lee bowyer signs for west ham

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― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 17:26 (twenty-three years ago)

good move, he's back in his old neighbourhood so should feel at home and he can keep his head down for the rest of the season...I don't rate his England chances much given West Ham are a dead cert for the drop however, but Sven has shown support for Woodgate so who knows...

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 17:36 (twenty-three years ago)

i heard a tabloid rumour that bowyer made some joke about sven and ulrika while at the dinner table with players and coaching staff, and his royal svenness took great offence to it.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 17:39 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm pleased he's not at Leeds anymore. I don't think he was doing LUFC any good at all.

― Tim (Tim), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 17:45 (twenty-three years ago)

heh. me thinks its roeder's last big buy before the sack.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 17:49 (twenty-three years ago)

i think its a good buy as far as west ham are concerned.

as far as both leeds and bowyer are concerned it is ridiculuos, only a matter of months since leeds could have got £9m and bowyer could have been at liverpool!

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 19:51 (twenty-three years ago)

I hope that he forms a great all-England-international quartet across the middle with Cole, Carrick and Sinclair, and that Di Canio and Kanoute start knocking them in so that West Ham survive. I'm walking distance from the ground, and am adopting them as my second club.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 19:51 (twenty-three years ago)

out of the frying pan into the fire, then (both Leeds and West Ham having struggled for years to distance themselves from their old National Front connections)

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 20:24 (twenty-three years ago)

yes, but west ham have been rather more succesful in this?

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 20:36 (twenty-three years ago)

they have indeed, AFAIK. this is the thing. there is an article by an Asian in the Guardian today who says he won't be able to bring himself to watch West Ham while Bowyer is playing for them ... however much is conjecture, it's fair to say that Bowyer is the sort of person who put Andrew Rosindell in Parliament.

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 20:56 (twenty-three years ago)

hmm, while he may not be the nicest of people, he has had whatever is coming to him (whether you think it is enough or not is a separate question), and lets not forget, it was woodgate who got found guilty. i mean, we do believe in rehabilitation dont we? i dont know, as much as i dont have any time for bowyer, i think he deserves a fair crack of the whip at west ham.

if i was roeder, i would have bought him

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 21:47 (twenty-three years ago)

There's little I loathe more than racism, but I thought there was little if any suggestion that the attack he was involved in was racially motivated. I wonder how many footballers are at least as racist as Bowyer, as far as I've seen any evidence? Loads, I suspect. If a manager decided to not sign any, he might be in trouble, sadly. I'd want more proof of Bowyer's attitudes before I'd say West Ham should have passed up a great bargain in playing terms.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 8 January 2003 22:08 (twenty-three years ago)

bowyer would probably object to playing for england while johnny foreigner is in charge, anyway.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 9 January 2003 00:32 (twenty-three years ago)

There's the incident in the Greenwich MacDonalds a few years back - it was said to simply be the rage of an angry young man annoyed in D-Fens stylee rage that he could only get breakfast instead of a burger. But all the staff were Asian IIRC. And there were apparently things said by Bowyer to them that didn't exactly relate to the menu. I also heard (supposition yes, potentially unfair yes, potentially illuminating yes) that his Dad helped the BNP in elections in Haringey.

I think at the very least, he's a thoroughly nasty piece of work; his stuff about quibbling over the fine Leeds were going to levy upon him after the trial, backing out of the Liverpool deal, only signing for six months (so in effect, it's a 6 month loan from Leeds to West Ham upon conclusion of which he's a free agent).

― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 9 January 2003 00:59 (twenty-three years ago)

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