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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: fans forum, forum-leroy, hammers chat, hammerschat, match reports, News, super-mc
These were the special security measures taken by the Stadium this afternoon as the fans arrived ready for a Payet-less West Ham. Frankly nobody at ClaretandHugh Towers would have wanted to swap places with the single security guard so all the best with that mate.
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: europe, football latest, games, premier league, sport, West Ham United
Updates from Satuday’s games across the Premier League and beyond Live scores | All of the latest tables Email your thoughts to Niall or tweet @niallmcveigh 2.37pm GMT Charlton v Millwall , usually a lively South London derby, is likely to be overshadowed by off-field matters. Elsewhere, League One’s top four all face sides from the bottom half today. Leaders Sheffield United visit Walsall, Scunthorpe go to managerless Northampton, Bolton…
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: america, Goal.com, premier league, sky sports, south-africa, West Ham United
The Hammers, perhaps unintentionally, positioned a staff member in front of a tribute to the Frenchman outside the club’s London Stadium
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: david-sullivan, month, premier league, slaven bilic, sport
• Co-chairman insists Payet will not leave West Ham this month • ‘We will not sell Dimitri in the January transfer window’ says Sullivan The West Ham United co-chairman David Sullivan has vowed not to let wantaway forward Dimitri Payet leave this month. The France international this week told manager Slaven Bilic that he wishes to leave the club and has refused to play against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon. The 29-year-old, who signed a bumper £125,000-…
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: australia, china, madrid, sky sports, super sunday
West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady insists she would be reluctant to let Dimitri Payet leave at any cost… but admits it is probably only a matter of time before the club’s superstar moves on.
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: hammers, hammerschat, News, upthehammers, whispers, whispers-fans
Slaven Bilic has called Sam Byram and Jmes Collins into the squad for today’s match declaring: “It is brilliant to have both of them back in contention.” And in his appraisal of the 90 minutes ahead he added: “I was asked in the pre-match press conference if this is the toughest time I have had as […]
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: boxing, facebook, gold, green, nfl, podcasts, West Ham United
West Ham co-chairman David Gold has described Dimitri Payet’s refusal to play for the club as “hugely disappointing”.
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: article, china, french, health, london, microsoft, sky tv
Dimitri Payet’s acrimonious week at West Ham acquired an extra layer of bitterness when details emerged that the wantaway Frenchman would have faked an injury had he played again.
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: fans forum, hammers chat, hammers news, hammerschat, leroy, News, whtid
Today’s performance against Crystal Palace will go some way to demonstrating our future. I do not expect a a faultless display with players suddenly released from the miseries of having a sulky prima donna infecting their oxygen. But from all reports there has been a tension in the camp among some players who believe Payet […]
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: africa, australia, fitness, history, News, whtid
Back in the Swinging Sixties, if you we were looking for a bit of showbiz glamour, you need look no further than fashionable London. On the football pitch, a working class boy was emerging.
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: hammers, hammerschat, News, super-mc, whispers
Slaven Bilic has urged Manuel Lanzini to emerge from the shadow of Dimitri Payet and become the top man! That could start today as Manu has the knack of scoring crucial goals against Crystal Palace. Bikic said: ‘Since I’ve been here we played Palace twice at Selhurst Park. ‘Last year we won 3-1 and this […]
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: fans forum, match reports, News, whispers, whispers-fans
West Ham joint Chairman David Gold and vice-chairman Karren Brady have noticeable absent on social media since news broke of Dimi Payet refusal to play for West Ham seemingly as part of a deliberate policy not to add more fuel top the fire in twitter outbursts from the two high profile board members. Even Jack […]
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: hammers, hammerschat, super-mc, westham fc, whispers
Guest post by George Bucci from Moore Than Just A Podcast Thursday gave us the revelation that the man most West Ham fans thought of as a cult hero wants to leave the club and has told Slav he will never play for us again. There’s no question that this isn’t the professional or gentlemanly […]
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: london stadium, manuel lanzini, slaven bilic, team news, winston-reid
If the season hadn’t been eventful enough up to now, events over the past 36 hours or so have further added to the woes 2016/17 is bringing us. The news that Dimitri Payet has effectively gone on strike in order to orchestrate a move away from the club shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone […]
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Posted on 14 January 2017. Tags: australian, health, london, west ham united news, westham fc, whtid
France star Dimitri Payet this week rocked the Hammers by telling them he wants to leave and is refusing to play against Crystal Palace. Slaven Bilic wants Manuel Lanzini to fill in for Payet.
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: cycling, facebook, gold, nfl, premier league, racing, sky sports, West Ham United
Slaven Bilic has urged Manuel Lanzini to fill the void left by Dimitri Payet’s refusal to play for West Ham.
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: africa, fitness, hammers news, sports news, west ham united news
SAMI MOKBEL: Sam Allardyce has urged Crystal Palace to take advantage of West Ham’s problems in adapting to their new London Stadium. He is still searching for his first victory in charge.
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: fans forum, hammers chat, hammerschat, match reports, super-mc, upthehammers, whispers
West Ham are still looking for a fee in advance of £30 million for disgraced Dimitri Payet. Despite the declarations by manager Slaven Bilic that he is not for sale the club are privately looking for offers at what they consider is the current value. And a top insider told ClaretandHugh this evening: “In the […]
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: fans forum, football banter, footy news, forum-leroy, leroy, News, transfer news
West Ham will move to replace bad boy Dimitri Payet with a £20million bid for Swansea star Gylfi Sigurdsson claim the Daily Express. The report claim Bilic has singled out Icelandic star Sigurdsson, who has scored five goals this season as the man he wants to step into the shoes of Payet. However, Paul Clement […]
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: forum-leroy, hammers, hammers chat, leroy, match reports, whispers
Simone Zaza is closing in on a move to Valencia that could see him join the Spanish club permanently in the summer say the London Evening Standard. The structure of the deal is similar to West Ham’s deal with Valencia agreeing to buy Zaza in the summer for £16million providing he plays 10 games for […]
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: africa, fitness, health, microsoft, whtid
CHARLES SALE – SPORTS AGENDA: Spurs chairman Daniel Levy wants a 20-year deal worth £20m annually, knowing how difficult it would be to re-name a UK stadium for a second time.
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: article, australia, australian, french, health, history, london
KIERAN GILL: Dimitri Payet is almost certain to be absent from the London Stadium as West Ham host Crystal Palace, after refusing ever to play for the club again.
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: football banter, News, whispers
Roma have made West Ham winger Sofiane Fegholui their number one target this winter transfer window and want to sign the Hammer on loan according to Sky sports news. However, the Hammers board will only entertain a permanent deal and they value Feghouli at £9m despite signing the 27 year old on a free transfer […]
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: australia, brazilian, fitness, hammers news, madrid
I look at Zlatan Ibrahimovic now and wish he had been in the Premier League as a 27-year-old in his peak. He is box office, a 6ft 4in powerhouse with the balance of a No 10.
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: hammers chat, hammerschat, leroy, News, upton park, whispers
There seems no way back for Dimi Payet. So tonight we are running a poll on to discover which previous Hammer you think should adorn the giant West Ham shirt in the London Stadium once occupied by the disloyal Frenchman. Candidates in the poll include the late John Lyall, West Ham player and manager, he […]
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Posted on 13 January 2017. Tags: coyi, forum-leroy, News, super-mc, whispers-fans
Slaven Bilic has thrown a lot more light on his decision to open up on the Dimitri Payet Affair explaining why he decided to let the news out at his presser ahead of the Palace match Writing in his weekly column for the London Evening Standard, Bilic said: ‘This situation with Dimitri has been developing […]
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