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Given everything we read on social media I was pleasantly surprised to hear the audible crowd support for Slaven Bilic. Even before Kouyate’s crucial goal sections of the London Stadium home crowd were singing “Super Slav, Super Slav, Super Slaven Bilic”.  The song was repeated several things during the game against Swansea City long before we […]

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Mark Noble has thanked the fans for their fantastic support  during yesterday’s game and said: “That was probably the best atmosphere, for a game of that pressure against Swansea, that we have played in at this Stadium and I thought the fans were great and really helped.” Talking to West Ham TV he said: “I […]

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Manu Lanzini has made it crystal clear that he wants Slaven Bilic to remain at the club. The Argentine’s game has come on leaps and bounds since the Frenchman’s departure and the team’s playmaker suggests that is down to the confidence shown in him by the manager. He explained: “Slaven has shown a lot of confidence […]

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West Ham needed the type of brilliance that Cheikhou Kouyate provided against Swansea at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon, according to manager Slaven Bilic.

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Cheikhou Kouyate grabbed the only goal of the game to claim a crucial three points for West Ham as Swansea’s struggles continue.

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Vodafone plans to transform the technology available in the London Stadium if it concludes a six-year £20m naming rights deal for the former Olympic Stadium. The LLDC and Vodafone are locked in talks to strike a deal before the kick-off of the new season in September but the deal will average £3.3m per year which […]

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Bookmakers Paddy Power have West Ham as 14/1 outsiders to be relegated from the Premier League this season despite losing five league games in a row and being winless in seven games. Sunderland is odds on favourite for the drop at 1/80 with Middlesbrough at 1/18. Our opponents tomorrow, Swansea City are 11/10 for the drop […]

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A few weeks ago I wrote a blog with the words “don’t panic yet”… Well, Christ. Now we can! This weekend’s game against Swansea is, without a doubt, the biggest game of our season. Both sides are struggling to find points and with only five points between the two and seven games left. This is, by all means, a six pointer. The Olympic stadium will need to be loud; despite holding its breath, to get the boys across…

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Fernando Llorente looks likely to hand Swansea City a boost by being fit for the weekend trip to the London Stadium The Spanish striker missed the Welsh outfit’s draw against Middlesbrough with an ankle injury  but head coach Paul Clement says he has trained this week and is in contention for a place in the […]

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Hammers let down in all areas against rampant Gunners The defence has been held accountable for most of our defeats this season, but last night we were let down by our midfield and attack in addition to our back 4. Collins and Fonte endured another tough 90 minutes in just their second game together and the defence was not helped by the absence of Cresswell, all combined with the continuation of Sam Byram’s poor form at…

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Mark Noble has told the fans the squad need them like never before on Saturday afternoon at the London Stadium. He said after the Arsenal defeat: “We need the fans on Saturday for sure, all of them in full voice and let’s hope we can reward them and give them a little bit of something […]

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Cheik Kouyate  has offered the best insight into the club’s mood yet as he prepares for a tale of the unexpected at the Emirates. The Senegal striker refuses to use expressions like “we can’t wait to make it up to the fans” but instead declares: “It’s a very, very difficult moment for us, but sometimes […]

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Dimitri Payet is again re-writing his “why I left West Ham script” as he bids to explain away one of the most unprofessional departures in the history of the game. He has said in the past that it was for personal reasons, because he needed to return to France and because the style of play […]

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So finally comes the dreaded vote of confidence aimed at quietening down the speculation over Slaven’s future. There’s only one flaw in the thinking… it usually creates exactly the opposite reaction and we can assume that the discussion over our much-liked manager will now gain even more pace. Claiming – as the statement does – […]

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The Croatian coach has admitted that his position is on the line after seeing his Hammers side suffer a fourth straight Premier League defeat

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Slave Bilic knows the trap door is opening both on the team and himself although he decided to talk in the third person when discussing the threat to his job. But for the first time he came as close as it gets to declaring that he could be for the chop if this goes on…a […]

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West Ham want  Arsenal’s out of favour striker Lucas Perez. According to The Mirror the Irons have already made strong enquiries for Perez who is keen to leave the Gunners  after a frustrating first season at the club. The 28 year old  joined Arsenal last August in a £17m move from Deportivo La Coruna but […]

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Mark Noble handed a surprise gift to an Afghan veteran when he bumped into a group who were visiting the  Chadwell Heath training ground.. And the captain made sure it became a very special day for lifelong Hammer Matty Wollard, who lost his right leg while on his first tour with the Royal Anglian Regiment in Afghanistan. […]

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Andy Carroll has thrown his considerable weight behind Slaven Bilic declaring “I 100 per cent want him to stay.” Aaron Cresswell had earlier spoken of the dressing room having given Slav total support and now AC has spoken in the most glowing terms of Slav as a man and a manager. Carroll said: “He is […]

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West Ham travel to Hull on Saturday in search of their first win since the start of February. They have picked up just two points in the last five games and suffered three narrow defeats in a row. The Hammers fell to 12 th in the league last week but it is close in mid-table and a win over Hull could fire them towards the top half. Hull are still in the …

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Slaven Bilic’s future is shrouded in doubt and the former Manchester United man says it’s nice to be linked with a move to the Hammers

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Wherever you stand in the Slaven Bilic debate there can be no discussion at all about the man’s class and ability to manage the best and worst of times! The most famous Rudyard Kipling quote of them all came to mind as I listened to him brush off the sacking rumours in his morning press […]

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Diafra Sakho has delivered a timely boost to West Ham by returning to training with Slaven Bilic’s squad. The Hammers striker has been out of action since back surgery following the Premier League draw at Manchester United in November of last year; a game in which he scored. Now the Senegal hitman has recovered suitably and after months of fitness rehabilitation he is ready to take the next step, which is to actually …

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The London club have suffered three successive Premier League losses which has led to talk of Bilic being replaced, with plans to hand the 48-year-old a new deal in the summer now shelved.

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Slaven Bilic has spoken for the first time since new speculation started swirling around about his future and he clearly remains entirely unfazed. Slav greets good and bad with exactly the same face and has made his feeling crystal clear as the issues have arisen again and again over recent days. He simply said: “It’s been […]

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The Hammers failed to taste victory in March and will hope to get back to winning ways when April gets underway with their game against the Tigers

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