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Posted on 10 November 2017. Tags: News, super sunday, west ham news, whispers
Mexico manager Juan Carlos Osorio says Javier Hernandez understands he is now at a different club and will make a new start with David Moyes after previously falling out at Manchester United Ahead of Mexico’s friendly against Belgium, coach Osorio said: “Javier is an intelligent person. He knows he is in another club and it’s […]
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Posted on 10 November 2017. Tags: News, transfer gossip, west ham, west ham news
West Ham appear ready to let David Moyes sell Marko Arnautovic in January and any other players who aren’t producing real form. Whilst Moyes claims he has a decent group of players and that the squad may only need a “tweak,” a morning newspaper report names Arnautovic in particular as a possible departure just a […]
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Posted on 10 November 2017. Tags: News, sky sports, west ham united fc, whispers
Majority London Stadium owners, London Legacy Development Corporation are forecasting that they need to inject a further £21.1m of ‘working capital’ from the public purse into Stadium holding company E20 Stadium LLP during the current financial year to keep it afloat. The LLDC Investment committee meets next Tuesday 14th November and papers published in advance […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: analysis, columnist, game, Moore Than Just a Club, podcast
In this week’s edition of our weekly throwback feature, we hear from Danny, 42 and a lifelong West Ham United Season Ticket holder about his first experience of the place that we now call home. “Explaining to my two young sons, 6 and 7, and Hammers mad that we would never be going back to our beloved Upton Park to watch our Claret & Blue stars again was difficult. At that stage, I had …
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: analysis, columnist, coyi, match-report, Moore Than Just a Club, podcast, premier league, roundup
The appointment of a brand-new Hammers Boss in veteran Scotsman David Moyes will surely bring a fresh tactical approach to West Ham United, but with such a variant of different systems and formations possible within The Squad, which one will he adopt? Today, we attempt to answer that question as unpredictable as it may be and take a look back at his predecessor’s tactics plus, of course, Moyes’ own previous style of Football. Many will remember the final 12 months of…
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: News, premier league, sports news, west ham news, whispers
By Max Willow Whilst the initial response from West Ham fans to the David Moyes appointment was resoundingly negative, there is a lot more to the man than meets the eye, and it would be foolish to pigeon-hole him at this stage of proceedings. Before going any further let me make one important comment. Contrary to the […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: analysis, hammers, jobs, manager, match preview, Moore Than Just a Club, sports
In reporting the sacking of Slaven Bilic, the ‘East London & West Essex Guardian’ noted that David Moyes was likely ‘to become just the Hammers’ 16th boss in 117 years’. The 15 previous managers have enjoyed an average of a little under 8 years in charge at West Ham, but, whilst mathematically correct, that figure does not give an accurate picture of the reality. Did any of those fifteen managers actually have anything in the region of eight years at the Hammers’…
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: football latest, News, upton park, whispers
West Ham manager David Moyes says his best attribute is training with players Moyes told reporters yesterday “I think if you’re asking me my best attribute will be on the grass with the players, training and I hope that we can see something that’s needed there. Once they know they are running and sprinting the […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: being-the-word, champions, english, europe, everton, premier, premier league
Brighton, Huddersfield and Newcastle are surpassing expectations and are showing clubs such as Everton and West Ham how it should be done When Pep Guardiola suggested an English team could win the Champions League the other day he was asked if he did not consider the intensity of the Premier League a potential problem. Intensity being the word normally used to promote the idea that the English league is somehow tougher and more demanding than other leagues around …
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: News, upton park, west ham united fc, whispers
Harry Redknapp says David Moyes needs to find “a winning way” rather than “the West Ham way” some fans demand. The former West Ham boss told Radio 5 Live that Moyes should use Andy Carroll as a focal point for his attack and win at all costs. Harry said: “You have to play to your […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: News, upton park, whispers
West Ham joint Chairman David Gold has taken to social media to ask West Ham fans to get behind their new manager. Gold wrote on twitter “Hello all West Ham fans, the board have made their decision to appoint David Moyes as the new manager can I ask you to get behind him and the […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: argentina, article, australia, facebook, health, News, west ham united news
Sportsmail columnist Martin Keown returned to answer more of your questions during the international break. On the agenda this week were Manchester City, West Ham and England.
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: News, super sunday, west ham united fc, whispers
Sam Allardyce has told talkSPORT that whoever leaked that Bilic called players after the sack to ask where he went wrong is disgusting. Big Sam said “I don’t know who leaked that in the press. Whoever did is disgusting. Slaven ringing up one or two of the players for a private conversation and it ends up in […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: News, transfer gossip, westham, whispers
David Moyes has done due diligence on West Ham and has come to the conclusion the club is not in a relegation fight. Commenting on the job in front of him he declared: “The due diligence I’ve done here is the knowledge that I’m here for a short period to do the job quickly. We […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: football latest, football news, News, whispers
Former Hammers hero Ray Stewart is backing his fellow Scot David Moyes to get things sorted at the London Stadium and believes him to be a “great choice” for the job. Stewart,made 432 appearances for the Irons and was never anything less than fearless and brave – qualities he sees in Moyes. Speaking to the […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: News, super sunday, westham news, whispers
Joe Hart is this morning be reported as coming under pressure for his England spot. Reports claim that Jack Butland will be in goal for England against Germany given the number of goals conceded by the on loan Hammers keeper at club level. Southgate gave Butland a start in England’s final World Cup qualifier in […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: east london, News, sky tv, west ham united fc, whispers
David Moyes says he is not aware of any problem with between himself and Karren Brady over comments he once made to a female reporter and an article written earlier this year by the Baroness. Asked the question at yesterday’s press conference Moyes said “It was Karren who I spoke to on the phone, it […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: latest football news, News, westham, whispers
David Moyes appears ready to wipe the slate clean with Javier Hernandez. Chicharito had previously accused Moyes of “not taking me into account” during his time at Manchester United – before snubbing him in his leaving letter. The striker extended his best wishes to Alex Ferguson, the man who bought him, but gave Moyes and […]
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: cricket, news story, nfl, podcasts, sports, West Ham United
David Moyes insists he has not been “frightened” by anything the West Ham board have told him to expect at the club.
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Posted on 09 November 2017. Tags: argentina, article, australia, east london, halloween, madrid, west ham united news
The Premier League’s lure entices players from across the globe to England to test themselves in a division regarded as the fastest and most physical of the lot.
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Posted on 08 November 2017. Tags: News, upton park, whispers
Speaking to reporters at the London Stadium today, David Moyes said: “I’m in talks with a couple of people, Stuart Pearce is one of them. Hopefully I will have something settled by the end of the week.” On Monday the former Hammer nicknamed Psycho told Talksport “I’ve had no contact with West Ham if that’s what […]
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Posted on 08 November 2017. Tags: career, facebook, london, News, west ham, west ham united news
IAN HERBERT AT THE LONDON STADIUM: An identical structure in his eyeline carried words from a Hamlet soliloquy. The brilliance of London’s late afternoon sun illuminated the room.
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Posted on 08 November 2017. Tags: brazil, hammers news, News, sports news, west ham
David Moyes came out fighting on Wednesday night as the new West Ham manager warned his players he will not tolerate a lack of trying or them stepping out of line.
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Posted on 08 November 2017. Tags: appointing-him, ellis-short, physicality, says-successor, sport, transfer gossip
• No more Mr Nice Guy, says successor to Slaven Bilic • At Preston players were probably crying at the work, Moyes adds David Moyes struck a positive and defiant tone as he insisted that West Ham United had taken a “good gamble” by appointing him and warned his new players not to cry about how much he will make them run in training. After claiming that the squad he has inherited …
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Posted on 08 November 2017. Tags: city, david-moyes, football feeds, london stadium, west ham united feeds
The idea of unveiling David Moyes on a gloomy November afternoon wasn’t in the London Stadium brochure but both West Ham and their new manager are in need of rebuilding From the Theatre of Dreams to the Temple of Dildo. For David Moyes the last three years have been a curious kind of journey. Through the fag-end of an empire at Manchester United, to Real Sociedad and the sack, to Sunderland and relegation, Moyes has strode past the …
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Posted on 08 November 2017. Tags: News, sky sports, West Ham United, west ham world, whispers
David Moyes laid out his thoughts and some plans as he took over the reins at the London Stadium Day. Here’s how the fans at ClaretandHugh’s Facebook page responded to the new manager. O Humble, honest and open – let’s see how we go O Thought he came across well. Hopefully he’s the firm […]
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