The Mark Noble didn’t quite follow the script. Sorry to ruin the illusion but the real life fantasy football match was finely scripted to finish in a six all thriller and then go to a penalty shoot up but the referee didn’t follow the plan by ruling Marlon Harewood’s goal offside which entirely failed to […]
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Nobes Fantasy Football didn’t quite go to script
Posted on 29 March 2016.
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Noble testimonial: Player absentees explained
Posted on 29 March 2016.
Several West Ham supporters have been asking what happened to the former Hammers scheduled to make an appearance at Mark Noble’s testimonial who failed to show. Claret and Hugh understands Robert Green could not get permission from QPR to play in the testimonial whilst Paul Konchesky, also on loan to QPR from Leicester, was also unable […]
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Slav rates this striker so shouldn’t that be enough?
Posted on 27 March 2016.
Have to admit it came as something of a shock to me when discovering that less than one per cent of the 1700 plus who voted in a recent ClaretandHugh poll wanted Christian Benteke as the club’s summer signing. Ok, he hasn’t shown himself to be he striker he was at Villa a couple of […]
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West Ham draw up amazing summer striker shortlist
Posted on 26 March 2016.
West Ham have identified a trio of world class strikers as their main transfer targets this summer, as reported by Sky Sports News HQ. It appears we’re not messing about in our intentions to land one of Europe’s most sought after hitmen ahead of our move to the Olympic Stadium. Christian Benteke, Michy Batshuayi and Alexandre
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West Ham look set to secure yet another outrageous transfer bargain
Posted on 26 March 2016.
West Ham have moved closer to securing the free transfer of defensive midfielder Havard Nordtveit, according to London Evening Standard. The 25-year-old has confirmed that he will be leaving Borussia Monchengladbach when his contract his expires in the summer, and the German outfit have already announced the arrival of his replacement – Tobias Strobl. On
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West Ham’s David Sullivan: Slaven Bilic must prove he is no one-season wonder
Posted on 25 March 2016.
• West Ham joint chairman says club are planning to offer Bilic new contract • Sullivan says talks will not open until January 2017 at the earliest West Ham are planning to reward manager Slaven Bilic with a new contract – but want to make sure he is not a “one-season wonder” first. West Ham joint chairman David Sullivan told the Mirror : “I will give Slaven a new deal in January. …
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Hammers reveal stadium screen plan
Posted on 23 March 2016.
West Ham have released images of how they hope their new stadium will look next season.
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Poll: Summer transfer striker
Posted on 23 March 2016.
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Which club will finish fourth in the Premier League?
Posted on 23 March 2016.
With the Manchester clubs struggling for consistency, will West Ham, Southampton, Stoke or even Liverpool put together a run and land fourth place? By Martin Laurence for WhoScored? , part of the Guardian Sport Network While results at the weekend suggest the Premier League title is now a two-horse race, the battle for Champions League places is tighter than ever. Arsenal will hope that their win at Everton – which ended a …
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West Ham draw up incredible summer striker shortlist
Posted on 22 March 2016.
West Ham have identified a trio of world class strikers as their main transfer targets this summer, as reported by Sky Sports News HQ. It appears we’re not messing about in our intentions to land one of Europe’s most sought after hitmen ahead of our move to the Olympic Stadium. Christian Benteke, Michy Batshuayi and Alexandre
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Paulo Di Canio admits ‘it’s an honour and privilege’ to play in Mark Noble testimonial as he prepares for return to Boleyn Ground
Posted on 21 March 2016.
Paulo Di Canio has revealed his gratitude at being given the chance to play one final time at the Boleyn Ground, with the former West Ham forward set to be involved in Mark Noble’s testimonial.
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Ain’t nobody like Lanzini
Posted on 21 March 2016.
Ain’t nobody, like Lanzini, makes us happy, plays the West Ham Way! Not a new song but it certainly came of age at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon after it was sung more than the Payet song by 3,000 travelling West Ham away fans in good spirits at Chelsea. Let’s just hope Arsenal don’t nick […]
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Irons hunt goes on as Benteke ruled out
Posted on 21 March 2016.
West Ham plan to attract a 20 goal a season striker without breaking through their FFP ceiling but it won’t be Christian Benteke. The Belgian is on £125,000k a week at Liverpool and whilst manager Slaven Bilic likes the player our top source at the club said: “They aren’t the sort of wages we will […]
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Golden Boot contenders
Posted on 21 March 2016.
Harry Kane emerged as the new front-runner for the Premier League Golden Boot.
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That Chelsea draw …that ref – the fans react
Posted on 20 March 2016.
ClaretandHugh followers at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have given their view on yesterday’s draw at Stamford Bridge and ref Robert Madley in particular after the home side were awarded a late pealty which got them out of jail. O I hope Fabregas gets a right hander for all of his whinging and cheating O Glad there’s no swearing on […]
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Unhappy Carroll admits “It’s upsetting”
Posted on 19 March 2016.
Andy Carroll has joined boss Slaven Bilic in admitting his disappointment at today’s result against Chelsea. Speaking to the official website he said: “It is disappointing to only come away with draw. We conceded just before half-time and then just before the end which is upsetting. “But we worked really hard and we did deserve […]
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Short and sweet Slav nails it again
Posted on 19 March 2016.
Once again Slaven Bilic nailed it in a couple of short sentences. No arguing like some of us – no moaning. He just gets on with it and his assessment of the Irons performance against Chelsea was succinct and to the point. He simply said: “I don’t look too much at the table but what […]
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So hard to take as Irons twice cheated
Posted on 19 March 2016.
The Irons were twice cheated – once from a free kick deliberately taken from the wrong spot and at the end when Michail Antonio brought Ruben Loftus-Cheek down with replays showing contact was outside the area. Wrong…out of order and bang disappointing – add it all to the foul on Darren Randolph last weekend which denied […]
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Leroy: ‘We are going to become absolutely massive’
Posted on 19 March 2016.
I don’t doubt that the Cheif Kouyate deal was done days ago but as Hugh pointed out in an earlier article the announcement just before the Chelsea game is a master stroke. Kouyate is an absolutely top player who could in previous years have been linked and played for the likes of Chelsea or Arsenal […]
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Slav gives fitness update
Posted on 18 March 2016.
James Tomkins and James Collins will both be fit to return after the international break. Manager Slaven Bilic explained that although Tomkins returns to training today “it’s still too early for a game against Chelsea.” But he added: “After that we have a an international break so both of them should be available for the […]
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Exactly how would you like Dimi to fall LVG?
Posted on 16 March 2016.
Top ClaretandHugh blogger Pete Ellis has been casting his ironic eye over the weekend events at Old Trafford and clearly can’t handle some of the stuff coming out of the Manchester United camp but finds it impossible to suppress a grin. As we all know, Sir Alex Ferguson loved a good bottle of red and […]
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Five ambitious transfers West Ham should consider this summer
Posted on 15 March 2016.
Only a few months left in the season and then the transfer rumour mill restarts, linking every in-form Hammer a ‘big’ English club… Huh? What’s that? Oh, sorry! I’ve just had a flashback to five years ago! Let’s fast forward to June 2016… the new TV revenue comes into effect next season, which means every
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Hammers reschedule Manchester United game
Posted on 15 March 2016.
West Ham United have rescheduled their home Premier League game against Manchester United.
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Irons on £5m bonanza
Posted on 14 March 2016.
The FA Cup Quarter-Final replay at the Boleyn Ground against Manchester United should net the Hammers another £1m on top of the estimated £3.8m they have earned so far in their FA Cup run this season. Assuming West Ham set ticket prices around the £40 mark, a sell out 35,000 capacity crowd will bring in […]
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What a goal from Payet!
Posted on 13 March 2016.
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Leroy can only see one result at Old Trafford
Posted on 13 March 2016.
I can’t wait … really can’t wait. I’m as excited today as I was as kid and I watch an awful lot of football!!! The truth is that there has been no time in my lifetime when I can remember the Irons going to Old Trafford with a better winning chance than they hold today. […]
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