Julian Dicks: “Fans must be heard”
The Terminator – choosing to give an interview to The Sun – declared: “I don’t agree with the fighting, the coin throwing and the violence — but fans must be heard
“The Burnley incidents have been dismissed as mindless hooliganism. Yes, some of it overstepped the mark but some of it was more out of frustration than anything else.
“The guy who ran on the pitch with the corner flag was no yob.”
Dicks was opposed to West Ham’s relocation from Upton Park to the London Stadium and added: “I didn’t want to move to the London Stadium all along. Even two years before the move I was having reservations about it.”
He added: “The board has to back managers in the transfer market. That was the whole point of the move.
“It was said it would lead to the signings to challenge for the top six and European football. But talk is cheap.”