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There is a bit of deja-vu about the fantastic start to the season the Hammers are having, along with the feeling it might go belly up at some point and fade away like it did in January this year. Having said that, there are some very big differences this time, and it is these differences that

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When was the last time we went eight games unbeaten? In fact, when was the last time we made it seven games without loss? Last week’s victory over Chelsea was one of the best in my recent memory. Everything from the performance, the atmosphere, Chelsea’s meltdown at the end of the first half and Andy

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One of the fundamental reasons why the mighty Hammers have started exceptionally is because of the squad’s strength in depth, something that was definitely missing from the Sam Allardyce era. As Slaven Bilic highly anticipated a good run in the Europa League at the start of the 205/2016 campaign, nine additions were made and some

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Let’s be honest; there aren’t many of us who expected Manuel Lanzini to have such a positive influence on our performances this season, particularly so soon. But ‘The Jewel’ has surprised us all with a string of impressive performances that haven’t just raised our eyebrows, but the rest of the Premier League’s as well. The

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One club players are a rarity in football these days. Thankfully we’ve got a couple of them in Mark Noble and James Tomkins. Ok, so both of them did enjoy short loan stints elsewhere earlier in their careers, but they’re pretty much one club men who, I’d like to think, will stay until they retire.

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All the talk around the club last summer was whether we’d sign a big name player for a hell of a lot of money. Eventually that turned out to be either Dimitri Payet or Alex Song, depending on how you look at it, with the former already proving to be one of the best signings

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Football fans are an ignorant bunch, that goes for some of our own supporters too. But when we decided to part ways with Sam Allardyce at the end of last season there seemed to be a hell of a lot more ignorant fans of other clubs criticising us for wanting better. Most of them expressed

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There is no doubt about it; The Hammers are flying this season. Slavan Bilic was installed as boss at Upton Park replacing Sam Allardyce with the hope of injecting a style of play that makes West Ham dangerous and a threat to any team in the Premier League. On the basis of the magnificent beginning

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When Sam Allardyce was sacked just minutes after the final whistle of the last game of the 2014/2015 season, not many people thought Slaven Bilic was going to get the job. He seemed passionate and willing, but many preferred West Ham to aim higher up and try to get more ‘experienced’ managers like Rafa Benitez

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It’s difficult to call Saturday’s visit of Chelsea. On one hand you could say we should be able to take all three points against a side struggling to find any form after an awful start to the campaign, but on the other hand you’d half expect Jose Mourinho’s side to begin their revival with a

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It’s now less than 300 days until we make the huge move from the Boleyn Ground to the Olympic Stadium – 296 days, to be exact. We were lucky enough to have seen just how amazing the stadium looks during the Rugby World Cup, with many fans tweeting their amazement of just how stunning it

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Since the departure of Sam Allardyce and the swift arrival of Slaven Bilic, the progress that has been made at West Ham has been incredible so far. Currently sitting pretty in fourth place in the Premier League , Bilic has installed a style of play that the magnificent Hammers fans adore and it’s also getting

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We’re back on the Dimitri Payet hype this evening. We all know how good he’s been since he signed from Marseille in the summer, with neutrals even wondering how on earth we managed to sign the Frenchman. Payet’s performances have wowed fans all over the country, and he’s contributed heavily to our rise to fourth

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Despite the ridiculous amount of money involved in football, excitement still intensifies when a young player from the academy emerges into the

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When I evaluated Sam Allardyce’ s tenure as West Ham manager after his departure on the final day of last season, after

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I can’t shake the feeling that Crystal Palace are going to give us our hardest away game of the season so far

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After another successful, yet dull, international break for most hammers fans, with England making it 10 out of 10 wins in qualifying,

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This is our 20th season in the Premier League, and our last every at the Boleyn Ground. Over those years we’ve had

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This was more difficult than I had first perceived. Only six of our best when so many have made telling contributions so

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