West Ham United joint chairman David Gold has come under fire with plenty of criticism recently for his comments on the youth players at the club.
Gold believes that the teenagers at the club do not have a chance of breaking into a first team set-up full of “seasoned internationals”.
This enraged West Ham fans who had been hoping to see the likes of Declan Rice and Domingos Quina handed opportunities in the first team.
Hammers fans argued that this completely undermined our youth team set-up and rather than backtracking, Gold continued to put forward his case.
Now David Gold appears to have relented a bit by tweeting that West Ham have the most talented bunch of teenagers in over a decade.
We think we have the best group of teenagers for over a decade. Time will tell. dg
— David Gold (@davidgold) May 29, 2017
However, West Ham fans believe that Gold is just continuing to dig his hole.
Here are a selection of the best responses to this tweet from the joint chairman.
Just stop tweeting mate.
— ⚒ Sam Mansell ⚒ (@sam_mansell1988) May 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/oljay99/status/869105010075893760
Now we have talented youngsters because you don't want to spend any dough in the transfer market ?You are the weakest link Goodbye !!!
— Farehamhammer (@FarehamHammer) May 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/st90nicola/status/869105133879263232
https://twitter.com/Dickywicky82/status/869104845600567296
https://twitter.com/Ruth_Smith67/status/869127758949085185
https://twitter.com/RianBudden/status/869104907638497280
https://twitter.com/Lampett88/status/869104804097912832
Well maybe give Burke and Oxford a go then instead of being linked with more CBs
— JP (@E17_Hammer) May 29, 2017
The difference is, in the past, all those teenagers were given a go. Lampard. Joe Cole. Carrick. Johnson. We need to give them PL experience
— Nathan (@npiz01) May 29, 2017
Not with a team full of Internationals…lol, We have loads of them don't we!!
— Mark Shurben-Browne (@MarkShurben) May 29, 2017
