Tuesday, April 01, 2008

 

We're Not Dead!!!

Head on over to the WHU-AU Forums :-

http://whu-au.com

Saturday, March 29, 2008

 

Brisbane Hammers: Sunderland vs West Ham Sat 29th March


Sunderland vs West Ham
Saturday 29th March
1am Kick Off


Ok so things have not been too great I know but we're a loyal bunch so I'm expecting a big turnout at the end of this month for our away fixture against Sunderland.

The usual venue,


Pig n Whistle
123 Eagle St
Brisbane




Come on you rip roaring goal scoring hammers!

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

 

Adelaide Hammers vs Fulham 12th Jan

West Ham v Fulham

Happy New Year to all Hammers Fans.

Ok guys we are going to go for our first meetup this year against Fulham on the 12th of January kickoff is at 1.25am,meeting at the usual place,The Strathmore Hotel (opposite casino).Both Kaye and myself will be there from about 10pm,lets get as many Hammers fans to this one as possible and get the New Year off to a flying start.

Could you please post in the forums http://whuau.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=202&sid=e41245c981662885c1bf1fc2c18e137d if you think you will be able to make it to this one.

Cheers Paul
Adelaide Hammers

Saturday, January 05, 2008

 

The Magic of the FA Cup!

This is what it's all about. The passion of the FA Cup is like no other for me. As kid I remember the cup run that took us to the semi final in 1991 to be robbed by the ludicrous sending off of Tony Gale by the since maligned ref Keith Hackett. And of course nobody can forget the heart ache of 2 years ago as the clock hit 90 minutes the score board said 3-2 to the mighty hammers only for it all to come crushing down. That's as close as it gets but it leaves us all hungry for more and only reiterates the drama and passion of the FA Cup which is rivaled by no other competition in the world.

Today sees us attempt to get past the first stage of the competition as the premier league clubs enter the third round. The draw has not been particularly kind to us early doors with us drawing a home tie against the in form Manchester City, a club rejuvinated under the ex England boss Sven Goran Eriksson. The hammers form has been inconsistent this season although we have a very healthy 29 points on the table. It is pretty clear that we are going to have a mediocre season on the league front and will probably languish somewhere in midtable come the end of the season. So it makes it all the more important to give the fans something to get excited about via the FA Cup.

So I am going to go out on a limb and say we will nick this game 2-1 today but I also have a gut feel that it may go to a replay. I expect Curbs to go with the 4-5-1 system with Carlton COle as the lone striker again. Our midfield will be hard pushed to keep the likes of Elano and Petrov quiet and a five man midfield will seem quite attractive to curbs I'm sure.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

 

Match Prediction: Reading Home

West Ham Form: WDLWLW
Reading Form: LLDWDW

Venue: Upton Park
Capacity: 35640



Probable Hammers lineup: Green, Neill, Upson, Spector, McCartney, Solano, Ljungberg, Parker, Mullins, Cole, Ashton.

Prediction 3-1: I reckon after that good result at the weekend we'll be champing at the bit to get our home form going and we will over power an inferior Reading team for some much wanted xmas cheer.

Friday, December 21, 2007

 

Match Preview: Middlesboro Away

Boro Form: DDLDWW
West Ham Form: DWDLWL

Venue: Riverside Stadium
Capacity: 34500



Probable Hammers lineup: Green, Neill, Upson, Collins, McCartney, Solano, Ljungberg, Parker, Mullins, LBM, Ashton.

Prediction 1-1: Unfortunately Boro have had a little bit of form recently and we could be a little fragile after the Everton debacle. Our Riverside form is not that great so draw at best for me.

Monday, December 17, 2007

 

Brisbane Hammers/Boro Xmas Bash Sat Dec 22nd

Ok guys I've teed it up with the pig n whistle that we are gonna have a sit down xmas roast with the boro fans the night of our match 9pm.

Cost is 20 bucks per person and for your money you get a traditional roast turkey dinner.

I need an idea of numbers so please can you confirm your attendance on the following thread on the forums...

http://whuau.freeforums.org/viewtopic.php?t=82&sid=823c575f7cc1e4560cf81b1e962c395a

The match will be kicking off at 1am so plenty of time to get lubricated before the match. (no sexual jokes please)

Come on you Irons!

Friday, December 07, 2007

 

Chant of the week

"You are our feeder club." - Tottenham fans to West Ham fans

"That's why you're going down." - West Ham fans' response


Monday, December 03, 2007

 

FA Cup 3rd Round Draw

Man City at ours which is not the kindest marble that could have come out.

After our name came out there were 15 teams left in the hat including Chelsea, Newcastle & Portsmouth. But there was also Burton Albion, Bury & Barnet which would have been a whole lot nicer.

Here's hoping for a Dean Ashton winner like we had in 2006. I'm sure we can work something out to the tune of white christmas.

Full Draw (to be played Jan 5/6)

Preston v Scunthorpe
Port Vale/Chasetown v Cardiff
Colchester v Peterborough
Bolton v Sheffield United
Blackburn v Coventry
Brighton v Mansfield
Northampton/Walsall v Millwall
Charlton v West Brom
Watford v Crystal Palace
Luton/Nottingham Forest v Liverpool
Plymouth v Hull
Aston Villa v Manchester United
Tranmere v Hereford
T*tenham v Reading
Burnley v Arsenal
Bristol City v Middlesbrough
Fulham v Bristol Rovers
Huddersfield v Birmingham
Horsham/Swansea v Havant & Waterlooville
Sunderland v Wigan
Oxford/Southend v Dagenham & Redbridge
Everton v Oldham
Derby v Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton v Leicester
West Ham Utd v Manchester City
Ipswich v Portsmouth
Wolves v Cambridge
Barnsley v Blackpool
Chelsea v QPR
Stoke v Newcastle
Swindon v Burton Albion/Barnet
Norwich v Bury

Sunday, December 02, 2007

 

Chelsea 1 - 0 West Ham

Fucken unlucky! Joe was offside for me ('CAUSE HE WAS!) but sometimes you get them and sometimes you don't. But Joe did do well to split the defenders and get himself into a good position, to collect the ball, in the first place, his finish was also pretty good. But his celebration, what a cunt! No respect there for a club that he owes everything too. Always had a soft spot for Joe but he has now officially made the shit list!

Onto the game, what a gutsy performance from the lads, we were in their face big time. There's a real nasty streak in the team at the moment and I like it! We gave them nothing and worked our bollocks off, can't ask for anymore than that! For two teams that are supposed to be miles apart in quality, I thought there was very little difference. We were definitely worth a draw IMO. In fact I reckon that if we had just a bit more quality i.e. Tevez, I think we might have nicked this one.

I thought to a man all played well, gave everything and played to the best of their ability. The exception to this was Ethers, for me he is a one trick pony, and if that trick doesn't work he offers nothing else. Sorry Ethers fans and I know there's a few of you on here but he just isn't that good.

Anyway, don't want to be negative, overall was happy enough with the game. We are looking pretty solid. Never pleased with a loss but with effort like that I've no complaints and was very proud of the lads.

CURBS IN!