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Our four international representatives enjoyed mixed fortunes in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying yesterday. Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Darren Randolph and Italy striker Simone Zaza – were both victorious. However, Senegal’s Cheikhou Kouyate and Algeria winger Sofiane Feghouli were on the losing side in their respective qualifiers. Randolph was again impressive keeping a clean sheet […]

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Karren Brady has a theory …yes I know, I know! Writing in her Sun diary ths week she starts from the premise that us fans are wondering why the team’s results are not as good as the team itself. She also claims that Slaven bought a lot of players in the summer and claims the settling-in time […]

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The imminent release of Gokhan Tore and Simone Zaza is set to release a big wage bonus with which the Irons can play in the January window. Tore’s farwell now looks nailed on with the Hammers surrendering the £2.5 million loan fee in favour of a £40k a week salary saving and Zaza all but […]

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Sputhend United boss Phil Brown has revealed that former West Ham United attacker Zavon Hines is training with the League One outfit. Hines, 27, came through the West Ham youth system and went on to make 22 league appearances for the club before joining Burnley in the summer of 2011. The former England Under-21 international has […]

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Besiktas have confirmed ClaretandHugh’s morning story that Gokhan Tore will only return to the club from his West Ham loan if the Hammers surrender the £2.5 million loan fee. And we understand that the Irons are ready to do so and save the £40,000 a week wages we are paying the flop winger. We reported […]

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CandH blogger Rich Sprent is a worried man and doesn’t expect this piece to be popular or meet with universal approval but finds he has quite a lot he needs to get off his chest! We are happy to give him the opportuty of doing just that. This week the focus has been on Adrian’s […]

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James Collins has made it clear the Adrian error is a thing of the past and that it’s tme to get on with things again. He said: “I’ve had a long career and I’ve probably made more mistakes than anyone, so I cannot really comment on it! “I was there to get the ball and […]

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West Ham United have today released a new UK rate 03 telephone number for the club’s ticket office which will save fans up to 68p a minute. The club has explained calls to 03 numbers must count towards any inclusive minutes included in mobile, BT or other fixed line packages. The new number for fans […]

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Slaven Bilic has made it clear that Adrian remains his No 1 goalkeeper. He reasons that the Spaniard has bailed us out many times in the past and tht it is unfair to judge keepers on one error. Here’s hw ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum members @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/  responded to the manager’s view.   O Good to cheer […]

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As we head into the final international break of the year, the Premier League is starting to take shape. Sportsmail’s RALPH ELLIS looks at the 10 things we learned from the weekend’s action.

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Dimitri Payet has insisted he won’t close the door on leaving West Ham in the January transfer window. Featuring on a live TV interview on French channel TF1 he was asked whether he would be leaving West Ham this winter. Translated from French Payet said  “Leave West Ham this winter? I am asking myself other […]

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Liverpool central defender Mamadou Sakho is this morning reported as being a target for the Irons and Leicester City in the the January wndow. The player has fallen out of favour with boss Jurgen Klopp over the summer and has spent the season so far very much on the sidelines. The 26-year-old angered his manager […]

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West Ham supporters have complained that extra security measures have had a knock on effort to the disabled and elderly supporters delaying their exist by an hour or more. Hammers season ticket holder Mark Gower tweeted “Disabled supporters had to wait over an hour for accessibility buses to take us to Stratford Station” West Ham […]

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This will not be a headline you will be reading in the Sunday papers because it will not be considered news worthy. The Metropolitan police and operators London Stadium 185 have confirmed NO arrests were made inside or outside the stadium and there were NO incidents of notes. Met Police told us: “No arrests, No […]

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Slaven Bilic has given confirmation that Winston Reid is likely to be back for the Spurs game. The manager revealed what we had told you here over the last couple of days, that the central defender has sustained a grade one hamstring injury, but hopefully is going to be okay for the Spurs game “which is […]

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Slaven Bilic says West Ham’s defensive injury crisis will not force him into tearing up his team’s new-found 3-4-3 shape. Winston Reid and Reece Oxford are both out of the game with Stoke.

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Two of the original twenty three  London Stadium bans have been overturned in the past week while others are currently under review. KUMB.com ran the story of Ben Scott who had his season ticket revoked after a steward registered a complaint against him following the home defeat against Watford back in September. CCTV footage subsequently confirmed that Mr Scott was […]

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Slaven Bilic has hailed Andy Carroll as ‘a really brave man’ following his gun-point drama escape and says the shock of his targeting will not put the West Ham striker off his injury rehabilitation.

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It’s all getting a bit too political which means more or less nothing will be done about the London Stadium’s increasing costs other than a good moan up. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has ordered a fresh inquiry into the spiralling costs of the Hammers home with his focus apparently being on the retractable seating. […]

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See original article: Video: Antonio reaction to Everton loss

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Continued here: Video: Slav speaks about Toffee loss

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No West Ham striker has scored a goal this season despite ten league games and six  European and domestic cup games played so far.  None of the six recognised Hammers strikers have managed to find the target this season. Antonio currently leads the West Ham goal scorers this season with five, Payet and Lanzini have […]

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The Belgium international has scored in each of his last seven Premier League appearances against the Hammers and was on target again at Goodison Park on Sunday

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We are all aware of Romelu Lukaku’s record of nine goals in his last eight games against West Ham but Tom Cleverley has also scored three goals for three different teams against the Hammers, including the last time he played against them, but is yet to register one against them for Everton. He first netted against […]

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Slaven Bilic has admitted  he “smelled complacency” at West Ham ahead of the club’s start to the new campaign. “We got a bit of that complacency,” he told Sky Sports’ Geoff Shreeves. “I smelled it. I didn’t know and at the end of the day I am the first to say that it is my […]

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Writing his half term reports for Sky Sports, Alan McInally has suggested West Ham have been the most disappointing Premier League team this season considering their pre-season expectations. He says: “I’ve given West Ham an ‘E’ and that’s the worst I’m going to give any team. Disappointed. Dimitri Payet is fantastic but hasn’t done it […]

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