What would relegation mean for West Ham? | The Football Boardroom
5/7/202644 min
This week it’s Hammer time. After the defeat at Brentford, West Ham have three games left to save their season…but what happens if the Premier League bubble bursts? Christian and Henry take a deep dive into the dynamics, dilemmas and doomsday scenarios facing the Irons as the pressure furnace heats up. Who’s calling the shots? What are the far-reaching implications of relegation? And are football’s rainmakers forecasting a summer of discontent in the East End even if West Ham stay up? Email in via: getintouch@thefootballboardroom.co.uk Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFootballBoardroom Follow us on Instagram: @footballboardroompod Follow us on TikTok: @footballboardroompod Follow us on X: @FootyBoardroom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsChristian Purslow· Host0:00
Welcome to the Football Boardroom. As we approach the business end of the season, today we take a look at West Ham. Who's making the decisions now behind the scenes? What dilemmas do they face this summer, whether they stay up or go down? What does a doomsday scenario look like? And please remember to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes.
Henry Winter· Host0:22
[upbeat music] Christian, good to see you. I was watching Arsenal, and Sunday is a seismic day in the season for Arsenal as they go to West Ham, but we're focusing today on West Ham United. And I think for them this is their biggest game since the, the Euro final in 2023. Just a high point for the club. But you look at events since then, and if they lose, and Tottenham are obviously showing signs of life under De Zerbi. We discussed it in, in a recent episode. I think all the headlines that us in the media, uh, like to throw around about West Ham under pressure, in a crisis, the Hammergeddon, the Hammer House of Horrors, all those have started. The, you know, the bubble's being burst, and I think this is a chronicle of a death foretold. You look at the problems over the last sort of 10, 13 years. Going into the stadium, the club said they wanted a world-class stadium for a world-class team. They've got neither at the moment as the fans... I've been talking to the fans, and they will absolutely confirm that, and there will be more the murmurs of dissent,