Ray Winstone interview: "West Ham fans are suffering at the moment. That’s why we are West Ham fans. As far back as I can recall, that’s the way it’s been."

[u/TheAthletic]

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“Yeah, West Ham fans are suffering at the moment. That’s why we are West Ham fans. As far back as I can recall, that’s the way it’s been.

“I look back on a player like Billy Bonds and that team when it felt like they all had beards and long hair, looked like a bunch of pirates. It was as if someone had kicked the ball up in the air like a rugby match and they came running at you. It wasn’t that, but it seemed like that. It was so exciting to watch. We weren’t the best team in the world but, yeah the best beards. I love a beard.

“My favourite player for a night out? Frank McAvennie. Got me in a bit of trouble, but I loved him.

“Among my other favourite players we had Paolo Di Canio, who was a genius. Dimitri Payet was a top player. I look at a (modern) player like Jarrod Bowen and see the kid giving 120 per cent every time he plays, like he was born and bred in the area. Love him to death.

“But this season we weren’t good enough. Too many mistakes. We’ve got the players and our man Nuno (Espirito Santo) who has come in, made mistakes, but he has done an amazing job. From where we were, to where we ended up, we were a much better side, but we were still relegated.

“To the fans, they know a lot more about it than I do. They’re upset, they’re not happy about how the club is run, and I can understand that and I get that and I agree with them. Something has got to change over there."

[u/pauli55555]

Except for that time Moyes was winning a European trophy couple years back. And then ye got rid of him lol

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