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Collison – Room for improvement

West Ham midfielder Jack Collison admits the Hammers are yet to hit their top form despite going top of the Championship.

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Tomkins targets top flight after committing future

James Tomkins has set his sights on helping West Ham return to the Barclays Premier League after committing his future to the club.

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Ladies keep title dream alive

West Ham United Ladies scored a 1-0 league victory at Queens Park Rangers to maintain their title challenge!

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Jelavic ‘favours’ Reds switch

Nikica Jelavic’s father has claimed that the striker has grander ambitions than to play for West Ham or QPR and is ‘most likely’ to join Liverpool.

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Liverpool want Nikica Jelavic from Rangers

Liverpool are poised to scupper West Ham United’s bid for Rangers’ striker Nikica Jelavic with a late bid to lure the Scottish Premier League’s top scorer to Anfield.

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Highlights – West Ham United 2-1 Nott’m Forest

West Ham United go top of the Championship thanks to a Mark Noble penalty in both halves, with Lewis McGugan scoring a fine late consolation for Forest. (UK only)

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Onouha’s Mummy Says Maybe Not to QPR

Oh dear , oh dear, oh dear. Hoops fans might like to think again about the wisdom of signing Onouha after his mother has said that he will only make a move that is “right for his career and family circumstances”. It sounds very much to me as if Mummy doesn’t want her darling Nedum living too …

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QPR’s Dyer Looking Forward to Pre Season Training!

The bloody nerve of the guy! He reckons he is targeting a return for the last month of the season, providing Hughes leaves a berth in his 25 man squad for him. If not, Kieron won’t go flat out – correction, he is always flat out but you know what I mean – aiming, …

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Why is Collison taking corners? And why can’t we coach the basics?

I know Taylor is injured, but that’s not the bloody point! What the hell is Collison doing taking corners from the right? Every one is dollied up wide and deep, aimed towards Tomkins – and JT can’t head a goal to save his life anyway – and with no pace and no whip; it is so so so easy to defend. How many …

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Scott Parker and Tottenham Stumble at Man City

Poor Scotty Parker must have thought he was back in Claret and Blue, as Tottenham shipped three goals and “Mr West Ham” was cruelly exposed – having his head stamped on by Balotelli into the bargain! For the Nasri goal, the Tottenham back line was ripped to shreds as an unchallenged Silva, operating in the hole that Scotty is …

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Wishing Arry all the best Monday

Harry Redknapp will face charges of tax evasion at Southwark Crown Court on Monday Room already cleared for him

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West Ham? ‘Nikica is more ambitious than that’

LIVERPOOL have emerged as contenders to sign Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic, with the player’s father claiming that Anfield is his son’s preferred destination. With just nine days remaining of the transfer window, the interest in the forward looks set to intensify this week. Ally McCoist confirmed yesterday that talks had taken place between Rangers chairman Craig Whyte and his …

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Going Green?

Take Our Poll Word is on the street that Englands No.1 wants out in the summer, which puts us in another dilemma. What do you think?

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Carr on Palace defeat

Academy Director Tony Carr believes the U18s were unfortunate to lose 2-1 at Crystal Palace

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QPR’s Giant Step to Safety!

Well that result was huge! It’s not just the three points, although the three points were massive of course, it’s what the win has done psychologically to the team and the fans. At last a home victory in the Prem against 11 men! At last back to back wins! At last a buzzing sound in the Bush! And all this …

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Noble on the spot again

Mark Noble was in high spirits after scoring two penalties to send West Ham United top of the table

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Adel Vice

When I wrote my last blog at the end of 2011 I suggested us Hammers fans lay off the boos as well as the booze in January. Well I’ve never been one for the former but perhaps more surprisingly I’ve managed to abstain from…

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Top of the table in a morgue

How subdued were the crowd again today? True the performance was uninspiring but the atmosphere at the Boleyn was dreadful. It was all summed up by the muted response to Kriss Akabusi’s reading of the teamsheet. Poor Akabusi gave it his all, reading the selected players’ names as if they were returning World Cup …

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Hammers stats

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‘Millwall legend’ flies into a new job

Avram Grant, who led Chelsea to the Champions League 2008 finals, was named new coach of Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade , the club said in a statement on Friday. Partizan Belgrade, who at the same time announced the sacking of Grant’s predecessor Aleksandar Stanojevic, did not reveal any details of the transfer. According to…

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West Ham 2 Nottingham Forest 1 – Thank You Master Bates!

Well that was much closer than it should have been – AGAIN! And to those who claim that you get a better understanding of the game if you are there rather than watching on TV or on a good INTERNET stream, all I can say is that I had no idea why either of the penalties were awarded watching…

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QPR set to gazump Hammers for Jelavic signature

QPR could be set to gazump London rivals West Ham in the chase for Rangers hitman Nikica Jelavic. Smile Record Sport understands the Loftus Road outfit are to step up their interest in the Croatia striker after new boss Mark Hughes identified his January transfer targets. Jelavic had been on the radar of…

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Top of the flops

We can all sleep soundly in our beds tonight (& tomorrow night) because despite (another) poor performance, we won, picked up three points & are sitting pretty at the top of the championship tonight. Long may it continue. Southampton play Leicester City on Monday evening.

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We weren’t at our best – West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce

West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce tells BBC London 94.9 that the 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest was not their best performance.

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McCoist reveals Jelavic talks

Ally McCoist confirmed talks have taken place between Rangers chairman Craig Whyte and his West Ham counterpart David Sullivan over top scorer Nikica Jelavic.

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Cotterill hits out at officials

Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cotterill was, predictably, unimpressed with the penalty decisions that saw his side slip to a 2-1 defeat at West Ham.

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