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Mark Noble has told the fans the squad need them like never before on Saturday afternoon at the London Stadium. He said after the Arsenal defeat: “We need the fans on Saturday for sure, all of them in full voice and let’s hope we can reward them and give them a little bit of something […]

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The Hammers matched Arsenal every inch of the way in a fascinating first half t the Emirates. We closed down in midfield really quickly and well whilst looking as solid as we have all season at the back – defending in numbers and keeping a decent shape. Mark Noble won a couple of cheap early […]

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CANDH EXCLUSIVE Slaven Bilic was been sent sent a straight to the point Diafra Sakho message by Hammers hero Frank McAvennie ahead of the Arsenal game: “Tell your medical staff bollocks – he is gonna start playing again as of tonight.” Macca has been watching the medical staff ruling the roost by insisting Sak needs […]

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The pressure simply becomes more and more intense. Burnley managed to grab a 1-0 win over Stoke this evening which pushed the Irons a place further down the table into 15th and they have now probably officially joined the relegation scramble. George Boyd scored the goal which ended the the Clarets seven match win-less run and […]

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Slaven Bilic has claimed that Diafra Sakho could be on the bench against Arsenal tomorrow night. The manager is clearly becoming as impatient for the striker’s return as the fans after David Gold indicated the player would be back soon. And he said: “”Diafra is back. When you talk to him, he is ready, he […]

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Michail Antonio’s talks over a new West Ham contract are at a standstill after he rejected their first offer, according to Sky sources.

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West Ham starman Michail Antonio will be offered a new £65k a week contract in the summer and told there is no chance of him being allowed to move on. The team’s awful loss of form over the last four games which has seen them without a win since the beginning of March has raised […]

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West Ham have zero interest in Wilfried Bony despite widespread reports the club will be bidding to bring him to the London Stadium this summer. The Sun report – which has been picked up by virtually every other media outlet – claims Bony has sparked a summer transfer scrap after getting frozen out at Stoke and […]

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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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Dimitri Payet is again re-writing his “why I left West Ham script” as he bids to explain away one of the most unprofessional departures in the history of the game. He has said in the past that it was for personal reasons, because he needed to return to France and because the style of play […]

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West Ham United are looking to hand Lucas Perez as escape route from Arsenal this summer, following the Spaniard’s frustrating first season in English football. Signed for £17m from Deportivo La Coruna last summer, Perez has impressed when given the chance, scoring nine goals in 21 appearances, but has consistently found himself out of the first-team. […]

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    Before we start I had a 100 distractions during the game so all criticism will probably be entirely valid – cheers Hugh!   Randolph: Little chance with the goals but they keep tallying up and the fella needs a rest 5 Byram: Adequate but that really isn’t enough at this level – where’s […]

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Andrea Ranocchia’s late winner earned Hull another crucial home win in the fight to preserve their Premier League status and heaped more pressure on the West Ham manager Slaven Bilic. The Italian defender Ranocchia, signed on loan from Internazionale in January, headed home in the 85th minute to secure a 2-1 win. Andrew Robertson’s strike after the break had cancelled out West Ham striker Andy Carroll’s landmark opener. Related: Watford return to winning ways as Miguel Britos adds to Sunderland’s woes Related: Leicester…

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When I first started following West Ham ‘social media’ was having a chat with your neighbour whilst picking up the paper from the corner shop. There were no hashtags, no followers, likes, dislikes or status updates. ‘Check in’ was something that you queued for hours to do at an airport and a troll was a creature which only existed in mythology. Times have changed……… The day to day business of our Club, most notably during the transfer windows, seems…

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Security is set to be beefed up when Spurs visit the London Stadium on the Friday evening of May 5. London Stadium 185, who run the security at the ground, are pressuring police to make the event a category C fixture – which is the highest risk. Were that to happen it would bring with […]

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Adrian could be poised to make a first team return at Hull tomorrow as the Irons go in pursuit of their first clean sheet in nine attempts having conceded 17 goals along the way. Darren Randolph has come in for much criticism along the way with calls for the Spaniard to again regain the first […]

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A new book has named a West Ham fan Michael Tabor, who once tried to buy the Hammers as one of world football’s biggest money lenders. The 75-year-old was born in Newham and educated at East Ham Grammar school. Tabor, part of the John Magnier-led Coolmore Stud organisation, filled the void when Investec bank withdrew […]

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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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Paul Merson has tipped the Irons to suffer a defeat against Hull  on Saturday. Sky Sports pundit Merson expects  a 2-1 scoreline in favour of the hosts. He said: “This should be a good game. West Ham haven’t been great, though they are better away from home. “I just think Hull have to win this […]

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Slaven Bilic chose every word very carefully but it’s clear Diafra Sakho is close to a return. The central striker rejoined the first team squad for training today after being with the under-21s and the manager spent some time discussing his immediate future. After all the negative press about him not returning this season ,Slaven […]

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In this week’s addition of our weekly throwback segment, we speak to Lee, 34, and a lifelong Hammer on his first experience of the famous Boleyn Ground. “I don’t think you ever forget your first game at your team’s home ground. Mine was a fairly low key game being the 2nd round, 2nd leg of the League cup against Bradford City. For me though, maybe not to many, it was a…

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Lanzini keen to return to winning ways Our Argentine midfielder Manuel Lanzini has urged his Hammers team-mates to get back to winning form when we face Hull City at the KCOM Stadium on Saturday. The playmaker said, “I think we have been improving overall, conceding in the last minute is always a blow and, as a team, we can always work harder to stop that happening again”. Lanzini was speaking in an interview with…

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Reports that West Ham will buy the London Stadium and turn it into a proper football stadium have been described as “very premature.” There are no current plans to make an offer to buy with the Irons happy to play a waiting game rather than make the first move. The club believes the stadium is already […]

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Jaap Stam has commented on the speculation that he is a target for West Ham should Slaven Bilic fail to turn around the club’s current poor form. And in doing so can probably expect to face some ‘lack of class’ criticism – certainly from us! We have no idea whether there’s any ‘previous’ between himself […]

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West Ham’s owners still have faith in manager Slaven Bilic despite his team winning only three of their 11 games this year, according to Sky sources.

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The West Ham board have come in for some recent criticism for a poor season after the move to the London Stadium. The recent London Stadium survey said 32 percent thought the board were doing a Good or Excellent job, 40 percent thoughts their efforts were average while 28 percent thought they are doing a […]

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