The transfer window re-opens for business on January 1. With a lively battle for honours at the top and a real scrap for survival at the bottom, what does your Premier League club need to see out the season on a high? MARTIN KEOWN is ready to answer the all-important questions.
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TACKLE KEOWN: Transfer window re-opens but who needs what?
Posted on 30 December 2013.
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Sunderland’s form fires hope they can beat relegation odds
Posted on 30 December 2013.
• Sunderland look to extend unbeaten run against Aston Villa • Crystal Palace v Norwich; Fulham v West Ham relegation six-pointers Vito Mannone not only believes history is bunk but he also considers that statistics are there to be confounded. Sunderland’s goalkeeper merely shrugs when people tell him that West Bromwich Albion in 2004-05 are the only Premier League team to have escaped relegation after being bottom of the table at Christmas. “We need to believe something different,” says …
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Fulham point would suit McDonald
Posted on 30 December 2013.
West Ham’s injury crisis means taking a point from Fulham on New Year’s Day would be a good result according to Neil McDonald.
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West Ham won’t rush Carroll
Posted on 30 December 2013.
West Ham’s assistant manager Neil McDonald is satisfied with the progress being made by injured striker Andy Carroll but insists he will not be rushed back into first team action.
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Premier League – Fulham point would suit McDonald
Posted on 30 December 2013.
West Ham's injury crisis means taking a point from fellow strugglers Fulham would be a good result for the Hammers, according to assistant Neil McDonald.
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Fulham-West Ham Betting Preview: Goals galore expected at Craven Cottage
Posted on 30 December 2013.
With Sam Allardyce facing an injury crisis in defence and the Cottagers coming off the back of a thrashing, Al Hain-Cole expects the sides to provide plenty of goalmouth action
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Hammers given Carroll boost
Posted on 30 December 2013.
West Ham owner David Gold says he expects England striker Andy Carroll to return to the side within the next two to three weeks.
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Nolan hails Hammers spirit
Posted on 30 December 2013.
Kevin Nolan is sure that West Ham United’s battling qualities will turn their season around
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FOOTBALL 9-5 – Rolling news service for December 30
Posted on 30 December 2013.
Join Sportsmail’s Football 9-5 service, where we bring you the latest news as it happens throughout the day with all the best pictures and hard-hitting opinion
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What the back pages say on Monday, December 30: Wenger hails his Special Ones
Posted on 30 December 2013.
Wenger hails his ‘Special Ones’ as Mourinho and Rodgers are locked in war of words. Read the headlines from the national newspapers on Monday, December 30.
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What we learned this weekend: Liverpool and Chelsea aren’t scared of a tackle, Arsenal are on best behaviour while Tim Sherwood gets Tottenham scoring…
Posted on 30 December 2013.
Ralph Ellis runs you through what we learned from the weekend’s football… with some star turns and a look through the leagues, too.
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On this day – 30 December
Posted on 30 December 2013.
A momentous 4-0 win meant the Hammers saw out 1978 in style
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MAD DOG ON MONDAY: Brendan Rodgers was right to rant about Lee Mason… Nicolas Anelka celebration beggars belief… and why is it always the…
Posted on 29 December 2013.
Martin ‘Mad Dog’ Allen returns for his second of his new weekly column for MailOnline Sport. The former Gillingham boss does not hold back with his views on current issues in the football.
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Sam Allardyce blames West Ham United slump on injury crisis as he targets two ‘quality signings’ in January window
Posted on 29 December 2013.
Sam Allardyce has claimed he is to blame for West Ham United’s slide into the relegation places but said injuries were wreaking havoc on his team’s season.
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Nicolas Anelka’s controversial salute could prove beginning of the end
Posted on 29 December 2013.
• West Brom striker could face lengthy FA ban • Claims gesture was tribute to French comedian Saido Berahino was praising Nicolas Anelka’s contribution to this much deserved draw for West Bromwich Albion when he described him as someone who “leads by example on and off the field”. Little did the striker know then that those words would soon take on a different and distinctly dark connotation. Anelka is under investigation by the Football Association for the quenelle gesture, described in some quarters as the “reverse Nazi salute”…
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A player I would look to sign in the January window
Posted on 29 December 2013.
A player I would look to sign in the January window With West Ham struggling this season, everyone has been quick to point out that we lack goals and that a striker is crucial in the coming window. This is something I totally agree with, we are missing the presence of Carroll up front and we can’t guarantee when he will be back, with a recurring ankle injury. However instead of pointing out the obvious in this …
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Stick or Twist – The Great Managerial Gamble
Posted on 29 December 2013.
Stick or Twist – The Great Managerial Gamble As it currently stands, West Ham are the only team in the bottom 5 of the Premier League who have not made a managerial change. An alarming statistic for those who believe change is a good thing. However, it might also lead to you ask if there is any merit in the wisdom of our fellow relegation battlers decisions. After all…they are still all in the bottom 5. Following the bore draw against Sunderland – themselves having made a managerial change …
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Premier League – Maiga: Hammers will come good
Posted on 29 December 2013.
Modibo Maiga feels West Ham are close to finding out what has caused their poor form in recent weeks and believes an injection of confidence would also help.
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Football – Jewish group wants Anelka punished
Posted on 29 December 2013.
The European Jewish Congress has condemned West Brom's Nicolas Anelka for his controversial goal celebration at West Ham and wants the French striker to face
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Maiga: We lack confidence
Posted on 29 December 2013.
Modibo Maiga believes relegation-threatened West Ham will need to cure ‘a lack confidence’ in order to rise up the Premier League table.
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COMPETITION: Win a shirt from Campo Retro
Posted on 29 December 2013.
Moore Than Just A Club and Campo Retro have come together to offer all West Ham United fans around the world a fantastic opportunity to win a Hammers retro shirt with any name & number on the back. Campo Retro has a wide range of West Ham United retro shirts available. With classic shirts and track jackets ranging back from 1958 to 2000, not only that, but Campo Retro will also print any name and number that you want …
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World Cup dream still alive for young guns Barkley and Morrison, says Hodgson
Posted on 29 December 2013.
Roy Hodgson has told Ross Barkley and Ravel Morrison they can make his World Cup squad if they impress in the second half of the season.
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Coach hails talented Morrison
Posted on 29 December 2013.
Ravel Morrison’s emergence as a key player for West Ham this season can give the club a reason to be optimistic going forward according to academy coach Anwar Uddin.
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West Ham United chairman David Gold says Andy Carroll is nearing his return from injury
Posted on 29 December 2013.
West Ham United chairman David Gold has revealed that Andy Carroll should be back in action within two to three weeks. The England striker has been sidelined all season with an ankle injury, leaving the Hammers desperately short in front of goal.
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West Ham United fall short in attempt to lure striker Asamoah Gyan back to the Premier League
Posted on 29 December 2013.
West Ham United have had a loan bid for former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan turned down as their desperate search for a striker continues.
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Gyan happy at Al Ain
Posted on 29 December 2013.
Asamoah Gyan has suggested he wants to stay at Al Ain after the striker was the subject of an approach from West Ham United.
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