West Ham co-owner to complain to FA over Fulham team selection

Fizman

Not sure if this has been posted, but this kind of sh1t gets right up my nose.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6069157,00.html

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has confirmed to Sky Sports News that the club will make a formal complaint to the Premier League over Fulham's team selection against Hull City last weekend.

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson made six changes from the side that started against Tottenham in the FA Cup and Sullivanconfirmed to Sky Sports News'chief news reporter Bryan Swanson that the club will ask the Premier League to investigate comments made by Hodgson after the match.

Hodgson admitted he rested some of his key players at the KC Stadium ahead of their Europa League match against Wolfsburg.

The Tigers secured a 2-0 win at the KC Stadium to move level on points with West Ham, with a game in hand, in the battle to avoid relegation.

Sullivan says a complaint will be made to the Premier League, via the club's solicitors, on Friday.

Fulham boss Hodgson has defended his decision to rest players and was unfazed by talk that the club could find itself in trouble with the Premier League over his line-up.

He has some neck. I would imagine this is highly embarrassing for West Ham fans. Not only have they bottled two big fixtures recently, but the club then have the balls to complain about Fulham team selection. Fulham, a team who were still in two main cup competitions and perfectly entitled to pick whoever the fcuk they please as they have a comfortable league position. I wouldn't mind but David Sullivan even looks like a smug little fcuker.

paul150

West ham should concentrate on who they are playing instead of what team people around them are playing, 6 changes is hardly the 11 wolves made against utd

dreamers75

paul150 wrote: »

West ham should concentrate on who they are playing instead of what team people around them are playing, 6 changes is hardly the 11 wolves made against utd

The team Wolves put out vs United won a match 2 weeks irc.

Hoki

Well if they fined Wolves for fielding a weakened team against Utd at Old Trafford then they should in fact fine Fulham for they have done .
Cant have double standards & seeing as it affected West Ham who are battling for their lives - why shouldnt they complain?

~Rebel~

Hoki wrote: »

Well if they fined Wolves for fielding a weakened team against Utd at Old Trafford then they should in fact fine Fulham for they have done .
Cant have double standards & seeing as it affected West Ham who are battling for their lives - why shouldnt they complain?

Wolves weren't fined for fielding a weakened team, they were fined for saying they did. I don't believe that Hodgson actually said, "yes we're fielding a weakened team", instead he said;

"I had confidence in the players I put in the team, players like Dikgacoi and Dempsey needed more football. They got injured in January."

Asked if Zola will be cross, he added: "No, I don't think so. I think what most managers should be saying is how well we have done to keep playing the same players week after week.

"We played seven matches in 21 days in February. We have played eight in 24 days in March and we have got another seven or eight in 26 days in April.

"I do not think it is fair for anybody to suggest that we can do that with 11 players.

"I think that the players who have come into the team, Dempsey for Zamora, Dikgacoi for Murphy and (Chris) Smalling for Hughes, I think I am entitled to say that those players are more than capable of playing at this level."

Wolves got in trouble as McCarthy actively said he was choosing his weakened team, whereas Hodgson has only said he had complete faith in the team he sent out and is simply using rotation due to playing so many games.

I'd be astonished if anything came of this.

UnitedIrishman

One of the daftest rules in the game. Must have been some gimp that came up with putting it in the rulebook.

That_Guy

Absolute joke to be honest. Clutching at straws.

Hammer Archer

At first I thought that this was bulls**t but if it's true I'm very embarrassed. Fulham are well within their rights to play a weakened team at this stage. We did the same thing a few years ago when we were gunning for the FA Cup. Like others have said, if we hadn't screwed up in the last 6 games, we wouldn't be in this mess.

Also, coming out with this now is a sure fire way to ensure Fulham play a full strength side against us next month :mad:

You absolute twat Sullivan.

x in the city

west ham should get a grip and stop looking to blame others, what a load of c0ck.

having said that im not overly confident of Everton beating them