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New blog from CandH’s Rich Sprent Slav got his win and the team finally got over that well known ” line drawn in the sand.” We saw some pragmatism  added to the performance at home against Boro. At Palace, the team were given balance in the selection. Many will crow about the tactical changes and […]

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Simone Zaza produced an outstanding stat during his performance against Palace at the weekend. For the frst time this season the Italian striker drew some much needed accolades from the Hammers fans as he attempts to show he is worth a £20 million move to the club. And the Daily Mail highlighted his performance as […]

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Alan Shearer hasn’t always been West Ham’s best friend but he came onsde this weekend describing the Irons victory over Palace ” thoroughly deserved.” And like the rest of the country he condemned two outrageous decisions against Aaron Cresswell ho is quite clearly one of the cleanest and fairest players in the Premier League. Commetnting […]

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David Gold is again pleading for the introduction of new technology after the shocking sending off of Aaron Cresswell. The co chairman has been a long term advocate of a link between an off pitch adjudicator and the referee and Martin Atkinson’s terrible decision to red card our left back appars to back him to […]

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A plan to fund and erect a statue of Bobby Moore in his birth town of Barking is failing to attract backers to make the project a reality. A crowd funding page was launched six months ago by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham but has only managed to attract just 2% (£2,712) of […]

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I took my camera to Selhurst Park yesterday in the hope of catching a turnaround in fortunes and I wasn’t disappointed. Our fans were superb yesterday, Crystal Palace deservedly have a reputation for noisy support but us hammers made all the noise in South London. All the big incidents are included and of course all […]

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How good it was to see Slaven smiling and gagging around again yesterday afternoon. How excellent to hear Mark Noble – who usually has the talent to say all the right things – explaining that the players were all 100 per cent behind the boss. And whatever you may think of Harry Redknapp, the exchange […]

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West Ham striker Andy Carroll has been pictured out drinking again. The photos and video published by the Daily Mirror show Carroll and former Hammer Joey O’Brien drinking pints in the Slug and Lettuce pub in Canary Wharf as the Hammers beat Crystal Palace win on Saturday. There will be raised eyebrows that Andy Carroll […]

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Howard Webb on Aaron Cresswell pic.twitter.com/a8ssUkAMEJ — West Ham Football (@westhamfootball) October 16, 2016

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More: Video: Mark Noble and Winston Reid interview

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has received a massive new boost after the win against Palace with the return to training of Andre Ayew who plans to be fit in in six weeks time. The club’s record signing is starting light training and the plan is for him to return for three crucial matches at the […]

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On any other day this season an event such as that which saw Aaron Cresswell would have seen the Hammers hoist white flags – NOT TODAY! Slaven Bilic described Martin Atkinson’s decision as “very harsh,” former ref Howard Webb said the same on BT Sport and Harry Redknapp called it “utterly disgusting and diabolical which […]

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World class penalty from Benteke pic.twitter.com/MTMYg5amwn — West Ham Social (@WestHamSocial) October 15, 2016   There was much talk that we were ging to buy him but in the end it was Palace who decided to shell out nearly £30 million for Christian Benteke. Quite apart from missing numerous chances the Palace centre forward managed […]

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Mark Noble was a relieved Hammers skipper as he declared after the 1-0 victory at Palace: “I’ve been the first to admit it – we have been bad this season and it is no good talking about injuries. Every club has them. “But players like Aaron Cresswell are so important to us as was shown […]

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Zaza has been the name on everybody’s lips this week – this is how various CandH Facebook Forum members saw the Italian’s first half against Palace.   O Thirteen minutes in and we look different. Better, more focused, playing with intent O Let’s hope Zaza is starting to  settle into the premiership. O Let’s give the guy […]

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 Rob Robinson – a passionate Hammer whose father Bill was assistant manager at the club – has  been addressing the thorny issue of the new stadium. Rob has been a CandH supporter since we arrived on the scne three years ago and are glad to have the opportunity of presenting his answer to the qustion: […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed that Christian Benteke was indeed on the list of strikers he was interested in signing this summer but says we have got our strikers now. Ahead of this evening’s match at Selhurst Park the gaffer said the club had made tentative enquiries about the Belgian forward. However, Bilic  admitted it is was difficult […]

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West Ham reportedly watched Club Brugge centre-back Stefano Denswil as his side lose 1-0 to Sporting Charleroi on Friday evening. The Hammers were one of 13 clubs from across Europe to send representatives to the watch the Belgian champions’ trip to the Stade du Pays de Charleroi. The 23-year-old former Ajax youth product, is believed […]

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Hindsight is a wonderful thing, we came across this article from www.footballfancast.com last month giving five reasons why the Simone Zaza was such a clever move by West Ham. Maybe they will doing a follow up article very soon. Guarantee of goals Zaza has been impressive in Serie A the past number of seasons. His […]

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Slaven Bilic has named four players who have particularly impressed him in training during the international break. Speaking to the  London Evening Standard he named Pedro Obiang, Mark Noble, Simone Zaza and Jonathan Calleri as impressive. Slav pushed those players available to him through a tough training regime as he attempted to iron out the faults he […]

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David Gold has his fingers crossed the squad in which he has invested millions can save him from the ultimate embarrassment tomorrow evening (Sat) – a thorough ribbing at the hands of his workforce. The co chairman’s offices are deep in Palace country with the majority of his employees being Eagles supporters and there’s always […]

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Former Irons boss Alan Pardew claims Slaven Bilic will know how to deal with his present problems better than himself! The Crystal Palace boss said: “He’s an experienced manager – an experienced international manager – and he’ll know how to deal with it. Better than I will. I have no doubt he’ll get it right […]

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Mark Noble has spoken out about the team’s attitude to the current slump and how much they care and how much he wants the fans to get right behind the team. He said: “If you can’t support the team through times like this, why support us at all?” Here’s how some of ClaretandHugh’s Facebook members […]

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Mark Lawrenson is tipping the Irons to take a point off Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park this weekend. He’s not ready to offer us a boost by predicting a much needed win but declares: “Crystal Palace are one of the form teams in the country at the moment. It’s safe to say that West Ham aren’t,” […]

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Alan Pardew has no doubt that Slaven Bilic will turn the Irons form around. The former Irons boss – who takes Palace into action againt us tomorrow – made his point during the pre-match press conference. The club tweeted him as saying: “No doubt that Bilic will get it right sooner rather than later.” Meanhile […]

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Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew has confirmed that Scott Dann will miss tomorow’s clash with the Irons. The central defender has failed to recover from a hamstring injury which has seen him miss the last two Premier League outings. Hopes were high that the Palace skipper would make the game after missing the matches against […]

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