Stats a fact Let’s read up on all the statistics from Monday’s 1-2 defeat to league leaders Chelsea. Possession: Many argued that we dominated Chelsea in terms of ball possession throughout the 90 minutes on Monday. However, we just had the edge over our London rivals in terms of keeping the ball 51.8% compared to Chelsea’s 48.2% possession. Shots on and off target: We certainly did create our fair share of chances against Antonio …
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Stats from Monday’s defeat, Lanzini promises hard work and Noble be played at right back?
Posted on 09 March 2017.
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Randolph ready for a bounce back
Posted on 08 March 2017.
Darren Randolph showed exactly why he’s our No 1 keeper with a couple of brilliant saves against Chelsea. However, the stopper readily admits he would sooner have done so when leading than having fallen behind against the league leaders. However, he paid full credit to the west London outfit admitting: They are a good side and […]
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West Ham policing costs treble at London stadium
Posted on 07 March 2017.
BBC News London has revealed that the cost of policing West Ham games has more than trebled at the London Stadium. Quoting a freedom of information response from the Met Police the BBC say the cost of policing the Boleyn Ground between August-October 2015 was £108,387. In contrast the same period August-October 2016 in the […]
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Chelsea have the look of an unstoppable force thanks to N’Golo Kanté | Dominic Fifield
Posted on 07 March 2017.
West Ham were outnumbered, ground down and eclipsed by a dynamic team that is leaving the rest of the Premier League far behind This was the kind of result to drain any lingering optimism from the chasing pack. A victory to drum in the reality that, for all Antonio Conte’s protestations to the contrary, Chelsea’s pursuit of the title has taken on the feel of a procession. They weathered some turbulence at times here , their backline heaving …
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Chelsea want to win Premier League as soon as possible
Posted on 07 March 2017.
MATT BARLOW AT LONDON STADIUM: Eden Hazard helped Chelsea ease 10 points clear in the Premier League and urged his team-mates to wrap up the title as quickly as possible.
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The return of Sakho
Posted on 06 March 2017.
Diafra Sakho is fully expected to rejoin the first team squad within the next fortnight and could be on the bench for the match at Hull City on April 1. ‘Sak’ has been making great progress in his rehab programme and hopes are now high the striker could even rejoin the first team squad within […]
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Harry Kane hoping for helping hand from West Ham
Posted on 06 March 2017.
Spurs cut the gap behind Antonio Conte’s league leaders to seven points on Sunday by beating Everton 3-2 as Kane scored twice before Dele Alli added a third late on.
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Leroy has no room for Noble in Chelsea game
Posted on 06 March 2017.
Make no mistake Chelsea’s stars will be feeling big time pressure when the arrive at the London Stadium tonight. We are now into March and with a title victory at stake, after their nearest rivals closed the gap at the weekend, the boys from Stamford Bridge will be feeling it big time. The Irons on […]
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Tyler’s stats: Man Utd keep drawing
Posted on 05 March 2017.
Martin Tyler presents the best stats from the latest round of games.
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Proof: Hammers did not try to sell Carroll
Posted on 04 March 2017.
Claims that West Ham initiated talks to sell Andy Carroll to China have proved to be false! ClaretandHugh has established an important fact failure in the story, first published by The Sun, which confirms Slaven Bilic’s account that the club had no wish to sell AC and that the Chinese had approached the Irons The […]
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When Chelsea were bang ordinary!
Posted on 04 March 2017.
Former West Ham shot stopper Phil Parkes has pulled no punches ahead of Chelsea’s visit to London Stadium on Monday evening. Writing his column for Blowing Bubbles Monthly, in association with Claret and Hugh, Parkes says the west London side were “mediocre for many years’ before Roman Abramovich’s billions transformed their fortunes. He said: ‘I […]
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Pearson Previews the Premier League Weekend
Posted on 03 March 2017.
West Ham welcome Chelsea to the Olympic Stadium on Monday night and have lost just once in their last five Premier League games. The Hammers have however secured just two points against teams from the top six so far this season and will have to be at their best to do so here. Chelsea have picked up 53 points out of the last 60 on offer and have only conceded more than two goals once …
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Rush Green Uncovered
Posted on 28 February 2017.
West Ham have invested over £4m refurbishing Rush Green training ground over the summer. There are five constructed pitches at Rush Green in total with room for a sixth. Two of the pitches are Desso Grassmaster constructed pitches measuring 105m x 68m which is the same as London Stadium and the same specification used by the Premier […]
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Former Hammer hopes to haunt us!
Posted on 28 February 2017.
Victor Moses readily admits he had a happy time and has good memories of West Ham. But he is equally emphatic that he hopes to come back and haunt the Hammers when we go in to action against Chelsea next Monday evening. Slav chose to make his loan move to the club permanent last summer […]
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Pied piper Bilic proves what is says on Irons tin
Posted on 28 February 2017.
Back last year The Mirror’s Mike Walters gave Claret amdHugh his assessment of the Hammers and their manager as we went from chaos to disaster . Now Mike – a great writer and personal pal – takes a look at what’s happened since in a blog which brings an objective view of where the Irons are […]
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London Stadium gets nod for World Cup
Posted on 26 February 2017.
The London Stadium is moving closer to hosting cricket matches in the 2019 World Cup after a full inspection of the ground in January found that the pitch dimensions complied with requirements for one-day cricket internationals. A final decision on the use of the stadium is expected in the coming months, but the former Olympic […]
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Bilic: ‘We deserved more than a point!’
Posted on 26 February 2017.
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Slav: “We’re still not safe”
Posted on 25 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic has made it crystal clear that the Hammers are still not safe but has no intentions of looking over his shoulder for too much longer. That’s why today’s game at Watford is of crucial importance and another win would probably take the pressure off everybody entirely. Realistic Slav declared: ” First of all […]
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Slav gives his own Carroll update
Posted on 23 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic has confirmed that Andy Carroll will be missing from the team that takes on Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday evening. But the Irons manager continues to talk the player up to the skies saying: “He gives you a new dimension. There aren’t many players that are capable of playing like him, he is different.” And […]
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Hammers on revenge mission
Posted on 22 February 2017.
Arthur Masuaku is back in line for a place in the squad against Watford at the weekend and wants revenge for the bitter 4-2 home defeat back in September. After dominating for 40 minutes and grabbing a two goal lead we conceded two goals in the last five minutes and ended up losing 4-2. Masuaku was […]
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Liverpool “scout” Irons midfield ace
Posted on 21 February 2017.
LIVERPOOL are tonight being reported as tracking Pedro Obiang with Kop boss Jurgen Klopp planning another revamp of his squad this summer. Klopp wants at least four new players knowing he is still failing to maintain a major challenge for the Premier League title and Obiang is being seen as a possible target. The Sun […]
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Hammers sorting out summer deals
Posted on 21 February 2017.
West Ham are unlikely to let any first team fringe players leave the club over the summer although – as reported – Sofiane Feghouli would be allowed to move on were the club to receive a good offer for the winger. Gokhan Tore will not be returning from Turkey and Jonathon Calleri’s loan period will […]
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Mayor struggling with London Stadium investigation
Posted on 20 February 2017.
The London Mayor, Sadiq Khan is struggling to find an auditing company to take on the independent review of the London Stadium transformation over-spend and spiraling running costs. He announced his inquiry on 1st November last year but many companies have reportedly ruled themselves out through conflict of interest as they were involved in the former […]
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Reid happy as Hammers toughen up
Posted on 20 February 2017.
Winston Reid knows the Hammers are getting better and better. The are no longer a team that falls apart when the going gets tough and but one that is improving with every outing. And assessing the progress, Reid said: “In the last game we played against West Brom, even though we were 1-0 behind, we […]
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Slav hears FA verdict
Posted on 15 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic has been hit with an £8,000 fine by the FA for his microphone throwing outburst. The Mirror reports Bilic slammed the TV audio equipment to the ground following Gareth McAuley’s last minute equaliser. Assistant Nikola Jurcevic has also been fined the same amount for misconduct after being sent to the stands after a […]
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Gold upbeat as Irons stars close in on returns
Posted on 15 February 2017.
David Gold has delivered two exciting updates and verdicts on two Irons who have been out of the frame for a while. The co chairman has been closely following Diafra Sakho’s progress on the training pitch and is looking forward to the return of Arthur Masuaku. Sakho has been recovering from the long required operation […]
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