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Premier League fans’ verdicts halfway though the season

We’ve reached the halfway point of the Premier League season and the table has begun to take shape with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City looking set to march to the league title.

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Souness’ best PL player of 2017?

Graeme Souness picks his best Premier League players of 2017 before settling on one star man of the year.

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Happy Hammers Christmas

It’s that time of the year again and everybody here at ClaretandHugh wishes every single one of our 70,000 registered website users and their families a truly peaceful and happy Hammers Christmas. Like the squad, we won’t have a lot of time to rest over the break with the boys back in action on Boxing Day away […]

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BBC pundit predicts no Boxing day joy

BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson believes West Ham can only manage a draw on their away trip to the South coast on Boxing day. Lawro told the BBC website: “Bournemouth have gone seven league games without a win and I do find it amazing that their boss Eddie Howe gets such an easy ride when his […]

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Moyes may look to fellow Scot to solve midfield problem

David Moyes may make a move for Scotland midfielder John McGinn if he fails to land  Steven N’Zonzi A deal for N’Zonzilooks almost impossible to get sorted with Sevilla sacking boss Eduardo Berizzi last week. The Spanish team have put transfers on hold while they appoint a new man to look after the rest of the season. […]

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Player Ratings: West Ham United vs Newcastle United: Premier League Matchday Nineteen

Let’s take an in-depth look at player performance after the home defeat to Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle United in Stratford, as David Moyes’ Hammers ended a run of three consecutive Premier League matches unbeaten. Adrian San-Miguel: 6/10 After three League clean sheets on the bounce, it would be a shaky afternoon for the Spaniard, who, rather unjustly for many, was on the end of most pointing fingers after the Magpies equalised early on. Adrian was criticised for…

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Main Talking Points: West Ham United vs Newcastle United: Premier League Matchday Nineteen

It’s now time to trawl back over some of the main causes of discussion in the wake of yesterday afternoon’s London Stadium defeat to Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle United, as David Moyes lost his unbeaten home record in Claret & Blue. Hammers Defence Crumbles After Solid Form A run of three consecutive League clean sheets for the Claret & Blue back five duly came to an end with Saturday’s defeat, having shut out Chelsea, Arsenal…

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West Ham Player ratings

West Ham v Newcastle Player Ratings by Niall McDonald Adrian: Saved by the woodwork twice, don’t recall him making a save of his own 5 Zabaleta: Received virtually every pass standing still, and seemingly unable to move upfield 4 Reid: Surprised to see the skipper come out for the second-half after injury, struggled against their […]

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Winston Reid admits terrible game

Winston Reid has admitted Saturday’s game against Newcastle was terrible but says the team need to go to Bournemouth to pick up points to make things right again. “It was terrible, from our point of view, conceding three goals, giving goals away, and they could have had another two in the first half,” said  Winston […]

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Christmas bedtime story: Billy and the magic ball

Penned by east Londoner, former Olympic athlete, journalist and children’s author Jeanette Kwakye, Billy and the Magic Ball is a bespoke tale based on Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. To bring the short story to life, the Hammers first-team squad sat down to read it for a special video. “I thought it would be […]

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Hammers enquire about Everton midfielder

West Ham may consider a move for  Morgan Schneiderlin if efforts forBournemouth’ss Harry Arter fail . David Moyes has identified a midfielder as his top priority in the January transfer window. He is believed to have a budget of around £20million to play with, with Arter possibly costing around the £15m mark if a deal can be agreed. […]

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Hammers may consider swap for Swansea duo

West Ham are weighing up a move for Swansea City midfielder Ki Sung-yueng as well as his teammate Alfie Mawson reports Daily Mail. Ki is out of contract in the summer and is open to a move away. The 28-year-old has made 11 appearances this season and David Moyes sees him as a player who […]

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Reid wants West Ham response

Winston Reid has urged West Ham to bounce back from their defeat at Newcastle when they travel to Bournemouth on Boxing Day.

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Bournemouth vs West Ham: Team news, kick-odds and stats

Get the latest team news, betting odds, provisional squads and the stats ahead of the Premier League clash between Bournemouth and West Ham at Dean Court on Tuesday.

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Premier League half-term report: Man City get straight As

As 2017 draws to a close, the Premier League season reaches the half-way mark that has seen Manchester City destroy everything in it’s path. Sportsmail grades every team’s performance so far.

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David Moyes could target these players

David Moyes has put fresh emphasis on fitness and running with West Ham moving up the table on covering the longest during matches since joining. Hammers have also featured recently on individual performances by particular Mark Noble, Pedro Obiang and Manuel Lanzini. Looking at the Premier League as a whole these are players to run their socks off during […]

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Premier League Roundup: City move 13 clear as Alan Shearer sees his record equalled

The Premier League eased into Christmas with very few shocks on Friday and Saturday. Liverpool and Arsenal played out a classic 3-3 draw at the Emirates. Liverpool sped into a 2-0 lead with goals from Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah before Arsenal stormed back after half-time to go 3-2 ahead. Alexis Sanchez, Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil looked like they’d given Arsenal all three points but Roberto Firmino scored Liverpool’s third to…

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Magic Magpies Earn Unlikely Victory In London Stadium Cracker

Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle United picked up their first three points since mid-October with a dramatic 2-3 Premier League win away at David Moyes’ West Ham United yesterday afternoon. The hosts had originally taken the lead in the early stages as Marko Arnautovic netted, they were pegged back just minutes later as Henri Saivet curled in from a free-kick, with Mo Diame netting against his former side just after the break. Ghanaian formed Andre Ayew…

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Premier League team news, odds and stats for Boxing Day

Ahead of the Premier League Boxing Day fixtures, Sportsmail brings you the latest squad news, odds and stats on every top flight fixture as it breaks.

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When Santa can’t work out what Irons fans really want!

By Carol Combes  ClaretandHugh Facebook admin Merry Christmas! 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 Father Christmas: ‘What would you like for Christmas, Sonny?’ West Ham fan: ‘I’d like a toy car, please. No, make that a big toy train”. Father Christmas: “Ok, a train it is”. West Ham fan: “Will the train be EXACTLY the same as my old one?” […]

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Merson’s Boxing Day predictions

Paul Merson gives his Premier League Boxing Day predictions – how will he get on?

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Bilic ‘weighing up options’

Former West Ham manager Slaven Bilic says he is considering options for his next job and has suggested he would prefer to stay in the Premier League.

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The Christmas eve Claret And Hugh poll

With David Moyes now settled in his role as West Ham manager in what league position can the Hammers finish this season? In what league position will West Ham finish the season?

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Moyes set for big decisions on three players

Pedro Obiang looks likely to be facing serious pressure following David Moyes’ aim of strengthening midfield this winter. The manager is keen to bring in a ball carrying midfielder who can make things happen and get things going. Obiang may not be seen as a player capable of doing that and Moyes is ready to […]

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Moyes “distance” makes the difference

Us fans are great at making judgements and those who claimed David Moyes was most certainly NOT the man to take over from Slaven Bilic probably believed there was plenty to back their view. Sunderland for example had been a total disaster for the bloke and things hadn’t been that clever at Man U but […]

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Premier League fans’ half-time verdict – part 2: Manchester City to West Ham

The Observer fans’ network on the season so far: City’s commanding lead, a nervous wait for Benítez and the problem with Sparky • Part 1: Arsenal to Liverpool It’s been amazing. Flying in the league, and near faultless form in the Champions League too, with five wins from five before a meaningless dead rubber, including a crucial win away in Naples against one of Europe’s finest sides. We’ve broken countless records already …

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