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Not unexpectedly Andy Carroll look set to return for the Irons at the London Stadium tomorrow night. After leaving the big man out of his side against Crystal Palace Slaven Bilic has made it pretty clear he will be back in an attempt to sort out his former club. The manager tends selects players against […]

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By Max Willow While Liverpool is endowed with a quality first team squad, much of their success can be attributed to the tactical vision of manager, Jurgen Klopp.  He has very high expectations of every player, and when they play according to his ‘engineer-designed plans’, they can present as a very intimidating attacking force. However, […]

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James Collins reckons he is closing in on a first team return. The veteran defeender has played just four games this season and whilst there are hopes he could be back for Liverpool, the odds may be no better than 50-50. However, the 34 year old can’t wait to get back into action and there has […]

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West Ham Development team scored a magnificent victory at Bristol Rovers last night to ensure they take their place in the knockout rounds of the Checkatrade competition. Two goals from Tony Martinez and another from Martin Samuelsen saw the lads come from a goal down to win 25 seconds – magnificent. And afterwards delighted Academy […]

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West Ham’s youngsters are looking to move into the second round of the Checkatrade Trophy at Bristol Rovers tonight! The Hammers are allowed to include overage players in the squad but need to have at least 6 U21s in the starting line-up, and we go into the game with three points from three in Southern Group C following […]

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An agonising 97th-minute strike from Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha was enough for Crystal Palace to snatch a point in a thrilling 2-2 draw at Selhurst Park on Saturday, as huge pressure was heaped back on Slaven Bilic. The Hammers had raced into a two-goal early lead through an improvised Javier Hernandez finish and sumptuous strike from in-form Andre Ayew before the game was turned on its head…

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Two Spurs yobs involved in the throwing if a plastic pint glass of wee during Wembley cup clash have been banned for life by Spurs. Lucas Louka and a fellow Tottenham supporter were filmed lobbing the urine at West Ham fans last Wednesday. Spurs confirmed yesterday: “This kind of behaviour is not acceptable.We are issuing […]

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Sorry but I couldn’t resist the Halloween themed headline but it is quite apt. Our inability to hold on to a 2-0 lead against a struggling team without a striker was horrific whilst Antonio displayed the dexterity of Herman Munster at the end. Anyway what started out as a promising day turned quite sour at […]

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A Spurs fan who hurled urine at West Ham supporters on Wednesday night at Wembley has been unmasked as an estate agent who had previously carried out a pitch invasion at White Hart Lane. 34-year-old Lucas Louka who lives in Chingford, East London was filmed launching a plastic cup of liquid ­during Wednesday’s match against […]

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Joe Hart was chuffed to see Adrian in such great form against Spurs and welcomes the pressure it puts on him as the current holder of the first team sweater. After a career in squads with a powerful line up of keepers the England stopper is no stranger to such situations and says simply: “It […]

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West Ham’s under 23s can pave the way for the first team when they spring into action against a bang in form Manchester City outfit at Dagenham this afternoon (KO: 1.30 pm). Academy boss Terry Westley is set to name his youngest team of the season with four under 18s taking their places in the […]

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Suggestions by the Sun newspaper that West Ham could be locked out of their ground or made homeless if Stadium owners E20 Stadium  LLP went bust are completely wide of the mark. The Thursday report claimed: “The Mayor of London and Newham Council will move heaven and earth to avoid the humiliation of the Hammers […]

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Manuel Lanzini has warned his West Ham team-mates they have no time to sit back and celebrate their win over Tottenham as their real test will be beating Crystal Palace on Saturday.

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Frank McAvennie has led the chorus of stunned amazement at the circumstances under which the Carabao Cup quarter Final draw was conducted. After a delay to the planned live event on TV because of apparent technical problems, the draw was pre recorded and released via the media. Now come on that’s not great particularly when […]

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Slaven Bilic is very aware that West Ham have achieved “nothing” but  will have done if they carry last night’s second half performance forward. The manager knows more is required declaring: “We have to be proud, but we’ve done nothing. We’ve only done a lot if we take this as a standard and if we […]

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Slaven Bilic is set to make wholesale changes to the team for tonight’s match against Spurs at Wembley as we bid to advance in the League Cup competition. We are hearing reports – backed by the X1 named on some Twitter accounts – that the manager is set to make as many as eight changes […]

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So there you have it -if you hadn’t before – Sak wants out and some of us, including yours truly better suck it up and get on with life. The inside of Sakho’s head is not a place one would ever want to be. I only mention that because I really don’t understand why he […]

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• Bilic: ‘Our numbers of running is not what it should have been’ • West Ham manager insists he can turn the club’s form around Slaven Bilic’s training methods have come under further scrutiny after West Ham United’s manager accepted that he cannot hide from statistics indicating his players are failing to run enough during games. While Bilic retained his job following talks with the West Ham co‑owner David Sullivan after the home defeat against Brighton & Hove …

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Diafra Sakho has broken silence on his version of events on transfer deadline day claiming that the club gave him permission for the medical in France. Sakho said “I still want to leave, I always say it, I don’t hide it, fans happy or not I want change of environment” “I think going to France […]

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And so to Spurs at  a time in our history where it’s truly difficult to see a way forward! We have heard nothing from the manager since the dreadful Friday night affair with the only question being asked: “When will he get the bullet.” Doubtless he will give his thoughts later at the pre-match presser […]

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Adrian has made his feeling very clear on his West Ham “future” claiming that if he gets the chance he wants a move. However, he is determined to give everything to the cause should he – as expected – find himself with the sweater for tomorrow night’s League Cup clash against Spurs at Wembley. And […]

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By Sean Whetstone Everton have parted company with Ronald Koeman today as he became the fall guy for a failed summer transfer policy which left the Toffees side unbalanced for the start of this season. However, Koeman’s recent failure in the transfer market does not make him a bad manager and in my view, Everton’s […]

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West Ham have been given the opportunity of taking a sigh of relief after the woes of Friday night and the fall out since. For as they prepare for Spurs at Wembley this week they have learned that they may be spared the threat of goal machine Harry Kane. The striker was subbed in the […]

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KIERAN GILL AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Bilic is set to speak with co-owner David Sullivan on Monday, having had all weekend to think about how he is on the brink of getting the boot.

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A lack of good managers with proven Premier League experience is the dilemma facing the West Ham board at the moment as they consider Slaven Bilic’s future at the club. The bookies have Manuel Pellegrini, Carlo Ancelotti, Rafa Benitez, Sean Dyche, Roberto Mancini and Slavisa Jokanovic as their top runners as the next permanent West […]

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Many will accuse us of being reactionary in running a poll directly after the latest disappointing Premier League defeat. But the truth is that Slaven Bilic has only managed twelve Premier League wins in thirty-nine games spanning a full twelve months. We ask whether Slav’s time is up and he should go immediately; whether he […]

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