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Mr. Messy 12:46 Wed May 4
BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

I have just watched this for the second time and hve got to say, Rio doesn't feel like one of our own.
Perhaps it is just me, but I felt insulted by his "If t hadn't been for West Ham, I could not have been a Manc."
Like Martin Peters, Jermain Defoe, Joe Cole, Frank Lampard Jnr. And Scott Parker. You are not one of ours.
Not like Bobby Zamora will always be.
Don't ask for a rationale, because there is none. This is how I feel.

Trevor B 12:48 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

Stop spamming up the board mate, you post far too much!

Tomshardware 12:50 Wed May 4
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Cromwell?

Johnson 12:51 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

Bit harsh on him there I think.

Oh and Paul KONECHSKY

Passerby66 12:52 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

Rio is definitely one of our own.
We saw him play as a kid and become a man.
He never had a chance to stay because we were a selling club under Terry Brown.

The West Stan will always be the Rio Stand to me.

Gavros 12:52 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

rio was of the post 93 class that tended to move elsewhere, especially given our fortunes. There's only one of that group that have remained West ham, and that's Joe Cole. Personally I'm very surprised they didnt give him the time to air his views, as he amongst all of them - Rio, Lampard, Defore, Carrick etc - has and always will be a West ham fan.

Mr. Messy 12:59 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

Me, Johnson or who is spamming up this site, Trevor B?

icwhs 1:01 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

Well sold Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst as well!

Man up

cholo 1:03 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

I can understand messy to an extent, every other player enthused about the club in its own right, Rio (in this interview) seemed to only regard it in what it did for his own career. He almost certainly didn't mean it to come out like that however.

normannomates 1:09 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

Ferdinand isn't WHU..but so what.
No doubt he has fond memories of the club..bound to.
Wonder if Incey has an invite for next Tuesday?
He's WHU

Mr. Messy 1:16 Wed May 4
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As I said, It is purely personal, but I do not get the vibe off of Rio , that I get off off Trevor Sinclair, Alvin, Ashton or Zamora.
We have had a lot of good servamts to the club. All of that golden generation.
But they do not feel like Irons the way that Hurst, Moore, Bonds, Brooking, Dicks, Martin, DiCanio, Noble or Collins do. Jury is out on most off this squad. Time will tell.
But I hope we have the stuff of legends, right now.

icwhs 1:19 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

Messey,

Get your point, and you're right on all the west ham player calls,

I'd include Matty Etherington and Harewood in the West ham bunch as well

Steady 1:20 Wed May 4
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Agree with you, Rio seems ingrained in Man U and it's almost like he never played for us.

Mr. Messy 1:27 Wed May 4
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Steady, there is a that Aftwr ManU disappoimtment, Rio went puton the East End (Commercial Road?) In his ManU tracksuit. I don't know the truth of the tale, but if it is true, then that is insulting.

Mr. Messy 1:31 Wed May 4
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Apologies, the keyboard on the samsung Tab ìs shite.
In fact, the Samsung tab is shite.

Gavros 1:31 Wed May 4
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its all about what they feel like after leaving. Etherington is a great example, spent a great deal of his career at Spurs but considers himself a hammer.

Some will, some wont. The important thing is that the really important ones; Alvin, Dicksie, Bish, Bilic - even Wanchope (as i spoke to his best mate in Panama City two years ago and he told me) - etc that are not from the immediate area do consider themselves to be in the fold.

Mr. Messy 1:31 Wed May 4
Re: BT farewell to the Boelyn- Rio Fernidand

Apologies, the keyboard on the samsung Tab ìs shite.
In fact, the Samsung tab is shite.

Gruesome Dump 1:32 Wed May 4
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Every single player has a different allegiance. Apart from one.

Billy fucking Bonds.

And you can have that for nowt.

Trevor B 1:36 Wed May 4
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Trevor Brooking has a different allegiance?

WOW

Mr. Messy 1:36 Wed May 4
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No arguememt there from me, GD. Some of my generation say Brooking, I was always Bonds.

Mr. Messy 1:43 Wed May 4
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Good point, Trevor B.Silky smooth skiĺls or destroying Mickey Droy?
I know what I enjoyed most. Two sides of the same coin. Upset Trev, and Billy will come looking for you.
But not in a good way. ;-)

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