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Eggbert Nobacon 3:28 Thu Jan 16
Sullivan speaks - Standard Interview
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David Sullivan interview: We've got to make more progress at West Ham
KEN DYER
David Sullivan today admitted West Ham have made insufficient progress on the pitch in the decade since he and David Gold took over.
Just days before their 10th anniversary as owners, Sullivan has told Standard Sport he has regrets about some of the managers the pair have appointed in that time.
Sullivan also said Manuel Pellegrini, sacked last month, “wasn’t the best fit for the club despite being a good manager” and that “perhaps it was a mistake to let David Moyes go the first time.”
Moyes, who guided West Ham clear of relegation on a short-term deal in 2018, has been re-appointed on an 18-month contract following Pellegrini’s exit.
West Ham are in 16th in the Premier League, the same position in which they found themselves when Sullivan and Gold took over on January 19, 2010.
Sullivan said: “I would like talk about what we have achieved on the pitch but unfortunately, despite our investment and best efforts, we have not made the progress we all expected under the club’s most high-profile and proven manager [Manuel Pellegrini], having brought in a director of football [Mario Husillos].
“What happens on the pitch is what matters most to our supporters and is our main focus. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and perhaps it was a mistake to have let David Moyes go the first time.
“The easy option this time around would have been going for someone new but we feel David is the right manager for West Ham
“Manuel Pellegrini, an appointment which was welcomed by the supporters, had won the Premier League with Manchester City but ultimately, despite being a good manager, he wasn’t the best fit for the club.
“Overall, I believe the club is in a far better state than it was 10 years ago. We have some regrets, including the appointments of some managers, but we feel that we have the right one now and we are confident he will do well for us.”
Sullivan and Gold talked about a seven-year plan to reach the Champions League when they took over but that ambition seems as far away now as it did back then.
The Hammers host Everton on Saturday just one point above the relegation zone and this week vice-chair Karren Brady said the board are “haunted” by their failures this season.
West Ham’s net transfer spend is more than £200million since they moved to London Stadium from Upton Park in 2016.
The club have almost doubled their home attendance capacity since then, which has helped promote them into 18th place in Deloitte’s list of the top 20 richest clubs in the world.
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-david-sullivan-interview-progress-a4336281.html
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Eggbert Nobacon
3:29 Thu Jan 16
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David Sullivan interview: We've got to make more progress at West Ham
EXCLUSIVE
KEN DYER
6 minutes ago
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David Sullivan today admitted West Ham have made insufficient progress on the pitch in the decade since he and David Gold took over.
Just days before their 10th anniversary as owners, Sullivan has told Standard Sport he has regrets about some of the managers the pair have appointed in that time.
Sullivan also said Manuel Pellegrini, sacked last month, “wasn’t the best fit for the club despite being a good manager” and that “perhaps it was a mistake to let David Moyes go the first time.”
Moyes, who guided West Ham clear of relegation on a short-term deal in 2018, has been re-appointed on an 18-month contract following Pellegrini’s exit.
West Ham are in 16th in the Premier League, the same position in which they found themselves when Sullivan and Gold took over on January 19, 2010.
Sullivan said: “I would like talk about what we have achieved on the pitch but unfortunately, despite our investment and best efforts, we have not made the progress we all expected under the club’s most high-profile and proven manager [Manuel Pellegrini], having brought in a director of football [Mario Husillos].
“What happens on the pitch is what matters most to our supporters and is our main focus. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and perhaps it was a mistake to have let David Moyes go the first time.
“The easy option this time around would have been going for someone new but we feel David is the right manager for West Ham
“Manuel Pellegrini, an appointment which was welcomed by the supporters, had won the Premier League with Manchester City but ultimately, despite being a good manager, he wasn’t the best fit for the club.
“Overall, I believe the club is in a far better state than it was 10 years ago. We have some regrets, including the appointments of some managers, but we feel that we have the right one now and we are confident he will do well for us.”
Sullivan and Gold talked about a seven-year plan to reach the Champions League when they took over but that ambition seems as far away now as it did back then.
The Hammers host Everton on Saturday just one point above the relegation zone and this week vice-chair Karren Brady said the board are “haunted” by their failures this season.
West Ham’s net transfer spend is more than £200million since they moved to London Stadium from Upton Park in 2016.
The club have almost doubled their home attendance capacity since then, which has helped promote them into 18th place in Deloitte’s list of the top 20 richest clubs in the world.
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On The Ball
3:33 Thu Jan 16
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It's funny that you can actually SEE their arseholes twitching with the protest on the horizon.
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southbankbornnbred
3:33 Thu Jan 16
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David Sullivan: "Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, whinge, falter, piffle, bilge, wank."
Ken Dyer [masturbating]: "Love it, Sulli. Just keep feeding me this shit - yeah?"
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Takashi Miike
3:34 Thu Jan 16
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maybe he'd just seen the latest hammer chat video......
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GWUSauXWMdk
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stewie griffin
3:34 Thu Jan 16
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Classic Eggbert NoLeighJim
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ChesterRd
3:34 Thu Jan 16
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Pity Ken Dyer has obviously had to agree to Sullivan's demands before being given the interview.
Basically just blaming the managers and the rest of the article is lots of words saying nothing.
Is there any mention of the protest?
At the end of the article there is a lie about the stadium helping the club into the top 20 richest, the club was under Terry Brown.
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Eggbert Nobacon
3:35 Thu Jan 16
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what? posting an article without commenting?
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goose
3:37 Thu Jan 16
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its all just words isnt it?
no coincidence that him and Brady are getting their message out there on the same week of the protest.
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MancIron
3:38 Thu Jan 16
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“Overall, I believe the club is in a far better state than it was 10 years ago."
On the pitch we are in exactly the same position you deluded old cunt.
Off it we have no ground of our own, just a rented, soul-destroying, unfit for purpose stadium.
How does he define that as far better?
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OccupyGreenStreet
3:39 Thu Jan 16
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Nothing changes, except GSB get richer and richer and richer.
And individual managers (and players) get scapegoated.
And mug fans lap it up.
We need to stop feeding their bank accounts.
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Takashi Miike
3:39 Thu Jan 16
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dyer's always kissed the owners arse, be it these cunts or that other parasite, brown
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Lee Trundle
3:43 Thu Jan 16
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"The club have almost doubled their home attendance capacity since then, which has helped promote them into 18th place in Deloitte’s list of the top 20 richest clubs in the world."
Weren't we 20th before we left the Boleyn Ground? Whoopy doo at the 2 places we've been promoted.
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El Scorchio
3:46 Thu Jan 16
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If they are just going to keep blaming managers and players without looking in the mirror at all, then we're truly fucked until they sell the club. Who appointed the managers?
To not accept part or majority of the blame for where we are is ridiculous and makes them either deluded, arrogant or stupid beyond belief. I don't know which of those three options is the most or least worrying, to be honest.
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Fo the Communist
3:54 Thu Jan 16
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As others have said, the main thing to be taken from this is that the board is rattled.
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WHU(Exeter)
3:58 Thu Jan 16
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How can he blame the managers?
According to him the role of the manager is vastly over rated.
I wonder if it could be something else, something that nobody can quite put their fingers on?
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factory seconds
3:59 Thu Jan 16
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"i only want to talk about what's happening on the pitch because that's the only subject where i can deflect 90% of the responsibility, despite a football club being a holistic entity that results a largely a reflection of"
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scott_d
4:00 Thu Jan 16
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“The easy option this time around would have been going for someone new but we feel David is the right manager for West Ham"
No, by far the easiest option is to print off an old contract from 2017, go back to the same manager who's been unemployed since and see how desperate he is for a job.
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factory seconds
4:02 Thu Jan 16
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if that's him coming out swinging there's not much weight left in those punches is there? usually he's full of flatulent bluster.
you've come to the end of the road mate. i'd say go while you still have some dignity, but it'd be too late for that if you ever had any in the first place.
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ATBOG
4:02 Thu Jan 16
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Net spend since the move(according to transfer mkt) is around £125mil. So the £200 mil figure is another load of old shit
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Razzle
4:04 Thu Jan 16
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doesn't say anything new... £200mil - was that the net spend?
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