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I have never understood our fans' loathing of Frank Lampard.  I watched him as a youngster playing for us.  He always gave 100% and performed well while our fans taunted him singing that he was only in the team because of his dad.  Then when the club unceremoniously sacked his dad the fans taunted him because he wanted to leave.  Who could blame him.  He went on to realise his full potential for club and country and now he is performing admirably as a coach for Coventry City who are looking good for promotion.  When he turns up with them at London Stadium, I for one will not be jeering him.  Well played son!

I never had any problem with Frank when he was playing, thought he was a good player and turned out to be a terrific one, but he said some silly things after leaving because obviously he didn't like some of the abuse he got, and that only got him more abuse. Felt a bit for his dad as he was obviously a legend of the club although never seems to be elevated to the same height as Billy or Trevor.  Both Ince and Defoe apologised and Jermaine went right up in my estimation with the sad situation with that poor young lad and to be fair he comes across as a decent fella these days. They were all very young though, things get said, silly things get done and a lot of it depends on who is advising you at the time. Can't really blame Frank for buggering off when the club kicks his dad out can you, but he certainly could have handled it better afterwards. Didn't Eyal have a pop about the club after he left? Called it a pub team if I remember rightly. Mind you with Big John. Moncs and Razor about he may have been right! 

Gary Strodders shank" wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025, 19:54 For some reason I never took to him like Rio Cole and Carrick..

I don't know if it was his demeanor or being influenced by others around me slagging him off.

He has been far from complimentary about us since but despite  this and the forklift truck song he still gets nothing like the dogs abuse Ince got.
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Although being snapped in the nationals wearing a Man United shirt when your still a West ham player was somewhat incendiary.

I think the spitter Diouf as well as Thatcher was another deal kyboshed because of fan pressure. Thing's like that is what sets us apart from fickle cunty Club fanbases. 

The real concern for me is, if he does happen to become a decent manager, we’ve become so far removed from what we were in the 90’s and 00’s and so watered down on match days that the new brigade and the next generation would see no issue him being given our job. Gone are the days of stopping the Ben Thatcher signing with enough vitriol at a pre season friendly when he was on trial!

Certain people should never be considered, irrespective of their managerial credentials. Lampard is top of the list. 

Enough evidence to suggest he won’t make it as a top level manager, however. 

For some reason I never took to him like Rio Cole and Carrick..

I don't know if it was his demeanor or being influenced by others around me slagging him off.

He has been far from complimentary about us since but despite  this and the forklift truck song he still gets nothing like the dogs abuse Ince got.
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Although being snapped in the nationals wearing a Man United shirt when your still a West ham player was somewhat incendiary.

northbankfrank wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025, 11:58

Far Cough UKunt" wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025, 11:50 He was never "FAT" was he?



 

 

You are joking.  How fat must you be if 10 men and a forklift truck cannot carry you?

the only moans in my section (BML) in regards to him were his uncle's habit of substituting berkovic instead of him, no matter whether the fat cսnt was having a good game or not. eyal would be the one dragged off

it's a new site low starting cringey fucking threads about obese chelsea cunts that despise us

This the player who said he hoped to score the goal that relegated us?
Can remember Joe Cole saying that after Chelsea games he’d look out for our score hoping we’d won & Lampard would laugh at him
 

Gank wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025, 13:13 It was a long time ago so I can't remember exactly what he said, but in an interview in which he detailed why Chelsea was a big improvement on West Ham, he praised his uncle and father for their expertise and in the next paragraph explained how unprofessional the setup was, citing bacon sandwiches in the canteen at West Ham as an example.

In a separate interview he said he still looked out for West Ham results in the hope that we had lost.

And yes, whilst with us, he did carry a bit of weight not conducive to elite athletic performance.

Exactly, Ron. As a rule, we don’t boo ex-players. I know a lot of other teams’ fans who do, but they don’t seem to get stick from the media for it. Generally, it’s once a Hammer, always a Hammer, unless you behave like a cսnt and forget where you came from.

I always find it so lazy when we as a fanbase are accused of being unforgiving and holding a grudge because players leave for better things. 

Look at it another way, those that leave the club the right way get applauded. Those that act a cսnt, get treated like a cսnt. 

Example leavers: Carrick, gave us a season in the Championship, applauded even though he went to Spurs. Tevez, always spoke positively of the club. Even Ferdinand, albeit, he makes my skin crawl these days, and Joe Cole one indiscretion at UP aside which he immediately realised and apologised for. 

Wankers: Ince, no need to explain, Lampard, slagged the club and its fans at every opportunity. Defoe, transfer request a day after relegation.

It’s not rocket science. I like that we hold grudges in these examples. All decent fans do, it’s adds a bit of character to atmospheres. 

On a side note about Joe Cole, I bumped into him and his family on Battersea bridge once post retirement, and his kids were fully decked out in West Ham kit rather than Chelsea. Sure they probably have both, but at least he remembers where he came from. 

Many moons ago he pestered an old mate of Mrs V asking to take her out, used to turn up at her house in all his flash motors, and was quite put out that she refused his offers.

Let's also not forgot how much he wanted to score that penalty against us in the cup game at Stamford Bridge.

 

fraser wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025, 13:32 Burtons... He has a point.. 

Burtons... He has a point.. 

What I like about our fanbase is once someone crosses us we never, ever forget it. We're stubborn belligerent bastards but if you do good by us, we will show you great loyalty and support on the flip side of that.

Ince, Lampard Jr, Defoe will forever be tarnished with the shit stick. 

That was around the same time as he started one interview stating he didn’t think about the club anymore, before going on to slag off the fans/club for the next four or five paragraphs.

It was a long time ago so I can't remember exactly what he said, but in an interview in which he detailed why Chelsea was a big improvement on West Ham, he praised his uncle and father for their expertise and in the next paragraph explained how unprofessional the setup was, citing bacon sandwiches in the canteen at West Ham as an example.

In a separate interview he said he still looked out for West Ham results in the hope that we had lost.

And yes, whilst with us, he did carry a bit of weight not conducive to elite athletic performance.

I've got no problem at all with him giving it back. That's what it's all about.

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025, 12:35 Seem to recall when he left, he was asked what the difference was between West Ham and Chelsea. His response was to highlight that Chelsea got their suits from some up market tailor, whilst West Ham got them from Burtons (or words to that effect). 

Pretty cuntish and unnecessary really.

If you look at the tit-for-tat element of it, it was all started by a moronic minority of our fans who gave him a load of undeserved stick. Can't really blame him for being a bit pissed off with that. Yes, he overstepped the mark and was a bit unwise and immature in some of what he gave back. But seriously, it has to be time to move on from all of it. I will neither cheer him or boo him.

Seem to recall when he left, he was asked what the difference was between West Ham and Chelsea. His response was to highlight that Chelsea got their suits from some up market tailor, whilst West Ham got them from Burtons (or words to that effect). 

Pretty cuntish and unnecessary really.

Yeah, let's all be really kind to each other, stop being so mean, all get along, have no rivals, clap along while opposition fans sing some really nice songs, and sanitise the whole football experience even more.

You fucking melt.

I hope the fat fuck develops type 1 diabetes if he hasn't already and his feet fall off.

Long after he left West Ham I saw an interview with him. He was asked which club had the best/most vocal fans during a match. He said West Ham and that surprised me. Maybe the whole thing was blown a bit out of proportion when he first left, but I do recall him giving us a bit of needle in the immediate aftermath. Perhaps he reflected on it after the initial events.