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Owners back Bilic Our under pressure manager Slaven Bilic has received the full backing of the board following recent speculation about his future at the club. The joint chairmen, David Gold and David Sullivan, released a statement on Sunday, ending the speculation and declaring “we have 100% faith in Slaven Bilic’s ability to lead West Ham United”. Gold and Sullivan’s statement came a day after our 2-1 defeat to Hull City at the KCOM Stadium, a game in which we…

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West Ham travel across London tomorrow evening to tackle Arsenal and fans are demanding changes to the side on social media. The Hammers enter the London derby on the back of four consecutive defeats in the Premier League, which has seen the East London outfit slip to just six points above the relegation zone. Having […]

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West Ham face a stern test on Wednesday night as they travel across London to tackle Champions League chasing Arsenal on the back of four consecutive Premier League defeats. Saturday’s loss to Hull City saw the Hammers drop to just six points above the relegation zone with eight games remaining, putting them in an uncomfortable […]

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West Ham United are being reported as holding an interest in signing former Blackburn Rovers striker Anthony Modeste this summer. However, the simple fact remains that the club’s priority targets at this stage continue to be Michy Batashuayi and Jermain Defoe.   Whilst admitting that Modeste -who made nine Premier League appearances for Blackburn  in […]

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The latest protest against the Frenchman has taken place outside the club’s training ground, with supporters once again expressing their frustrations

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Phil Parkes has given the most honest appraisal yet of Mark Nobles’s position at West Ham. Big Phil -speaking exclusively to the April edition of  Blowing Bubbles via the No 1 Hammers magazine’s partnership with ClaretandHugh – has made it clear that he believes the captain’s “day is done.” The Noble issue has divided the […]

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Ok with the anxieties, paranoia and sheer fear reaching epidemic proportions let’s all try to calm it a bit and look at the realities of our position. Taking a very short term view and based on bookies likely odds, the gap between ourselves and Hull City is set to narrow to three points tomorrow but […]

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West Ham slipped down the table following their 2-1 defeat away at Hull, but are only a point behind a place in the top 10. They are now 14th in the table, six points above Hull and have lost each of their last four games. They need to start picking up some points to be sure of a comfortable end to the season. That win was Hull’s 4th in their last five …

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Andy Carroll suffered a bitter sweet 90 minutes against Hull, scoring his 50th premier League goal, captaining the team for the first time but finally seeing the team slump to defeat. And he readily admitted that when the hosts changed their shape at half time the Hammers simply couldn’t handle things very well. He said:  “Obviously […]

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West Ham are this morning claimed to be interested in Arsenal defender Calum Chambers but Newcastle and Everton are also keen on the former Southampton player. The 22 year old  can play full-back, centre-half or as a holding midfielder nd has impressed during a loan spell with Middlesbrough this season. The Gunners want over £10 […]

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The London Stadium, built for the Olympics and now used by the Hammers as their home ground, could be used by the Blues while they leave their home for three years to allow it to be rebuilt.

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Slaven Bilic has a big left back decision to make tomorrow as he makes a decision on whether to stick with regular Aaron Cresswell or go with Arthur Masuaku. The back up left sided player was in excellent form when he appeared as a second half sub against Leicester keeping the tempo going really well […]

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Aaron Cresswell can’t wait to start putting right the recent wrongs and is read to make Hull city suffer. The left back – like the rest of us has had to wait what seems like an eternity – but with the game just a day away he is set to get those desperately required three […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic shrugs off speculation about his future at the club, saying he is just “focused on the next game”.

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Former Hammers players are coming out in force to support Slaven Bilic after a series of veiled threats from the board. After Tony Gale’s attack on them earlier, David Gold, Davis Sullivan and Karren Brady are again being pummelled by another Irons former defender – Danny Gabbidon. And that comes on top of Tony Cottee’s […]

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According to  Spanish website Don Balon, the former Real Madrid and current Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas could sign for a Premier League team in the summer, with Casillas himself said to be prefering a move to London. That report has inevitably led to link all London Premier League sides although West Ham were not actually named […]

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Manuel Lanzini has clearly been watching some of the criticism aimed at captain Mark Noble and has decided to make his point. The captain is certain to return from the injury sidelines this weekend with Pedro Obiang out for the rest of the season. That will no doubt bring out the knockers again but Lanzini […]

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Manu Lanzini admits that he is feeling as comfortable with West Ham United as ever this season. Speaking to the official site he said: “The start of the season was particularly tough for me, with the Olympics I went to Argentina and picked up an injury and missed out on pre-season. “Halfway through the season things […]

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Jermain Defoe has become a big summer target for West Ham but the manner of his departure is still an issue with many Hammers fans who dubbed him “Judas.” His goals for Sunderland and return strike for England in the match against Lithuania – along with his emotional and caring attitude towards terminally ill England […]

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Hammers Chat have produced  a superb upgrade on the West Ham app which has just become available through the Google Play Store for android  with the iOS version expected to be released within the next 48 hours. The HC boys have been working on updates for the app over the last few months after the launch […]

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Jermaine Defoe is available on a free transfer and as a result could be on his way to the Irons. We reported a few days ago  the Hammers remain interested and are exploring his contractual position as it was believed he could leave on a free should the Black Cats be relegated this season. David […]

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Jack Sullivan has confirmed ClaretandHugh’s story earlier in the week that the chance of the Irons signing Wayne Rooney are worth odds of about 100 per cent. We quoted a key source as telling us when the story broke: “”You look at everything and everybody who you feel can do a job but I would […]

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The club has quietly launched the details of the new ticket forwarding system which is likely to complete with the existing ticket exchange system.  The functionality allows you to forward your season ticket to a friend or family for games you can’t make. The scheme costs the season ticket nothing to use but the receiving […]

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SAMI MOKBEL: Andy Carroll is facing a bleak international future following his latest England snub due to lingering doubts over his body. Carroll has a long history of injury issues.

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Jose Fonte has come in for some regular moaning over recent weeks but the central defender is the first to admit that he’s not found life easy at the club. He arrived as a Euro 2016 winner but claims it’s time we forgot about that and that he simply gets on with getting it together […]

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