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• West Ham player to undergo scans and further assessment • Defender will be out for a minimum of two weeks The West Ham defender Danny Potts will remain in hospital on Thursday for further tests after suffering a head injury during Wednesday night’s 5-1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal, the club have confirmed. The 18-year-old, who had a loan spell at Colchester earlier this season, fell to …

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When Arsenal click as they did for 12 whirlwind minutes at the beginning of the second half, it can feel as if all of their problems, the well-documented angst and the soul-searching, are nothing more than tricks of the imagination. In a game that they had to win, after the dispiriting Premier League losses to Manchester City and Chelsea, …

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• Manager concedes he is worried about recent form • Upton Park’s Mohamed Diamé may be a transfer target Arsène Wenger has asked his players to show him what they are made of after admitting he has become concerned by Arsenal’s poor recent form. Wenger’s name was synonymous with success in the English game at the start of his reign, yet Arsenal have found precious little of that commodity in recent times. The Frenchman …

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Balotelli may be heading for an anonymous exit, Chamakh showed promise while Wenger gets all psychological 1 Balotelli’s last act Among the seven Manchester City substitutes for Fulham’s visit was Mario Balotelli. As his side overcame their poor opponents 2-0 , he was spied having a trot down the touchline to keep warm and sharing a …

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• ‘Rémy will go on and be a great signing for us,’ says manager • Sam Allardyce blames West Ham defenders for Rémy strike The third time was a charm for Loïc Rémy. He had already been caught offside twice in the opening minutes when he latched on to Adel Taarabt’s beautiful, stabbed…

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Harry Redknapp could have seen it coming. It is 14 years since he gave Joe Cole his professional debut for West Ham and was frustrated in his attempts to bring him to Loftus Road this month, so there was an inevitability that the former Liverpool midfielder would score the equaliser that prevented QPR from snatching an improbable and invaluable victory. QPR remain four points adrift at the bottom of the table, but at least …

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Queens Park Rangers looked dead and buried after their 3-0 home defeat by Liverpool three weeks ago, but since then they have beaten Chelsea, drawn with Tottenham, reached the fourth round of the FA Cup and pipped Newcastle United to the £8m signing of Loïc Rémy from Marseille. The 26-year-old France striker is likely to go straight into the starting line-up at Upton Park, where West Ham have been strong this season. Home fans be…

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Today’s chatter would quite like to crawl back into bed Groucho Marx famously didn’t want to belong to any club that would accept him as a member and, employing a sort of similar logic, Newcastle surely must be relieved that they are not going to get Loïc Rémy , on the grounds that they should not accept anyone who would rather belong to Queens Park Rangers. Alan…

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• Martin O’Neill awards midfielder ‘excellent’ report • Sam Allardyce admits West Ham ‘didn’t defend correctly’ Maybe, just maybe, the solution to Sunderland’s lack of deep-lying creativity has been staring Martin O’Neill in the face all along. David Vaughan, starting his first Premier League game this season, controlled central midfield while also linking superbly with the similarly excellent Stéphane …

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The Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has made 120 saves this season, the most in the Premier League. West Ham have committed 253 fouls this term, the highest number of any team in England’s top division. Statistics can be misleading but those two tell the story of two respective campaigns; while Sunderland’s has been spent largely with backs to …

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• Allardyce keen to work again with Sweden full-back • Hammers considering improved bid West Ham United have been rebuffed in their attempts to secure Martin Olsson after Blackburn Rovers rejected an offer worth about £2m for the Sweden defender. The 24-year-old full-back, who joined Rovers’ youth academy from Hogaborgs seven years ago, worked with Sam Allardyce during the latter’s spell at Ewood Park and the West Ham manager had…

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The funny old game is dead but the third round of the FA Cup showed that a new set of football phrases is alive and well No broadcaster worth his salt would compare a beaten footballer to a sick parrot these days, but the game remains as clichéd as ever. The funny old game with players who could turn on sixpences is gone, but a new breed of football clichés is emerging. Games …

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Brian McDermott’s employers should not act rashly, Macclesfield’s failure to sell out speaks volumes and other matters arising 1) Reading’s win could be a significant moment in the life of Brian A comfortable 3-1 victory against League One opposition is still a comfortable 3-1 victory and, if there is anything more to be gleaned from Reading’s simple act of…

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For all his uncommon gifts, West Ham’s returning hero has been unable to find a club where they believed in him enough The first time I came across Joe Cole was back in those days when everybody had heard of him but very few had actually seen him play. Cole was part of a youth team at West Ham that had brought in…

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• Striker will play for West Ham until the end of the season • Chamakh will not be available to face Manchester United West Ham United have signed the striker Marouane Chamakh on loan from Arsenal until the end of the season. The West Ham manager Sam Allardyce confirmed on Friday afternoon that the Moroccan has completed his move across London but not in time …

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Joe Cole’s move back to the club where he started his career has delighted Sam Allardyce

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• Cole signs 18-month contract on return to first club • ‘This is where I learnt my trade,’ midfielder says Joe Cole has completed his free transfer move to West Ham United, according to the club. The midfielder has signed an 18-month contract after leaving Liverpool and is available to face Manchester United in the …

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Criticism of Rafael Benítez’s rotation is unfair, Emmanuel Adebayor has a big decision to make and Wigan’s woes appear worse than ever 1) Rafa’s rotation is not the problem As Rafael Benítez sat in the Stamford Bridge press room on Wednesday night and found himself having to defend his decision to rest key players ahead of Chelsea’s match …

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• Cole was earning £92,000 a week at Anfield • Midfielder rejoins his first club at the age of 31 Joe Cole is set to end his unhappy spell at Liverpool by returning to his first club, West Ham United. “I’m not sure if a deal has been totally agreed. I know there have been talks,” said Liverpool’s manager, Brendan Rodgers. Queens Park Rangers’ manager, Harry Redknapp, who managed Cole at West Ham, said…

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Sam Allardyce said this match would be a test of West Ham’s nerve after a recent wobble left them peering anxiously over their shoulders, but by the end of it no one could quite remember what all the fuss was about. They were, however, given a huge helping hand by a curious refereeing…

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• Kevin Nolan says West Ham will overcome slump in form • Pavel Pogrebnyak’s goal gives Reading heart and hope For the first time this season, West Ham are looking nervously over their shoulders. When they beat Chelsea at the start of December there was cautious talk of pushing for Europe but reality has bitten hard. The loss of Mohamed Diamé to a hamstring injury has contributed to a winless run of four matches …

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Although Reading are mired in a relegation battle, they can always count on a visit from West Ham to cheer them up. This was the sixth time in seven visits to the Madejski Stadium that West Ham have been beaten but of rather more importance to Reading was a second league victory of the season that gives Brian McDermott’s side renewed hope that they can stay in the Premier League. It did not take long for West…

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• Everton midfielder avoids three-match ban • FA also exonerates West Ham centre-forward Everton and West Ham United have been successful in their appeals against the red cards issued to Darron Gibson and Carlton Cole when the two met at Upton Park on 22 December. Gibson was sent off by …

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Everton’s quest for Champions League qualification is back on track but only after a series of controversial detours against West Ham. Anthony Taylor’s direction of proceedings baffled and infuriated both teams and caused swift shifts of momentum at crucial times. Everton prevailed and even though their third victory in 12 Premier league matches lifted them into the top…

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Not for the first time David Moyes will have his work cut out having lost his top scorer, Marouane Fellaini, to suspension and after revealing there is “quite a lot” of injury news within his first-team squad, without going into specifics. Nine draws have hampered their push for a top-four spot and West Ham, who welcome Jack Collison into the squad for the first…

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