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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Optimistic fan sends timely reminder
Posted on 19 September 2016.
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Ridiculous “sack Bilic ” protest brings huge lashback
Posted on 19 September 2016.
No surprise that some knee jerking Irons are already calling for Slaven Bilic’s head after the team collected just three points from a possible 15. But one ludicrous twitter account called @SlavenOut started the calls before the West Bromwich Albion defeat. It asked:”Would any West Ham United fans be in interested in a protest, me and […]
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250 Season ticket holders are relocated
Posted on 18 September 2016.
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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Ince points out West Ham’s flaws
Posted on 18 September 2016.
Former Hammer, Paul Ince has told BT Sport that West Ham problems are down to them focusing too much on attacking and not defending. West Ham have moved down into the bottom three this weekend of the Premier League table after five games of the season with just 3 points to their name after a late win […]
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Alan Shearer “It was like watching an under-10 team”
Posted on 18 September 2016.
“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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Too much change is a never a good thing
Posted on 18 September 2016.
Too much change is rarely a good thing in business or in football! We have bought in thirteen new players over the Summer transfer window, we have moved out of our stadium of 112 years to the London stadium doubling our amount of season tickets holders and changed our first team training ground of many […]
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Bilic under pressure – what the fans say!
Posted on 18 September 2016.
ClaretandHugh FB forum members at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have their say on the slump in our fortunes and how they see the future. O It started with Antonio saga last season. We struggled when he was played at RB. Billic and the owners are not seeing things the same since the season started. Billic is losing support now […]
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No excuses left – there’s no fight in this squad
Posted on 18 September 2016.
By Pete Ellis What’s going on? There’s a lot of negativity and I take it with a pinch of salt usually, but when the glass half full brigade like me begin to worry, surely there are things that raise concern. I thought, like most, that the return of Payet, Lanzini and the introduction of Zaza would […]
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Bilic ‘Problem is fundamentally defending as a team’
Posted on 18 September 2016.
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Bilic admits he has “big” problem
Posted on 18 September 2016.
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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We’re truly back on the West Ham Way
Posted on 17 September 2016.
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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MasuakuWatch – spotlight on a disaster
Posted on 17 September 2016.
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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Boleyn Ground to be blown up tonight
Posted on 17 September 2016.
Two large explosions – complete with large fireballs – are set to happen in West Ham’s former stadium at the Boleyn Ground tonight and again on Sunday. The two controlled blasts are part of a forthcoming Hollywood action film called Final Score that is being shot in the football ground now owned by developers. A […]
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Talk a Good Game LIVE
Posted on 17 September 2016.
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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Away fans will have to stay put at London Stadium
Posted on 17 September 2016.
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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Brady: ‘Moving home is always a stressful experience’
Posted on 17 September 2016.
West Ham vice chairman, Karren Brady has penned a column for the Sun newspaper today. “MOVING home is always a stressful experience.” Brady writes “Moving with 56,000 others is bound to multiply the hassles.” “West Ham have a few at the London Stadium on Saturday, the mood among squabbling supporters in no way helped by […]
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Upbeat Slaven’s optimistic outlook
Posted on 16 September 2016.
Slaven Bilic has revealed that Andre Ayew will be back much sooner than expected. Ayew picked up a thigh problem on his debut for the Irons ast month, and has not appeared since. It was initially feared that the Ghanian was set to be out for a lengthy period of time, but Bilic has confirmed […]
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Lawro in generous mood by his standards
Posted on 16 September 2016.
Mark Lawrenson is in generous mood by his own limited standards towards West Ham this weekend believing the boys may get a point at the Hawthorns tomorrow (Sat). Writing in his regular BBC column the former Liverpool player reckons we may come away from the West midlands with a draw this weekend. He says:” West Brom […]
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Irons “fell between two stools”
Posted on 16 September 2016.
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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The day Irons defence showed worse judgement than Keith Vaz at a Holiday Inn with his “friend!”
Posted on 16 September 2016.
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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Slav expecting a big time response
Posted on 16 September 2016.
Slaven Bilic has warned that last season’s finishing position and the move to a new stadium has seen hopes rise but that expectancy levels need to be managed. The boss, talking in his London Evening Standard column, said: “If we think, though, that we can win any game just because we moved stadiums or because […]
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Over 278,000 tickets to West Ham games sold so far
Posted on 16 September 2016.
West Ham have sold 278,805 tickets for the first five games at the London Stadium, breaking the home attendance record three times in the process. All official football attendances are based on tickets sold rather the number of supporters through the turnstiles so the absence of the ticket trader has meant a few hundred empty […]
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Treatment room update gives team selection clue
Posted on 15 September 2016.
Sam Byram looks certain to hold on to the right back position against West Brom despite a lack lustre match against Watford last weekend. The Irons top medic Stijn Vandenbroucke has revealed in his latest treatment room update that Alvaro Arbeloa is set to play a part in the EFL Cup against Accrington Stanley next week […]
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West Ham to learn fate on stadium capacity
Posted on 15 September 2016.
The all powerful London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (LS-SAG) meets today to discuss safety and capacity limits for the London Stadium. This time last month the LS-SAG, chaired by Newham enforcement officer, Sheila Roberts recommended that capacity be restricted to 57,000 over concerns over persistent standing, away fan segregation and supporters drinking alcohol in view […]
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Top cop to look after stadium security
Posted on 15 September 2016.
The London Stadium operators are moving fast as they tighten their hold on security at West Ham’s new home. And this morning they made a major move when announcing the appointment of former Met Police Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison to oversee security at the stadium. They made the announcement on Twitter where a sentence read: “Former […]
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Dimi and Sam bring a smile to cancer victim Jack
Posted on 15 September 2016.
West Ham’s stars Dimitri Payet and Sam Byram gave young cancer patient and huge Irons fan Jack Howard reason to smile with a Facetime call. Brave Jack is fighting kidney cancer and has been given weeks to live but his family is refusing to give up the battle as they bid to raise £250,000 to […]
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