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Midway through his third season at London-based club West Ham, Sebastian Lletget feels his choice to move abroad has already paid dividends as he draws nearer to a first-team debut. After officially joining the club’s youth academy in 2008, Lletget has gradually worked his way towards the first team, and feels …

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West Ham defender James Tomkins insists he is happy to stay at Upton Park and is determined to help the club gain promotion back into the Premier League next season. Tomkins has been strongly linked with a £3m move to QPR when the transfer window re-opens in January. The…

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You what? Why would any player in his right mind opt for Championship West Ham over Premiership QPR? Well, amazing as it seems, 17 year old Pelly Ruddock has done precisely that, opting to head East from Borehamwood to Upton Park rather than due South to Shepherds Bush. Why? Why would anybody in his right mind shun the…

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out. I’m not 100% on this but I believe his contract runs out end of the season and apparently he isn’t interested in renewing it. So the question is do we sell him mid season even though Green has literally won games for us up to now? If we wait till the end of season he …

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The former Brazi l captain Sócrates has died at the age of 57, a Brazilian newspaper has reported. Sócrates had been in the Albert Einstein Israeli hospital in São Paulo since Thursday, when he was interned with food poisoning which developed into septic shock. He had been on a life support…

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Today’s result should open a few eyes. Fans have been falling over themselves to hail Allardyce as some sort of genius because he has guided West Ham to second place in the table, but some of us – a very small hub or cabal – have kept pointing out that this is a crap division and that any “improvement” …

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Possibly, but it is our number in the draw in the FA Cup this weekend.

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When Geordie Steve Bruce was appointed manager of Sunderland, I said it would end in tears. And I suppose, wait long enough and any prediction like that about a manager will eventually be proved right. But the truth is, Bruce has been a disaster, not so much because of Sunderland’s league position – they are in the Premiership…

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Congratulations to Scott Parker, Harry Redknapp and Tottenham Hotspurs. What a fantastic bargain Parker is proving to be! No wonder some clubs were prepared to part with a lot more than £5m to prise Scotty away from West Ham. What a shame that the Hammers Hero refused to go anywhere other than Spurs…

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How else do you explain a headline of “Family Guy” on the Official Site? It’s a lovely idea! Sam would have somebody fatter than him on the playing staff and if Peter brought along Quagmire, the misdemeanours of Alan Pants Down Pardew would suddenly pale by comparison. Brian could come along too and would be perfectly at home…

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It’s just like having Curbishley back! West Ham are tenth in the Premiership table! Not on points of course, we are in the Championship for pity’s sake, but for expenditure on football agents. What a waste of bloody money! Man Utd only paid out £1.3m more, and look how many points they got last season…

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Poor young Villas Boas – it never rains but it pours. With Chelsea crashing to yet another defeat and making an embarrassing exit from the League Cup, the last thing he needed was for Avram Grant to give him his backing! And what is Avram’s logic exactly?  His reasoning is probably that…

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Guy Demel looks suprised – though not as suprised as we are – for since signing in the summer – he makes his debut Bonne chance à Guy!

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Southampton played 19 +22 42pts WHU played 19 +20 40pts Cardiff played 19 +11 34pts Feels good don’t it…..

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Answers on a postcard Ladies quarter

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…the clever money is on Middlesborough to win by three clear goals! If we get a result tonight, then we will know that Allardyce has changed the club, transforming us from pretty losers to ugly winners; even a draw would represent a minor miracle! The personnel and formation don’t matter, to be honest, it is all about…

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What’s it like to see a crowd?

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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is hoping to convince Senegal international Moustapha Bayal Sall to make the move to Upton Park during the January transfer window. Fellow Championship side Doncaster had hoped to sign the defender in January but West Ham are hoping to hijack the move as they look to gain…

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Southampton lost, Leeds lost, Hull lost, Leicester drew, Middlesborough drew, Blackpool drew, Birmingham drew, even Millwall edged closer to relegation whilst taking two points off of Palace. Only Cardiff let the side down by beating Forest, otherwise we would have been the only side in the top half to take maximum points! I keep saying that Doctor Evil has signed…

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What a terrible waste. Gary Speed was a very decent player, a  very decent bloke by all accounts and, based on recent Wales performances, a more than very decent manager; but at aged 42 he has thrown away his life and left a wife and two young children in mourning. What ever …

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Good to see Danny Fcuk the West Ham Fans Gabbidon playing his full part in helping QPR to defeat at Norwich. We Hammers fans are well used to seeing forwards unmarked in the six yard box with Gabbidon standing watching, so it is nice to know that Danny Boy is maintaining his West Ham form whilst playing …

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One of the biggest problems with the current team is the absence of players with the ability to run past opponents. Tell me, who in the ranks has the pace or ability to take on opposition players and beat them? Faubert should be doing it, of course, but he always seems to receive the …

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The Nolan goal said it all. It was pure class, a beautiful strike, caught perfectly on the volley and drilled exocet like into the bottom corner of the net, beyond the despairing outstretched hand of former Labour Minister for Welfare Reform Frank Fielding. But what had Nolan done before that divine intervention? Absolutely nowt. Within 30 seconds of the…

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Just as I predicted in midweek, Taylor is not being risked for today’s game, with Allardyce anxious to have five fit, combative midfielders for the trip to Miserableborough on Tuesday. Cole, on the other hand, is given a start up top alongside Baldock. The team also has a more positive look with Faubert starting on the right of midfield …

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The third Premier League season, then known as the FA Carling Premiership. Having lifted the trophy in both the first two Premiership seasons, Manchester United were again looking strong going into the new season having recruited Andy Cole from Newcastle for £6million plus Keith Gillespie. Another major signing of the …

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Patience is running out fast in the Abramovich penthouse and another three defeats over the next month will see Villas Boas sent back to the high school from which he was plucked. With the credentials of former first choice Guus Hiddink somewhat tarnished by the failure of Turkey to qualify for Euro 2012, Abramovich is said to be…

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