Message from a hammersfan

[W12_Ranger]

How is there TRUTH in the article? So far Fernandez has delivered. Time will tell if his commitment is a solid as it is now in a few years time but right now we as QPR supporters have nothing to doubt the guy for.

Firstly its not an article its a blog, secondly I said an 'element' of truth. maybe I should have stated I agree in theory with some of the points such as the size of our fan base, the timing off the stadium articles in the press and the difficult fixtures which lay ahead which IMO have given many fans a false sense of security so far

So Fernandez has made a few signings...he had to!!! what else was he going to do after buying the club? It isn't like a Northern club building a new stadium on a plot of out of town wasteland....we are talking about prime West London Real Estate here.

Lets get one thing straight, I like Fernandez I couldn't give a toss about a new stadium as long as he supports the manager and keep us in the PL but fans really need to be able to differentiate between the scale and magnitude of the 2 projects. Both in terms of finance and time off which 99% of posters continually seem to over look.

[MattyRangers]

People said he was hot air & all talk before he even joined us.

He soon proved them wrong.

People like to make big statements from behind a computer screen. Personally I like to give people the opportunity & time to deliver on their words.

He hasn't been in the door 5 mins.

With TF & AB at the helm I'm more than confident they will deliver what they say.

Yet again putting my exact thoguhts into a post before I get to Ric

[72bus]

there will never be a new stadium where , we could never fill it its a sad fact but all the new generation of fans in our catchment area seem to be chelsea or arsenal the odd kid will follow his dad, go into local schools in the bush or white city and you will find little kids that are arsenal fans

[LoftusRoadLad]

there will never be a new stadium where , we could never fill it its a sad fact but all the new generation of fans in our catchment area seem to be chelsea or arsenal the odd kid will follow his dad, go into local schools in the bush or white city and you will find little kids that are arsenal fans

My brother's son has been a R's ST holder since a tot, he is 9 now and his answer to all them kids is ...wot was the score? ...who scored?...name your team ....have you ever been to a live game ?...He gets a lotta respect from the kids cos he is a propa fan !!

[MYU]

I love Fernandes. He's the real deal and I can't thank him enough.

(Also does that website do funny line things to your eyes? I've been on that site twice and both times my eyes have gone weird after)

That's to hypnotize and convert you to be a hammer.

[Ric-Roc]

Yet again putting my exact thoguhts into a post before I get to Ric

[Quaz]

Yet again putting my exact thoguhts into a post before I get to Ric

does that hurt having those ?

[Yousef]

I sense that the writer is upset that Tony Fernandes did not takover West Ham.

[Nodge70]

You can go into schools next to the Emirates and see kids in Chelsea, Spurs, Man U and Barca shirts. Football has moved on. It's a global, not parochial audience.

[MattyRangers]

does that hurt having those ?

Can do mate but the doctor's give me some cream that working wonders.

[qpr_lewis]

Tony Fernandes!! Tony Fernandes!!
But who do they have Gold and Sullivan who have let the olympic stadium deal collapse!!! Yeh well done West Ham fans!! Tottenham will get stadium now!!

[rangersbitch]

Tony Fernandes!! Tony Fernandes!!
But who do they have Gold and Sullivan who have let the olympic stadium deal collapse!!! Yeh well done West Ham fans!! Tottenham will get stadium now!!

My sense is that this could be a lucky escape for West Ham fans. It seems like a terrible venue for football. But we all get a taxpayer-funded white elephant athletics stadium that will presumably stand empty for much of its life.

[Ric-Roc]

I thought Spurs's involvement in the stadium was purely to put pressure on Harringay council to help them fund a redevelopment programme?

They wouldn't REALLY move to Stratford.... Would they?

Nodge?

[Nodge70]

Tony Fernandes!! Tony Fernandes!!
But who do they have Gold and Sullivan who have let the olympic stadium deal collapse!!! Yeh well done West Ham fans!! Tottenham will get stadium now!!

No.

This decision naffs everyone over.

West Ham forced into a rental agreement with no assets left to their name (no naming rights, no "non football" income).
Spurs potentially lose any public assistance in regenerating N17 and N15
Orient still stuffed
Public purse paying out an £50m on a white elephant.

OPLC are an utter disgrace. Paid too much attention to Seb Coe's "demands", that weren't based on any sound commercial practicality but the airy notion that, a minority participation sport with a minor tv audience outside the Olympics, is deserving of an 80,000 legacy stadium built on public subsidy. An absolute farce from top to bottom.

[Bluehoop]

And of course as Nodge says wet spam stroll in as tenants, Spuds loose their circa £17M funding, Orient get dumped on - and there is no legal basis for anyone to appeal the decision.
Had this proceeded as it was, with spammers buying the place, the legal appeals process would have lasted for years whereas this way it's all done and dusted and the tax payer is left with the white elephant...............mind you, just how much will the rent be for the spammers