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The next few days may  show us precisely how Slaven Blic deals with confrontation! We’ve had a taste of it via Morgan Amalfitino who, having crossed swords with the boss, found himself down the road faster than you can pronounce his surname. Since then it’s been all sweetness and light until Enner Valencia lost it […]

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West Ham this afternoon reacted to angry fans who had been held on line trying to book tickets for the FA Cup replay clash with Liverpool by thanking them for their patience. But it did little to calm fans who had seen the club’s ticket buying operation go into meltdown as fans tried to get […]

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West Ham have warned fans against thoughts they may have a major club spending spree this summer. With talk of 20 goal striker and £20 million purchases grabbing the headlines a top insider has warned that much of last summer’s spending was made against loans that need to be paid back. The club are set […]

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Mark Noble has made it clear the club has to manage carefully the growing expectations among the fans as the players continue to ride the crest of a wave. Already thoughts are turning firmly to Europe as the club maintain sixth position with matches against top placed sides still to come. Noble understands the current […]

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Robbie Savage re-opened the Mark Noble for England debate during the captain’s outstanding performance against Aston Villa. The former Wales international turned BT Sports pundit was mightily impressed with Nobes and called for him to be included in a Roy Hodgson squad sooner rather than later. But do the Irons fans who see the captain […]

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December 1999 and the Hammers team huddle by the centre circle watching the Penalty shoot-out for a place in the League Cup semi-final after the two sides had played out an entertaining draw 2-2. Lomas, Di Canio, Keller, Rio, Ruddock, Margas, Sinclair, Kitson were just some of those in the team that night, and yet […]

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So it’s the FA Cup third round this weekend and the big debate at the moment is whether we should take it seriously this season or not. Of course we should be taking any competition seriously, but with a huge chance of mounting a serious challenge on a top six finish at the minute, would

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It’s been a couple of days since we completed a famous double over Liverpool. Our performance on Saturday was absolutely superb. Michail Antonio and Andy Carroll were both on the scoresheet again as we recorded back-to-back wins after five consecutive draws to make it seven matches unbeaten. It was a performance that had so many

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So this is it, the year that sees so much change at West Ham United. This biggest year in the club’s history. A new stadium, a new crest, a new future. I can’t wait. We’re on the home stretch now, and that begins with Saturday’s visit of Liverpool. A win against Jurgen Klopp’s men will

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So that’s what winning feels like… Our first half against Southampton was awful, and we were extremely lucky to have only been trailing by one goal going in to the break. But Big Slav mixed it up half time, made two changes and we instantly saw the benefits of that as the team looked sharper

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I had the pleasure of speaking to Hammers Chat ahead of Monday’s clash with Southampton. It’s a bit of a weird stage in our season at the moment. We’re unbeaten in five but without a win in eight, so it’s hard to know whether to be happy or annoyed with where we’re currently at. One

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So it’s official, West Ham are the Premier League’s draw specialists. Our 1-1 stalemate at Villa Park on Boxing day made it five draws in a row, although one positive is that we finally managed to find the back of the net thanks to Aaron Cresswell. However, despite being unbeaten in five we’re still without

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The Hammers Chat crew have been previewing Boxing Day’s trip to Aston Villa this week. Having drawn four on the bounce – three of which have been goalless – we’re in desperate need of three points to give us some festive cheer on Sunday. Slaven Bilic said earlier this week that he’ll probably stick with

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