There’s a log of fan anger at West Ham at the moment, Anger with Sullivan and Brady’s inept leadership and poor recruitment dating back over seasons. Anger at Graham Potter’s management and anger at the team’s performances and the seemingly inevitable slide downwards, whilst selling top players to hated rivals. It is not a good time to be a West Ham fan.
However, it seems that anger is giving way to something far worse. Today’s*Dailymail.co.uk* runs an article headed ”
West Ham fan anger is turning to apathy, set-pieces are a recurring nightmare and they’re paying the price for mistakes in the market”.
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Like some long drawn-out saga, the two years since the Europa Conference League win have seen Managers sacked, dreadful recruitment and the club sliding downwards.
In Graham Potter’s twenty five games, only twice has the home audience tasted victory. There’s only so long that fans can be bothered to keep up the ritual very peculiar form of self-abuse that embodies West Ham support. Even friends’ mocking has turned to something far worse: Sympathy.
Author of the daily mail article Matt Barlow launches in to the familiar litany of reasons behind the slide. We all know those backwards. but the biggest danger that is which is seen every match day. Unsold tickets, no atmosphere, no singing – an audience who are fast giving up caring.
Brady called them ‘customers’ – but the truth is worse. they’re converting fast to ‘ex-customers‘ as a couple of hundred quid for a match day experience like yesterday is fast becoming a waste of time and money.
No goals. No points. No entertainment. Hated VAR ruining the game. Thousands have not renewed their costly season tickets. Maybe. like me. increasing numbers who love their club are considering going to watch lower league football simply because it hurts too much seeing how ‘our’ club has evolved.
That hurt eventually turns to apathy over time: There’s only so many times as fans we can get upset or provoked into outrage or action over something that is supposed to be an enjoyable experience.
Apathy is fast becoming the biggest danger to West Ham United.