Olas v Liverpool 2014

I must admit the 1st couple of times I saw Valencia, he was the 1 new signing that I thought would struggle to make a mark in the Premier league, id not heard of him till the world cup, and only saw 1 of the games he played in, he looked good, but that was in South America and coming to play in Europe in a physical and fast paced league he just look too slight for me. Now while 1 swallow don’t make a summer, that goal against Hull was as good as a 1st goal I’ve seen since Tevez opened his Account for us with the free kick V Spuds 7 years ago, in fact, that is quite possibly the best individual goal since Danny Williamson ran the length of Burndon Park to slide in our third and considering Danny didn’t have the defenders in front of him Valencia’s thunderbolt even eclipses that. I mean how many of us sitting at home or those at the ground thought he had a chance to do what he did. Thing is, he has now with that strike upped the expectation on him, how successful he turns out to be depends on what he can do to match that, I mean, talk about setting the Bar high on your first go, I expect to hear the crown bellowing Shoot every time he gets the ball 30 yards from goal. The goal was fitting of the whole performance, I don’t get hung up on stats but im sure I saw we had 60% of the ball, which is something im sure we struggled all last season to achieve, if this is BFS way then long may it continue this season. The funny thing is after that draw i felt better than nearly after all the wins last season, and the reason for that was the performance, ive argued time and time again that when you watch football it is the performance that makes you leave the ground wanting to come back not the result, and to see the evidence of that you only have to compare it to the last season Hull home game.
If ever 2 games were so polarised in the outcome, performance and reaction from the fans after it would be those 2 games, against Hull back in March, WHU had just 44% possession, only 3 shots on target and had won the game from an own goal that came from a cross into the box which was not populated by a west ham player, and remember that was against 10 men for over an hour. It an un-heard of act by any set of fans at any club West Ham were booed from the park, yet that game yielded 3 points set that against the reaction after only gaining 1 point where the fans after across the net were crowing in delight. But ever the pragmatist BFS urges caution the next day in the London Standard
Actually Sam I beg to differ, attractive football without winning is good for supporters its also good for you in that the supporters will forgive a poor result if the performance is there, but like Hull at home last season, even if you win in the manner we did then, then you can expect to cop a van load of shit your way. And here is the dilemma for Sam, what will he do if he keeps putting out the performances we have been currently, I mean only v the Saints this season can you say we played bad, but continues to not pick up the victory’s, today against Liverpool and then next week V Man united, could easily return no points, after that is the return of Harry with QPR, will sam still be brave enough not return to type, only time will tell, and I didnt think I would ever say this under BFS but im really looking forward to todays game, the green shoots were there in the 1st game, and finally they flowered on Monday night.
“Attractive football and not winning is no good to me, no good to the owners and no good to the supporters.”
Actually Sam I beg to differ, attractive football without winning is good for supporters its also good for you in that the supporters will forgive a poor result if the performance is there, but like Hull at home last season, even if you win in the manner we did then, then you can expect to cop a van load of shit your way. And here is the dilemma for Sam, what will he do if he keeps putting out the performances we have been currently, I mean only v the Saints this season can you say we played bad, but continues to not pick up the victory’s, today against Liverpool and then next week V Man united, could easily return no points, after that is the return of Harry with QPR, will sam still be brave enough not return to type, only time will tell, and I didnt think I would ever say this under BFS but im really looking forward to todays game, the green shoots were there in the 1st game, and finally they flowered on Monday night.

Off the field finally it seems the club revealing details of how the fans will be seated in the Olympic stadium, they held a meeting where they outlined the plans to the remaining Bondholders and Corporate members. The club will have various lounges with a much larger capacity than at the Boleyn though only around 16 boxes, where currently its over 70. 1 lounge it seems may be modelled on the Club Wembley concept which will be called Club London, all part of the London rebranding of the club, these will be housed in the best seats on the half way line in the West Stand either side of the dugouts, those Season ticket holders at the Boleyn that currently occupy those seats im afraid will be shunted either sideways or over to the East. A move to me that is akin to a form of Social Cleansing, get the hoi polloi out the way, the high rollers are coming through. Some say that they pay the most money so they should get the best seats, but this move by the club shows how far detached it is becoming from its history and its roots. The fact that Gold is allowing this to happen in my eyes makes him a Traitor to his working Class roots. It’s one thing to better yourself and work your way out of abject poverty as Gold has done, but it’s another to spit on those fans for the chance to grab Money. I’ve said since virtually day one, this move is nothing to do with improving the match day life of the rank and file fan, the move is purely to improve the match activity of the Corporates and their guests who probably are there for the jolly up more than the football. Football sold its soul when it did the exclusive Sky deal, and in turn the clubs are following.