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Big signs that the Academy has sprung into something of which we can be justifiably proud have appeared during international fortnight. After promotion last season the growing list of young representatives of their various nations can be seen right across the Hammers squad. And academy director Terry Westley declared: ““The number of international call-ups for […]

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Premier League clubs have agreed to further talks over new proposals to change the way they receive money from overseas broadcasting deals. The clubs who met today to discuss the issue unanimously agreed to adjourn the meeting to allow further discussions to take place. The clubs have not rejected any proposals regarding the distribution of […]

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A big majority of West Ham fans would prefer the club to sell Andy Carroll this January rather than Diafra Sakho. Just under 50 per cent voting in a new poll want to see the Geordie gone before any of the other strikers with just over 10 per cent preferring a Sakho departure whilst 37 […]

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14-Time World Champion WWE Wrestling star Triple H has offered to give a motivation team talk to Hammers. Speaking to Sky Sports Soccer AM after the 1-0 win over Swansea Triple H said “It’s a win, last second, but a win is a win, now we hope we can capitalise on that win and make […]

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Theo Walcott has just 18 months left on his current contract and Arsenal are yet to offer him a new deal. The England International has struggled to nail down a starting spot at the Emirates this season with just three substitute appearances in the league this season, totalling 47 minutes. But according to recent media reports, […]

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Former Hammer Stuart Pearce has told Yahoo Sports he believes West Ham’s fortunes will improve as the season goes on. Pearce told the website “To start this season with three away games was not helpful, because you know what it is like, if you pick up a win in your first game, it brings confidence […]

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Media speculation has suggested that West Ham could receive multi offers in January for Andy Carroll which could reach as much as £20m. Carroll will have 18 months remaining by the next transfer window and the club could be tempted to cash in considering the 28-year-old’s injury record and high wages of £85,000 per week […]

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David Gold has given a provisional thumbs up to the prospect of televised Christmas Eve football. The Premier League are considering the prospect of allowing cameras into grounds for the first time and there’s a possibility that the Hammers could be seen in action against Newcastle on the 24th. And Gold made it clear that […]

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Carlo Ancelotti has announced he intends taking a 10 month break from the game after being sacked by Bayern Munch. And that means there is no likelihood of him taking the West Ham job now – or indeed in reality – for the the 2018-19 season. His had been the first name linked to the […]

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A report claims that West Ham along with Everton, Man City, Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool are backing a change the way overseas Premier League TV money is split at a Premier League meeting in London today. Premier League boss Richard Scudamore has been lobbying clubs over the distribution of the next round of multi-billion […]

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The West Ham Supporters Club in Castle street next to land on which once stood the Boleyn Ground has shut its doors. A statement on the Hammers Social Club Website said: “It has been necessary to temporarily close our Castle Street premises in order to carry out significant and essential maintenance and refurbishment works.” “The Executive […]

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Slaven Bilic knows that he will have unhappy members of the squad as more and more players return to full fitness. Manuel Lanzini is set for a permanent place in the team and Michail Antonio will be fully over  groin injury when the international break ends. It’s a refreshing problem to know that once all are […]

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The Hammers have announced that the club has been allocated a total of 4,800 tickets for the  Carabao Cuo fourth-round tie at Spurs. The fans have had to wait for some time to learn that they will be receiving a smaller allocation than many expected to watch the club’s bid to advance in the competition […]

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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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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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Simone Zaza’s father Antonio who is also his agent has told Italian website Calcio Mercato that was a huge mistake for his son to join West Ham. Speaking about his son’s time as a Hammer he said: “It was a huge mistake, Simone was still concerned by the penalty he missed with Italy at the […]

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Slaven Bilic admits talking about improvement being on it’s way all sounds a bit shallow but he does believe things will soon be on the up with performance levels improving. Speaking to the official site he said: “Points-wise, since the last international break, which we went into with zero points after three games and conceded against […]

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With the international break upon us Claretand Hugh has taken a long look at the systems and players used by Slaven Bilic over the first seven Premier League games of the season. We are very grateful to new CandH stats man Chris Jones who has produced what we believe are some highly interesting and revealing facts and figures […]

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The father of Simone Zaza admits his son made a massive mistake by joining West Ham in 2016, blaming the British weather and Slaven Bilic’s tactics for the striker’s miserable stay.

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It seems peace has final broken out between Slaven Bilic and Diafra Sakho. There have been numerous stories of apparent unrest between the pair but the manager has now spoken publicly about the “issue” and clams the striker has  “balanced his head.” He told the official site: “Sakho, there have been stories about him in the […]

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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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Italian football website Calcio Mercato claims that  West Ham is interested in the Brazilian defensive midfielder Matheus Jesus. Fiorentina, Schalke 04, and Watford are all said to tracking the  20-year-old. Jesus signed a five-year contract with Portuguese club Estoril in June 2017 but is currently on loan to Brazilian club Santos until December 2018.  The report claims […]

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West Ham have made it clear there has been no inquiry for  Andy Carroll from anywhere. The Sun ran a story several days ago claiming Everton boss Ronald Koeman saw the striker as the answer to his problems up top after selling Lukaku. It created a huge buzz between fans at both clubs but it […]

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Some Hammers missed kick-off on Saturday after due to lengthy search queues at bridges leading to the London Stadium. A new security search procedure was introduced at the beginning of the season partly in response to an increased terrorist threat. All supporters are now checked at each of the five bridges to the Stadium island […]

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Diafra Sakho is a man of few words these days and although he is becoming more and more a part of the Hammers story he clearly  feels no need to prove anything to anybody. A goal and an assist against Cheltenham Town in the League cup was followed by an off the post assist for a […]

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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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