OK, few things wrong with your post.1234 wrote:Sweep the decks? Aah, you mean get rid of dead weights like FERDINAND, LAMPARD, DEFOE, CARRICK, COLE, PARKER and sign players lie Piqioune, Diop, Obrien. Got you.Towie wrote:
Because it gives you a chance to sweep the decks of the playing side and business side, and lets face it we were so poorly run as a club before we definitely required it.
Since then we have improved steadily season upon season, narrowing the gap each year on that supposedly well run club Spuds.
Closed the gap to Spurs? Really? 3 seasons since being promoted relegation has been a big fear.
Let's not forget that if we did not sneak a late victory against Blackpool, against the run of play, in the play off final we would be, in Suyllivans words, 'in the sh*t and struggling to survive.
Yep, relegation is really, really great.
Ferdinand & Lampard were not sold because we were relegated. They were never in a relegation season with West Ham, any true West Ham fan would know that.
Defoe, Carrick & Cole were in the team that was relegated IN 2003, how does that relate to G&S tenure? That was a previous regime.
Piquionne was bought in by Grant, so was part of the reason for relegation, we did not sign him in Championship.
Have we closed the gap to Spuds? Off course we have it is always about building each season.
2013 Spuds 72pts West ham 46pts Gap 26pts
2014 Spuds 69pts West ham 40pts Gap 29pts
2015 Spuds 64pts West Ham 47pts Gap 17pts
2015 Spuds 70pts West Ham 62pts Gap 8pts
Winning in Play off with a late victory, who cares we were the 3rd best team in the campaign we deserved to go up.
I never said relegation was good, it certainly wasn't in 2003. But with the right people at the top it can be good as has been the case with G&S last time.