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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says Wednesday’s game against Hull City is important as his team is only six points away from relegation

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Two successive losses – away to Everton and Stoke City – have brought the Hammers back down to earth following a run of four straight victories for the in which they conceded just once. Despite those defeats, Sam Allardyce’s side are six points clear of the relegation zone but will need another nine points from… Read more »

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Fresh from the 3-1 defeat at the hands of Stoke City at the Britannia, West Ham will be looking to bounce back straight away by claiming an upset against champions Manchester United at the Boleyn Ground, this Saturday. The Hammers have won their last three games at home and have a towering Andy Carroll desperate… Read more »

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A few weeks ago I stated that winning all four of our matches in February was vital to our chances of Premier League survival. Not just because we were in dire need of points but rather who we would be taking points from by winning those games. There were shades throughout February of our “Great… Read more »

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Jack Collison’s recent loan move to Wigan Athletic has had many West Ham fans scratching their heads with confusion as they see yet another promising youngster leave the club for first team football. It has been a regular occurrence ever since Harry Redknapp left the club as manager in 2001, with a host of the… Read more »

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Sam Allardyce has recalled the time he was sent to scout Manchester United manager David Moyes during the Scot’s playing days at Dunfermline. Allardyce was at Preston North End at the time and was asked by manager John Beck to go and take a look at defender Moyes, but left the game having only seen 30… Read more »

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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says he is not surprised David Moyes has had a disappointing season as Manchester United manager

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Since West Ham’s away game at Southampton in September, Ravel Morrison has been given a fair run in the first-team at Upton Park. He held a spot until the home game with Arsenal on Boxing Day as he reported a knee injury to the physio in training on Christmas Eve. Morrison hasn’t played regularly since… Read more »

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Despite losing two consecutive Premier League games, our run of five games unbeaten and a 100% record in February looks to have ensured we’ll be playing top-flight football next season. We may be just six points above the dreaded relegation zone with just nine games left to play but, according to Bloomberg Sport’s clever league… Read more »

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West Ham will looking to celebrate Sam Allardyce’s Manager of the Month award with a second successive victory at the Britannia Stadium. The Hammers have the luxury of a fully fit squad, baring Joey O’Brien who has a dislocated shoulder, as they bid to distance themselves further from the bottom three. Stoke are without influential… Read more »

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West Ham’s four game winning streak came to an end at Goodison Park a couple of weeks back so the Hammers will be looking to get back on track at the Britannia on Saturday. It seems like an age since West Ham last played and hopefully the players have put the defeat at Goodison Park… Read more »

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The England international notched five goals and two assists, while the West Ham boss guided his side to four consecutive victories

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Antonio Nocerino‘s time at West Ham hasn’t been as successful and effective as first hoped since he arrived on loan from AC Milan in January. The Italian midfielder has made just four substitute appearances for the club so far and, although he’s been forced out of the team by a midfield performing so well of… Read more »

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When Joe Cole arrived back at West Ham United in January 2013 the majority of the fans were delighted to see a club favourite return. But was his capture on a free transfer a gamble from Sam Allardyce, given his injury ravaged career? He certainly made an excellent first impression on his debut as Big… Read more »

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Most of you will have probably already read reports on various websites that claim that one of West Ham’s most promising young players, Elliot Lee, will not sign a new contract with the Hammers. Lee, 19, is arguably one of the club’s best young prospects and has scored an impressive eight goals in 13 games… Read more »

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So the inevitable bump back to “terra Firma” finally happened on Saturday, as an unlikely away point at Goodison Park was snatched away from us in the 81st minute by Everton substitute Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku has acquired a very annoying habit of scoring against us, by the way. His debut goal for Everton pinched a… Read more »

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We would have liked to have another game this Saturday, which would have been our chance to overcome the Everton defeat and get another victory. But with Hull City progressing in the FA Cup we have to be patient.

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The striker was omitted from Roy Hodgson’s 30-man squad to take on Denmark this week but the West Ham boss is convinced he will go to Brazil

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• West Ham striker tipped to have outside World Cup chance • Everton’s Roberto Martínez welcomes input by on-loan forward Andy Carroll’s road to Brazil could have begun before an audience of millions of television viewers on Wednesday. Instead, Sam Allardyce believes it will start in front of a handful of people in a scratch side featuring his lesser-spotted January signings and semi-fit squad players. West Ham’s record signing was a notable omission from Roy …

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The Spaniard says he has a lot of respect for the Chelsea loanee and believes he can be influential in the final weeks of the campaign

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Sam Allardyce will be reluctant to change a winning side for the trip to Everton following a run of four consecutive victories for the Hammers, as well as an impressive 0-0 stalemate at Chelsea. The big dilemma, though, is whether he should throw Andy Carroll back in to the starting Xi following his three game… Read more »

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Team News: Everton (7th, 45 points) John Stones is expected to come in for the injured Phil Jagielka, while on loan striker Lacina Traore misses out with a hamstring problem. Romelu Lukaku returns to the side following an ankle injury. West Ham United (10th, 31 points) Andy Carroll is available again after serving a three… Read more »

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After what can only be described as a fantastic February, which saw West Ham take a total of twelve points from a possible twelve, most fans find themselves looking up the Premier League table instead of down it. With just eleven games to go until the end of the season, we are within touching distance of the… Read more »

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It emerged yesterday that West Ham were preparing to offer on-loan defender Pablo Armero a permanent deal in the summer, despite not yet featuring for the first team. The wing-back has reportedly impressed both the management and the players during training and is said to completely understand Allardyce’s inability to change a winning team. But… Read more »

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Since dislocating his shoulder in the 0-0 stalemate with Swansea City on 27 October the name of Ricardo Vaz Te has not featured on any team sheet for the Hammers. The question is why not? Before the away fixture at Cardiff City on 11 January he was named in the clubs’ official website match preview as… Read more »

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Having gone four games unbeaten with three consecutive victories, it’s again difficult to justify a change in the starting XI, but there are a couple of exceptions I would make for the visit of Southampton.  Firstly, I’d hand Pablo Armero his debut in place of George McCartney. His pace will give us more of an… Read more »

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