of a man who is ready to fight the world.’
She added ‘I wish he was on close terms with his chief executive, as this should be a person he trusts to watch his back and, when necessary, talk some sense into him.
‘He has a chairman who makes the decisions but he has hardly any relationship with him as football is just a sideline and not the focus of his life.’