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Player Ratings: West Ham United vs Chelsea

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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Novelty value of London Stadium wears thin

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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Who has dropped most points from winning positions in PL?

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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Main Talking Points: West Ham United vs Chelsea

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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Joe Hart is ready to fight for his West Ham future

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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Moyes reckons some refs are scared of Psycho

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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West Ham boss highlights Ayew impact on Chelsea win

The Hammers manager talks about the Ghanaian’s contribution to the victory over the Blues on Saturday

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Moyes explains his Arnautovic “tactical jigsaw puzzle”

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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Hammers announce restricted allocation at Wembley

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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Moyes’ Hart decision: Irons come before World Cup

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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Hart disappointed but up for fight says Pearce

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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Arnautovic Nets First Hammers Goal To Down Blues In Shock Win

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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Fonte responds to Sullivan slur

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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WATCH & VOTE: Premier League goals

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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New company takes over Newham’s share of London Stadium

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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Video: Opta EPL Weekly Review – Week 16

A review of the weekend’s Premier League action including Manchester City’s record-breaking win over neighbours United

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Fonte: Sullivan claims ‘ignorant’

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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Premier League fans’ verdicts: Manchester Merseyside derby

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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Marko Arnautovic now has to do it again against Arsenal

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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David Moyes has got West Ham up for the fight

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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West Ham’s David Moyes spares a thought for displaced Joe Hart

• 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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Tired Chelsea switching focus to top-four Premier League finish, says Conte

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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Fans vote on five game points haul

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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West Ham’s Andy Carroll gets festive as he builds snowman

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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An “accident waiting to happen” now a “phenomenon”

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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Moyes proving what you hear is what you get

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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