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Slaven Bilic has held his pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s game against Accrington Stanley.  “This game is a good opportunity for us and we don’t have to travel. We have a good position. This is an interesting competition for us. We don’t play again until Sunday and we will play a mixed team. We need […]

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Work has already started to install a state of the art HD screen at the London Stadium. Construction workers have removed temporary fabric players containing West Ham players under the illuminated West Ham United sign in preparation for the installation of the massive TV screen.  This picture taken on Monday afternoon shows that the 12 metre […]

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Daily Mirror sports writer MIKE WALTERS – a top bloke and a good pal of ClaretandHugh’s – was at the Hawthorns at the weekend and here brings his thoughts on the Hammers.    NICE foundations, shame about the roof. Most of the falling masonry, roof timber and brickwork has landed on West Ham’s defence after […]

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A ClaretandHugh follower has sent a message to fans telling them how things turned out when we had the sort of disastrous run of results we are currently experiencing. We lost four on the trot and shipped a shed load of goals as things went from bad to worse but everything of course turned out […]

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The flawed migration policy from the Boleyn Ground to London Stadium is undoubtedly considered the crucial factor in the current unrest. Over 250 season ticket holders have already been relocated in what West Ham are describing as an “ongoing process to keep like minded supporters together.” Some season ticket holders have pointed to the ‘plus […]

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You think you have read just about everything negative about West Ham this weekend then you read something by Paul Merson writing in the Daily Star. The former disgraced Arsenal player has suggested young West Ham fans will switch to Manchester United if problems continue at the London Stadium. “Fans are fighting amongst themselves and kids […]

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An article in today’s Observer by Owen Gibson claims West Ham have already relocated 250 season ticket holders as part of their ongoing policy to put ‘like minded people together’ Owen writes “West Ham are trying to move on to the front foot and have insisted on a police presence within the ground. They will […]

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“It was so bad, it’s embarrassing, it was like watching an under-10 team. Hopeless,” said Shearer on BBC Match of the Day reviewing West Ham’s 4-2 loss against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. “This is not a problem that happened this season, it started at the end of last season. In 12 of the last […]

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It’s been a shambolic start to the season and many would say it is very much in keeping with The West Ham Way. We seem to effortlessly go from feast to famine in what is a familiar scenario for all long suffering West Ham fans. Perhaps we’d all dared to dream that a move to […]

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Towards the end of last season David Sullivan was asked whether he was ready to extend Slaven Bilic’s contract. Hs reponse will be haunting the co chairman himself, the manager and the fans. Sullivan never minces his words and made his position clear with these words: “I will give Slaven a new deal in January. […]

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Slaven Bilic has admitted he has a “big” problem and is living with it 24/7. The manager is a very worried man and said after yesterday’s game at the Hawthorns: “If we continue to defend like this as a team we can’t win a Premier League game. The problem is big. “We can’t say it is […]

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It’s called the West Ham Way and sometimes it ain’t pretty which a few are finding out for the first time. I feel as if I’ve been travelling in a time machine this season as the Irons have truly resurrected the days when it was a case of you score four and we’ll get five – […]

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Slaven Bilic pointed the finger straight at himself after the latest Hammers shocker declaring: “We have a problem  we have to solve. I have to do everything as the manager to turn this around, that’s my job.” And he admitted: “I was angry, disappointed and felt all sorts of emotions – their first goal was […]

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Brian Neil Gay today chose to put left back Arthur Masuaku under his PlayerWatch spotlight. He must have had a dream or premonition that the defender may have a rather major impact on things. Here he gives a blow by blow of the player’s afternoon. Player Watch – Arthur Masuaku 1st Half 00:00 Lines up […]

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We’ll be broadcasting our post match reaction live on Claret & Hugh so join as for full match analysis . . .  . . .  . if you can bear it. Click on the link below 1 minute after the referee blows his whistle for full-time   Share This:

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Sofiane Feghouli is the only addition to the Irons squad for today’s clash at West Brom. The free summer signing has recovered from injury but looks unlikely to start with Michail Antonio continuing in the wide right role. Havard Nortveidt could also return to the side although it will be interesting to see whether Sam […]

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Ashley Fletcher has thanked two West Brom players for the help and guidance they gave him when he was growing up at Manchester United. The young striker was keen to sent his gratitude via the official site to Albion captain Darren Fletcher and centre-half Jonny Evans. There’s a chance he could come up against the duo […]

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Claret Members who have paid £40 to join up are upset that West Ham’s new official partner Thomas Cook is offering match day tickets to anyone from £119 per person as long as they stay in a hotel. Claret members have been frustrated at the small number of tickets in the ballot process after the […]

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West Ham fans have been asking West Ham chairman David Gold whether the club would shove away fans up in the back of the upper tier of the London Stadium like Newcastle and Sunderland does. One West Ham fan called Westley asked “Seats behind the goals are great view & close. Can we not put […]

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West Ham have fallen between two stools after a frenetic transfer window this summer. That’s the view of ClaretandHugh’s chief analyst Leroy Rosenior who believes that the club would have been better off bringing in four or five quality signings rather the the 11 or 12 who have arrived. And he reckons the influx took […]

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West Ham United have banned  20 individuals following isolated incidents at London Stadium during the recent match against Watford in addition to the 10 others who have been handed life bans for the first four games. After analysing CCTV footage and collating evidence from supporters, security and stewarding teams, the Club has revoked season tickets and […]

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Accrington Stanley have been given an initial allocation of just 800 tickets for the London Stadium for their League cup encounter with West Ham next Wednesday but have only managed to sell 500 of them so far it has been revealed. Stanley were entitled up to an allocation 8,550 being 15% of  the 57,000 capacity […]

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  Off the wall ClaretandHugh blogger PETE ELLIS takes his sideways look at the Hammers week that was!   Payet’s assist and Dianne Abbott’s thong! Well, Payet turned it on for 30 minutes, and Antonio continued his fine goal scoring form. The second assist from Payet had more cheek about it than Diane Abbott in […]

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Slaven Bilic arrived late for his press conference this morning after adverse weather delayed his arrival. Starting just after 11am Bilic spoke about Watford saying “It was not a good performance last week. More individual mistakes and mis-understanding from a couple of players. We have talked about it behind closed-doors. We had a really good meeting […]

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Thank God we’re away. Last week was a disaster but if there is an upside at least we are getting all the rubbish form out of the way early and I see no repeats of the Watforrd disaster at West Brom.. The Hammers are on their way to the west midlands for a very winnable […]

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