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Bilic admits it could be dream team time at Burnley

Slaven Bilic believes he may be able to name his dream team for the match at Burnley tomorrow (Sat). The Hammers boss is as close as it gets to having a fully fit squad and said: “When, during last summer, we sat down and made our plans for this season, we had in our minds […]

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Questions over Ayew future

West Ham would be ready to listen to offers for £20 million signing Andre Ayew in January or next summer. The former Swansea star has been used in a variety of positions over 40 appearances and has yet to show that he will seriously impact on the team. He has managed seven league goals over […]

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Premier League team news from every match October 14-16

Ahead of this weekend’s matches in the Premier League, Sportsmail brings you the latest squad news, odds and stats on every top flight fixture as it breaks.

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Angry Bilic leaps to defend his player

Slaven Bilic has waded into Joe Hart’s critics making a blistering attack on them in one of his most outspoken attacks for a long time. Hart has barely put a foot wrong in an England shirt but continues to be at the centre of complaints from fans who don’t believe him to be worth the […]

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Hammers/Burnley team news

Burnley will be without  Jonathan Walters, Nahki Wells and Dean Marney for our visit to Turf Moor tomorrow. Marney, out since January with knee ligament damage, and recent arrival Wells (foot) are being phased into the Under-23 set-up to continue rehabilitation but are still some way from fitness. Walters could be out for a couple […]

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PL study claims to show true price of tickets

A Premier League study claims that the average ticket prices in the Premier League this season works out at £32 and over 50 per cent of all fans are paying less than £30 per match. The conclusion comes as a result of the league’s second annual pricing survey which is based on data collected from […]

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Dyche nails difference between Irons/Clarets starts

Burnley boss Sean Dyche has nailed the difference between the Clarets and West Ham as he prepares for the game at Turf Moor tomorrow. But he admits he has been surprised by his team’s start to the season declaring: “”I think it’d be unrealistic for me to say that I knew that [start to the […]

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Hammers track top Dutch prospect

West Ham are this morning reported to be tracking PSV Eindhoven wideman  Steven Bergwijn. The youngster – 20 today – is also being watched carefully by Spurs and Bournemouth after becoming a regular in the PSV first team since last season. He has represented his country at every level, apart from the full national team, after […]

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Average PL ticket price revealed

Premier League research has revealed the average ticket price across the league this season to be £32.

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‘I think you don’t appreciate him’ – Bilic believes Hart deserves better

The goalkeeper is an easy target and is unappreciated, according to the West Ham manager

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Joe Hart is unnapreciated by England, claims Slaven Bilic

The 30-year-old started his West Ham career by shipping 10 goals in three games, but the 30-year-old has now kept four clean sheets in his last five outings for club and country.

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Bilic: Hart unfairly criticised

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic believes English football is taking Joe Hart for granted.

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Bilic Burnley presser leaves questions galore

Slaven Bilic generally leaves little doubt in anybody’s mind about plans for a weekend match – until today perhaps! His press conference ahead of the game against Burnley provided more questions than answers and try as I may I find myself no wiser about the likely team for the weekend now than before he opened […]

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Report: Irons eye Carroll lookalike

West Ham are tonight being reported as trying to sign Andy Carrol Mark 11 – Hartlepool teenager Connor Simpson. The 17-year-old striker scored on his first senior start last month and is being likened to the Irons striker given  his 6ft 5 inches and the fact that he is left-footed. The story is published in The […]

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Lawro stays on the Hammers tipping fence

Controversial pundit Mark Lawrenson is playing it safe with the Irons this weekend. Perceived by many as being anti Hammers Lawro reckons the team should be higher up the table but says:  ” I think that will happen now the likes of Manuel Lanzini are returning to fitness.” And he adds: “The constant speculation over Slaven […]

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Poll result as Irons hit three game points trail

West Ham have three very winnable games in front of them and ClaretandHugh wanted to know from its followers how they believed the team will fare. We asked how many points readers thought they would pick up from excursions against Burnley this weekend, Brighton next Friday and away at Crystal Palace following that in our […]

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Hammers youngster can make his mark

Slaven Bilic is convinced that Reece Oxford will live up to expectations in Germany this season. The teenager has failed to appear for Borussia Monchengladbach since joining on loan but Bilic insisted the youngster is good enough to impress during his time away and then establish himself as a first-team player at the London Stadium. […]

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Slav: It’s all down to Dyche

Slaven Bilic has applauded Sean Dyche for the trasformation he has brought about at Burnley this season. The Hammers boss – discussing the Clarets at his pre-match presser – reckons everything that has happened at Turf Moor is down to  the Clarets boss. He said: ” If you ask which team has beat Chelsea, Everton and […]

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Bilic claims AC can be effective without scoring!

Slaven Bilic claims Andy Carroll has been impacting on games this season be it from the start or off the bench. Whilst many still question the continuing use of the big man as a first  option the manager believes he will get better and fitter. He said: “He has been good, he will get fitter […]

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Slaven Bilic Pre-Match Full Conference

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Reece Oxford is not Kylian Mbappe, says Slaven Bilic

Slaven Bilic has told West Ham youngster Reece Oxford not to think he is Kylian Mbappe after being nominated for the Golden Boy award but to use it to improve.

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Happy Slav has no selection headaches!

Slaven Bilic has admitted that he is finally in a position to play the strongest West Ham team this weekend and “claims the number of players available to him is “not a headache.” Speaking at his pre-match presser against Burnley he said the situation had improved since the last game explaining: “There is only at the […]

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Carroll eyes World Cup berth

West Ham forward Andy Carroll says he is getting fitter all the time after missing the start of the season with injury.

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Idle Thoughts: The 1920’s

In my last ‘idle thoughts’ musings, I wrote of the fascination of old football memorabilia; programmes, handbooks, newspaper articles which could waft you back through the generations and provide you with a glimpse of life as it was in the days of our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers. A typical Hammers’ programme of the early 1920s was of four pages, the front page given over to the editorial and lists of current goal-scorers, the back …

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Predictor: Man Utd will beat Liverpool

Manchester United will beat Liverpool on Saturday, according to the Sky Sports Premier Predictor.

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Bilic: Dyche could manage England

Burnley boss Sean Dyche is good enough to manage England in the future, according to his West Ham counterpart Slaven Bilic.

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