Are We Fickle?

For so many of us, football is more than just a hobby, it's a passion, the difference between waking up on a Monday morning in a good, upbeat mode for the week ahead, or waking up still reeling from the weekends result - and the copious amounts of alcohol consumed because of the result - although more often than not, it can work both ways regarding the copious amounts of alcohol consumed.


Speaking for myself here, football can bring out every emotion possible...Happiness, sadness, anger and pure and utter torment (sad I know) but so true. As of late, some of my friends (yes I have Friends) have ridiculed the club I love by saying that many of us are 'disloyal' and 'fickle'. These are two words that may apply to some football supporters - but not West Ham fans, if anything we have been to loyal and content in recent years - and have therefore been made to suffer because of it!
All we desire is some hard work and passion from the players in return, is that really too much to ask?

The only reason I can assume that people have been calling us 'fickle' is because of the treatment towards manager Sam Allardyce, or Big Sam to you and I. It's no secret that our relationship with Sam has been turbulent at the very least - but Sam is a big boy (no pun) and I'm sure he can handle it.

A few weeks back I was watching Match of the day, I'm pretty sure it was after the game in which we beat reigning Premier League Champions Manchester City 2-1 at home. During the post match analysis, Ex Newcastle and England front-man, Alan Shearer made a comment along the lines of ''Where are the Sam boo boys now?''
Now I can only say this, the Allardyce critics are still there but they are obviously going to support the team while they are playing  their hearts out and getting results to back it up. The majority of the Sam out brigade, never wanted him installed as manager in the first place, so I wouldn't necessarily call those fans fickle or turncoats.

To surmise I think that football has become a very fickle sport in general, for example. Brendan Rogers was touted as being one of the most exciting young and upcoming managers around, fast forward a few months and he looks set to lose his job if results carry on the way they have been.

Does that make Liverpool fans fickle for wanting the best out of their team? No of course not - and it's worth mentioning that its mostly the media who scrutinise the manager and the club, therefore almost brain washing supporters into believing that they are wrong to back the team and manager in a tricky situation.

P.s Mr Shearer, where are all the Pardew out boo boys now?