Despite his side’s struggles to score goals this season, the West Ham boss is hesitant to pair the Mexican and England internationals in attack
Posted on 19 September 2017.
Despite his side’s struggles to score goals this season, the West Ham boss is hesitant to pair the Mexican and England internationals in attack
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Posted on 18 September 2017.
It’s now time to analyze some of the Main Talking Points from Saturday’s draw with Tony Pulis’ West Bromwich Albion, if there was any, in a dull affair at The Hawthorns. Travelling Hammers Fume At Second Half Tactics Many a West Ham fan was left perplexed on Saturday afternoon by some more odd tactics in the second period from Slaven Bilic, much like last Monday night’s victory over The Terriers. Bilic …
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Posted on 18 September 2017.
Slaven Bilic’s Hammers were treated to a typical Tony Pulis performance on Saturday afternoon, in a Game that hardly caught the eye of many in The Midlands. The traveling Claret & Blue Army were left to witness plenty of possession but very little in terms of clear-cut chances at The Hawthorns, as we ended a horrific run of three consecutive away League defeats. The home side, who ran out 4-2 winners on our last visit, bedded down …
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Posted on 18 September 2017.
Everton have proved that the size of your transfer spending over the summer doesn’t guarantee success on the pitch as they lost their fourth game in a row over the weekend conceding twelve goals without scoring a single goal. The Merseyside club spent £143m in the summer after receiving £96m the other way for Lulaku, Deulofeu […]
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Posted on 17 September 2017.
West Ham have escaped the relegation zone for the first time this season thanks to Manchester United beating Everton 4-0 at Old Trafford this afternoon. It made it three losses in a row for the Merseyside team who have replaced West Ham in the eighteenth spot in the league table on a goal difference of […]
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Posted on 16 September 2017.
Manchester City and Liverpool are both in action during Saturday’s 3 o’clock Premier League kick-offs. Follow all the action LIVE with Sportsmail’s JAMES DUTTON.
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Posted on 15 September 2017.
Tony Pulis has admitted that he is wary of a West Ham team which contains “a lot of match winners.” The hardman West Brom boss has had his team doing double training sessions from last weekend’s shock weekend defeat by Brighton as h attempts to leave nothing to chance against the Irons. But he is […]
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Posted on 15 September 2017.
Chicharito has been stressing the importance of proving the team’s consistency at the Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon. The win over Huddersfield needs to be followed by another top performance and onwards to Bolton in the League Cup next week. The hitman was subbed in the game on Monday but is ready for tomorrow as the […]
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Posted on 15 September 2017.
Slaven Bilic has indicated that Mark Noble may be available for the League Cup game against Bolton Wanderers next week. But two players who won’t be appearing for Bolton are Reece Burke and Josh Cullen who have joined the Championship side for the season on loan. David Gold confirmed their exclusion on Twitter and it’s a […]
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Posted on 14 September 2017.
By JOHN WRAGG who has covered the Midlands football scene for over 40 years, working mainly for the Daily Express as their No1 reporter. He has seen the heady days of Ron Atkinson’s exciting team of the heady 1980s to the Baggies plunging into the third tier of English football and fighting their way back.Now uncompromising boss Tony […]
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Posted on 12 September 2017.
West Ham centre back James Collins took time after the West Ham win against Huddersfield at the London Stadium to speak to Andy Goldstein and Jason Cundy on the Talksport radio Sportsbar late night to give his thoughts on the home win. Listen below Claret and Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone also spoke to Talksport this […]
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Posted on 11 September 2017.
The Huddersfield Town manager identified flaws in his side’s game as they were beaten in the Premier League for the first time
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Posted on 11 September 2017.
Andy Carroll declared himself delighted with the victory and clean sheet after returning to the team in style against Huddersfield. The big man looked like a player who had never been away, lasted 82 minutes, and then said: “I feel fine although I expect I’ll be in pieces tomorrow!” He declared: “It was a very […]
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Posted on 11 September 2017.
Niall McDonald is back on duty handing out the marks for the Irons performances Hart: Had perhaps his quietest ever first half. Didn’t make a save until 53 mins but was ready for it 7 Zabaleta: Got stuck in and marauded forwards from the start. Always goes down well 7 Reid: Looked […]
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Posted on 11 September 2017.
The Hammers goalkeeper shut out Monday’s opponents to repeat a feat he last managed way back in January 2017 while on loan at Torino
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Posted on 11 September 2017.
Two second-half goals gave Slaven Bilic a birthday gift as West Ham defeated Huddersfield Town 2-0 at London Stadium.
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Posted on 11 September 2017.
“Yeah, Diafra wanted to go,” Slaven Bilic has confirmed to Sky Sports an interview which will shown before tonight’s game. “But also, that issue is not quite black and white. Did he have permission, permission on paper or just a form or an SMS? I don’t know. The fact is he wanted to go there. He did […]
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Posted on 11 September 2017.
The Guardian took to their favourite sport of West Ham bashing again on Sunday. Senior researcher at the Directory of Social Change, Rachel Cain wrote an article which appeared to blame West Ham for a short fall in charity funding. She wrote “As West Ham United kick off a new season in the Olympic Stadium where […]
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Posted on 11 September 2017.
Stan Collymore writes in the Daily Mirror today that he is prepared to give both the board and the manager the benefit of the doubt for West Ham’s poor start. He points out that history tells us the owners are not sackers but says it can see it going one way with the end of […]
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Posted on 10 September 2017.
Monday night’s home game against Huddersfield at the London Stadium is also Slaven Bilic’s 49th birthday. “Birthday or not everyone at the club would like to get the boss three points,” says James Collins. “He’s been under tremendous pressure. It’s crazy in football that the managers get put under so much pressure when sometimes really […]
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Posted on 09 September 2017.
West Ham has quietly increased ticket booking fees at the London Stadium by 100% for all Season Ticket Holders. With the introduction of the new Ticket Master contract season ticket holders were charged just £1 per online transaction or £1.95 if using the telephone. Previously supporters had been charged £1.50 per transaction under the See Tickets contract. The […]
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Posted on 09 September 2017.
Criminal Jack O’Brien is said to be planning a revenge attack on Andy Carroll after sneaking a mobile phone into Chelmsford Prison claims the Sun today. Jack O’Brien is said to be fuming over his sentence and threatening to take revenge against the star. The Sun says he has told fellow lags he is planning […]
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Posted on 09 September 2017.
Slaven Bilic looks certain to send out his most attacking team of the season as the Irons look to grab the first win of the season at the LS on Monday night. And that could mean unleashing Andy Carroll on Huddersfield where local newspapers have been making it clear that the Terriers could be unfortunate […]
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Posted on 08 September 2017.
Slaven Bilic was asked about his version of why he turned down two players offered to him. David Sullivan made an official website statement after the transfer window closed in which he said “Grzegorz Krychowiak and Renato Sanches were both offered to the manager before their switches elsewhere, but he told us that he is […]
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Posted on 08 September 2017.
Hooray! The dreaded international break is finally over and it’s now time to turn our attention back to The Premier League and Match Day Four to be specific, as Slaven Bilic’s men face a must-win clash on Monday night Football and the League Leaders travel to The Bet 365 Stadium. Manchester City vs Liverpool (Saturday 12:30 PM) For any football fans that have missed the Premier League over these past two weeks, we are straight into the weekend with one…
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Posted on 08 September 2017.
Operators London Stadium 185 are thought to have appointed former Arsenal groundsman Sion Bennett as the new head groundsman of the London Stadium. Bennett is the current deputy groundsman at the former Olympic Stadium joining the grounds staff team last March after six years at the Emirates Stadium as Assistant Groundsman for Arsenal. Before Arsenal, he was […]
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