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Most of us had heard about Joe Cole long before he made his debut for West Ham. He was the child prodigy who was meant to light up the Premier League and break records for England. How did he end up on loan at Coventry City? By Tom Mason for These Football Times , part of the Guardian Sport Network “Yes, actual Joe Cole,” the tweet read. “Seriously, Joe Cole. The real Joe Cole.” Coventry …

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Devastation swept across Upton Park when it was discovered French midfield star Dimitri Payet’s ankle injury resulted in the Hammers being without the former Marseille playmaker for three months. Other than Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil, Payet created more chances than any other player in the Premier League. With Ecuadorian striker Enner Valencia also set to be

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• Argentine is on a season-long loan from United Arab Emirates side Al Jazira • Co-chairman Sullivan says ‘any other team’s interest is irrelevant’ The West Ham United co-chairman David Sullivan has warned off rival clubs interested in signing their rising star Manuel Lanzini. The Argentinian midfielder is reportedly a target for Liverpool after his impressive start to life in the Premier League. Lanzini has scored four goals so far …

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That is two games that we have played without Sakho since he has been injured, and on both occasions we have not been able to pick up three points. Do we rely too heavily on Sakho and are our alternative choices not good enough? Diafra Sakho has had a different season compared to last, but

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If you’re a Football Manager player then you’ll know managing West Ham on the game is a difficult task. Over the years our players have been average on the game, and it’s pretty difficult to strengthen the side from the off when the board give you limited funds to work with. This year it’s a

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Andy Carroll and Carl Jenkinson went head-to-head recently, but this time in a different ball game to what they’re used to. The duo faced off in a frame of Snooker ahead of the Betway UK Snooker Championships, but not before they received some tips from World Snooker Champions Stuart Bingham and 2012 UK Championship winner

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The enigma that is Andy Carroll. There is a divide and there has been one for a while now where certain supporters of the club think we can’t do without him, whilst others just don’t know what to make of the 26-year-old Geordie. Certainly he was Allardyce’s favourite and with his mate Nolan, they were

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After our worst nightmare was confirmed, with Dimitri Payet being ruled out for up to three months, is it finally Michail Antonio’s time to shine? The extent of Payet’s injury was revealed on Monday, and no one expected him to be out for so long. The news spread across the fan base and within minutes

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It’s fair to say we’re all pretty devastated that Dimitri Payet has been sidelined for up to three months with an ankle injury. Before James McCarthy’s barbarism robbed us of our most exciting player we were all pretty excited about having a player of Payet’s class wearing the famous claret and blue. He’s been sensational

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“We’ll miss Payet! Dimitri Payet. “I just don’t think you’ll understand. “Our super star man, hasn’t gone to plan. “We’ll miss Dimitri Payet!” Yes, Hammers fans, our worst fears have come true after a third of the season has been played. Our summer marque signing has been sidelined for up to three months after an

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Romelu Lukaku continued to wage his personal crusade against West Ham, scoring on his seventh successive appearance against the Hammers on a muggy, wet afternoon at a subdued Upton Park. Otherwise this was a low-pressure meeting of two neat, quick-passing teams, illuminated by some nice touches but little in the way of unbound attacking play. When counterattack meets counterattack the result can often be a little lukewarm. By the end a 1-1 draw was fair…

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After a seven game unbeaten run, Watford finally put an end to it with an impressive 2-0 win over a disappointing claret and blue side. We struggled to create much and we were always second best to every ball, and in the end we shot ourselves in the foot with two mistakes, which consequently lead

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Despite a fantastic start to the season, last week West Ham were brought back down to reality after a 2-0 defeat against Watford at Vicarage Road. With the magnificent Hammers faithful pleased with the new style of play ‘Super Slav’ has installed in East London, last Saturdays’ first away loss of the season against the

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Since the founding of the Premier league in 1992, there have been many midfielders to pull on the famous Claret and Blue shirt for West Ham United. Some top class players, some average players, and some players which were quite simply, awful. With West Ham fans often looking for attacking, offensive style football, the midfield

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• On-loan Chelsea defender set up opener in 2-0 win over West Ham • Aké now first-choice left-back and above parent club in the table In August Nathan Aké left the league champions on a season-long loan, apparently to become third-choice left-back in a relegation fight at Watford, who had given Chelsea no guarantees about his first-team involvement. By the start of November he has made the position, for now, his own, …

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As I write, we currently sit third in the Premier League on 20 points from 10 games and plenty of excitement is buzzing amongst the fans. Lots of talk of a very good season and even perhaps a top four finish shows just how optimistic we all are of sending off the Boleyn Ground in style,

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There is a bit of deja-vu about the fantastic start to the season the Hammers are having, along with the feeling it might go belly up at some point and fade away like it did in January this year. Having said that, there are some very big differences this time, and it is these differences that

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The Hammers manager says it is too early to know where the limits are for his third-placed team but sees no reason why they should drop dramatically Slaven Bilic holds up a finger and flicks it like the rev counter in a car. The calibration of a high-performance engine is not unlike that of a top-level footballer. The margins between purring and stalling, the West Ham United manager explains, come down to percentage points; to details that he refers …

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When was the last time we went eight games unbeaten? In fact, when was the last time we made it seven games without loss? Last week’s victory over Chelsea was one of the best in my recent memory. Everything from the performance, the atmosphere, Chelsea’s meltdown at the end of the first half and Andy

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• Team are currently third in Premier League, two points off top • ‘I’m not talking it down. I want to talk it up. I believe it’s achievable’ West Ham’s joint-chairman, David Sullivan, is dreaming of winning the Premier League and FA Cup double this season. The side have made a fine start to the campaign under their new manager, Slaven Bilic , and are third in the Premier League after 10 games, …

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Let’s be honest; there aren’t many of us who expected Manuel Lanzini to have such a positive influence on our performances this season, particularly so soon. But ‘The Jewel’ has surprised us all with a string of impressive performances that haven’t just raised our eyebrows, but the rest of the Premier League’s as well. The

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Football fans are an ignorant bunch, that goes for some of our own supporters too. But when we decided to part ways with Sam Allardyce at the end of last season there seemed to be a hell of a lot more ignorant fans of other clubs criticising us for wanting better. Most of them expressed

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There is no doubt about it; The Hammers are flying this season. Slavan Bilic was installed as boss at Upton Park replacing Sam Allardyce with the hope of injecting a style of play that makes West Ham dangerous and a threat to any team in the Premier League. On the basis of the magnificent beginning

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When Sam Allardyce was sacked just minutes after the final whistle of the last game of the 2014/2015 season, not many people thought Slaven Bilic was going to get the job. He seemed passionate and willing, but many preferred West Ham to aim higher up and try to get more ‘experienced’ managers like Rafa Benitez

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Just when you thought beating Chelsea couldn’t get any better, David Gold pops up on Twitter with some superb ‘banter.’ Goals from Mauro Zarate and Andy Carroll handed us a memorable 2-1 home win over Chelsea on Saturday, lifting us in to second in the Premier League and laughing square in the faces of all

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Live updates on the Premier League match at Upton Park Saturday scoreboard: follow all the day’s goals Tweet @timmyhilleh or email tim.hill@guardian.co.uk 2.24pm BST West Ham: Adrian, Jenkinson, Collins, Tomkins, Cresswell, Noble, Kouyate, Lanzini, Payet, Zarate, Sakho. Subs: Randolph, Carroll, Valencia, Obiang, Ogbonna, Jelavic, Antonio. Chelsea: Begovic, Zouma, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Matic, Ramires, Willian, Fabregas, Hazard, Costa. Subs: Baba, Oscar, Falcao, Mikel, Traore, Amelia, Loftus-Cheek. 2.23pm BST Chelsea are the champions, but they …

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