Karren Brady has resigned from her position as Vice-Chairperson at West Ham United. HOORAY! Let us raise our glasses and rejoice!

It’s a great moment for West Ham fans. It feels like all the protests and noise made by fans were actually worth something. Of course, there are still bigger fish to fry, but this is a good start for real change in East London.

Given the Irons’ current relegation battle, nothing is guaranteed, and we could be playing Championship football with David Sullivan still at the helm. But West Ham fans will enjoy this moment. Even neutral fans seem to realise this is a big deal for those in claret and blue.

However, Brady’s departure has given Hammers fans hope that this could be the first domino in a chain reaction leading to Sullivan’s exit. But according to Simon Jordan of talkSPORT, West Ham is not currently a valuable club to sell.

The former Crystal Palace chairman admitted on his talk show with Jim White on Tuesday that “the worst time he (Sullivan) can sell West Ham is now”. Jordan’s not entirely wrong here. The Irons could still be relegated from the Premier League this season, and their reported financial troubles are worrying.

But what the 58-year-old said next really antagonised me. He asked of Sullivan, “what is the point of being West Ham chairman?” He believes that Sullivan does indeed love West Ham, but admitted the fans don’t love him back, which he called “unfair”.

Unfair.

The irony.

Jordan criticised West Ham fans for loathing Sullivan, even when the Hammers won the UEFA Europa Conference League. He also called Hammers fans out for “almost physically intimidating” Sullivan and David Gold.

Here we go again. Once more, a personality in the media is undermining West Ham fans for wanting more from their club. God forbid West Ham fans wish to show ambition and feel the need to call out the club’s primary decision-makers when they make the wrong moves.

A similar situation occurred with Glenn Hoddle a few months ago amid Irons fans’ “BS Out” red card campaign away at Burton in the FA Cup. The former Tottenham Hotspur man dismissed the protest, bluntly claiming that fans should “get behind their team” instead of protesting. As if the West Ham fans in attendance had travelled to Staffordshire just to stick their cards up.

It’s a narrative in the media that’s becoming tired. As for the comment on the UEFA Conference League, I can’t think of another trophy that has been wielded so relentlessly against a club’s own supporters as West Ham’s 2023 triumph.

For most pundits and media personalities, the trophy is either seen as a huge victory taken for granted by greedy Hammers fans, or an honour so insignificant that fans should be embarrassed to celebrate it.

I understand that talkSPORT isn’t exactly the pinnacle of authentic and well-researched football journalism. But nonetheless, they get quite an audience. And if it’s not Jordan, it’s Jamie O’Hara or Jim White or others who portray West Ham fans as entitled, ungrateful brats – when in reality, we just want what’s best for our club.