Minute-by-minute report: Will the Hammers claw their way out of the bottom three against the managerless Baggies? Find out with Jacob Steinberg Jacob Steinberg
Posted on 28 December 2013.
Minute-by-minute report: Will the Hammers claw their way out of the bottom three against the managerless Baggies? Find out with Jacob Steinberg Jacob Steinberg
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Posted on 22 December 2013.
• Striker has leadership qualities, says his manager • Moyes praises Rooney after win over West Ham Wayne Rooney is Manchester United’s on-field force and is becoming a leader who now calls the shots in the dressing room, according to David Moyes. The manager offered the insight after another display of total football from the England forward, who drove United to this smoothly impressive victory over struggling West Ham. With Robin van Persie out for another three weeks due to a thigh injury, there had…
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Posted on 21 December 2013.
Manchester United’s crisis of confidence appears to be over. It could simply be down to the good fortune of meeting four teams from the bottom half of the table in the league run up to the end of the year, but after the consecutive home defeats to Everton and Newcastle, David Moyes has seen his side put together four straight wins in different competitions with only one goal conceded. As that goal came less than 10 minutes from the end of this all too…
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Posted on 20 December 2013.
Manchester United have not lost three consecutive home league games since 1979 and after 1-0 defeats to Everton and Newcastle United, they would be mortified with similar against West Ham. Sam Allardyce’s side beat Tottenham Hotspur to reach the Capital One Cup semi-finals. That win came at White Harte Lane from a losing position and with Old Trafford less of a fortress now, the visitors will fancy their chances of leaving with something. Jamie Jackson…
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Posted on 20 December 2013.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says his side will be in the firing line in Saturday’s away clash at Manchester United
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Posted on 19 December 2013.
• Winger confident about next game at Manchester United • Hammers consider taking Robbie Keane on loan The West Ham forward Matt Jarvis believes the club’s progress into the Capital One Cup semi-finals can act as a springboard for an improvement in their league form as they seek to gain reward from Saturday’s trip to Manchester United. Victory at Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday – their second success at White Hart Lane this…
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Posted on 19 December 2013.
James is joined by Barry Glendenning , Jacob Steinberg and Gregg Bakowski for more award-winning podcast action. Plenty for the pod to get stuck into, including: West Ham’s defeat of Tottenham Hotspur in the Capital One Cup, Sunderland’s super fit team beating Chelsea in extra-time, and a preview of the big one between Arsenal and Chelsea. James Horncastle is on the phone to preview the Milan derby and run the rule over the new Watford manager. Giuseppe Sannino. Plus, there’s the pod’s favourite…
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Posted on 17 December 2013.
Interim Spurs manager has plenty on his plate as his team prepare for the Capital One Cup quarter-final against West Ham For Tim Sherwood, it is the fieriest of baptisms. The 44-year-old former England midfielder and Premier League-winning captain has never managed a professional team. Now he takes charge of Tottenham Hotspur, one of England’s top five clubs over the past four seasons, in a grudge Capital One Cup quarter-final…
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Posted on 14 December 2013.
To punters, it was the most predictable result of the season. To the participants, it was supposed to be a turning point, the match where they would reverse an ominous series of results and begin the crawl to safety. The punters got paid. Sunderland and West Ham got a point each but little satisfaction. Gus Poyet has overseen improvement since taking charge of Sunderland but still only produced two wins in nine league matches and his team remain …
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Posted on 13 December 2013.
• Manager admits he is not enjoying life at present • Next two games could reveal light at end of tunnel Gus Poyet has acknowledged he is enduring the toughest challenge of his football career at Sunderland but is determined to prove equal to it. The Uruguayan’s side travel to West Ham United on Saturday five points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table. “I’ve never experienced anything like this,” said Poyet, who criticised …
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Posted on 12 December 2013.
Sunderland manager Gus Poyet says his players have suffered a setback after recent defeats, but are ready to face West Ham United
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Posted on 12 December 2013.
West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce says his team are ready to redeem themselves after losing in the Premier League against Crystal Palace
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Posted on 08 December 2013.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says despite Liverpool’s 4-1 win over West Ham, the team are still developing and focusing on scoring more goals
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Posted on 05 December 2013.
• Striker on the mend after double fracture of right foot • ‘I can see the light at the end of the tunnel’ Andy Carroll admits he is itching to return to help save West Ham’s season after returning to the club’s Chadwell Heath training ground for the first time in three months this week. Carroll has not played for the Hammers this season and has spent time in the Netherlands and Belgium recovering from a double…
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Posted on 05 December 2013.
David Moyes needs to start impressing at Old Trafford and Chelsea’s strikers still can’t fire away from home 1) Moyes testing Old Trafford’s patience Newcastle have not won a league game at Old Trafford since John Tudor and Stewart Barrowclough scored the goals to secure a 2-0 win in February 1972. Could they end that run on Saturday? David Moyes will be without Wayne Rooney, suspended after his fifth booking of the season, and the Manchester United…
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Posted on 04 December 2013.
Will Hull City’s form continue, can David Moyes leapfrog Everton and will a Chelsea striker score an away goal in 2013? Arsenal v Hull City, 7.45pm In praise of Arsenal’s defence What a pleasure it must be for a football manager etching out a team sheet when the first five names more or less write themselves. Goalkeeper. Right-back. Two centre-halves. Left-back. No pauses, no undue worries, as one name weaves seamlessly into the next to make a superglued defensive mass: SzczesnySagnaMertesackerKoscielnyGibbs. It has felt like ages…
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Posted on 03 December 2013.
Marouane Chamakh’s header gave Palace a vital, hard-earned victory which took them off the bottom of the table Rob Smyth
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Posted on 01 December 2013.
• Jol sacked by Fulham 24 hours after damaging loss • Leap of faith by Shahid Khan to appoint Rene Meulensteen Martin Jol’s parting shot to the press after Fulham’s 3-0 defeat by West Ham on Saturday afternoon had something fittingly elegiac about it. “I’ll see you soon … I hope,” Jol said as he disappeared down the nearest corridor. In the event Jol may yet be seen again in English football, but it will not…
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Posted on 21 November 2013.
Construction on a new roof for London’s Olympic Stadium is under way as it begins its transformation into West Ham United’s new home
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Posted on 20 November 2013.
• Full-back aggravates problem on England duty • César Azpilicueta likely to continue in Cole’s position Ashley Cole is unlikely to feature in Chelsea’s Premier League derby at West Ham United on Saturday evening after he aggravated a rib problem during England’s defeat to Germany. The veteran left-back first suffered the injury during a win at Norwich last month, ruling him out of two World Cup qualifiers, and was absent from his club’s first team for three weeks in recovery. His …
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Posted on 20 November 2013.
• Leyton Orient continue to lobby for groundshare • Floodlights will make way for cantilevered roof The door has been left open for Leyton Orient to share the Olympic Stadium with West Ham United on an occasional basis, as work begins on adding an 84-metre roof as part of a £160m conversion project. The West Ham vice‑chair Karren Brady, who led the club’s bid to win tenancy and move in time for the 2016…
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Posted on 18 November 2013.
West Ham United’s Ravel Morrison scores a memorable volley on Sunday during England’s U21 training
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Posted on 15 November 2013.
From Chelsea to Northampton Town at the bottom of League Two, results over the next few games will be vital for coaches under pressure 1. Martin Jol (Fulham) For the moment Fulham’s owner, Shahid Kahn, is determined to support rather than sack Martin Jol despite the manager’s decreasing popularity with fans . This week, on Jol’s recommendation, Fulham appointed René Meulensteen as head coach in an effort to help stimulate improvement in a team that is conceding goals at an alarming rate and has won just …
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Posted on 13 November 2013.
Bullying in the NFL, the couple who organised baseball fixtures, the basketball coach who exploded, the Irishman with the best job in the world and the fan who played for West Ham Thanks for all your comments and suggestions on our last blog . 1) Man up: declaring a war on warrior culture When Richie Incognito sent threatening text messages to his Miami Dolphins team-mate Jonathan Martin, he did not hold back – concluding them with the pithy: “Fuck you, you’re still a rookie. I’ll…
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Posted on 09 November 2013.
At half-time you would not have given tuppence for Chris Hughton’s chances of remaining manager of Norwich City. It was not so much the Canaries were sliding towards a sixth defeat in eight matches as the manner in which they were doing so that prompted the boos which followed the players down the tunnel. Put simply, Norwich were being both outplayed and tactically embarrassed. The extent to which Hughton effected the transformation which…
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Posted on 09 November 2013.
Minute-by-minute report: Norwich and Chris Hughton desperately need a win. West Ham desperately need a goal. Something’s got to give. Join Scott Murray Scott Murray
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