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Cascarino puts boot into Pelle

Regular prophet of doom Tony Cascarino believes Manuel Pellegrini may be on his way out at the Hammers. Writing in The Times the former striker has put the boot in big time as his habit from year to year. He said: “Last year I said after four games that Frank De Boer had to get the […]

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Hammers Cup date announced

The Hammers will meet Macclesfield in their fourth round Carabao Cup tie at London Stadium on Wednesday 26 September, with a 7.45pm kick-off. The Hammers were paired with The Silkmen in the competition’s last-32, after beating AFC Wimbledon 3-1 last Tuesday. The rons will fancy their chance of seeing off the lowest-ranked team left in […]

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Wolverhampton Wanderers duo Doherty, Coady salute ‘unique’ Adama Traore

The 22-year-old’s late strike handed the Wolves their first win of the season, a contribution that has been praised by his colleagues

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Arnie’s attitude questioned

Marko Arnautovic has had a big question mark thrown over him by top pundit Jamie Redknapp. Son of Harry – who incidentally has been very quiet for an extended period proving that the age of miracles is not over – made particular reference to the Hammer of last year in his weekly Daily Mail column when analysing […]

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James Collins won’t be rejoining Hammers

Former Hammer James Collins will not be re-joining West Ham today but could join Ipswich Town instead within the next twenty four hours. West Ham will register a list of twenty four players leaving one slot free for a possible later addition of an out of contract player which would need special permission from the […]

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Could West Ham do a Crystal Palace?

Crystal Palace lost their first seven games last season conceding 17 goals in the process. Losses against Huddersfield, Liverpool, Swansea, Burnley, Southampton, Man City and Manchester United left them pointless until mid October when they finally beat Chelsea at home 2-1. Palace was written off by many in the early stages of season, destined for […]

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West Ham will be better known through film exposure

Last Thursday saw the World Premiere of the film ‘Final Score’ at Ham Yard Hotel in London. The plot is a a group of heavily armed criminals take control of the Boleyn Ground stadium packed with 35,000 West Ham football fans. Ex-soldier Michael Knox (Dave Bautista) is forced to use skills from his military background […]

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Match-winner Traore still has to adapt, says Wolves’ Nuno Espirito Santo

The summer signing came on as a substitute and scored to hand his side their first league win of the season

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Premier League: Lukaku delivers for Man Utd, Deeney deserves England call-up and more

The Premier League threw up plenty of the usual talking points and drama over the weekend. Here, Amitai Winehouse assesses 10 things we learned from the Premier League this weekend.

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Which of the Premier League’s summer signings have impressed so far?

Summer signings have come in for particularly close scrutiny, with some making an immediate impression in new surroundings and others still waiting to make an impact.

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Pellegrini must make one change above all others

Manuel Pellegrini has one seriously important change to make within the Hammers team if people aren’t to start questioning his judgement in a big way. Ok, one or two pertinent questions are starting to be asked, but the biggest by a distance for me is the decision to continue playing Jack Wilshere in the most […]

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Pellegrini exit costs – the facts

David Sullivan this morning handed Manuel Pellegrini a vote of confidence after four games but should the board ever decide to pull the trigger it won’t cost them as much in compensation as at first believed. When taking the job it was believed the new boss was appointed on an initial three year deal with […]

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JAMIE REDKNAPP: West Ham must return to their traditional qualities

JAMIE REDKNAPP: Not for the first time, the West Ham team looked like 11 strangers as they slumped to a 1-0 home defeat by Wolves. That is partly due to the great deal of change in a short space of time.

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The Premier League’s summer signings have bedded into their new sides… but who has impressed?

Summer signings have come in for particularly close scrutiny, with some making an immediate impression in new surroundings and others still waiting to make an impact.

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Watford, Chelsea dominate rankings

Watford's Jose Holebas has topped the Sky Sports Power Rankings this week.

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Pellegrini gets board vote of confidence

West Ham Chairman David Sullivan has given Manuel Pellegrini a vote of confidence telling the Sun “The manager has our 100 per cent support.” Of course the dreaded vote of confidence means nothing much very much at this early stage of the season and we have heard it all before. David Sullivan told ESPN in […]

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West Ham squad d-day today

West Ham will submit their squad of 25 names to the Premier League today which will be published later. Each 25-man squad must include a minimum of eight ‘home-grown players’, meaning an additional 17 players can be registered. A ‘home-grown’ player is defined as a player who, irrespective of his nationality or age, has been […]

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‘Yarmo’ says sorry to fans and insists on improvement

Andriy Yarmolenko is up for the battle but has declared: “It’s really difficult to take and I don’t know what to say. “I want to say sorry to our fans and we must perform better after the international break.” He told www.whufc.com: “It’s a difficult moment, of course, but we must sit down and think about […]

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No hiding place…Cresswell unhappy

Aaron Cresswell refuses to give the “it’ll be alright” messages beloved by players in a troubled teams instead admitting: “It’s a big worry – there’s no hiding that.” After a fourth straight defeat the defender said of Saturday’s game against Wolves: ““In the first half, we let ourselves down. It wasn’t good enough, it’s as […]

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10 THINGS WE LEARNED from Premier League

The Premier League threw up plenty of the usual talking points and drama over the weekend. Here, Amitai Winehouse assesses 10 things we learned from the Premier League this weekend.

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PL goals: Lethal Lukaku, wonderful Watford

Watch Premier League goals and highlights from the weekend's games, including wins for Watford, Man Utd and Arsenal.

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Alan Shearer lays into ’embarrassing, hopeless, pathetic’ hosts as they slip up again

SAMI MOKBEL AT THE LONDON STADIUM: It is tough at the top, Manuel Pellegrini would testify. The fear for West Ham's new boss is that he is about to discover life is much tougher at the bottom.

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Poll: Should Pellegrini change his tactics?

Manuel Pellegrini vowed to play attacking football after joining West Ham. On joining West Ham he committed: “I will try to play attacking football and score a lot of goals because, throughout my career, I have always been a manager who plays offensive football and tries to attack. But to attack, you must defend very well […]

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Pellegrini’s odds of the sack slashed

Bookmakers are taking no chances and have slashed the odds of Manuel Pellegrini being the next Premier League manager to lose his job. Bookies William Hill have made Pellegrini the joint 3/1 favourite for the sack alongside Jose Mourinho who appears to be on borrowed time at Manchester United. Pellegrini was previously quoted as a 14/1 […]

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Hammers grab fine victory at Liverpool

Hammers U23s 2 Liverpool under 23s 1 West Ham’s under 23s brought some much needed cheer to a dreadful weekend when beating Liverpool away today. Reece Oxford’s rose high for a second minute goal when reaching Joe Powell’s corner and looping his header into the top corner. The young Hammers made a dominant start but […]

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Southgate breaks silence on Declan Rice

Gareth Southgate has revealed he has held conversations with Declan Rice over changing allegiances and playing for England but the England boss insists he has made no promises to the Republic of Ireland international. The England manager said: “I think it’s fair to say I have spoken with him but I have not promised anything, […]

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