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Dean Ashton thinks West Ham have their strongest squad for many years and has predicted they will finish fifth.

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Slaven Bilic has made it clear he has warned his players not to take today’s game anything less than seriously. And he said that yesterday showed how things can go with Reading beating West Brom and Watford winning only by one goal over Leeds. Slav said: “We have had a lot of games this season […]

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Let’s just stop for a moment and consider the fact that this afternoon the Irons will be without seven key players. Now, despite the face we are playing a lowly Championship outfit, I wonder whether we would have been as upbeat had the same position existed last season. I know it’s become a cliche but […]

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It was a September night in 1962 that I first visited the Boleyn. Having just started my first job in the ‘smoke’ working under an editor named Tony Cottee it was inevitable wasn’t it?. I’d grown up in Kent – a member of a Spuds supporting family – and having played the game every Saturday […]

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David Gold has claimed there’s a “perfect Boleyn storm” blowing up – today it can become a Hammers hurricane. Our last season at the old lady could hardly be going any better and is already memorable for the arrival of the excellent Slaven Bilic, Dimitri Payet and  Manu Lanzini. Seventh place and an FA Cup […]

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Not many no more about West Ham FA Cup success that Frank Lampard snr – a winner in 1975 and 1980. Frank was an Irons star for 18 years between 1967 and 1985 making 551 appearances for 18 goals before becoming assistant boss to Harry Redknapp. And in a rare interview with Steve Stammers in […]

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Paul Lambert hopes an FA Cup upset against West Ham can help trigger the next part of his re-building plan at Blackburn Rovers by persuading the club’s owners to give him the spending power he needs.

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OLIVER TODD FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY: West Ham keeper Darren Randolph can remember one good cup run in his career — and even that is one he would rather erase from his memory.

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Find out the numbers for each team in the FA Cup fifth-round draw, which takes place at 18:00 GMT on Sunday on BBC Two.

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Slaven Bilic may launch a major surprise at Blackburn tomorrow by handing exciting striker  Djair Parfitt-Williams a run out in fifth round clash. David Gold has revealed that the 19 year old is on the squad and it certainly isn’t outside the realms of possibility that the youngster could be called into the action. The […]

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Slaven Bilic has promised Darren Randolph he will play in the FA Cup final if West Ham get there.

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I don’t have the slightest doubt that the Hammers will beat Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup at Ewood Park tomorrow even with some difficult injury problems. There’s a problem at right back and at centre forward which isn’t ideal but the squad will have far too much for Rovers if they approach the game […]

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Andy Carroll’s injury problems go on and on and it would be a seriously hard-hearted individual who didn’t feel sympathy for the club’s record signing. But the issue of whether the player should remain or sold – assuming a buyer could be found – has dominated West Ham related social media debates for months. And […]

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Dimi Payet has created the most chances for West Ham with 69 chances followed by skipper Mark Noble at 33 and last year’s hammer of the year Aaron Cresswell. Image courtesy of the Premier League. Share This:

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Slaven Bilic reckons Andy Carroll is too brave for his own good. The striker will again be missing from action as the Hammers go into the fifth round of the FA Cup against Blackburn Rovers tomorrow. This time he has an abductor issue and the manager has claimed that he could be out for two […]

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Here is a table to capture the hearts of all Irons. The Hypothetical Premier League, uses video referees to get the big calls right and adjust scores accordingly and it, has Slaven Bilic’s men flying high in FIFTH place. If you thought the Hammers had been robbed by the refs this season then it appears […]

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Blackburn, who welcome West Ham to Ewood Park on Sunday, defeated Fulham 3-0 on Tuesday to halt their Championship slide and it will be late March before they have a week between games.

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Slaven Bilic has revealed that FC Midtjylland’s scorer against Manchester United Pione Sisto was a serious West Ham target last summer. Sisto gabbed a 44th minute equaliser against ManchesterUnited last night before the Danes went on the beat the Premier League hotshots. And it emerge in an interview with ITV that Bilic had been very […]

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ClaretandHugh today launched a poll on whether the club should consider selling Andy Carroll and sparked the biggest debate ever seen at its Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ Here’s some early feedback from the members. O Moot discussion in a way because nobody is going to buy him. No choice but to carry on with the play/goal/injury/repair […]

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Payet has been a revelation since joining West Ham from Marseille but compatriot Ginola revealed the playmaker could have moved to White Hart Lane had Spurs taken his advice.

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Speaking on Talksport radio, David Ginola has said he recommended Dimitri Payet to Spurs chairman Daniel Levy. “I had a discussion one night with Spurs players, former players and chairman Daniel Levy about French players coming through and who would be good [for Spurs].” “And I said, ‘well there’s one out there right now, Dimitri […]

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Slaven Bilic says he has no option to rotate his players in the FA Cup as the West Ham manager prepares to field a full-strength side at Blackburn Rovers on Sunday.

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Slaven Bilic is remembered with huge good humour for hoisting an imaginary FA Cup above his head at a media press conference earlier this season. He was being questioned on the relative importance of the Champions League or the FA Cup and made it clear he wanted that Wembley victory. However, this week has seen […]

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Listen to former Hammer Trevor Brooking and current West Ham skipper Mark Noble on the Sky Fantasy League FC podcast this week. Fast forward to 22 minutes to hear Sir Trevor Brooking and then 42 minutes for Mark Noble if you don’t want to hear Paul Merson droning on for an hour. https://audioboom.com/boos/4199003-fantasy-fc-podcast-18th-february Hammer James […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed Carroll and Valencia are out for Sunday, but Lanazini is back and Reid should be OK to return. He also confirms Darren Randolph will start saying it is a great situation to have two fantastic goalkeepers. Speaking in his pre-match conference ahead of the Fa Cup fifth round against Blackburn Rover […]

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A drunk West Ham fan who threatened to punch a cleaner at Darlington train station has avoided being banned from future football matches. Jonathan Owen Lamb from Kings Lynn in Norfolk, pleaded guilty to two public order offences when he appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court yesterday. The West Ham fan was travelling home after […]

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