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Posted on 05 February 2016. Tags: football latest, hammers chat, West Ham United, whispers
Slaven Bilic has again warned against the fanciful idea that a big stadium makes you a big club. For months – with some justification – the club has been singing the OS praises and YES it will be terrific. But the idea that in itself it can make us into the club we has always […]
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Posted on 05 February 2016. Tags: footy news, gold, golf, green, news story, podcasts, West Ham United
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic admits Southampton’s £4m signing of striker Charlie Austin in January is a bargain.
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Posted on 05 February 2016. Tags: archives, hammers chat, match reports, News, september-2015, upton park, whispers
Slaven Bilic has failed to make the top two in the January Manager of the Month competition. The Irons boss was nominated with winner Ronald Koeman, runner-up Mauricio Pochettino and Manchester City’s Manuel Pelligrini. Koeman has been credited for having won three out four league games in the first month of 2016 – finishing off […]
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Posted on 05 February 2016. Tags: hammers chat, match reports, september-2014, West Ham United, whispers
It’s often worthwhile taking a long look back at possibly unpromising situations and working out how they led us to a place of unexpected high achievement. Two issues have prompted this thought – a column from the Mirror’s excellent Darren Lewis which I happened upon this morning and the fact that Slaven Bilic’s predecessor returns […]
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Posted on 05 February 2016. Tags: footy news, Goal.com, News, premier league, slaven bilic, west ham
The Hammers boss has warned that a move away from Upton Park will not solve all of the club’s problems, indicating that more improvements need to be made
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: australian, france, health, microsoft, west ham world
Moving into Wembley would not turn non-League Billericay Town into a big club so West Ham should not make the same mistake with the Olympic Stadium, insists Slaven Bilic.
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: football latest, hammers, mark-noble, opinion, total
Mark Noble’s testimonial is going to some occasion. The final testimonial at the Boleyn Ground for a player who has given their blood, sweat and tears to the club for his entire career – and several of the club’s biggest heroes all coming together one final time on the hallowed turf before we move to
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: coyi, football latest, footy news, total, total-cache, west ham ladies
While we all continue to enjoy the way our season is panning out under Slaven Bilic, we mustn’t forget to continue supporting the club’s ladies team. The profile of West Ham Ladies, and the ladies game in general, his grown hugely over the last couple of years – helped massively by Julian Dicks, who managed
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: hammers chat, regret-crossing, super sunday, west ham news, West Ham United
The next few days may show us precisely how Slaven Blic deals with confrontation! We’ve had a taste of it via Morgan Amalfitino who, having crossed swords with the boss, found himself down the road faster than you can pronounce his surname. Since then it’s been all sweetness and light until Enner Valencia lost it […]
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: enner valencia, fantasy premier league, hammers, opinion, west ham
This is probably the first season in a while where picking West Ham players for your Fantasy Premier League team actually worth it. Clean sheets, goals all across the team, assists from the likes of Dimitri Payet, Manuel Lanzini and Michail Antonio almost a guarantee every week. But recently one West Ham player has emerged
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: farewell-boleyn, hammers chat, match reports, News, upthehammers
West Ham this afternoon reacted to angry fans who had been held on line trying to book tickets for the FA Cup replay clash with Liverpool by thanking them for their patience. But it did little to calm fans who had seen the club’s ticket buying operation go into meltdown as fans tried to get […]
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: boxing, facebook, get-sky-sports, podcasts, transfer news, West Ham United
Read more from the original source: So’ton 1-0 West Ham recap
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: article, australia, health, News, science, skysports, west ham united news
Slaven Bilic says West Ham’s focus should be on their upcoming Premier League clash against an in-form Southampton side on Saturday and not on their promising league position of sixth.
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: article, australia, barcelona, london, microsoft, westham news
Andy Carroll is set to make his latest return from injury when West Ham travel to Southampton on Saturday. The striker has resumed training after just under a month on the sidelines with a hamstring problem.
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: cricket, facebook, football news, green, news story, sports, super sunday, West Ham United
It’s that time of the week when we test how much attention you paid to the latest round of Premier League fixtures with our Top of the Stats quiz.
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: hammers, News, warn-on-mega, whispers
A growing clamour for Mark Noble to be brought into the England fold could leave the captain and club with a major headache next month . Noble was put forward as a candidate for international honours by almost every BT Sport pundit after his brilliant performance against Aston Villa on Tuesday evening. Both Glenn Hoddle […]
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: arts, autos, BBC Sport Online, food, nature, westham fc
James Collins believes he is playing the best football of his career because of his ambition to be play for Wales at Euro 2016.
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: footy news, hammers chat, News, valencia, whispers
West Ham have warned fans against thoughts they may have a major club spending spree this summer. With talk of 20 goal striker and £20 million purchases grabbing the headlines a top insider has warned that much of last summer’s spending was made against loans that need to be paid back. The club are set […]
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: hammers chat, match reports, News, regret-crossing, valencia, videos, whispers
Mark Noble has made it clear the club has to manage carefully the growing expectations among the fans as the players continue to ride the crest of a wave. Already thoughts are turning firmly to Europe as the club maintain sixth position with matches against top placed sides still to come. Noble understands the current […]
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: football banter, gold, green, nfl, sports, West Ham United
Slaven Bilic, Ronald Koeman, Manuel Pellegrini and Mauricio Pochettino have been nominated for the January Manager of the Month award.
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: cricket, green, News, news story, podcasts, west ham, West Ham United
Manchester City have suffered the most injuries among Premier League teams this season.
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: archives, coyi, regret-crossing, upton park, westham news
Slaven Bilic has made it clear no decision has been made about Emanuelle Emenike’s involvement against Southampton. The Fenerbahce frontman arrived in east London only yesterday afternoon after earning a work permit which meant he missed the 2-0 win over Villa. Bilic – speaking at his morning press conference – declared: “Emenike arrived yesterday after […]
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: blues, chinese, footy news, microsoft, West Ham United, westham fc
West Ham striker Andy Carroll is fit to face Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday after recovering from the hamstring injury he suffered against Bournemouth last month.
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: archives, footy news, News, regret-crossing, West Ham United, whispers
Alex Song’s West Ham future remains in the balance after his return from injury. The on-loan Barcelona midfielder has slowly been coming back to form and here ClretandHugh’s Facebook forum @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ members pass judgement on his latest display against Villa O I really think he’s back to his best after going missing for a […]
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: farewell-boleyn, match reports, News, valencia, West Ham United
Mark Noble may not have realised it but his words following the match against Villa were hugely ironic. After his own massive performance the skipper Nobes commented: “We’re making this a tough place to come and play.” In itself that may not men too much to many but the unbeaten record does indeed to back […]
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Posted on 04 February 2016. Tags: archives, coyi, football news, News, valencia, whispers
Hopes that Barcelona would agree to playing a pre-season friendly at the Olympic Stadium took a knock this morning as negotiations with the Catalan giants founder. Reports arose yesterday evening that the opening fixture at the Olympic Stadium could be ” an amazing pre-season friendly against the mighty Barcelona.” And it’s true that the club have been […]
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