David Sullivan’s reality star fiancée Ampika Pickston has launched a sweary rant defending the West Ham chief amid fan protests to force him out and may have dropped a hint over Graham Potter’s sacking.
Hammers fans followed up a public vote of no confidence in the board by protesting ahead of the defeat to Crystal Palace.
Majority owner David Sullivan and vice-chair Karren Brady were the primary targets as around 4,000 West Ham fans took to the street leading to the director’s entrance at the London Stadium.
For the avoidance of doubt, the slogan used by fan group Hammers United for their new campaign of activism is ‘No more BS’ – very deliberately using Sullivan and Brady’s initials.
The latest upsurge of fan discontent has attracted the attention of the national press too.
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West Ham released a huge 1,382-word statement defending the board in the build-up to the Palace defeat.
Judging by the reactions on social media and fans forums, that statement only served to persuade more supporters to join the protest.
Supporters have fully turned on Graham Potter during the defeat to the Eagles.
Potter is seen as symptomatic of the club’s problems under the current ownership and another poor choice of manager.
Hammers fans chanted ‘Sack the board’ inside the London Stadium as West Ham slipped to a fifth defeat from six games this season.
West Ham have won just two games at their hugely unpopular London Stadium home all year.
Sullivan is being urged to sack Potter but fans don’t have faith he will choose the right man to replace him.
Especially with the club reportedly only considering out-of-contract free agent candidates.
Amid all the criticism someone has now stuck their head above the parapet for the Hammers’ main stakeholder.
Sullivan’s reality star fiancée Ampika Pickston has launched a sweary defence of the West Ham chief and dropped a Potter sack hint.
Ampika Pickston launches sweary defence of David Sullivan
Many Irons fans are baffled as to why the club has not sacked Potter immediately after the Palace defeat.
Especially given any new boss would have eight uninterrupted days to prepare for a tough trip to Everton.
A board confidant has suggested Potter’s dismissal is inevitable but Sullivan is holding off for now.
West Ham dragging their heels on the manager with their Premier League survival at stake has only served to enrage fans further.
When Sullivan returned home after the Palace defeat, his fiancée Pickston – who is a star of The Real Housewives of Cheshire reality TV show – took to social media to show a present she had bought Sullivan.
It was a framed picture of the Hammers chief smoking a cigar imposed alongside Al Pacino doing the same in his role in the all-time classic Scarface.
A West Ham fan messaged Pickston on her Instagram demanding she tell Sullivan to leave West Ham.
Her response was an X-rated rant in staunch defence of the billionaire, in which she insists Sullivan cares just as much as the fans.
Pickston also claims Sullivan works tirelessly and is hurting after “wasting millions on managers and players”.
She even warned West Ham fans they should ‘be careful what they wish for’, pointing to the post-Sullivan Birmingham era as evidence as to why.
Sullivan’s reality TV star fiancée appears to drop Potter sack hint
She then tells the fan ‘things will change’ and to ‘watch this space’ in what appears to be a clear hint Potter will be sacked.
“He works his a— off and gives a s— about the club,” Pickston said on social media.
“Spent a fortune on players and managers. There is no exact science to guarantee results.
“When David Sullivan and David Gold left Birmingham the fans were thrilled; within 18 months the new Chinese owners ruined the club. Be careful of what you wish for.
“He gives a f—, until you have walked in someone else’s shoes no one can a true comprehension of all sides and dynamics. He is just as devastated as you. Believe me.
“I see your point of view, watch this space as things will change. Don’t lose faith.”
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