Linkeker and Shearer trot out tired criticism

Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker savaged the London Stadium in a BBC Match of the Day Podcast. 

They mat or may not be right in regularly comparing what was and what is in the West Ham world but one thing is for sure it’s a tired old routine.

Once again the difference between the Boleyn Ground and the London Stadium gets a going over – as if we don’t know the issues – with Lineker saying “If ever there was a contrast between what a club’s ground was like for atmosphere and what it is like now for atmosphere, this is probably it.

London Stadium is probably the only ground I can think of nowadays in this country where the pitch is miles from the stand. That is where it loses that atmosphere.”

Alan Shearer added a put down by saying  “You mention The Den about them being close and tight and horrible and them abusing you, Upton Park was similar to that and in terms of going from that to where they are now at London Stadium, it is chalk and cheese. London Stadium feels empty even when it is full.”