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West Ham want to take Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic on loan in next month’s transfer window. The Hammers are on the look out for a new No 1 because Slaven Bilic has lost faith in Adrian.

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic is understood to have started his training ground shake-up after his weekend outburst about a lack of intensity from the players. We understand from sources at Rush Green that the manager, who has until now, allowed day to day training routines to be supervised by first team coach Edin Turzic […]

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Holders Manchester United will face former defender Jaap Stam when they host Reading in the FA Cup third round.

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Third Round FA Cup Draw News HAMMERS V MANCHESTER CITY Well it doesn’t get a lot easier does it. The good news is we are at home in the 3rd round of the FA Cup….well we hope it’s good news given our present form in the London Stadium. The less than good news is we […]

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West Ham joint-chairman David Sullivan has offered his backing to under-pressure boss Slaven Bilic. Reports on Monday morning claimed Bilic was set for crisis talks with the Hammers hierarchy.

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Bookies pulling lists of odds together on the back of stories that are denied within three hours is one of the most ludicrous aspects of this game we all love so much. It only took one misinformed story in the national media followed up by Sky Sports WHICH WAS DENIED LATER for the odds makers […]

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West Ham co-owner David Sullivan backs manager Slaven Bilic and calls for the club to “stick together” in the wake of the 5-1 defeat to Arsenal.

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The former Croatia boss had been reported to be in line for the sack after a poor run of results but he retains the full backing of the board, according to co-owner David Sullivan

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Exclusive by Hugh Southon Hammers co chairman and chief shareholder David Sullivan has revealed exclusively to ClaretandHugh that he is NOT in crisis talks with manager Slaven Bilic. We reported this morning there is no appetitie to sack the manager and that reports to the contrary in The Mirror and on Sky Sports were inaccurate. […]

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The daftest story of the day award – were there one -would surely go to the Turkish press ( as usual) for a tale declaring that Fenerbache will offer Adrian a route out of West Ham at the end of the season. According to Sabah Spor, Fenerbahce will be looking for a goalkeeper in the summer […]

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Former Hammer Rio Ferdinand has allegedly offered his services to the West Ham board as a defensive coach according to a report in the Daily Mail. Yesterday, we raised questions about Slav’s backroom staff after the manager himself admitted the intensity of training at Rush green is not up to scratch. Questions have been asked […]

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Ref Watch is back to debate another selection of controversial decisions from some of the weekend’s Premier League matches.

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It was another Super Sunday full of drama.

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    By Rich Sprent     Look up the definition of ‘Intensity’ and you will be given a list: Strength, power, potency, concentration, eagerness, energy as well as zeal, emotion and passion are all mentioned. That the manager of an under performing Premier League club has come out and described that his players lack […]

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Morning reports that Slaven Bilic’s job is “hanging by a thread” and that he today heads into crisis talks with the board are 100 per cent untrue. The report says the board will decide today whether to persist with Bilic or to give him the two games after Sunday’s Liverpool fixture – both at home […]

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We all live so intensely in a West Ham bubble it’s sometimes difficult to see what’s going on around us particularly when things are going as badly as recently. Last season’s champions  Leicester City are currently sitting just two points above us and only one point better off, whilst one weekend victory by Palace – […]

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Slaven Bilic is totally confident we will not be in our present position in a month’s time. The manager has remained honest and upbeat throughout the current troubles and has now gone into the prediction business with confidence. Explaining his and the team’s position he declared: “”I am positive that we aren’t going to be in […]

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After 112 years at Upton Park, the Hammers moved to London Stadium in the summer, but they have struggled in the Premier League, and sit 17th after a 5-1 defeat to Arsenal

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ADAM CRAFTON AT LONDON STADIUM: Arsene Wenger has warned his counterpart Slaven Bilic that it will take two seasons for West Ham to acclimatise to their new ground.

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Amid all the disaster and misery I nearly forgot to mention one of the most memorable moments of the season arrives on our screens tomorrow evening (Monday) For all our current misery the 3rd round FA Cup draw remains one of those magical moments. As we look for  more intensity on the training pitch and a […]

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It’s  been a day long inquest – following the worst defeat and display of the season at the London Stadium. And trying to make some sense of it all is the legend that is Marlon Harewood who joined our partners Gonzo and Geo on the Hammers Chat barge following the nightmare. Marlon – one of […]

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West Ham fans have voted strongly that the club stick with Slaven Bilic as their manager despite the horrendous current problems. ClaretandHugh launched a multi-answer poll which aimed to accurately assess the manager’s position in the eyes of the fans after they were kicked out of the EFL Cup at Old Trafford before suffering a […]

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Slaven Bilic – having publicly criticised the lack of the intensity of players in training – may now be forced into shake- up of his backroom staff. Whilst the manager is responsible for tactics, formation, man management, team selection and identifying transfer targets, he relies heavily on first team coach Edin Turzic and his No […]

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Former Hammer Rio Ferdinand said players should take Bilic’s comments about training intensity personally and says yesterday’s 5-1 defeat looked like a charity game for West Ham. Speaking post match with another former Hammer Ian Wright and presenter Jake Humphrey Rio told BT Sports viewers: “I would be taking that as a personal insult if I […]

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Former Hammer Trevor Sinclair has questioned the time Slaven Bilic spent doing punditry over the summers for ITV for the Euros in France saying he spent too much time doing TV punditry when he should have been out scouting players. He is the not the first time Sinclair has criticised the West Ham manager, on […]

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Andy Carroll has backed manager Slven Bilic’s controversial training ground comments declaring: “We just need to keep working hard in training and there is a great bunch of lads in the team.” And he also made it clear that everyone is standing with the boss calling him a “great manager.” The striker’s words follow Bilic’s admission […]

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