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Join our podcast partners Sean, George and John in the studio as they discuss the recent Crystal Palace big away win, they also discuss the the off the field antics of Andy Carroll, the success of the Premium Rate ticket office number petition as well as looking forward to the weekend’s  game against Sunderland. You […]

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The Daily Star today claim that Slaven Bilic underwent a hair transplant at the end of last season  just days before he started appearing as a TV pundit for ITV during Euro 2016.Hair loss expert Dr Shahmalak has told the Star: “Slaven’s hair is looking fantastic and that is all down to a procedure he […]

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Harry Redknapp has told the Talksport Jim White radio Show that he believes West Ham will beat Sunderland at the weekend. “West Ham on Saturday looked very good,” Redknapp said. “The big problem is Aaron Cresswell will be suspended, so they’ll miss him, but I still think West Ham will be too strong at home for […]

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West Ham have called in a Paris-based turf technology firm in a bid to beat their spate of injuries that have hampered the Hammers in recent seasons. West Ham have followed Arsenal in installing AirFibr technology on their training pitches at their new training facility at Rush green. The technology has been use at Arsenal’s […]

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A former West Ham employee has told ClaretandHugh that in his opinion that we just need a couple more wins at home and everyone will feel much better about everything suggesting the board would generally calm down after a couple more wins too. He explained the previous manager’s relationship with the board ultimately  broke down […]

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West Ham are being linked with an unlikely move for another Besiktas’ player -midfielder Kerim Frei. Frei played under Slaven Bilic at the club and could be available for £3m. However, the Irons will look very closely at any future swtches from the Turkish Super Leaague which is some way inferior to the PL. And […]

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Slaven Bilic has praised the amazing effort and performance levels of Pedro Obiang after another top dsplay at the weekend. The midfielder made four tackles, four clearances, an interception and 47 passes, including the fabulous ball which led to Aaron Cresswell pass inside for Manuel Lanzini’s match-winning goal. And Slav said: “Pedro waited for chances. […]

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Don’t expect the Irons to be going with the same three at the back system which proved so efffective against Palace when Sunderland come visiting at the weekend. Slaven Bilic has made it clear that Aaron Cresswell is key to playing such a system and with the left back so unfairly out of action for […]

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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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Slaven Bilic has made it clear the much discussed system wasn’t necessarily resonsible for victory over Palace on Saturday …but ATTITUDE! He explained: “For me, it wasn’t about the system, even though I could say now ‘Yes, it was the system!’ but it was more about attitude. It wasn’t that we didn’t want it in […]

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Slaven Bilic was thrilled with Simone Zaza’s display against Palace declaring: “That’s the Zaza I know from Italy.” The manager made a point of congratulating the 25 year old after the game and said: “He was different class. I told him after the game that this is the Zaza I know from Italy. The goals […]

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Andy Carroll’s well known liking for beer has been back in the headlines for days for one reason – social media in general and Twitter in particular. That footballers lubricate their lives with alcohol is hardly a shock although I can recall being stunned when I learned that Mooro, Jimmy Greaves, Brian Dear in Clyde […]

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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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Mark Noble hasn’t been slow to justfy the players night out after the win at Crystal Palace. And he has also been at pains to describe how much it hurt as the team received so much early criticism. The team were savaged  over their appalling defending – and of course the Slav-sanctioned night out – […]

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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 are reported to be suffering slow tickt sales for their EFL Cup clash with Chelsea. The Sun claims fans have turned their backs on the match despite a pricing policy which has made tickets available for as little as £20 for adults and £10 for children. But the ‘paper claims that over 10,000 seats […]

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

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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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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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 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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Life is never dull with Slaven Bilic as club manager. As we approach a game of immense importance this evening (Sat) the boss has opened up on Simone Zaza and what the future is likely to hold for him. Despite widespread claims – we were told ouselves by club insiders – that the club could […]

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The Premier League have announced their fixture changes for December and January, with five changes for the Hammers.West Ham United’s home fixture against Arsenal remains on Saturday 3rd December, but will now kick-off at 5.30pm. The game at Liverpool the following weekend will now take place on Sunday 11th December with a 4.30pm kick-off. As […]

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Cheikhou Kouyate has put more pressure on his manager after reportedly telling Senegalese media he plays better for Senegal than West Ham because his national team manager is a better motivator than Bilic. Sometimes these interviews are lost in translation so we can’t be exactly sure what Kouyate meant by his comments. The original interview can be […]

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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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