West Ham Fans Should Be Embarrassed with Karen Brady

West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady, called for the English football season to be declared “null and void” just a day after the Premier League season was suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.

And quite frankly, if I was a West Ham supporter, I would be embarrassed. With West Ham digging in deep with another relegation fight, it’s blatantly obvious why she has called for such drastic measures.

No Decency, No Integrity

Liverpool have pretty much won the league, but Karren Brady wants it null and void to save her club from a relegation fight

Does she not care about the integrity of football? Obviously not, but what about the millions of pounds West Ham fans have spent this season supporting their team? She obviously doesn’t care about them either.

‘There is no dodging the possibility that all levels in the EFL, as well as the Premier League, will have to be cancelled and this season declared null and void,’ said Brady a day after the suspension of the season.

‘The Premier League hopes that an interlude of three weeks from now will enable it to restart but that may well be dreamland. Perhaps scrubbing Euro 2020 could provide more time to complete the season into the summer but that is also a giant ‘if’. What if the league cannot be finished?’

It’s not a case of if the Premier League season can be finished. The fact is, the world isn’t ending and we can just carry on when things can start getting back to normal.

Does she not even consider the fact that Liverpool have basically won the league already, and cancelling the season would rob them of their first title in 30 years.

And what about the teams fighting for Champions League places. Who will claim them?

What about Sheffield United? They’re having their most successful season in living memory, and to simply tear up the record books would be catastrophic to the Yorkshire club. Although West Ham have robbed the Blades of fortunes in the past.

Then there’re the teams fighting for promotion to the Premier League. Leeds, West Brom and Fulham among others are fighting for the Premier League riches, so if they were simply refused entry I’m sure the authorities would have a huge legal challenge on their hands.

What To Do About Coronavirus Impact?

The Euros have been cancelled now, but if the suspension of this season carries on further into the year, we will simply have to carry on when it does start again.

Let’s not forget we have a winter World Cup in 2022. So, if the FA and other governing bodies play it right they could time it so the 2022 season ends in October that year. And then after the Qatar 2022 World Cup stagger a few more seasons until we get back to normal.

Of course it’s a mess, but there’s nothing we can do about it. The whole world has basically shutdown, and everything is being disrupted, but once things start getting back to normal, the world and football included will just have to pick up where we left it and keep going.

As for Karren Brady and West Ham, I guess it’ll be yet another relegation fight, but at least the Hammers will fight with integrity, even if she’s trying to jump over the trapdoor.

Author: Tommy Limpitlaw