How did that make you feel?

[Kathy 733]

Superior? Glad you didnt have to go through all that?
I found it a bit odd. Palace did really well but we, yes Norwich, yes our team, had done so much much much better. And nobody mentioned it.

[FatMan Fat 0]

Yeppers....2 years ago was the worst set of emotions I have ever been through. I still wont watch it on video. Still, I guess Palace was the better result for us.

[At last? 0]

Bentley, pack your bags my old son youre off to Norwich!!

Bad luck West Ham fans, Tough Sh7t Pardew! I bet Worthy had a chuckle..

[Mello Yello 2,281]

I actually watched the play-off final in a certain riverside establishment, and there was a substantial amount of Hammer fans also in attendance enjoying the game. I admit my allegiance was directed toward a Palace victory. So after the final whistle went, I was quite chuffed that Pardew, after all his vitriol and rhetoric directed toward the Div 1 Champions, was made to feast on his words. I therefore was in a buoyant mood, as Palace, collected their hard-fought trophy and celebrated. The vast majority of the young Hammer''s gang, had rapidly dispersed at full-time, so I made my exit and headed out of the riverside.

It was then I saw a young man, sporting a Hammers shirt, sat on a bench, head in his hands. He was bawling his eye''s out, my initial thoughts and reaction were, "unlucky fellah, that''s the way the cookie crumbles"....and then, I recalled this time two seasons ago, and our defeat and the way that I felt. I wanted to console him, like I do when either of my two young son''s feel down, unhappy or upset. But I didn''t think it would have been appropriate, as he may have thought I was being patronising or condescending. So I just breezed past him, like one does with a drunk sprawled out on a park bench. It''s just strange how one''s emotions can change in that spur of a moment. I didn''t feel so good about the game after that. But, life goes on, and I''m sure they will be there or thereabouts next season. It''s a strange old world isn''t it folks?. OTBC

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We all get our chance. This year was ours. I remember last year looking at Portsmouth flying high and thinking about how their fans must be feeling. Then this year I found out!

So by the time the Hammers get promoted we may be back in the first division, it all goes around.

Looking at the table, only 1 team has been in the first div longer than us... Sheff Utd. Every other team has experienced promotion or relegation over the past 9 years. Its what makes it all so interesting - the top few may be predicatble in the Prem, but everything else from there down through the divisions is up for grabs.

Their time will come, as has ours.

Ama