You may recall that last week we ran a piece from The Independent which had caused some bigwigs inside the club to claim they were still awaiting his apology for a rather savage attack on the decision not to renew Sam Allardyce’s contact in the summer.
The piece had appeared in The Independent under a headline “Welcome to West Ham United: the home of deluded fans and the most clueless owners.”
The author of this piece – Kiran Moodley – had declared of the board and our new manager: “Even worse, there is no direction as to what to do next.
“Rumours they want Carlo Ancelotti; they made an approach to Jurgen Klopp; they are planning on getting Rafa Benitez: if any of these men do come to E13, it would only be because their club of choice did not take them.
Oh but don’t worry, there’s always Slaven Billic. He’s never managed in the Premier League before – whereas Sam has for over a decade – but hey, we’re business people, we know how to hire managers. Remember Avram Grant?”
Moodley later contacted ClaretandHugh explaining that he would give his response to www.Westhamtilidie.com where he writes under the pen name Bobby Shovels.
It seemed a tad strange as the more usual route is to give a response to the media outlet who published the story but move on he clearly had his own reasons – maybe “traffic” – who knows?
The piece is now available to read under the headline:
No apologies – just the love of the club and the ability to express myself.
The first line declares: “Blogging is just graffiti with punctuation.” – whatever that is supposed to mean.
And the final line says: “PS: As I wrote this week – again for the Independent, it’s best to listen to the great David Bowie – and stick to what you believe.”
Dunno about David Bowie. I remember my Mum and Dad telling me that! However, I mention these two lines to allow you to work out what comes in between.
The piece is on www.westhamtilidie.com now if you want to read what he has to say!