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In defence of Sullivan Junior

Over the weekend Graeme Souness stuck the boot into Jack Sullivan claiming his comments on club business on Twitter was “unacceptable.” The Sky pundit told the Sunday Times: “Look at the West Ham situation, where you have Jack Sullivan, son of the owner David Sullivan, on social media criticising the manager’s selections, substitutions and signings. […]

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Hammers set to give Slav a ‘first’

Slaven Bilic should have an entirely fit squad for the trip to Burnley assuming everybody returns from international duty intact. The manager will await the returning players before making his assessment but the latest news is that the three remaining in the treatment room should all be fit for Turf Moor but the manager may […]

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Sniping Souness – Hammers fans react

Graeme Souness has hit out at Jack Sullivan’s bulletins on Twitter as being unacceptable within the modern game. The Scotsman has had much to say in today’s Sunday Times and the hammers fans on ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum have not been slow in responding to the former Liverpool midfielder’s moans. O I think that they have […]

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Souness takes a swing at Sullivan jnr

Graeme Souness has attacked Jack Sullivan’s Twitter activities describing his behaviour as “unacceptable.” The former Liverpool star and Sky TV pundit has opened up to the Sunday Times on issues in the game which he sees as wrong. He declared that the best two examples of player power undermining managers in recent seasons are Jose Mourinho […]

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The big Lou Macari Interview

Moore Than Just A Podcast presenter Nigel Kahn tracked down former West Ham manager Lou Macari for a feature length interview to give his side of his short time managing West Ham. Macari followed in the footsteps of John Lyall but was in charge of West Ham for just seven months and 28 matches – […]

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Report: Irons track Anderlecht striker

West Ham are this morning claimed to be set for a £7million swoop on Anderlecht’s Polish striker Lukasz Teodorczyk The 26-year-old was linked with an Anfield move in the summer after scoring 27 goals in Belgium. And after the deal failed to materialise the Hammers have been tracking him and are reported to have sent […]

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Hammers defeat but plenty of upsides

Terry Westley saw his under 23s beaten 3-0 by Villareal at Dagenham last night but was happy to see his team challenged in a different way during the Premier League International Cup. Striker Adrian Dalmau’s hat-trick killed off our youngsters but despite the scoreline we had our chances with two shots cleared off the line. […]

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Martin Peters being robbed of World Cup memories

Photo courtesy: Getty – contributor Sir Geoff Hurst is deeply concerned that the part Martin Peters played in in England’s World Cup triumph is being erased from his mind forever by the evil disease -Alzheimer’s . Peters played a major part in the victory over West Germany 51 years ago when between them Moore, Hurst […]

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Zaba nails the Irons problem

Honest Pablo Zabaleta has admitted the Hammers have a big problem – giving the ball away to cheaply. And he has declared that they musyt introduce more consistency into their game – which is certainly not an issue in his own displays. Discussing the issues surrounding the recent poor performances the right back came closer […]

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David Cross Interview: ‘We were never 100% fit’

Former Hammer David Cross has explained players of his generation were never 100% and were no more than 85% at best and often carried a niggle or two as if they didn’t play they wouldn’t get paid as much. In an hour-long special Moore Than Just A Podcast presenter Nigel Kahn interviews to David Cross about […]

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Bilic’s long list of exit door players

A stray comment within a long conversation last night got me thinking about the lack of stability we have seen enter our playing squad over the last two and a bit years. Stability is usually the key to good practices in any walk of life – without it things can go wrong in a heartbeat and it […]

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WATCH & VOTE: PL Goal of the Month

Leroy Sane? Kevin De Bruyne? Harry Kane? Watch our pick of the Premier League goals from September and vote for your favourite.

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Westley’s Quina hopes…plus Academy news

CandH Exclusive Academy boss Terry Westley has everything crossed that brilliant teenager Domingos Quina commits his future to West Ham next month. The 17 year old hits 18 in November at which stage he can agree to  a long term deal and, as one of the most sought after players around, it would represent a […]

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Masuaku aims to give Bilic a selection headache

Arthur Masuaku has told the official club website he is not frustrated about his lack of starts but aims to give Slaven Bilic a selection headache. He also claims the left wing is his best position. Speaking to WHUFC.com he said  “I feel good and, in my opinion, I just have to keep focused even when […]

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Premier League grades: Season so far

Who is top of the class, and who needs to do more homework? Stuart Pearce gives his Premier League season grades so far as we head into the second international break.

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Board to sweat it out with Bilic – but changes ahead!

West Ham are unmoved in their support for manager Slaven Bilic despite the bitterly disappointing display against Swansea City at the London Stadium. The three points which lifted the club into 15th spot in the Premier League were overshadowed by a horrible performance brightened only by the appearance Manu Lanzini and the Diafra Sakho goal at […]

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Bilic admits job pressure is unpleasant

Manager Slaven Bilic is totally fed up with talking about the future of his job “on a weekly basis.” The manager admitted after today’s game: “I feel it. It didn’t start today. Those speculations, not only about me but there are always a few names and those names are changing. I told you. I’m only […]

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West Ham 0-0 Swansea: Pressure rises on Slaven Bilic

West Ham nicked all three points at London Stadium as Diafra Sakho scored a late winner to break Swansea hearts. 

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Where Are They Now? Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Robbie Slater 1995-1996 A National Champion while still in his teens, Slater first caught the eye of Nottingham Forest in the early 80’s before eventually securing a move to Anderlecht in 1989. The Belgian side were one of the bigger teams in Europe at the time and the industrious midfielder struggled to make an impression on the first team and so moved on to French club Lens in 1990. Lens were languishing in the second tier of French football…

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Icelandic’s sell remaining West Ham shares

The Icelandic’s have finally sold their remaining ten percent shareholding of West Ham United to an American investment firm called The Blackstone Group. The firm boast they have $371billion assets under their management. As part of the sale of shares, Albert ‘Tripp’ Smith joins the board of West Ham directors to over rsee the new […]

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Bilic: “We have a good run of games”

Slaven Bilic is confident he is facing a run of games which will see the Irons collecting points but doesn’t believe it’s correct to think like that! We face teas outside of the top right after a difficult series of opening games with Swansea are on the immediate agenda before we face  Burnley away, Brighton […]

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Hammers clear up Ancelotti rumours

West Ham have already ruled out a move for sacked Carlo Ancelotti. No sooner had new of his sacking from Bayern Munich had emerged than some delusional speculation started that he would be perfect for West Ham. Well no doubt, as he would for many other League clubs, but the chance of him finding his […]

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Noble Swansea start leaves question mark

Mark Noble can be expected to hold onto his place on Saturday against Swansea despite Pedro Obiang having been reported ready to return from injury. Obiang has been suffering from a muscular injury but is expected to take his place in midfield – possibly at the expense of Cheik Kouyate who – apart from a […]

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Ten Man Tottenham Edge Derby Day Thriller

Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs held onto a narrow lead late on at The London Stadium on Saturday lunchtime to condemn us to a fourth League defeat in our last six League fixtures. The clash, featuring Live on Sky Sports, was a classic feisty and end-to-end London Derby and for the visitors, three points meant revenge from two consecutive away defeats at the hands of Slaven Bilic. The Lilywhites made a fast start…

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Antonio update

Michail Antonio will be available for the game against Burnley immediately after the international break. The Hammer of the Year limped off after 28 minutes against Spurs to be replaced by Andy Carroll – an injury which most agreed changed the game. Early fears that  Antonio had suffered a hamstring injury were shown to be […]

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Kouyate calls for focus

Cheik Kouyate has told the squad to stop making mistakes against very good teams but believes Michail Antonio’s injury had a big impact on the match against Spurs. He told the official site :“We started the game very well and played very good for 30 minutes but we lost Michail Antonio after that, then we […]

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