Is West Ham the new Portsmouth?

Bottom of the table, same manager, cup run, etcetera.

Discuss.

Nah, Portsmouth didn't have Pablo Barrera, and Jonathon Spector they'll stay up.

They're not in as much debt are they? At least I don't think they are

Oh dear....that Neil guy from the old forum will not be too pleased.

No they aren't. Last season Portsmouth were in a massive financial crisis which basically condemned them to relegation, West Ham are just playing shite at the moment, they're in nowhere near as much trouble as Pompey were last season.

Maybe they need a wake-up call like Newcastle by dropping down to the Championship then popping straight back up.

Did you purposely say is instead of are?

Yes.

coolmarvin wrote:Did you purposely say is instead of are?

That's how I say it.

Roloman4 wrote:

coolmarvin wrote:Did you purposely say is instead of are?

That's how I say it.

I remember this coming up in the old forum, taught you would have learned by now.

coolmarvin wrote:

Roloman4 wrote:

coolmarvin wrote:Did you purposely say is instead of are?

That's how I say it.

I remember this coming up in the old forum, taught you would have learned by now.

Vai-te foder, Inglés da merda.

Roloman4 wrote:

coolmarvin wrote:

Roloman4 wrote:

coolmarvin wrote:Did you purposely say is instead of are?

That's how I say it.

I remember this coming up in the old forum, taught you would have learned by now.

Vai-te foder, Inglés da merda.

Problem? :troll:

coolmarvin wrote:

Roloman4 wrote:

coolmarvin wrote:

Roloman4 wrote:

coolmarvin wrote:Did you purposely say is instead of are?

That's how I say it.

I remember this coming up in the old forum, taught you would have learned by now.

Vai-te foder, Inglés da merda.

Problem? :troll:

Muitos problemas, eu falo da esa maneira, nao me fodas.

Avram Grant is such a shit manager

Avram Grant..

Piquionne..

Ben-Haim..

Obinna = Dindane

Parker = Kevin Prince Boateng

West ham are going on a Cup run albeit in the Carling Cup like Portsmouth did in the FA cup


Just need to wait for them to go into administration.

Avram Grant's an ugly cnt.

SBSP_FIFA wrote:Avram Grant's an ugly cnt.

vampires don't take insults kindly.

Bear wrote:Avram Grant is such a shit manager

Hardly. Got Chelsea to their only Champions League Final, came close to a treble with them - with another man's team. Had no chance at Portsmouth, nobody did. And tbh, West Ham are just shit.



To answer the question, no. West Ham will go down because they are shit. Portsmouth went down because they were in massive debts and became shit..

with regard to the title of this thread; "is west ham the new portsmouth?"

although it is gramatically correct, us in the UK would never phrase the question like that! we would always say, whether verbally or written "are west ham....."

roloman you're not american, you live there right? in your native language would you refer to your football team or anybody else's for that matter as "it"?

its something that has always bothered me about americans that grammar seems more important to them than..... i cant explain it, but i would never refer to someones football team as "it". "it" seems so cold, wheres the familiarity? even if its someone elses team, even a big rival, "it" is just harsh. like calling someones mum "it". thats just rude.

mums and football teams are too important!

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:Avram Grant is such a shit manager

Hardly. Got Chelsea to their only Champions League Final, came close to a treble with them - with another man's team. Had no chance at Portsmouth, nobody did. And tbh, West Ham are just shit.



To answer the question, no. West Ham will go down because they are shit. Portsmouth went down because they were in massive debts and became shit..

Grant is shite, that Chelsea team basically managed itself, Portsmouth and West Ham are shit, but even if they weren't, I doubt he could get anything out of either club.

dena wrote:

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:Avram Grant is such a shit manager

Hardly. Got Chelsea to their only Champions League Final, came close to a treble with them - with another man's team. Had no chance at Portsmouth, nobody did. And tbh, West Ham are just shit.



To answer the question, no. West Ham will go down because they are shit. Portsmouth went down because they were in massive debts and became shit..

Grant is shite, that Chelsea team basically managed itself, Portsmouth and West Ham are shit, but even if they weren't, I doubt he could get anything out of either club.

Oh yes, they proved that after he left..

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:Avram Grant is such a shit manager

Hardly. Got Chelsea to their only Champions League Final, came close to a treble with them - with another man's team. Had no chance at Portsmouth, nobody did. And tbh, West Ham are just shit.



To answer the question, no. West Ham will go down because they are shit. Portsmouth went down because they were in massive debts and became shit..

Theres nearly winning the treble and then theres winning nothing at all

Bear wrote:

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:Avram Grant is such a shit manager

Hardly. Got Chelsea to their only Champions League Final, came close to a treble with them - with another man's team. Had no chance at Portsmouth, nobody did. And tbh, West Ham are just shit.



To answer the question, no. West Ham will go down because they are shit. Portsmouth went down because they were in massive debts and became shit..

Theres nearly winning the treble and then theres winning nothing at all

But Arsene is world class?

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:Avram Grant is such a shit manager

Hardly. Got Chelsea to their only Champions League Final, came close to a treble with them - with another man's team. Had no chance at Portsmouth, nobody did. And tbh, West Ham are just shit.



To answer the question, no. West Ham will go down because they are shit. Portsmouth went down because they were in massive debts and became shit..

Theres nearly winning the treble and then theres winning nothing at all

But Arsene is world class?

Why are u going to change the subject lol, and Arsene has won something yes

Bear wrote:

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:Avram Grant is such a shit manager

Hardly. Got Chelsea to their only Champions League Final, came close to a treble with them - with another man's team. Had no chance at Portsmouth, nobody did. And tbh, West Ham are just shit.



To answer the question, no. West Ham will go down because they are shit. Portsmouth went down because they were in massive debts and became shit..

Theres nearly winning the treble and then theres winning nothing at all

But Arsene is world class?

Why are u going to change the subject lol, and Arsene has won something yes

Not changing it at all, it's relevant lol.

Just saying, Arsene has gone 5 years without a trophy - and has had plenty of time/money to build a squad and hasn't come close to a treble recently.

Avram Grant did that with someone else's squad. I'd call that an achievement.

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:

Dan wrote:

Bear wrote:

Dan wrote:

Hardly. Got Chelsea to their only Champions League Final, came close to a treble with them - with another man's team. Had no chance at Portsmouth, nobody did. And tbh, West Ham are just shit.



To answer the question, no. West Ham will go down because they are shit. Portsmouth went down because they were in massive debts and became shit..

Theres nearly winning the treble and then theres winning nothing at all

But Arsene is world class?

Why are u going to change the subject lol, and Arsene has won something yes

Not changing it at all, it's relevant lol.

Just saying, Arsene has gone 5 years without a trophy - and has had plenty of time/money to build a squad and hasn't come close to a treble recently.

Avram Grant did that with someone else's squad. I'd call that an achievement.

Not when the squad he used was built with hundreds of millions. Wenger has built the squad from hardly spending anything

Grant is underrated tbf, he's been unlucky

Lol @ the Arsenal fan saying Grant is shite because he came close to winning the terbile in 07/08 yet Arsene Wenger hasn't won anything at Arsenal since 2005.

Grant did a brilliant job at Chelsea, he should never had gotten sacked tbh.

They might go for hughton or allardyce in january.

JMB_94 wrote:Lol @ the Arsenal fan saying Grant is shite because he came close to winning the terbile in 07/08 yet Arsene Wenger hasn't won anything at Arsenal since 2005.

Grant did a brilliant job at Chelsea, he should never had gotten sacked tbh.

Arsene has shown he is capable enough to win something and has done over his Arsenal career which is why he is still manager after a 5 year drought, Avram Grant couldn't win a single thing with a squad consisting of superstars and you want to focus on why Arsene Wenger is trophyless. I suppose Joachim Loew is also what u are practically implying as a shit manager too because he hasn't won anything recently.

He didn't do a brilliant job at Chelsea therefore he was sacked after not winning in a team willing to spend which already had superstars, the difference incase you haven't realised is bolded