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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has warned his squad of the Andy Carroll threat. As the league leaders prepare for the massive London derby the Italian declared: “Andy Carroll is a really good player, very strong physically and we must pay great attention. “But we must pay attention to the whole West Ham team because in […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic would not change a thing about the club’s topsy-turvy campaign, saying both he and his players were stronger for the ‘priceless’ experience.

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  Slaven Bilic has told of how he went to the Irons board and demanded they got shot of Dimitri Payet. In an extraordinary interview the irons boss declared:  “We were living with that situation with him for some months, that is why I decided it could not continue. “The club eventually decided but it is […]

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Manu Lanzini is playing out of his skin and has stepped up to the plate big time over recent games. He has recorded man of the match and near mom performances in several since being handed almost total responsibility for the creative side of the Hammers game. And one sublime back heeled ball to set […]

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Michael Antonio has revealed very clearly how AFC Wimbledon rejected the chance of signing him when refusing to pay his £7 registration fee when he was a teenager. Whille playing for non league Tooting & Micham the leading Hammer of the Year contender was offered the opportunity to trial for both Queens Park Rangers and […]

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Mark Noble has had his critics but Slaven Bilic isn’t amongst them – quite the opposite. Hammer to the core Nobes has become the key  player the manager’s squad and Bilic simply won’t  hear a word against him. Speaking ahead of the Chelsea game Bilic said: “He has been very, very important for me. You need the […]

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West Ham have added Burnley’s Andre Gray to the list  of striker targets they will be considering this summer. With a year left on his current deal and no talks having taken place on a new deal the 25 year old looks set to leave Turf Moor. Gray grabbed 23 goals last term and has […]

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Karren Brady  has taken a big jab at Andy Carroll and his constant injuries. And the vice chairman has made it clear that it’s a prayer of hers that he can sort himself out once and for all. Lady Brady rarely minces her words and she was clearly in mood to do so when discussing […]

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Ray Winstone doesn’t mess about and has never been known to mix one single word. And he made sure it would be business as normal when questioned about Dimitri Payet when attending the premiere of Iron Men in the week. Speaking to the Mirror he said: : “It just shows how easily footballers can be upset. […]

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Plans to increase the London Stadium to a capacity of 60,000 have hit a stalemate. With nine trouble-free games West Ham had hoped the stadium operators LS-185 would apply to Safety Advisory Group (SAG) for a 3,000 capacity to allow the sale of  partial season tickets until the end of the season. The stadium operators […]

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Slaven Bilic readily declares the Hammers turned their season because nobody would stop believing! And he added of the season: “I wouldn’t change it. I would change September and October. But after that, when you’ve made it and you get out of that, the experience is priceless and you benefit from it in the future. […]

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Hammers hero Frank McAvennie is delighted a new deal is on the way for Slaven Bilic. The former Irons striker told Press Association Sport: “It has been hard for West Ham. We go back to people being scared to visit Upton Park, nobody is scared or intimidated going to the new stadium. So they have to […]

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Tony Cottee knows a thing or two about scoring goals in a West Ham shirt. The Hammers legend managed to bang in 146 net-busters in two spells during his career at Upton Park, so any comment he makes on the subject should be noted. Indeed Cottee, who also had a distinguished spell at Everton and represented England on seven occasions, sits in fifth position of the club’s all-time leading goal scorers …

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Claims that West Ham initiated talks to sell Andy Carroll to China have proved to be false! ClaretandHugh has established an important fact failure in the story, first published by The Sun, which confirms Slaven Bilic’s account that the club had no wish to sell AC and that the Chinese had approached the Irons The […]

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The Blues head to the London Stadium on Monday night well clear of the chasing pack and looking near-certainties to reclaim the Premier League crown.

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Michail Antonio on his England call-up last year pic.twitter.com/JeibdJrC99 — West Ham News (@WHUFC_News) March 4, 2017   Michail Antonio is a straight down the middle guy who still obviously can’t believe how far he has travelled these last couple of years. And in this video talking to BBC 5 Live Sport he reveals how […]

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Reports surfacing in Italy that West Ham are planning a swoop for Claufio Ranieri are sheer nonsense. Tuttomercatoweb reckon that ourselves and Stoke City  are eyeing a summer raid for the former Leicester chief but ClaretandHugh can firmly deny that any such move is on. As sensationalist journalism goes this one really does take the […]

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Sky Sports are today reporting that West Ham are close to agreeing a new contract with manager Slaven Bilic. With some fifteen months left on his current contract, Bilic was predictably coy when questioned during his press conference, claiming that he only thought of his contract in terms of the next two or three games. Perhaps this is indicative of the perilous position that the modern day football manager finds himself in, most recently demonstrated in the sacking of Raneri at …

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We’re back again with our preview of Monday night’s game which sees league leaders Chelsea visit the London Stadium. This week we’re joined by former West Ham favourite Jack Collison who sits alongside myself and Geo to discuss tactics, the opposition, Andy Carroll and our starting line-up.  

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Declan Rice has pledged his long-term future to West Ham by signing a new contract to keep him at the club until 2020. The 18-year-old is captain of the PL2 side and has enjoyed a brilliant season. Rice was also on the bench for Slaven Bilic’s first team in the Boxing Day win at Swansea […]

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NUMBERS GAME: West Ham lost Dimitri Payet in January then Andy Carroll in February. There in their absence, though, was Michail Antonio – also affectionately known as Mr Fix It.

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Former West Ham shot stopper Phil Parkes has pulled no punches ahead of Chelsea’s visit to London Stadium on Monday evening. Writing his column for Blowing Bubbles Monthly,  in association with Claret and Hugh, Parkes says the west London side were “mediocre for many years’ before Roman Abramovich’s billions transformed their fortunes. He said: ‘I […]

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Mark Noble has admitted he doesn’t know how to keep Andy Carroll fit but insists the striker is a “massive plus” when he is available. Noble declared: Andy is massive for us whenever he is fit and everyone knows it. He was fit for eleven matches over Christmas and New Year and scored six goals, so […]

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Results in today’s games could have a big effect on the Hammers league position as they go into Monday night’s home game against Chelsea. Each of the three teams who can leapfrog us in the table look to have relatively decent chances of doing so but of course we know that’s not the way this […]

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Karren Brady has claimed West Ham are the last hope for teams chasing Chelsea. Writing in her Sun Diary she said: ” They need us to take at least a point on Monday to provide even a whiff of hope of catching the league leaders. These include Liverpool and Arsenal who meet at Anfield tomorrow […]

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Slaven Bilic readily admits this has been one of the toughest of his managerial career. And he has spoken about the pretence involved when at home as he tried to come to terms with an utterly disastrous early season which put him under enormous pressure for his job. He said: “You pretend at home that […]

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