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Slaven Bilic has told former Irons boss Alan Pardew that Andy Carroll will never become a part time trainer. Pardew told  Sky’s The Debate Show he wouldn’t let the Hammers striker train from Monday to Wednesday in order to prevent him picking up injuries. But Bilic retorted:  “That is impossible [not to let him train]. […]

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BBC Pundit Mark Lawrenson says West Ham do not look much of a threat in front of goal and neither do West Bromwich Albion so he is predicting a stalemate at the Hawthorns this Saturday. Lawro wrote on the BBC Website “West Ham got off the mark with their win over Huddersfield on Monday but they […]

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MARTIN KEOWN: With Ferguson’s height, you had to get it absolutely right to beat him to an aerial ball. The Everton striker would use his huge physique to wrestle you out of the path of the ball.

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Paul Merson has tipped West Ham to lose 1-0 at the weekend claiming that Tony Pulis’ West Brom are set to cope with the Andy Carroll threat. Albion have been doing double training stints every day since a shocking defeat by Brighton when the manager’s legendary anger was on full display. Merson believes he will […]

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West Ham will have to pay the full 45 million euros (£40 million approx) release clause up front if they want to take William Carvalho from Sporting Lisbon in January. The Portuguese media has been in full cry today following the news that the Hammers remain keen to prise the defensive midfielder away in the […]

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Slaven Bilic claims the Hammers will carry great confidence to the Hawthorns on Saturday declaring: “We need to build on this now. We beat them (Huddersfield)  after training at our stadium and we were on fire in training. “But we must do it in games, and that’s what we did. We have to do it again […]

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Slaven Bilic is the 11/10 favourite to be the next manager to lose his job after Frank de Boer’s departure from Crystal Palace. Despite a decent win over Huddersfield Town Sky Bet still reckon Bilic is on borrowed time with their absurdly short odds. The manager  had been facing mounting pressure following three opening league […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has revealed he called a team meeting on Thursday to deliver his players a reality check after the 2-0 win over Huddersfield at the London Stadium.

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Slaven Bilic has issued a big denial that he was being “bullish” towards David Sullivan after the failed move to sign Willian Carvalho. The co chairman came on for criticism on all fronts last week when appearing to piling pressure on Bilic on the official website and failing to sign the Portuguese midfielder. Bilic stood […]

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Slaven Bilic is unable to answer his $1 million question – how to keep Andy Carroll fit! The big man made an enormous difference against Huddersfield on Monday night and showed how good the season could become if he can stay off the treatment table after missing 114 games since arriving at the club. Bilic […]

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Andy Carroll, is fit, in form and happy with life. After weeks on the sidelines the big man turned in a great performance on Monday night and drew strength from the determined attitude among the squad after three horrible results. He said: “It’s nice to be back and put on the kit. I felt good […]

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Mark Noble has been firmly ruled out of the weekend game at West Brom by Slaven Bilic. There has been a not too deep mystery over the captain who we had learned had been omitted from the starting line-up against Huddersfield before taking a knock in training. There was some scepticism over the train of […]

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By JOHN WRAGG who has covered the Midlands football scene for  over 40 years, working mainly for the Daily Express as their No1 reporter. He has seen the heady days of Ron Atkinson’s exciting team of the heady 1980s to the Baggies plunging into the third tier of English football and fighting their way back.Now uncompromising boss Tony […]

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Hammers skipper Mark Noble was missing on Monday night after he suffered a ligament injury in training on Friday but reports suggest he was due for the drop to the bench before his injury. Most of us would accept he will need to fight for his place this season and a starting place is far from […]

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Former West Ham manager Alan Pardew says if he was West Ham manager he wouldn’t allow Andy Carroll to train. “If I was West Ham manager, I wouldn’t let him train,” said Pardew on Sky Sports Debate programme . “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, I just wouldn’t let him, and say he can do a little bit of […]

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So on to West Brom as one critical game follows another! A defeat here and we go back to square one with the anxieties and concerns starting all over again. With the game being at the Hawthorns the conundrum is which formation the manager will play because the usual one-up seriously doesn’t do it for […]

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Rather than celebrating with a night on the town or taking in a nice meal, however, the England goalkeeper took to the Big Cat sanctuary in Ashford, where he was pictured feeding a lion.

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A little deviation from our usual ‘Your Shout’ which see’s regular contributor Mike given his own weekly platform to discuss all things West Ham from his own perspective.

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Newham Council has admitted that the £40million loan to help Premier League club West Ham move into the Olympic Stadium may never be repaid.

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Former West Ham defender George Parris has called on Slaven Bilic to play Javier Hernandez in his natural position. Parris, who celebrated his 52nd birthday by watching the Hammers cruise to victory at the London Stadium on Monday night, believes Hernandez is the man who can make all the difference and help turn the season around […]

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Newham Council has said a £40m loan made to transform London Stadium is “damaged” and would only be recouped if the former Olympic Stadium started making money . Newham insists they have not “written off” the loan and that downgrading its status was merely “prudent and responsible” accounting in response to the stadium’s “challenging” first year in […]

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Pablo Zabaleta received widespread acclamation for his outstanding performance against Huddersfield and is pretty pleased with himself and the team’s display. Commenting to the official site he said: “I played as a wing-back against Huddersfield. It’s been a long time since I played in that position, but I was happy with the performance. “I always […]

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James Collins has given the ‘three at the back’ Hammers set-up a big thumbs up! The central defender – delighted with the victory over Huddersfield Town – explained that the defenders really like the formation. He said: “We played it for the last ten games of last season and a few before that without conceding […]

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A new report has emerged this morning that William Carvalho still wants to  to move to West Ham. It follows ClaretandHugh’s report of yesterday (Tues) that the Irons are refusing to rule out the possibility of a new approach to Sporting Lisbon for the midfielder in January. Mirror reporter Darren Lewis – who followed the […]

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Marseille has slumped down to 10th place this week in the French Ligue 1 following back to back defeats against Monaco and Rennes.  Dimitri Payet has never regained the form he once enjoyed at West Ham and Marseille now have just 7 points and a goal difference of -3 after 5 games.  The Frenchman himself […]

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West Ham are keeping an eye on William Carvalho and refusing to rule out a possible move for the Sporting Lisbon midfielder in January. Despite the unpleasant war of words between the two clubs, Slaven Bilic remains keen on the player  and a move for the player could be on the cards. The pantomime theatricals […]

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