How many points will we take from the next four games?
Posted on 12 December 2016.
How many points will we take from the next four games?
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Posted on 12 December 2016.
Slaven Bilic says the Hammers’ point at Anfield on Sunday gives them the perfect platform to build on and says the same mental attitude will be required over a crucial week as the squad showed at Anfield yesterday (Sunday). He told the official site: “I was pleased with the character shown by the team. After […]
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Posted on 12 December 2016.
FORMER England international and West Ham United FA Cup winner Peter Brabrook has died of cancer at the age of 79. Capped three times for his country, including an appearance against the USSR in the 1958 World Cup finals, Brabrook was signed by Hammers boss Ron Greenwood from Chelsea for a fee of £35,000 in […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
The West Ham goalkeeper was gutted at error that cost his side a goal at Anfield, but his boss is standing by him
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
West Ham managed to come away from Anfield with what most would believe was an unexpected point after the Arsenal horror. How did the fans see it – here are the views of many on the ClaretandHugh Facebook forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O A point is still a great result, Randolph knew his mistake cost us all […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Slaven Bilic believes his West Ham side deserve a lot of credit after recovering from 1-0 down to draw 2-2 with Liverpool.
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Former Liverpool stars Jamie Redknapp and Jamie Carragher paid tribute to the Hammers for a “really big performance” at Liverpool. Redknapp – commenting on Sky Sports where he was acting as a match pundit said: “Make no mistake. I was expecting them to be beaten comfortably but they showed real togetherness and it was a […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Manager Slaven Bilic was thrilled with the team’s reaction after they went behind but was disappointed with the second half performance. He said: “We showed a great reaction after they were one up. In the first half we were very good. “I wasn’t happy with the second half because I expected us to be better […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
ClaretandHugh’s ratings man Niall McDonald brings you his thoughts and marks on today’s game: Randolph: So did he cost us two points or save us one? Caught at the near post for their second Randolph then pulled off a magnificent save from Henderson 6 Reid: Played well, again. Looks solid and is clearly the main […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Michail Antonio believes the Hammers showed their tremendous resilience after the events of last weekend claiming we showed courage. He said: “We showed we have determination and grit and what happened in the past doesn’t affect us. A great point away and we have to push on and build on this. “I managed to finally […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Liverpool 2 Irons 2 You wanna talk about intensity – they were intense! You wanna talk about about guts and passions – they had both! You wanna talk about whether the manager should be sacked…no of course not because this performance showed that every single player on the pitch was ready to sweat blood for […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Liverpool fell behind in the Premier League title race after being held to a 2-2 draw by West Ham at Anfield on Sunday.
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
The Liverpool legend responded to the current Reds goalkeeper’s retort to fellow Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville after yet another high-profile mistake at Anfield on Sunday
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Join as as always for instant reaction on our live video link. Simply click below and watch some post match analysis from myself, Geo and guest where we’ll hopefully be celebrating another win at Anfield.
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Slaven Bilic has shown the Irons squad a video of last year’s epic win at Anfield as the ultimate pep talk to remind them just how good they really are. And he declared: ‘We shouldn’t be afraid of them. To get that good memory and use it in a positive way, to motivate, it can […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Former Hammers favourite Ian Bishop reckons Slaven Bilic has to start lighting fires under a few players and claims he is the right man to sort out our current issues. Bish — who made 255 appearances for the club from 1989 until 1998 — said: “West Ham are a bit like Humpty Dumpty right now […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
West Ham are being tipped to return for Rafa Benitez as their managerial choice should they decide to fire Slaven Bilic. The Hammers are ready to give Bilic time to turn the club’s fortunes but the former Liverpool boss was their number one choice when they were looking to replace Sam Allardyce and could be […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Rafa Benitez is the man West Ham want if they decide to sack Slaven Bilic claims the Daily Mirror today. West Ham were within hours of signing Benitez as West Ham manager before Real Madrid came in for him in 2015. David Sullivan previously told the London Evening Standard: “Rafa Benitez was within three hours […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
Sevilla are this morning being reported as ready to end Jonathan Calleri’s West Ham nightmare. The Argentinian striker, 23, remains keen to make a success of his loan from Deportivo Maldonado in Uruguay, despite having had no chance to impress since his arrival. He hasn’t made a Hammers first team start despite the club having […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
A twin bomb attack outside Besiktas’ new stadium in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, has killed 38 people and injured many more. A car bomb hit a police vehicle and a suicide bomber detonated a suicide vest in quick succession late on Saturday. The blasts occurred near the Besiktas stadium after a match against Bursaspor which the […]
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Posted on 11 December 2016.
BBC Pundit Mark Lawrenson claims that Slaven Bilic was sending a message to West Ham’s board as well as his players when he said his players lacked intensity in training. Talking on the BBC website Lawro said “When West Ham boss Slaven Bilic said this week that his players lacked intensity in training I think […]
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Posted on 10 December 2016.
There is no doubting that when Arbeloa signed for West Ham in the summer and took his first look at the fixture list it would have been December 10 that stood out a mile – a trip back to Liverpool.
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Posted on 10 December 2016.
I’m always prepared to admit that things can get lost in translation with foreign managers. However, even allowing for that, I found Slaven’s discussion on the new signings and how they would eventually come good bamboozling to put it mildly. Here’s what the boss had to say on the likes of Zaza, Tore, Feghouli, Nordtveidt […]
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Posted on 10 December 2016.
West Ham have dropped into the relegation zone this evening. Swansea City climbed off the bottom of the Premier League table with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over fellow strugglers Sunderland who replace them at the bottom of the league table. Swansea are now on 12 points which is the same as West Ham and Hull […]
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Posted on 10 December 2016.
Andy Carroll is ready and determined to make a difference tomorow (Sun). The striker is heading into his second game of the season absolutely desperate to come back to London from Merseyside with a result. Speaking to the official site Carroll said: “I’ve been training hard and I’m fit so hopefully I’ll get longer on the pitch […]
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Posted on 10 December 2016.
The Hammers have plunged into bottom three for the first time this season after today’s results. Hopefully it wil only be a 24 hour thing but this evening the team sit in 18th place following some fierce scuffles among the relegation threatened clubs this afternoon (Sat). Swansea scored a big 3-0 victory over Sunderland to […]
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