patterdalejoel 669 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Thank you chaps, your very kind Gnasher a few of the chaps said that the east stand upper ain't a bad view for a little un so I got a couple of seats in there mate If your at the Trevor Brooking stand side of the halfway line your above the old chicken run.......you,ll have the away support to your right which aint always nice for youngsters.....but its only Everton theres no hostility with them big girls ..................Its an old old stand though mate you still got the big support columns to dodge your head around if your unlucky.......hopefully you get a good view and a lets hope for another lifelong Hammer . when i was little i hated not being near the away fans, there was no swearing or scary men shouting, boring! i had a lovely trip to Bellend road and picked up a nice 3 points, thankyou Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,469 Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Blimey you must of got there early to get that picture Wilf.....im trying to work out where that is....its not the main car park outside the west stand is it ? i dont remember there being steps there...............no big deal like its just bugging me Not a bad bit of the ground that you would of been directly opposite me im about 30 yards to the right of the telly cameras.......theres not any part of the ground i havent been in at some point i,ll be sorry to leave it i love the place......glad your youngster had a good day i love seeing a lads face light up when they first get into the ground its priceless......at least he saw a few goals, if he,s patient he,ll see a win one day Directors Car park mate, just outside the shop..........saw him there as we walked in so I asked him if he minded and he kindly posed for the picture I was looking across at the boxes yesterday, they got that nice over there now.......the view where we was, was bang on and he experienced some typical hammers crack, can honestly say he loved it. Walking back down green street he says "West Ham are the best team in the world aint they Dad"..........what could I say Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,377 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Oh it is where i said......aint just directors who park there ......did you see Gold & Sullivans rollers.... golds is silver... " d gold " plate Sullivans is red......i just cant place them steps....yep the boxes are nice you got all the lounges behind them its chalk and cheese one side of the ground to the other.......if im honest i still prefer the spit and sawdust of the East Stand its still got that raw scrappy feel about it..... A question like that you just got to nod mate they figure it out themself in the end.....didnt we .....dont stop us singing our hearts out for them though does it....and if he grows up a proper Hammer it wont stop him either Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,469 Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Yes mate, nice bits of kit those rollers............one thing that did catch my attention was the amount of german, Italian, French voices I could hear in and about the ground I think he started to get a sense of what it means to be a hammers fan when he joined in with "we are winning at home, we are winning home......how shit must you be, we are winning at home" Just for nostalgia purposes I even chanced a six quid dog burger .........got to say it tasted bloody marvellous The crack about the ground is still as good as ever mind you, one of the marshalls chatting to everyone round by the supporters club "hello princess, you back again......lovely to see you" to some little girl who was out with her dad blinding!! He was at me about when we are going next....... Tuesday night would have been a cheap night as it will be just £30 for me and him but he has Ju Jitsu that night and I like him to train but I don't think it will be too long before the next I will give you a shout when we are going next and buy you a cup of tea if your about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneredtrim 148 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Two tidy goals from that under-rated Baines kid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,469 Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Two tidy goals from that under-rated Baines kid They looked much better on the telly than they were, any random sunday league keeper could have saved them.......he just passed them into the net. A lesson in how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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WILF 47,469 Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Two tidy goals from that under-rated Baines kid They looked much better on the telly than they were, any random sunday league keeper could have saved them.......he just passed them into the net. A lesson in how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory More than two major professionals were saying one them could'nt have been stopped by any keeper they knew about...just shows. I saw that on match of the day, they obviously watched it on the telly too matey because honestly, it gives the hammers too much credit to suggest they were good free kicks......they were weak as f**k goals to concede take my word for it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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WILF 47,469 Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) Or you just pass it over when the keeper is badly sighted, which is what it looked for all the world like to me......it was square on both times, about 25 yds out, the wall was moved well back, no real pace on the ball, plenty of room to get it up and down.........honestly, they really were not that good. But, by all means, call them great free kicks if you want to Edited September 22, 2013 by WILF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneredtrim 148 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) . Edited December 27, 2013 by oneredtrim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,469 Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) Fair enough, all I am saying is, if I did nothing but play football 5 days a week if I could not get a ball up and down and on target in the space & angle that free kick had then I would turn it in. Putting a goal away with split seconds to think and a big centre back bareing down on you is a totally different thing to lining up a bread and butter dead ball........but others know better than me I am sure but we all see things different Edited September 22, 2013 by WILF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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gnasher16 30,377 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Yes mate, nice bits of kit those rollers............one thing that did catch my attention was the amount of german, Italian, French voices I could hear in and about the ground I think he started to get a sense of what it means to be a hammers fan when he joined in with "we are winning at home, we are winning home......how shit must you be, we are winning at home" Just for nostalgia purposes I even chanced a six quid dog burger .........got to say it tasted bloody marvellous The crack about the ground is still as good as ever mind you, one of the marshalls chatting to everyone round by the supporters club "hello princess, you back again......lovely to see you" to some little girl who was out with her dad blinding!! He was at me about when we are going next....... Tuesday night would have been a cheap night as it will be just £30 for me and him but he has Ju Jitsu that night and I like him to train but I don't think it will be too long before the next I will give you a shout when we are going next and buy you a cup of tea if your about Anytime soldier ....mind you,your probably more of a fan than me at the moment im slacking this season only been to a few games........anyway i,ll bend the little lads ear and keep him loyal to the claret and blue.....kids like me they tend to use me as a bit of a climbing frame ............I think its great to see good old traditions like father and son trotting along to the match good on you. The " winning at home " chant started in the championship a few years back if you remember the bad home run we went on........it was the same season the " we play on the floor " chant cropped up to the same tune ironically enough 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 47,469 Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Putting a goal away with split seconds to think and a big centre back bareing down on you is a totally different thing to lining up a bread and butter dead ball........but others know better than me I am sure but we all see things different But not a totally different thing to eyeballing the goalkeeper for your moment. Don't know much about "eyeballing" goal keepers.......personally, I was always more concerned on where I wanted to put the ball in the net but I only played low standard stuff so maybe "eyeballing" is more a pro thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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