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Exclusive Emmanuel Emenike has little chance of landing a permanent West Ham deal given the 8 million euros price attached to his loan option. The agreement to join the Irons until the end of the season was a long and drawn out affair with his club by Fenerbahce finally agreeing so long as the 8 […]

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After the win over Spurs last night these are the latest  bookies odds for West Ham. The Hammers odds were slashed overnight  to 10/1 to finish in the top four this season as the Irons are just one point off fourth place Manchester City. Latest West Ham Special Odds West Ham to win the FA […]

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Exclusive Sam Allardyce and Mauricio Pochettino  – in their hunt for defeat excuses – both quickly jumped on the state of the West Ham pitch. Talking after his defeat last Saturday Allardyce said “The pitch was never this bad in the four years I was here.” Before yesterday’s game Pochettino got his excuses in early saying before kick-off […]

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Exclusive ClaretandHugh has learned that West Ham’s wage bill is budgeted to rise to £67m per next season year based on the current squad when taking into account the inflation  of renewing players contracts. But the chances of adding a £300,000 per week marque player in the summer suggested by ill informed media reports seem […]

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Angelo Ogbonna will be fit to take his place at the centre of the Irons defence at the weekend after his heroic performance against Spurs. That was the forecast from the training headquarters today as manager Slaven Bilic studies his other otions following the injury to James Collins during Wednesday evening’s classic at the Boleyn. […]

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Chelsea striker Diego Costa has topped the Sky Sports Power Rankings after scoring one and assisting another during the Blues’ back-to-back away victories against Southampton and Norwich.

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For David Gold – as reported exclusively at ClaretandHugh – it was the sweetest night of the season. For the fans it was emotional, passionate and as exciting as it gets. Here’s how they have been reacting on the CandH Facebook forum @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O Totally deserved we were superb. COYI O I’m so happy.. O […]

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That was a truly fantastic performance and Slaven’s decision to play five across the back with three central defenders was an absolute master stroke. Michail Antonio is probably on the hottest streak of his career and that near post header was an absolute classic. Many said it was all about the delivery by Payet but […]

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The best video blog boys in the business – CandH’s partners Hammers Chat – are back, and to describe the mood as passionate and delirious would be doing the words a disservice. This was Tottenham whom we outplayed in the first half and frustrated with a brilliant show of resolution in the second. We also […]

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James Collins will not play for West Ham until next month after injuring his hamstring during Wednesday’s win over Tottenham.

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West Ham’s wonderful victory over Spurs has been greeted with the word “the sweetest yet” by co chairman David Gold. Still basking in the glory of a fabulous victory he said: “There have been some wonderful moments this season but that beats all – it’s the sweetest because it’s Spurs.” It was clearly hard for […]

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David Sullivan has hailed the amazing Hammers after their astonishing victory over Spurs last night in which every player emerged a hero. The 1-0 victory is probably the sweetest of the season given that it stopped a title charge by the deadly enemy and showed the team at their attacking best and most defensively resilient. […]

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Three very happy hammers try to contain their excitement following the 1-0 defeat of Tottenham. Ogbonna, Antonio, tactics, Bilic, Oxford and our possible finishing position are all discussed by Claret & Hugh’s video partners Hammers Chat.   Share This:

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Spurs fan Lord Sugar wrote to West ham Vice Chairman Lady Brady and Co-Chairman David Gold on twitter yesterday morning before kick off to ask for a favor to help Spurs go top of the league. Apprentice star Sugar requested to the pair “I need a favour from you tonight for West Ham to let us […]

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West Ham chairman David Gold took to Twitter after the final whistle to confirm it looks like a hamstring injury for James Collins who came off injured. Another West Ham supporter also asked Gold about Michail Antonio who he thought picked up a knock in the victory but the West Ham confirmed that was not the […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook Group member Niall McDonald gives his verdict on how our players performed against Spurs in what was surely the match of the season!   Adrian: Only one save to make and made it magnificently 7 Antonio: Full-back. Winger. Striker. Goal-scorer. Match-winner 9 Cresswell: Seems far more comfortable in his more advanced role 7 […]

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Adrian: Made an incredible double save and was his usual rock-like self when the pressure came on 8 Antonio: Another great goal and terrific all round performance – the bloke’s a revelation 8 Collins: Battled his brains out until forced off with an injury 8 Ogbonna: Magnificent. Played in acute pain throughout second half after […]

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Slaven Bilic says Tottenham were “lucky” to only come away with a 1-0 defeat against his West Ham side.

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Slav talking to the BBC “We expected this atmosphere tonight, it is the game of the season for us. It is maybe our best performance, from the first minute we were on the front foot and dominant, tactically, technically and physically. “Spurs concede the least goals and run the most so to out-play them is […]

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Irons 1 the other team 0 I’m gonna forget any fancy words. We – quite simply – were bloody fantastic. We absolutely bossed them in the first half having seven shots on target to  their big fat ZERO and in the second period showed every bit of our defensive resilience. And we did it with […]

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Our fantastic win against London rivals spurs was inspired by a masterful tactical shuffle from Slaven Bilic that bamboozled his opposite number. Here is some reaction from the forum which is understandably a very happy place.     Ironworks says: “Great 3 points and we stopped the spuds getting to top of the league. Well done […]

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Have Arsenal thrown the title away? What does Michail Antonio bring to West Ham? And why did Manchester City lack energy at Anfield? Your talking points from Wednesday’s Premier League games…

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Why listen to Phil Thompson, Robbie Savage or Paul Merson telling you what has happened in the first half against Spurs when you can get some biased analysis from West Ham fans? Claret & Hugh and our partners Hammers Chat will be going live with a stream as soon as the referee blows his whistle on […]

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West Ham United have signed highly rated young striker Sam Ford. The front man recently left Ipswich Town and has agreed a deal  which will keep him the Irons until June next year with an option to extend the deal. Talking to whufc.com after signing his contract, Ford beamed: “I’m delighted to have signed for […]

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Spurs will make a late decision on Dele Alli’s fitness ahead of their match against the Irons after he kicked the ground during the warm-up before Spurs’ win over Swansea on Sunday. Tom Carroll is a doubt with an Achilles injury and Mousa Dembele (groin), Clinton Njie (knee) and Jan Vertonghen (knee) are all definitely out. […]

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