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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: blues, columnist, green, london, Moore Than Just a Club, podcast, preview
Let’s analyse player performance from the Saturday win over Chelsea at The London Stadium, as David Moyes’ Claret & Blue stars took a step towards safety with a first victory since late September. Adrian San-Miguel: 8/10 A superb afternoon for the Spanish shot-stopper as he retained his starting position ahead of England keeper Joe Hart after a superb display at The Etihad Stadium last Sunday. Adrian wasn’t presented with too much…
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: footy news, News, sky sports, super sunday, west ham, whispers
This Wednesday’s Premier League game against Arsenal is the third home game in a row at the London Stadium to go on general sale. With 52,000 season ticket holders and up to 3,000 seats allocated to away fans as few as 2,000 tickets can be available to supporters of which season ticket holders and Claret […]
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: australia, barcelona, blues, health, west ham news
West Brom, Watford and Bournemouth could all be 10 points better off, had they not failed to convert leads into victories. But it is Newcastle who have lost the most points from winning positions.
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: columnist, david-moyes, london, Moore Than Just a Club, News, online soccer news, podcast
It’s now time to look back over some of the main causes of discussion from Saturday lunchtime’s historic London Derby victory over Chelsea in The Premier League, as David Moyes delivered West Ham United just a third triumph of the season. Moyes Finds First Win Of Hammers Reign After four winless games, new Scot Manager Moyes has finally found the first victory of his tenure, coming in some style, against high-flyers and …
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: australia, christmas, health, jokes, News
West Ham assistant manager Stuart Pearce has insisted Joe Hart is ready to fight for his place in the starting line-up after being left on the bench for their surprise victory over Chelsea on Saturday.
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: News, transfer news, whispers
David Moyes has quipped that he reckons even the some refs are ” wee bit frightened” of Stuart Pearce …err actually maybe it wasn’t a quip! Psycho showed he had lost none of his old fire when smashing out at the ball from the touchline at the weekend as the Hammers battled to hold their […]
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: article, Goal.com, kuwait, News, qatar
The Hammers manager talks about the Ghanaian’s contribution to the victory over the Blues on Saturday
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: upton park, whispers
David Moyes has given a fascinating insight into how he is getting the best from Marko Arnautovic describing the issue as a “tactical jigsaw puzzle” he has to make before every game. Speaking to the official site he said: “If we play with three at the back, as we did against Chelsea, it’s going to […]
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: News, premier league, sky tv, skysports, whispers
West Ham has taken the full allocation available to take at Wembley for their January 4th rescheduled London Derby against Spurs. The away allocation has been limited to 2,700 by the Wembley Safety Advisory group and as a result, the club have decided to suspend their new away ticket trial which gives 10% of the […]
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: football news, News, west ham united fc, whispers
David Moyes has warned Joe Hart that his World cup ambitions MUST take second place to West Ham’s Premier League survival. The new manager has been as straight as a die since arriving at the club explaining that nothing will get in his way of steering the team to safety. And he has made it […]
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: News, skysports, sports news, westham news, whispers, whtid
West Ham coach Stuart Pearce says Joe Hart is disappointed that he hasn’t been starting but says he is up for the fight to get back into the first team to improve his chances of selection for the world cup. Pearce told Talksport “He is disappointed that he hasn’t been playing. The nature or the game is if someone […]
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: analysis, charity, football banter, manager, Moore Than Just a Club
A first-half volley from Marko Arnautovic was enough to overcome a shell-shocked Chelsea side under Antonio Conte and deliver David Moyes a first win in charge of West Ham United at The London Stadium on Saturday. The Austrian’s strike came in just the eighth minute of The Premier League clash, as the travelling Blues enjoyed plenty of possession but could never really find a final ball. When they did have their moments, however, the likes of Alvaro Morata …
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: latest football news, News, online soccer news, whispers, whtid
Jose Fonte was asked for his reaction to comments made by David Sullivan that his children begged him not to sign Fonte or Snodgrass. He replied: “It’s ignorance. I’m not going to say anything. It’s not going to change who I am. It’s not going to change what I do. I’m going to keep being […]
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: cycling, gold, news story, nfl, sports, West Ham United
Mo Salah’s curler? Jermain Defoe’s looping effort? Riyad Mahrez’s long-range strike? Pick your favourite Premier League goal from the weekend…
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: football news, latest football news, News, transfer news, west ham united fc, whispers
A new company called Stratford East London Holdings Limited has been appointed as the new 35% owners of the London Stadium to replace Newham Legacy Investments owned by Newham Council. Newham Legacy Investments gave up their shareholding of stadium owners E20 Stadium and any rights to repayment of their £40m loan on 30th November as their appointment […]
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: article, crystal-palace, Goal.com, hammers news, kenya, nigeria, Southampton, video
A review of the weekend’s Premier League action including Manchester City’s record-breaking win over neighbours United
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: boxing, cricket, cycling, football latest, games, news story, West Ham United
West Ham owner David Sullivan’s claim his kids begged him not to sign Jose Fonte has been labelled as “ignorance” by the player.
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Posted on 11 December 2017. Tags: article, blues, facebook, jokes, sports news, west ham united fc
A weekend brimming with top Premier League action culminated in thrilling Merseyside and Manchester derbies, while David Moyes’ West Ham defied all odds by beating Chelsea. Fans’ verdicts.
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Posted on 10 December 2017. Tags: article, christmas, health, jokes, News, online soccer news, science
When West Ham lost 3-0 at home to Brighton, Marko Arnautovic bore the brunt of the criticism, especially from those covering the game for Sky.
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Posted on 10 December 2017. Tags: article, christmas, game, hammers news, london, madrid, News
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT THE LONDON STADIUM: What happened against Chelsea on Saturday was immensely important for both West Ham and David Moyes.
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Posted on 10 December 2017. Tags: chelsea, football latest, fortunes, guardian.co.uk, joe hart, leave-the-west, london
• England goalkeeper has lost his starting place to Adrián • Moyes savours first win since taking charge at London Stadium David Moyes has admitted that his “compassion” for Joe Hart’s position as England No1 made it difficult to leave the West Ham United loanee out of their 1-0 win against Chelsea on Saturday. Hart had been ineligible to play against Manchester City, his parent club, six days previously and saw his replacement …
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Posted on 10 December 2017. Tags: article, barcelona, blues, game, Goal.com, nigeria, west ham
The Blues boss wants to secure European football next season and says he won’t let his stars take their foot off the gas in the league
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Posted on 10 December 2017. Tags: News, premier league, whispers
West Ham fans are cautiously optimistic that David Moyes and the boys will have a decent points haul over the”five games of Christmas.” ClaretandHugh’s latest poll posed that question and with just over 1,000 votes in the one time deeply fearful fans are more optimistic given two fine performances at Manchester City and against Chelsea. […]
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Posted on 10 December 2017. Tags: australia, christmas, facebook, footy news, hammers news, west ham united news, westham news
Snow threatened both the Merseyside and Manchester derbies, worrying football fans up and down the country. But for those players not involved, Sunday was all about having fun.
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Posted on 10 December 2017. Tags: east london, News, sports news, whispers
David Moyes’ assistant at Manchester United, Phil Neville, has become a fully paid up member of the Arthur Masuaku fan club after writing him off as “an accident waiting to happen.” Clearly totally astonished by the Frenchman’s performance against Chelsea, the Match of the Day pundit said: “I watched a lot of him last year play […]
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Posted on 10 December 2017. Tags: east london, football banter, News, sky tv, whispers
It’s becoming quite apparent, rather quickly, that David Moyes is cut from a different cloth to many plying their trade as managers. One comment from him – which went virtually unnoticed recently – was his response to all the transfer window chat and rumour mongering when saying: “My only focus at this moment is concentrating […]
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