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Predict the televised games they said. They’ll always be great they said. Welcome to PES Predicts Watford vs West Ham. I have nothing against either team, I’d just rather not watch them duke it out. They are too mid-table sides going nowhere in a hurry. I like watching Andy Carroll play but even that crumb of comfort seems unlikely to materialise. With that, let’s get on with. We’re at …

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After so many years in the claret and blue, it should be no great surprise to hear the Hammers skipper say, “I want to end my career with West Ham.” Mark Noble has been a mainstay of the Hammers side ever since his debut back in 2004 against Southend in the League Cup. Noble is nearing 400 appearances for the Hammers, a feat only 18 other players have achieved and said it would feel “funny” to turn out for another side. …

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West Ham loanee, Jaanai Gordon scored on his debut for Sligo Rovers in a pre- season friendly with Derry City over the weekend. Gordon joined West Ham from Peterborough on the last day of 2013 for an undisclosed fee after Sam Allardyce initially tried to scupper the transfer. He has spent previous loan spells at […]

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Stephen Hendrie has returned to West Ham following the conclusion of his loan spell at Southend United. Hendrie made five appearances for the Shrimpers  after joining on a one-month loan deal from the Hammers. The full-back scored the winner in the 2-1 win over Shrewsbury Town earlier this month. Southend Manager, Phil Brown admits at […]

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Michail Antonio has revealed he thought he was about to join West Bromwich Albion before he was told West Ham had put a bid out of the blue for him. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live Antonio said ‘I thought I might be signing for West Brom, there was loads of links, but nothing with […]

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West Ham’s Premier League home game against Manchester United on Saturday 23rd April will be re-scheduled it has been confirmed. Updating their supporters on Manutd.com the Red devils confirmed: “The fact that one of either United or West Ham will progress to the last four of the famous competition means the league meeting between the […]

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By Pete Ellis West Ham host the Mackems this week which of course means the return of “him who must not be named” It could be a very spikey afternoon if one or two give in to their worst instincts and the big question is what sort of reaction he is going to get. As […]

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The MooreThanJustAPodcast boys relive the five goals scored against Blackburn rovers on Sunday afternoon in the latest episode of the West Ham podcast. We discuss whether Noble should play for England and whether Payet should play for France along with our predictions for the Sunderland game at Saturday lunch time. We also debate whether it […]

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Winston Reid has rejoined the first team squad and is expected to be available for the spikey little affair against Sunderland at the  weekend. And word from the training camp is that Sam Allardyce could be confronted with Andy Carroll on whom he splashed an incredible £17 million when he was Irons boss to make […]

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Former Referee Graham Poll believes West Ham have a very good chance of appealing Cheikhou Kouyate’s red card he received at Ewood park on Sunday. Kouyate was shown a straight red card for a last-man professional foul on Adam Henley on the edge of the box during the Hammers 5-1 over Blackburn. “West Ham must have […]

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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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West Ham chairman David Gold has confirmed that the club has asked to increase capacity from 54,000 to 60,000 to meet demand.  The owner replying to a question on twitter  told his 134,000 followers. “Yes, we have applied for permission to extend the capacity from 54000 to 60000 in an effort to meet demand. dg […]

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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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Emanuelle Emwnike has spoken about match fixing allegations which saw him go to prison five years ago. The striker was playing for Turkish side Karabukspor when baseless allegations emerged claiming he faked an injury to miss the crucial title-decided game, which Fenerbahce won 1-0, in return for a big money move to the Istanbul-based club. Both Karabukspor and […]

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BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson had his Wikipedia web page hacked today, presumably by a disgruntled West Ham fan trying to have a bit of fun. Posted under the media section of his career the joker has suggested he has a personal vendetta against West Ham. The made up passage added to his biography can be […]

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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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David Gold has told ClaretandHugh he can see Martin Samuelsen becoming the next Dimi Payet whilst club insiders have explained that ideally they want to see the teenager as part of the Irons first team squad next season. Currently on loan at Peterborough United, the League One club would love to keep Martin for another […]

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David Gold believes the Irons are fixed up for years to come in the creativity area of the team. Dimi Payet maybe the current hero but the co chairman reckons the rise of Martin Samuelsen is set to give the club bags on invention and subtelty for years to come. And with Manu Lanzini also […]

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Darren Randolph has received a massive vote of confidence from Irons fans ahead of this weekend’s massive fifth round FA Cup clash against Blackburn Rovers. The No 2 goalkeeper has been a hero in the FA Cup run so far and despite Adrian being kept on the sideline the supporters believe Randolph should retain his […]

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West ham Chairman, David Gold says he is hopeful the Manuel Lanzini will travel with the Hammers squad to Blackburn for the fifth round FA Cup match at Ewood park on Sunday. Gold posted on twitter today “I’m hoping Lanzini travels to Blackburn. dg” Ten days ago Bilic confirmed Lanzini has resumed first team training saying […]

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Former Hammer, Julien Faubert  has joined St Johnstone on trial. The 32-year-old has been a free agent since leaving Bordeaux in 2015 and is seeking to win a contract at McDiarmid Park. He played for the Scottish Premiership club’s Under 20 side on Monday night and was listed as a trialist. Faubert signed for the Hammers for £6.1m […]

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ClaretandHugh’s associate editor Sean Whetstone bravely put his head on the block by  forecasting the remainder of West Ham’s League games and coming up with a final points total of 66. Here’s how members of the CandH Facebook forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have reacted. O A bit on the optimistic side I think! I reckon another […]

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FA Cup replays could be scrapped and the competition turned into a midweek tournament in a dramatic shake-up of the competition. Plans being discussed by the Premier League may also see the League Cup semi-finals played over one leg instead of two. Representatives from the FA and Premier League have held talks in a bid to ease […]

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Emenike has told a Nigerian newspaper that Victor Moses gave him good reasons to join West Ham before he decided to join the Hammers on loan in a move he described God ordained for him. Emenike told the Nation newspaper in Nigeria about Moses involvement in the loan “We have been talking before moving to West […]

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Irons fans will receive a big cash bonus should the club reach the semi finals and Final of the FA Cup. For according to reports this morning the FA is slashing ticket prices for both events as they bid to ease the pressure on fans’ pockets. Prices for the Final have been reduced by £5 […]

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ClaretandHugh’s associate editor Sean Whetstone has taken a look at our remaining games and come to a brave conclusion on how many points we will collect by the end of the season…read on!   West Ham have now hit the magical total of 40 points at the weekend, we would usually be signing with relief at […]

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