ClaretandHugh’s View Remember Brexti? ….remember Trump? ….remember the UK election? remember the anger the spite the malice, the rage, the obscene posts on social media – a place which doesn’t need a lot of help in that area ? We all do, but nobody can maintain that level of intensity whatever the issue, and it […]
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Rage…malice…spite ? No, this is why we’re here!
Posted on 03 September 2017.
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Transfer window verdicts: Premier League fans on the best and worst deals
Posted on 03 September 2017.
Fans assess the window’s best buys, saddest exits, and the ones that got away Related: Transfer window 2017 – every deal in Europe’s top five leagues Related: David Squires on … Liverpool v Arsenal and Bilic on the brink Related: Sergio Agüero has been left feeling like a second-class Citizen | Daniel Taylor Continue reading…
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Andre Ayew urged to retire
Posted on 03 September 2017.
Andre Ayew was unable to help Ghana to victory in the third round of the World Cup CAF qualifiers against Congo on Friday. The Black Stars escaped a shock defeat at the hands of the visitors, as Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey salvaged a point for the West Africans with an 85th minute equalizer. The result […]
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West Ham co-owner David Sullivan heaps pressure on Bilic
Posted on 02 September 2017.
West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has added to the pressure on Slaven Bilic by claiming the manager was not interested in the chance to sign Renato Sanches or Grzegorz Krychowiak.
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Quina deal scuppered by greedy agent
Posted on 02 September 2017.
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has given a great insight to transfer deadline day for a football manager after he allowed cameras from the Bleacher report to follow him around for the day. Within the video, the truth is revealed why the Domingos Quina move collapsed. He explains a week earlier, the signings Jerome Sinclair, […]
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West Ham mortgage training grounds and Stadium lease
Posted on 02 September 2017.
West Ham have borrowed money secured against the remaining property and leases they own. A charge filed at Companies House on Thursday shows that the Hammers have borrowed money from Rights and Media funding thought to be financed by West Ham fan Michael Tabor secured against Chadwell Heath, Rush Green and Little Green. In addition, they […]
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Irons in 15th place well ahead of Spurs
Posted on 02 September 2017.
A Daily Mirror survey has examined the net spend of every club in the Premier League and claims the Irons totals out at £17.3 million. This places them in 15th place with Spurs some way between them in 16th with a total “layout” of minus £2.6 million whilst Stoke and Burnley fill the two bottom […]
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Murphy lays boot into Mark Noble
Posted on 02 September 2017.
Former Liverpool, Spurs and Fulham player Danny Murphy says West Ham season will improve this season but claims the midfield is not strong suggesting Mark Noble is nearing the end of his career. Writing a column in the London Evening Standard Murphy says: “I know West Ham have had a very difficult start to the season, but I honestly […]
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Hammers launch third kit
Posted on 01 September 2017.
West Ham have officially launched the Club’s new Third kit for the 2017/18 season. The design recreates the first-ever strip worn by the Hammers in the 1900/01 Southern League season – the Club’s first as West Ham United – and is adorned with the first known crest to appear on a West Ham jersey, from the […]
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Ogbonna rejects idea of Inter swap
Posted on 30 August 2017.
Italian Journalist Gianluca Di Marzio claims Inter Milan want West Ham’s centre defender Angelo Ogbonna but the player does not want to leave the London Stadium at the moment and his representatives have rejected any such suggestion of a move away from the Hammers. The proposed deal was said to include Marcelo Brozovic in a swap in the […]
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Hammers hunt French teenage scoring sensation
Posted on 30 August 2017.
West Ham are said to be in talks with the representatives of Alexandre Mlinde claim the French media. The 17-year-old unknown striker currently plays for French team AS Minguettes, an amateur club in the suburbs of Lyon and it is claimed he has caught the eye of Hammers French scouts. Mlinde scored 21 goals in 22 games […]
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Canadian Hammer: Why The Bubble Has Burst
Posted on 30 August 2017.
We get sent quite a few videos each week and this one has been particularly busy but I received this clip from Canadian Hammers fan Paul yesterday and just had to give him a platform all of his own. Here he gives his humorous and quirky appraisal of West Ham’s start to the season.
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Sullivan makes it game set and match – Sakho’s a stayer
Posted on 30 August 2017.
David Sullivan has joined David Gold in uttering the words we have been waiting to hear: Diafra Sakho is going nowhere” – full stop! The chairman – who was responsible for bringing the striker to the club during the Allardyce era – has been watching media events unfold and has joined Gold in telling CandH […]
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Mock the WHUFC week – over 18s only!
Posted on 29 August 2017.
Okay, as a total one off we are going to have to life our rules about bad language on ClaretandHugh for this seven minutes and a bit . AND WE DO ACCEPT THAT SOME WILL OBJECT SO LET THAT ACT AS A DETERRENT SHOULD YOU REQUIRE IT! Mock the West Ham Week – Episode 5, […]
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Cheltenham looking at Gordon
Posted on 28 August 2017.
West Ham youngster Jaanai Gordon is training with Cheltenham ahead of a possible move to the League Two side, Sky Sports News understands.
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Nothing has changed – Benitez still wants Newcastle signings after first win
Posted on 26 August 2017.
The Magpies were left celebrating after an emphatic victory at St. James’ Park, but their manager wants to see new faces at the club
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Bilic plays mind games with Benitez
Posted on 26 August 2017.
Slaven Bilic stoked up the mind games with Rafa Benitez ahead of today’s game when making it clear he had little sympathy for the Newcastle manager’s moans about the lack of transfer activity at St James’ Park. For the Irons boss says the reality is that Newcastle have spent more in the window than the […]
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Slav keen to shrug off his poor Newcastle record
Posted on 25 August 2017.
Slaven Bilic has got that winning feeling and is carrying it to Newcastle where he has a 100 per cent losing record as a player. Having beaten Cheltenham he’s determined to make it his first win in three visits where he lost as a player both for the Irons and Everton. Ahead of the game […]
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Main Talking Points: Cheltenham Town vs West Ham United: Carabao Cup Second Round
Posted on 24 August 2017.
It is now time to analyze last night’s tricky away victory over Cheltenham Town in The Carabao Cup in a little more detail, as we take a look at some of the key Talking Points from the tie. Outstanding Rice The Shining Star At Whaddon Road Measured, collected and simply brilliant, Declan Rice certainly is attracting the attention of the Football World at the moment, and he added to the hype last…
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Irons loanees ruled out of third round
Posted on 24 August 2017.
Bolton Wanderers will be unable to field either of their West Ham loanees Reece Burke (right) and Josh Cullen for the third round League Cup clash against the Irons at the London Stadium. The pair joined the newly promoted Championship club on a season long loan this summer but under the term of the switch […]
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Carvahlo CL game absence good news for Irons
Posted on 23 August 2017.
William Carvhlo is a significant absentee from the Sporting Lisbon team which takes on Steau Bucharest in the second leg of the Champions league clash in Romania this evening at 7.45 pm. It’s one of the Portuguese club’s most important games in years but with transfer negotiations going on with West Ham, the defensive midfielder’s […]
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Match Day Two’s Premier League Review: League Leaders’ Hit Swansea City For Four As Pellegrino Defeats Bilic at The St Mary’s
Posted on 23 August 2017.
We witnessed spoils, thrills and plenty of red cards in Game Week Two of the 2017/2018 Premier League season, as the League leaders’ hit Swansea City for four and Mauricio Pellegrino got the better of Slaven Bilic in a Saturday afternoon thriller. Slick United Drown Sorry Swans Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United overcame Swansea City with an emphatic 0-4 thumping victory in the first League clash of the weekend live on Sky Sports. The Red Devils reached their victory thanks to goals…
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Bilic ready for two way transfer action
Posted on 22 August 2017.
Slaven Bilic gave some guarded guidance on transfers in and out as he prepared for the first Cup game against Cheltenham Town tomorrow night (Wed). And it didn’t take too much reading between the lines to work out what he was talking about as the club approaches the final days of the summer transfer window. […]
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The Mark Noble issue
Posted on 22 August 2017.
What I’m about to write here will of course create a huge over-reaction among many but I need to get it off my chest regardless and take absolutely no pleasure in doing so. Watching players coming to the end of their career is never easy. I was there for Mooro, Devo, Sir Trev and Billy […]
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Changes ahead as Irons head for Cheltenham
Posted on 22 August 2017.
Declan Rice looks booked for his second start for the Irons at Cheltenham Town tomorrow evening in the League Cup clash. But hopes that young Nathan Holland may get his chance along wth Toni Martinez appear to have been ruled out by their involvement in the under 23s victory over Spurs yesterday. Manager Slaven Bilic […]
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Hammers talk on AC Newcastle link
Posted on 21 August 2017.
West Ham have dismissed speculation that Andy Carroll will be loaned to Newcastle or any other club. But were there to be a firm offer for the striker to come in before the window closes the club would consider the possbility of a permanent move. Speculation arose over the weekend that Rafa Benitez may attempt to […]
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Rice a fitting match-winner for Arsenal as Everton give Goodison send-off
