I was looking at the West Ham forums trying to guage our performance, from their eyes and came across kumb.com (Knees up Mother Brown ) This a West Ham supporter forum much like this. Their matchday thread West Ham v Swansea was a revealing read. From their expectations for the win, to the start of the match and the blow by blow account ( from page 20 ) to the realisation that maybe, just maybe, there may be something about Swansea after all ,( page 30 on ). It runs to 63 pages in all and there is growing yet grudging respect towards the end, and a reminder to their own fans about how the Liberty had become a graveyard for most who harboured grandiose thoughts about turning us over last term. All in all I believe some new admirers of the cockney variety have been born. If you have a minute check it out.
Kudos to you for getting through 63 pages. You have saved us all a lot of time. Often it takes time to gain respect, but I think we are really starting to get it now. ML wanting to manage us is probably a bit of an eye-opener for many fans from other clubs (and some from our club).