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Wrong Paolo! Dimi is already a legend

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payet3It’s been a marriage made in heaven!

Dimi Payet loves West Ham United with a passion and as made the fact very clear indeed via some quotes in today’s mwdia at the end of the week which saw him make a sensational international return for his country.

He declared: ““It’s such an exciting time to be at West Ham. We are going well and dreaming of big things.

“There is the new stadium. It’s amazing — magnifique. It will be an amazing place to play football, there is so much optimism surrounding the club at the moment. I am enjoying myself.”

Every report from inside the club on the man is “what you see is what you get” – a genuinely top bloke with as great an attitude off the pitch as he has on it.

Everybody from Paolo Di Canio downwards believes the guy is gong to become a legend. Am I alone in believing he has already reached that status?

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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40 comments

  • bubs says:

    Tyson you are a Legend
    Respect
    Now have a great day when we put a few past Pardew,
    Stinger Disagreement and Disrespect are not the same,banter is one thing but unless you know someone very well you don’t bring Family into it
    Not having a go at you just think about the future,this site is great people stick together and one day we might even swap recipes ( not ) just enjoy the freedom to give your views and when you get angry,
    Have a drink which some replays for Adrien scoring a pen or Dimitri bending a free kick
    Then have another drink and the world feels so much better

  • Sams P45 says:

    Feck me I thought Banjo had some bunny but Stinger puts him to shame,haha.Maybe it is Banjos long lost bros,haha 😀

  • TysonM says:

    Go to bed Sting youre getting boring now.We get it you don’t like Hugh.Big deal,the rest of us don’t give a sh#t.F#ck me you don’t know when to give it a rest do you.

  • Stinger says:

    Hugh has banned people left, right and centre. All for exactly the same reasons. those being that they have dared disagree with whatever he has to say.

    I post on several West Ham blogs and Forums. I have posted on many others that also now no longer exist. Never before apart from KUMB (A site I hate and have never posted on thankfully) have I seen so many people banned for such daft reasons.

    Back to the original topic, that fact that Hugh feels the need to give the definition of what constitutes a legend, again just goes to show how much he hates to be disagreed with.

    He has both insulted true West Ham legends and also Di Canio.

    There is no need whatsoever for the article or for him to have a pop at Paolo Di Canio.

    But he has a long history in insulting West Ham fans, staff, managers and ex players for daring to have a differing opinion. so I should not really be at all surprised.

    If Payet Was to hand in a transfer request tomorrow, Hugh would run an article slagging him off bemoaning what a traitor he is whilst at the same time claiming “I had a feeling”

    • Stinger – in four years three people have been banned. Like your understanding of the word legend I’m afraid you are wrong again. The reasons people are banned is for personal abuse, bad language, and unpleasant attitudes. Thus others are very possible if u understand me. I gave the definition to show that the use of the word was correct – not that I don’t like being disagreed with. I will not ban u until the next totally unwarranted, inaccurate and personal comment . I don’t want tits in my front room abusing me for no good reason. I have no persona problem with anyone disagreeing. It’s the abuse that goes with it that brings the ban. Your call.

  • Sams P45 says:

    Feck me Ty you are in a calm mood tonight are you not feeling well,haha 😀

  • TysonM says:

    Why don’t you quit while your ahead Stinger.Very few people get banned from here compared to some other sites.Maybe if you had just said what you said originally minus the rubbish about toys & banning no one would give a sh*t.

  • Stinger says:

    Hammers fans who cant take a bit of banter.

    I’m sure TysonM saw it for what it was. If not then Sorry Feller.

    I do love how everyone on here always feels the need to jump to Hugh’s defence whenever anyone disagree’s with him. Then again the way he usually deals with other fans differing opinions is to ban them, so perhaps it is out of fear.

    PS Essexclarets, boohoo

    • Stinger says:

      PS, If it was meant seriously then I would not have added the 😉 emoticon. Big clue there to those feeling all precious.

      Just as TysonM had added one as well to his original reply to me.

      (Jesus, have I just occidentally wondered onto the KUMB forum by mistake?)

  • mooro66uk says:

    Make ya right, not quite sober meself. But *****s like that make me so ****ing angry. No need for it. COYI X

  • essexclarets says:

    Anyone who would be stupid enough to say that to my face wouldn’t have one of thier own anymore.

  • TysonM says:

    Well I totally agree on that score mate but after a few whiskys tonight I love all Irons supporters,even tw#ts 😀

  • mooro66uk says:

    Don’t stop him from being a complete **** though.

  • TysonM says:

    Not a problem,I give it out I can take it back.I’m sure he didn’t mean it seriously.Leave the deleting & banning to other sites,lol 🙂

  • mooro66uk says:

    Stinger are you completely ****ing stupid. Why on earth would you want to disrespect a fellow Hammer by slagging his Mum? Grow up you crazy ****. Bet you wouldn’t say it to Tyson if he was in front of you.

  • TysonM says:

    You must be sucking on ashes then 🙂

  • Stinger says:

    I’m calm thank you. Only thing in my gob is your mothers tits. 😉

    • essexclarets says:

      Shut up you silly little boy.. if you are trying to get banned why don’t you just save yourself the trouble & log out.

    • COYI247 says:

      Loving THAT, Stinger! Totally envious. Would you like to join my Friday text abuse circle? Come on, send one MY way! One of my favourites from the circle described me as “squat, ugly ****ing fat **nt….How good is THAT? OK, what it lacks in subtlety, it delivers in pure power. But you could definitely add a touch of culture and imagination to the circle. Are you in?

  • TysonM says:

    Haha,stick your dummy back in your gob & calm down Stinger ffs 😉

  • Stinger says:

    As always Hugh, you jump the gun and make a fool of yourself, when you really don’t need to.

    There is no way on the planet ANYONE can even think of regarding Payet as a West Ham Legend. All you are doing is insulting the true West Ham Legends such as Brooking, Hurst, Moore and Bonds ect ect. I find that pretty poor to be honest.

    If Payet is here for another three or four seasons and continues to be the quality player he is, then MAYBE, MAYBE he could be called a Legend.

    Not for a second I think this will happen, but should he leave in the summer and join lets say Chelsea, Arsenal or Spurs. Then there would be more fans booing him than cheering him. (wrongly I might add)

    He has not even played 1 full season for us. Why not have a bit of patience and wait and see before coming out with such an absurd statement as you have.

    ( I know you hate anyone who does not agree with your every word Hugh, so yes I fully expect toys to be thrown out of pram and you to ban me)

    • COYI247 says:

      You don’t HAVE to go on this site. This is a forum for opinions INCLUDING Hugh etc. Generally, this is a brilliant site, brings excellent stories and gives us the opportunity to reply. Personally, like most, I don’t agree that Payet can be a legend…needs to have a few hundred games for that…BUT why are you having such a personal pop? If the odd article doesn’t hit your mark, that is the inevitable nature of the beast…lighten up, yeah?

  • bubs says:

    In 2 years on here I have never heard anyone call CC a legend,
    He was an average player that had a good relationship with the fans because he never treated us like idiots,
    Legend is used to easy now a days,Bonds,Moore ,Peters,Hurst,Brooking, they were legends,
    DiCannio,Devonshire,Lampard,Lomas,Parkes Ect were great hammer players but not Legends or Tevez
    Same as Slav has years to reach the Greenwood Lyall Position with the fans
    But it will come for Dimitri because he has the relationship with the club already and the Skill so if he has a long football career and stays with us he will one day have a Shirt next to Billy unless we find something soon for Billy to be named after,
    Maybe the fans need to start calling an area like we did the chicken run after Billy,

    • Gobby says:

      I know Bubs,I read it on another site that he was a Legend,lol

    • Stinger says:

      Bubs at least gets it. Thumbs Up feller.

    • COYI247 says:

      Nice suggestion Bubs. Let’s just let the fans appropriate naming a stand for King Billy. How about East stand called Billy Bonds, and West Stand ‘Eyes of blue”….OK, OK…that’s maybe going too far….Just stick with the East stand…

  • Gobby says:

    After reading some fans thoughts on Carlton Cole being a Legend I have formed the opinion that what constitutes a Legend in one mans eyes can be far removed from what another person might consider a West Ham Legend,lol

  • Stinger says:

    Only a complete fool would regard a player who has been at the club for less than one season as “a legend”

    What a totally daft thing to say. Only if he is here for another 3+ seasons and continues to perform at the same level could calling him a legend even be considered.

    He has not even had 30+ starts for us yet for us yet for crying out loud.

    He is pure quality, world class and one of the most exciting players to grace our club. But Legend at this early stage, give over.

    Noble however, 10 plus years of great loyalty and service and has always been a top performer. He deserves that platitude. Payet will in time.

    • I may be a fool but I do know the meaning of the word legend and Dimi seems he fits every dictionary definition of the word. … an extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field.
      synonyms:celebrity, star, superstar, icon, famous person, great, genius, phenomenon, luminary, giant, big name

  • West Ham Exile says:

    Teddybard is hungry too.He has come over for some of our Eukanuba.Does no one feed them at Wetpants Heights,lol

  • teddybard says:

    Up there with Carlos already and still IMPROVING.

  • Billy the Hammer says:

    Hmm,Percy the carrier pigeons in town.Someone feed & water him,lol 🙂

    • WHU647580 says:

      Just eaten, thanks for your concern. 😉

      Are you the same Billy The Hammer that goes on WHTID?

      • Billy the Hammer says:

        No I’m not.Read it sometimes,Don’t have an account on it.Don’t worry,only having a bit of a laugh.Nothing anti site related.There is always a meal here for you before you go back to The Banjo Show 😀

  • bubs says:

    Cult standard agreed
    Legend in another year also if he can carry on this way which I believe he will
    Start tomorrow with a brilliant display
    Then bury
    Manure and the Gooners and I might change my mind

  • WHU647580 says:

    He’s certainly reached cult status for me, ability wise he’s up there with PDC, possibly already surpassing and no doubt will be even better as time goes by. I’ll leave legend status for the likes of Moore, Brooking, Bonds etc……if he’s still around in 3-5 years and performing as well then surely that gets him legend status?

    • COYI247 says:

      People will be delighted to hear I am not going to comment..(Loud gales of hurray across the inter-turd)…because you have expressed my thoughts exactly, but using only 1 tenth of the words!

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