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Sam Allardyce was disappointed to see his side suffer another home defeat despite praising their positive performance.

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Such is my attitude towards the old Three Lions these days that the international break just feels like the off-season, where Irons news and gossip is hard to come by; other than the hilariously speculative fabrications our club has been consistently surrounded by over the last few years, which are gradually dying out. I just struggle to…

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I’ve got a funny feeling about this match. I do expect us to get the three points but I don’t think they’ll be as easily gained as we’re all thinking! I’m eagerly awaiting the team news as I’m not sure who we’ll see; it’s a home game so I’m desperate to see …

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I’m glad that match wasn’t ten minutes longer. It was a classic Boleyn Ground performance, cruising ahead but letting the opposition back in. The match was a fairly weird one. Although I think we deserved our three points, neither team was carving out many threats on goal but both teams took their chances clinically when…

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There really is no pleasing some people.  I’ve been going to West Ham for years, I’ve seen great football, I’ve seen turgid football, but I don’t think I’ve ever described us as ‘hard to beat’.  But last night, that’s exactly what we were and I’m very pleased with it.  It was almost two…

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Saturday was one of those beautiful October days, where the blue sky is clear of clouds, allowing the warmth of the sun to counteract the chill in the air. Perfect football weather if you ask me. As I mentioned last week, my Dad and I were taken to the Legends’ Lounge by our good…

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So, by now we’re all aware that the Irons’ plans to move in to the Olympic Stadium have fallen through, thanks to a ‘unanimous’ decision by the OPLC, the Government and the Mayor of London. This is bloody typical. It is so predictably British to make such a mess of things like this. As a mate of mine …

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Manuel Almunia has signed on loan following the new that Robert Green has a knee cartilage problem which will see him out for 6 weeks.  To be fair to the club, it’s a pretty good replacement.  Although Almunia is prone to the odd error, he should be a good …

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I’m sure this is absolute nonsense but it did get me thinking about the joy jourmalists will have if a story about re-naming the Olympic Stadium the Ann Summers has any semblance of truth to it… ‘The Ann Summers is buzzing’ ‘Can feel good vibrations all through the Ann Summers’ Hmmm…

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