MATT BARLOW AT LONDON STADIUM: No fighting this time. Just one cutting taunt from Chelsea fans hit where it hurt. “You’re not West Ham anymore,” they sang from the comfort of a 1-0 lead.
Posted on 07 March 2017.
MATT BARLOW AT LONDON STADIUM: No fighting this time. Just one cutting taunt from Chelsea fans hit where it hurt. “You’re not West Ham anymore,” they sang from the comfort of a 1-0 lead.
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Posted on 07 March 2017.
The Hammers manager bemoaned errors from his side in a 3-1 defeat to the Blues, but expects capital rivals to go on and claim the Premier League crown
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
The Blues moved 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League win a 2-1 win over West Ham but their manager still feels they can improve
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic was left frustrated by the costly mistakes which saw his side concede “cheap” goals as Chelsea to claimed a 2-1 victory at the London Stadium.
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Irons 1 Chelsea 2 Well, perhaps the best thing we can say about tonight was that West Ham didn’t collapse before a very talented Chelsea team. But they did themselves few favours notably when a sloppy Mark Noble pass saw a host of our players the wrong side of the ball as the west […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Diafra Sakho is fully expected to rejoin the first team squad within the next fortnight and could be on the bench for the match at Hull City on April 1. ‘Sak’ has been making great progress in his rehab programme and hopes are now high the striker could even rejoin the first team squad within […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Slaven Bilic has one major decision to make as he looks at his team selection for tonight’s clash against Chelsea at the London Stadium. All the reports we are getting here at ClaretandHugh are that bar any late accidents Andy Carroll is fit to return for his first match since the Southampton win. But the […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
West Ham beat Premier League leaders Chelsea at their new ground in the EFL Cup back in October but they have suffered home humblings at the hands of Arsenal and Manchester City.
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Pedro Obiang has identified a problem area in Hammers hunt for home points. And it appears to back the view of those who believes the stadium itself is a problem for the team following life at the Boleyn. The midfielder – one of the big success stories of the season – said that the size […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Dermot Gallagher takes an in-depth look at the biggest refereeing decisions of the weekend, and says Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s dangerous elbow on Tyrone Mings “ticked all the boxes” for a red card.
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Little Hammer Zara Banks – who passed away at the age of just eight years old earlier this year – will be remembered by the club tonight in the eight minute on the big screens. Zara went to school as normal on Wednesday 11th January but sadly suddenly collapsed in class and was taken to […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Make no mistake Chelsea’s stars will be feeling big time pressure when the arrive at the London Stadium tonight. We are now into March and with a title victory at stake, after their nearest rivals closed the gap at the weekend, the boys from Stamford Bridge will be feeling it big time. The Irons on […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Pedro Obiang has told reporters that the London Stadium pitch has been difficult for players to adapt to. Talking to the player at the film premiere of Iron Men in Mile End on Thursday Obiang told the Daily Star: “I don’t need to explain because clearly, it’s bigger. It’s also difficult to listen to the fans […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Andy Carroll looks set to step into the action tonight for the first time in a month. Carroll has been out injured with a groin injury since scoring in the 3-1 defeat of Southampton at St Mary’s on February 4 but all the signs appear positive for the Chelsea match. With only Jonathon Calleri available […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Robert Snodgrass has played down the arrest warrant for failing to attend court as a misunderstanding saying it is not a big issue. It was issued for after he failed to attend a court trial having been charged with driving a car while a baby was being held by a passenger. Snodgrass is alleged to […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has pleaded for the “right atmosphere” at Upton Park this evening. The Italian boss declared: “Last time wasn’t good. I hope in this game our fans, the West Ham fans, enjoy totally the game and find the right atmosphere. In England, it’s very strange for me to talk about this — […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
David Gold has guaranteed that there will be no crowd trouble tonight when West Ham face Chelsea. He says a number of measures have been introduced since the troublesome EFL Cup night and adds that in his view the troubles were overblown in the first place by the media. Gold told the Daily Star: “I can […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
A recent freedom of information request to the Met Police has shown that West Ham have the least troublesome fans when it comes to arrests and banning orders in the Premier League within London. Last season Chelsea had 108 football arrests on match days followed by Spurs on 49, Arsenal has 40 fans arrested while […]
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Posted on 06 March 2017.
Ahead of a Monday Night Football clash with Chelsea, Jose Fonte has opened up to Graeme Souness about his transfer from Southampton to West Ham.
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Posted on 05 March 2017.
Antonio Conte has warned his Chelsea players only champions go down in history ahead of facing West Ham, live on Monday Night Football .
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Posted on 05 March 2017.
Robert Snodgrass has revealed how West Ham’s warm-weather training break in Dubai almost turned into a damp squib. ‘The weather was worse than Scotland,’ Snodgrass said.
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Posted on 05 March 2017.
Gareth Southgate is expected at the London Stadium on Monday night potentially giving West Ham striker Andy Carroll a second chance to impress him ahead of announcing his next England squad.
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Posted on 05 March 2017.
Slaven Bilic has admitted he’s a massive fan of Manu Lanzini. and the growing influence the midfielder is having on the Irons. Talking to the official website he said: ““He started the season with a big injury and a big disappointment that he couldn’t go to play for Argentina at the Olympic Games. The he […]
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Posted on 05 March 2017.
David Gold is expecting a top performance against Chelsea declaring: “If you look at the teams we fielded in the two previous encounters I believe we are stronger now.” He remembered how unlucky we were to lose the first game when Diego Costa should have seen red but given the performance in the EFL Cup clash […]
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Posted on 05 March 2017.
Chelsea have called on their supporters to be well behaved ahead of clash against West Ham at the London Stadium on Monday night. They have also warned those without a ticket not to travel to the area. Chelsea are the London club with most football related arrests this season (34) whilst West Ham are third […]
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Posted on 05 March 2017.
Julian Dicks has been biting his lip for long enough and has broken his finally broken his silence over Slaven Bilic’s bad times. The Terminator has obviously mellowed a bit with age but has finally hinted big time at his feelings when Slav was under the cosh and Payet was causing massive behind the scenes […]
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