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West Ham were going into the match having just won 1 match in their last four competitive matches, whereas Hull were slightly better in their results. West Ham lined up with a diamond formation as Valencia and Downing played very narrow at times and not stay on the wing as such. Nothing happened in the first 30 minutes of the match until Abel Hernandez headed it from 12 yards out. The Uruguayan only managed to play due to a last-day work permit which…

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Sixty per cent possession, 17 attempts and a wonder goal – the new look West Ham was at the most part a great watch on Monday night. It was always looking like a match for the debutants and it was certainly that way for Hull City’s record-signing as Abel Hernandez beat Tomkins to an Elmohamady… Read more »

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So who said we weren’t capable of being exciting, then? Trouble is, if the season so far is anything to go by, being exciting only seems to be the order of the day when we’re away from the Boleyn Ground. We played well at home to Spurs on the opening day of the season, but… Read more »

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With the match versus Hull City at the KC Stadium soon coming round, it would be in our best interest to look at our current injuries heading into the Monday Night Football match. Matt Jarvis and Andy Carroll are our only absences for the match so that is a boost as Morrison, Valencia, Song and a few others have all come back from not being 100% fit. Good news on the Andy Carroll front, as a …

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Finally another crazy a transfer deadline day is over. When we look at the business West Ham have done, I think it’s a good guess that most, if not all, fans will be very pleased. Nine new signings (yes, nine!) have graced the corridors of the Boleyn Ground this window.  But, typical of West Ham,… Read more »

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For the second home league game, the fans have left Upton Park wondering, why didn’t we win this one? The obvious reason was because we lost but it is how we lost that is the main cause for concern. Against Spurs on the opening day, we didn’t take advantage when they went down to 10… Read more »

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With no match until Hull Away next Monday, I saw the international break as a time to sit back and enjoy some stress-free football. Current West Ham players and internationals such as Cheikou Kouyate, Winston Reid and Enner Valencia all played for their respected countries. Winston Reid captained his side to a devastating 3-1 loss to Uzbekistan in a key international match. Meanwhile, Cheikou Kouyate played an encouraging 87 minutes before being substituted in …

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It’s no secret that this transfer window has been, in the words of David Gold, ‘one of the best windows in the history of the club’. With a rather impressive nine additions made over the summer, the West Ham squad is far more impressive than it was at this stage last year. From Mauro Zarate… Read more »

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Despite reports from Sky Sports News saying that West Ham have ended their interest in Sunderland striker Connor Wickham, many are claiming that we still remain in the hunt for the promising young forward. When I first heard the news that the owners had tabled a bid of around £4million for Wickham I was excited… Read more »

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By now you lot will have had your Fantasy Football teams ready and waiting for this weekend’s big kick-off. It’s at this stage that if club’s make any new signings then it’s rare that they’ll slot straight in to the squad on the opening day of the season, so the team you’ve got now is… Read more »

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As we head into a new season, we again find ourselves without the injured Andy Carroll for around four months – so who’s going to successfully take the number nine role? Mauro Zarate is too small to play the lone striker and is best utilised in the hole behind the main striker, but no doubt Big… Read more »

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As we embark on our penultimate season at the Boleyn Ground, the inevitable dreams, doubts and, of course, nightmares begin to surface. We’re counting down the hours to the big kick-off and it just had to be Spurs, didn’t it? So the question now springs to mind – how well have we equipped ourselves to… Read more »

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It has been an extremely tough week for West Ham regarding injuries as trio Andy Carroll, James Tomkins and new signing Cheikou Kouyate suffered serious injuries during the pre-season match versus Wellington Phoenix. We’ll start with the rather smaller news as Senegalese Kouyate was maliciously stamped on in the first half against Wellington Phoenix but although the medical staff feared the worst at first, he managed to play on for the large duration of the match and performed well. Allardyce…

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With West Ham on the verge of securing the signature of Ecuadorian Enner Valencia, let me introduce you to the man who took the World Cup by storm in the Group Stages… Enner Valencia, 24, started his career for Emelec where he scored a total of 27 goals in 124 appearances in all competitions which doesn’t help our fans understand why we’d pay such a heavy for him. At the beginning of 2014, Valencia signed for Pachuca and he…

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