STEWART DOWNING reckons Slaven Bilic didn’t truly want him to stay at Upton Park.
Downing, decided to return to the Riverside and the Championship with hometown club Middlesbrough – a move every insider ClaretndHugh has spoken to claims it was a switch he was desperate to make.
Now, however, the winger claims he would have stayed had Slav shown him the same kind of love as predecessor Sam Allardyce.
The 31 year old said: “The change of manager was a big factor. If Sam had stayed, then I’m sure he’d have had a good sit down to try to persuade me to stay.
“After speaking to Slaven, I didn’t get that feel of someone who really wanted me there. He said, ‘I’d love you to stay’, but I didn’t get the feeling that I got when Sam signed me.”
Altogether now….violins out!
Absolutely bull shite you took the money and ran just like I would have done,the difference is I would have admitted it,
So you have retired from playing for England to as you won’t get noticed in the championship
Be a good boy and go North young man
ahaha… poor Downing… he misses his loved dad… fu.k you 😉
Lad never did have the stomach for a fight,he always did his best for us but always seemd like a delicate little flower.Seems he didnt have the stomach to fight for his place either.Guess he got his dream move to the championship though so good luck to him 😉
As the saying goes rather let people think you stupid by keeping your mouth closed than opening up and proving them right . . .
Fool.
Bye.
Bloody hell,think the best thing the lad could have done was engage his brain before saying that.Simple fact was that maybe Slav didnt rate him.He hardly set the world on fire in his two seasons with us.He had a few good months last year but the season before he was the invisable man.
Boo hoo!
What a moron. Yeah blah blah good service, but he’s only known Slaven a couple of weeks. Why are football players so full of themselves and so full of sh!t at the same time?
What’s next from Downing ” My big cuddly hippo always loved me and played me in a position that I liked but when Big Andy came back I had to go on the wing, now that scared me because I was so far away from the manager and I couldn’t see him or hear him telling me he loved me,he used to take me AC,KN,JOB and MJ for a happy meal after every game and Mr Curtis always paid for it and got us to sign a piece of paper that he called a contract when we finished, they were great days and full of fun and all of us never got blamed for anything it was all down to the fans and the chairman’s signings, that’s why I love Papa Sam”…… Enjoy Boro Stewie where the men are men and the women are much the same
Absolutely pathetic.
£50k per week and you still need to tell him that you love him, for him to want to play.
He is also too thick to realise that his comments could alienate both Hammers and Boro fans. As a professional, when you haven’t got anything sensible to say, it is better to shut up.
I think this is all a bit unfair, what Downing has said, whilst maybe not phrased in the most mature way is quite understandable, at his age with a new manager, he probably wanted some security with playing some first team football and if he didn’t get that reaction then fair enough for wanting to go somewhere where he will. As for the people suddenly abusing him, Downing did a great job for us over the past couple seasons and in my opinion has been a player of massive importance for us, so as far as i’m concerned, I hope for all the best for him and hope he get’s the trust and first team football at Middlesbrough that he wants.
funny how some of these players can play such hard ball when it comes to getting more money, but get all precious about how much they are loved. Come on Stewie – Bilic took one look at your bottle when it came to tackles mate and thought ” not sure this bloke loves our club”??
Diddums ; left because he could see there would too work in fighting for a place . Wanted guarantee of first team selection . , which he will certainly get at Middlesborough .
Shame because most Hammers fans would have preferred him to stay .
Poor baby. Slav should have given him a cuddle.
Lol,true that,think he would have been better keeping quiet for all concerned.
Bit of a kick in the teeth, if true, for Boro fans. Always dream to go back to Boro, but if West Ham tried a bit harder would not have returned!
Well why should he give you that feeling, new manager.. guess what, everybody starts with a clean slate and you earn your place in the new set-up.
You left because you knew you wouldn’t make it there!!??
And rightly so
Lol,poor Stewie,he wasnt feeling the love that cuddly hippo gave him.Oh well,another Allardyce lover out the door 😉
Could it be that slavs “love for stewie” was based on Downings performances from the second part of the season.
Now I’m glad that he’s gone 🙂
Pathetic