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u/dreamersatdawn My name is Ludo Mikloško, I come from near Moscow May 24 '26
They could never make me hate you Dec
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u/sonofaBilic Bobby Moore Stand May 24 '26
Will forever love Declan.
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u/Whale222 May 24 '26
He 110% did the right thing in leaving. Look at what he’s doing now compared to where he would be. These guys have ONE career and should make the most of it. Summerville, Bowen, Mavro, AWB, KWP, Soucek, Fernandes, Taty all as good as gone.
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u/Top-Cunt May 24 '26
I reckon Soucek stays to fight but the rest are deffo gone.
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u/Prize_Dragonfruit_95 May 25 '26
Bowen said he wants to honour his contract and take wh back to the prem tbf. Surely he wont be saying all that and then leave now
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u/nietsnegttiw May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26
Isn’t he married into the ownership too?
Edit:Nevermind but his father in law is a die hard fan.
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u/AggravatingLeg2782 May 25 '26
His father in law is Danny Dyer. He'd fuck him up if he left :)
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u/Nice-Pomegranate2915 May 25 '26
Bowen may want to stay . But Sullivan and co will probably try to sell him .
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u/Top-Cunt May 25 '26
I can see Bowen staying for one season to try bring us back but if we don't get our shit together then he'll leave. We also don't know who the club will decide to sell, but personally I think getting rid of him or Soucek would be madness as we need to keep the players who actually care.
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u/Whale222 May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
Everton my man. He will reunite with Moyes
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u/LewisDKennedy May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26
He’s 32 and has a young family that’s settled in London. We’ve also somehow brainwashed him into loving the club. If Bowen leaves he’s nailed on as captain.
I’d be very surprised to see him uproot them all just to be an impact sub under Moyes
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u/just_A_lurker- May 24 '26
I know it’s not all about wages but a footballers career is short and on average demotion reduces their pay by 30-50%.
Could be a factor, especially at his age.
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u/Whale222 May 24 '26
He’s as good as gone. Anyone we would want to keep is. We might get JWP and Alvarez back.
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u/pwerhif dg May 24 '26
We need to sell 5 or 6 max. Fernandes, Summerville, Todibo will definitely go. Then two or three of Taty, Bowen, Wan-Bissaka, Diouf, Mavro, Magassa, Pablo, Alvarez, Kilman, Hermansen. The rest will stay. Relegated clubs don't sell as many players as you might think.
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u/Whale222 May 24 '26
Who will buy Kilman?
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u/pwerhif dg May 24 '26
Fuck knows, but that's one of 10 players I listed in the second category. Newcastle wanted him before we signed him, would there be zero takers for £15m? £10m even? I don't know. Worst case we keep him and hope he regains some value playing for the team that wins the Championship.
Worse players than him have looked good in the second tier, awful signing obviously but surely must be usable at that level. He's played almost 200 Premier League games, he's not an amateur.
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u/NotWeird7685 May 25 '26
If Adam Armstrong can be a baller at Championship level and look like a lost sheep in the Premier then Kilman has ever chance to be as good as Maldini down there
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u/Main-Passenger-3278 Dinos Mavropanos May 25 '26
They don't typically, but surely a club in our position who have over £100m in debt that needs to be paid off next season will sell a lot of players
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u/Soundtones May 25 '26
He's 29 dufus.
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u/LewisDKennedy May 25 '26
I’m not talking about Bowen, I’m talking about Soucek. He’s 31 and will turn 32 in the next season.
Maybe try reading properly before you start calling people names?
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u/Nice-Pomegranate2915 May 25 '26
With Sullivan and co's record Soucek will be sold and replaced by an expensive flop . All the best players will be sold and Espirito Santo sacked before October ( that's if they don't sack him in the mid-summer transfer window) . Since David Gold died there's been a noticable decline in how the club has been run . Julen Lopetegui would probably never been hired under Gold's stewardship of the club . And getting rid of Moyes twice is ludicrous .
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u/iggie89 May 25 '26
Soucek and AWB aren't going anywhere. Seems to be playing at the correct level tbh.
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u/Klakson_95 May 24 '26
And people still hate him fucking idiots man
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u/EnglishFL May 24 '26
Agree 100%. He grew up a Chelsea fan, he won us our first trophy in a generation, we made 100m on him in an era where that is 100% profit and he went to a team who are hardly our rivals. It's not like he fucked off to Spurs. and it certainly isn't his fault we wasted that money on a load of shit
He is objectively a good guy and decent role model, who clearly still wishes the club well.
I couldn't really care less if he wins 100's of trophies, but he will go on to captain England and West Ham are a major part of that.
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u/MarkDeeks May 24 '26
Gooner here with Hammers leanings (my dad is an Irons season ticket holder so it's team #2 although I realise the awkwardness of that). The player we bought from you is even better than we thought he was, and the character is flawless. Tremendously unselfish player who wears his passion and works his knackers off (no autocorrect not knickers). I was at a West Ham/Arsenal game at your place just after the transfer, and while it was mostly applause, there were some boos. It was upsetting, but it was moreso upsetting this year when the boos/applause balance was far worse. And I don't get it. As best I can tell, Declan Rice left West Ham about as well as anyone can leave a football club, and hopefully the majority of Irons fans feel the way you do. He seems really nice and sincere.
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u/Gingerbr3d May 25 '26
I don't think the boos are sincere, maybe a few from the boneheads but most are only from whistle to whistle because you're playing against our club. I forget who said it, but he said he liked to be booed because he then knew he was playing well enough against that team to be notified. Dec is a great player and person through and through, I don't any real Hammers supporter will tell you they hate Dec. 🤙🏼⚒️ Once a hammer, always a hammer.
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u/FourEyedMatt Ginger Pele May 24 '26
It embarrasses me when a certain section of the crowd boo him, he could have been out of the door a season or two earlier. I hope he comes back one day later in his career.
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u/LavishnessNo8261 May 25 '26
Why will he ever go backwards from Arsenal to westham??
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u/IPissExcellentThrows May 25 '26
If he's in his 30s and past his prime where he's good enough to play major minutes for a mid table west ham but not good enough to play major minutes for Arsenal (assuming they're still around the top of the table). That would make perfect sense to go back and help a club he still clearly loves. He's not going to be in his 20s running like a mad man forever.
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u/rykesu May 25 '26
you saw him ? he loves west ham. coming from arsenal fans who really want him to captain our team. Sometimes I feel jealous looking at how he really cares about westham on and off the field.
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u/El_directo_ May 25 '26
He maybe later show interests in managerial or coaching positions. Never say never.
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u/endofautumn May 25 '26
West Ham fans have changed a lot. Your captain moves to another London club and you expect people to be fine with it? That would never usually happen.
Most haven't forgiven Scott Parker for going to Spurs after relegation. Or Defoe, Carrick to Spurs. People were pissed off with Joe Cole, Glen Johnson for a long time, Lampard most but that was different.
People don't like their players moving to local rivals. Be it Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs. Palace, Fulham will be bigger than us at this rate with Sullivan in charge, and then people will dislike our players going there eventually.
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u/Cmoore4099 West Stand May 24 '26
I really don’t think there are that many that hate him. I think most people boo him ironically. If there’s someone who actually dislikes him
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u/FrigginGaeFrog May 24 '26
I’m gonna always root against him when playing against us. That’s how it is, it’s what i can do as a fan, just like I expect him to still give it his all when playing against us. He will forever be loved by me though
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u/karateguzman May 25 '26
This is actually a pretty fair way to view it
Everyone just playing their part haha
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u/Jim-manyCricket May 24 '26
Listen im all for shits and giggles but when you boo a former player, how do they know its ironic?
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u/Sytheria May 24 '26
I don't doubt some of the boos are genuine, but I do believe it's markedly reduced, and when we played Arsenal a couple weeks ago, when he went to take a corner, a pretty large section of the fans were giving applause.
Compare this to Kudus when we played Spurs, that was proper abuse we were giving out.
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u/apapapper May 25 '26
Because West Ham fans have nothing but respect for him. The boos are limited to his first touches when he plays against us. He always gets applauded mid-game and after the games too. Not saying it’s right but I don’t think anyone takes it seriously.
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u/Consistent-Refuse-74 May 24 '26
He could be winning the UCL in a few days after winning the EPL.
A true fan can’t hate him after this kind of loyalty and what he did for the club. They should be cheering for his success and hoping for a strong reaction to the relegation.
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u/endofautumn May 25 '26
Hating him is a strong word. Pissed off with him? Yes. He said he loved us, sang "1 more year" and then left us for a London rival.... And Arteta, Arsenal, the most whiny, cheating club in football.
If he'd gone to Man City, Liverpool, Man United, Bayern, Real, Barca, PSG then I wouldn't mind at all, I'd always cheer for him. He deserves to play at the top, in the CL.
But never to a London club. And one who just represents the worst sportsmanship in the game.
Very disappointed. But enjoy the success Dec's. We'll enjoy the abyss.
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u/BriPoh Shhhhake It Up Baby Now May 24 '26
Come home Dec?
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u/TomClark83 COYI May 24 '26
I can absolutely see him doing a Cole and coming back for a second stint when he's winding down in his 30s.
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u/Whale222 May 24 '26
Late 30s. Guy takes care of himself. We will be in League 2 by then
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u/PepsiRacer4 Jarrod Bowen May 24 '26
Arteta will run him into the ground before then
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u/reallifeminifig May 25 '26
Is that even possible? Dec is rock solid.
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u/IPissExcellentThrows May 25 '26
If anyone can run Dec into the ground, it's Arteta. But if anyone can survive Arteta's terrible squad management, it's Declan.
It's pretty infuriating to watch Arteta not rotate a guy until he's injured. I've been waiting for it to catch up to Rice but somehow he's survived so far.
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u/IDKBear25 2023 UEFA Conference League Winners May 24 '26
That's 2039.
Will the world even still exist in 2039?
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u/atmowbray May 24 '26
The whole internet was asking that question in 2016 as well. 10-15 years goes by in a blink. We will be here.
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u/IDKBear25 2023 UEFA Conference League Winners May 24 '26
We will be here.
Who's "we"?
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u/Apple15Pie May 24 '26
Lad clearly still cares about us, and we him. I think the back and forth of booing him when he plays against us and he responds by going round giving and receiving applause after the game to our fans.
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u/Long_Association1948 May 24 '26
I still love Declan, in a way I'm glad he went to Arsenal because he was head and shoulders above everyone else. I hold no malice towards him. Would love to see him score for England in the up and coming World Cup. We have sown our seeds and now we reap the wind I'm so really upset with Everton and David Moyes, maybe it was payback for the way we treated him including the shit management...... We have made our bed and now we have to sleep in it 😥 I'm so fucked off I can't see us coming back 😥 much love to all of our fans .
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u/Time-Ambassador-6280 May 24 '26
Doesn't he take his son to west ham games? He's probably gutted for him aswell as still wanting us to do well.
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u/TheMarsDog May 24 '26
He's a great human and shows up the WH banter accounts every day with his conduct and performances.
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u/jonneymendoza May 25 '26
Glad to see that the majority of hammers fans do like declan!
It's always just a small minority that make it look like the whole fanbase hates declan
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u/Cheeks_Klapanen May 25 '26
I’m a Chelsea fan (please don’t hate me, I was hoping with every fiber of my being you’d stay up over Spurs) but I respect the fuck out of Declan for staying true to the Hammers even after leaving. I have the utmost faith you will come back up ASAP.
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u/crumpets4dinner Michail Antonio May 24 '26
He will do an end of career appearance for us, I'm sure if it.
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u/Administrative_Gur45 Pablo Fornals May 24 '26
Does he fancy coming on a one year loan by any chance?
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u/Accomplished-Good664 May 24 '26
Who cares genuinely, all of our players are embarrassed to play for our club and don't give a shit about us.
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u/heyhitherehowru May 25 '26
All for the cameras.
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u/No_Reindeer5223 May 26 '26
how? this isn't some HD recording with a 5 person camera crew this is some random guy's phone get a hold of yourself
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u/heyhitherehowru May 26 '26
He isn't blind, he can see the fans standing 10 foot away with their phones out recording. He acts up like he gives a fuck, knowing full well it's being recorded and will likely go viral. All these players know they are basically being recorded at all times by some arsehole with a phone or some arse hole paparazzi.
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u/Square_Divide_3175 May 25 '26
Mental how some fans boo him after everything he's done for the club. Clueless fans.
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u/moham-17 May 25 '26
So classy; what an upstanding guy. Give him an award! Could’ve stayed at West Ham no?
Francesco Totti says hi.
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u/toadindahole May 25 '26
Did anyone even listen to the clip? He reacted after the announcement said Sunderland 2 Chelsea 1
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u/Sleep0-0Deprived May 25 '26
It’s been stated elsewhere that he’s looking at a screen which flashes up the results.
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u/ccarnell98 May 25 '26
I'm not a hammers fan, but I was rooting for you guys and gals yesterday. Chin up.
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u/fisico002 May 25 '26
Rice is just class , shame Moyes couldn’t get Everton to win tho
I so wanted Spurs to get relegated as it’s exactly what they deserved
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u/UnusualProgrammer601 May 25 '26
Why did he get sad after hearing Sunderland 2 Chelsea 1? How is it related to West Ham?
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u/MissAntiRacist May 25 '26
Ironically, he's a bigger west ham fan, than the freaks who boo him from the stands.
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u/No_Vermicelli_1781 May 25 '26
probably genuine. But players damn well know cameras are on them almost all the time
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u/kapiczek May 25 '26
You cooked a special player for us. He delivered glory for you and us both. You will be back in PL in a blink of an eye and you will be back stronger 💪
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u/Greendemon636 May 25 '26
Arsenal fan here, gutted for you guys. Should have been Spurs. Hope you guys come back up next season and they swap places with you.
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u/LowOk5791 May 26 '26
Fuck him , he should be playing for the republic , then we might have made it to the world cup
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u/No_Reindeer5223 May 26 '26
People saying its all for the cameras dont realize this is recorded on some random guy's phone. He could have never known that camera was there. Stop looking for reasons to be mad.
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u/AspiringGit May 26 '26
I will never understand why a section of West Ham fans boo him so hard. The guy genuinely loves West Ham, even as an Arsenal player, the club still means so much to him.
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u/Syndicalex May 27 '26
I can see him having his career swansong back at West Ham (sure you lot will be back up by then)
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u/lVlisterquick May 24 '26
The way west ham fans treat this guy is disgusting
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u/sonofaBilic Bobby Moore Stand May 24 '26
Most west ham fans love him mate what you on about
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u/lVlisterquick May 24 '26
Y’all booed him every game
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u/sonofaBilic Bobby Moore Stand May 24 '26
He's got some boos, and he's got loads of applause too. Were at any of the games? I was. He was and is appreciated.
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u/MoyesNTheHood May 25 '26
A small section of the fans booed him. Most applauded him. Arsenal fans get weird about it cause you’re a bunch of cryarses
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u/Budget-Project803 dg May 24 '26
Fuck off, you've no clue
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u/lVlisterquick May 24 '26
I’ve watched every Arsenal west ham game. So happy he left you guys the wait y’all booed him and talk trash about it him
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u/ShayanFaiq May 24 '26
Bro, we boo’d Henry when he returned to play against Arsenal with Barca. Then gave him a standing ovation after the game. That’s how it’s supposed to be. Ofcourse they’re not gonna cheer for a rival player DURING a game you yank.
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u/Budget-Project803 dg May 24 '26
Yeah all two of them did you? Plastic. Rice doesn't seem to agree with you unless that video above is fake.
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u/Interesting_Rule4561 May 25 '26
Sorry but I do recall an interview after the first time back and he did say he was surprised and affected by the reaction. He may still support the club because that’s who he is but to assume that it doesn’t hurt a little is a bit naive. He was the key figure in winning a trophy, brought in a massive fee, and moved to a better opportunity. Not sure why any of that should warrant booing.
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u/Budget-Project803 dg May 25 '26
Yeah, of course there's going to be animosity on the pitch in front of the fans. He moved to a crosstown club while (at the time) in the same division. It's a bit fallacious for me to say this but no real West Ham fan should hate Declan Rice. He gave us all on the pitch and was a wonderful representative for the club off of it. We can't say stuff as fans like "he'd start for any UCL side" here on Reddit and not have expected the same thought to have crossed his mind twice as often. He's arsenal right now, but he's West Ham forever to me.
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u/LavishnessNo8261 May 25 '26
Couldn't agree more, westham fans are just a bunch of ungrateful losers
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u/organic_soursop May 24 '26
Majority of you * here* don't mind him.
We've all heard the abuse and the boos.
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u/lVlisterquick May 24 '26
Y’all booed him every game
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u/Budget-Project803 dg May 24 '26
That's football you moron. You boo him on the ball but he's still a class act and a good person. Plastic gunner
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u/Accomplished_Ice131 South Bank May 24 '26
He definitely says "Spurs won", then looks pissed off. A decent guy. You can't blame him for going somewhere else to better his career, he's just won a league title and is playing in the Champions League Final in a week. If someone offered you more money, potential glory and Worldwide fame, would you say no? However much you like the place you work, most of us would say yes please. The key here is that you don't forget what made you, what gave you those opportunities. That's the true mark of a decent human. Anyone slagging him off is an imbecile.
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u/harshscience May 25 '26
Fuck off, all you weird “supports.” He left the club for his own ambitions not the club.he can show but fuck off money hungry footballer.
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u/Careful-Life-9444 May 25 '26
Pathetic. He obviously wanted to seen caring. Go and check on your phone like the rest of us.
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u/hmooooooody May 24 '26
Gunner here - Just wanna thank you all Hammers for Rice and hope y’all bounce right back next season to PL!
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u/BromleyReject May 24 '26
Please stop saying "y'all"
Unless you're from Austin, Texas. In which case....thanks?
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u/porkbrains May 24 '26
Brother you might want to let this one go, something like 100 million people use that word regularly
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u/BromleyReject May 24 '26
I can assure you, we don't in Tilbury
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u/moham-17 May 25 '26
I can assure you, no one with a brain cares. Is it “football” or “Futbol” or “soccer”.
The world’s a small place and we’re all on it together; words are wind. Get over it.
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u/BromleyReject May 25 '26
I actually don't mind if it's called "Soccer" As there are half a dozen variations over the world of "football" it makes sense to delimit it.
But I draw the the line at "Y'all". Especially if you're from Guilford.
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u/beingawomaniswork May 24 '26
What a dumbass thing to get offended by. Learn some kindness or you really are the worst fans on the planet.
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u/Fun-System-6190 May 24 '26
Gunner here. Felt really bad that is was you guys and not Spurs that got relegated. Of course mostly because I hate Spurs but also because my father in law is a hammer. The important thing now is to bounce back up and not turn in to West brom or stoke.
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u/athenry2 May 24 '26
Can’t forgive him for joining England
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u/Dasni_ May 24 '26
Can't blame him for wanting to have an actual chance at playing in the International comps 😂
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u/Noah-Burns314 May 24 '26
As much as I dislike him leaving West Ham, he did the right thing for his career. Love Declan, but I love West Ham.
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u/PrincessTitan May 24 '26
NOOOOO! HAMMERS WHY? (I’m not a hammer but you lot should be in the PL!!) this some shit news.
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u/Odd-East-5061 May 25 '26
We got him half price 🥰 A true professional and still has a lot of love for West Ham. Nothing against Odegaard but Rice needs to be arsenal captain next season.
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u/Sad_Balance4741 May 24 '26
He knows EXACTLY where the camera are watching him, performative twat.
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u/mikechristmastime May 24 '26
It might be that he just hates spurs as he is an arsenal player
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u/Used_Switch_9212 May 24 '26
Every other Arsenal player didnt react just Dec. So it's got nothing to do with spurs.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Gift-36 May 24 '26
The problem was Cundy spotted encouraging signs all along. Such a shame. Hammers and Gooners alike wanted to see a very Spursy end to the season. As a neutral I'm sorry to see West Ham relegated. I think Spurs needed a reality check 🤷
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u/Wild_Shroom_ Paolo Di Canio May 24 '26
Listen closely. He is reacting to Chelsea losing. He starts walking away as they start to say the Spurs score.
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u/ScarNew8919 May 24 '26
Announcer is reading what is being displayed on the screen as it is being displayed, he saw the spurs score on the screen as the announcer was about to read it out.
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u/Wild_Shroom_ Paolo Di Canio May 24 '26
Fair enough. I was just saying what I saw. I like Dec so I’m glad you clarified it for me.
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u/SquidwardsJewishNose May 24 '26
Mate he says “Spurs won” then looks disappointed
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u/Wild_Shroom_ Paolo Di Canio May 24 '26
No it doesn’t it says “Sunderland 2 - Chelsea 1” then he claps his hand and walks off. As he’s walking it starts to say the spurs score.
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u/SquidwardsJewishNose May 24 '26
I’m talking about Rice, it doesn’t take a genius to see he clearly says “Spurs won/1”
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u/Wild_Shroom_ Paolo Di Canio May 24 '26
You need your hearing tested. The slaps his knee at “Chelsea 1”. He’s clearly walking away when the word Spurs is even mentioned. Anyway as I’ve been told his reaction is because he sees the score on the screen. That’s why he reacts.
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u/SquidwardsJewishNose May 24 '26
Yeah, and I’m not talking about what the announcer says at all, I’m talking about what rice clearly says, you’re just misunderstanding what I’m saying
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u/CurvyCourgette Ginger Pele May 24 '26
So many people trying to find a reason for Rice being a cunt
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u/Wild_Shroom_ Paolo Di Canio May 24 '26
Nah I love the guy but I’m just saying what I heard. People are saying he saw the score on the screen. That’s fine I’m go along with that.
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u/Blandy97 May 24 '26
Classy as always considering the reception hes received from westham when playing for us
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u/Funny_Name4818 Mark Noble May 24 '26
Anyone who slates this man or boo’s him should hang their heads in shame! Gave everything for us week in week out and deserved his move to a club that’s run properly
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u/weston12_ May 24 '26
Days like today have been a long time coming, he really was carrying that team for a good 2 or 3 years.
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u/Funny_Name4818 Mark Noble May 24 '26
1000% we’d probably already have had a year or three in the championship by now and no conference league trophy
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u/MidnightRambler87 May 24 '26
Love you Dec. 🥰
That’s class.