Slaven Bilic has confirmed West Ham will be without Manuel Lanzini and Edimilson Fernandes on Monday night to face Huddersfield but is hoping that Andre Ayew will recover from a thigh injury he picked up on international duty. Slav wrote in his London Evening Standard Friday column “Although we will be without Manuel Lanzini, Edimilson […]
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Slav confirms Lanzini & Fenandes injury news
Posted on 08 September 2017.
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Irons protest: Been there done that so many times
Posted on 06 September 2017.
In times like these it is perhaps as well to remember some West Ham history and ask: “Should I be this wound up given what’s gone before at this club?” The last few days have been intense and social media makes things feel so much worse – we live with it or choose to turn […]
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West Ham podcast addresses meltdown
Posted on 06 September 2017.
Iain Dale from West Ham Till I Die joins the Moore Than Just A Podcast crew of Sean Whetstone, John Bucci and Nigel Kahn for a one off emergency one-hour podcast to discuss the problems and melt down that have set our beloved club in recent weeks. The lads give their personal opinions on who is […]
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Report from Portugal: The Carvalho affair
Posted on 04 September 2017.
Nuno Almeida is a Lisbon-born blogger, a top ClaretandHugh Facebook Forum member and a passionate football man. A Sporting Clube de Portugal fan and member since the day he was born 🙂 he is also a huge fan of English football and West Ham. He’s been a Hammer since 1980, the day he watched the FA […]
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The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Posted on 03 September 2017.
I’m talking about West Ham of course and specifically the the amount of fuel we seem to continuously donate to fuel the media’s fire. This first international week is supposed to provide meagre pickings for those who seek to fill the column inches and 24 hours news channels. The qualifying break has just started which usually […]
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Legal action threatened as West Ham and Sporting’s Carvalho conflict continues
Posted on 03 September 2017.
Comments purportedly from a relative of the West Ham chief said the dispute could be pursued in court between the two feuding clubs
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Hart to stay in goal for England as Southgate hints at Rashford start
Posted on 03 September 2017.
The former Manchester City shot-stopper has not been impressing at club level recently, but he will not lose his place between the posts
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The Weird And Wonderful World Of David Gold
Posted on 03 September 2017.
David Gold, multi-million pound business man, a veteran of club ownership, Co-Owner of West Ham United and cult hero? Over the past couple of seasons, the East London born and bred Hammer has earnt an almost Cult like status amongst our fans for his various bizarre, strange and quite hilarious run ins with fans of all clubs both on Social Media and in real life. The ownership’s affiliation with social media, mainly Twitter, places them …
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Sporting: No West Ham bid for Carvalho
Posted on 02 September 2017.
Sporting Lisbon’s communications chief Nuno Saraiva has disputed a claim by West Ham’s David Sullivan that the east London club made an offer for William Carvalho.
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Sporting accuse ‘liar’ David Sullivan of ‘intellectual pornography’
Posted on 02 September 2017.
The West Ham co-chairman claimed that a deal was nearly done on deadline day but a senior figure insists the statement is inaccurate
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Noble: Hart not to blame for terrible West Ham start
Posted on 02 September 2017.
The Hammers are currently bottom of the Premier League, but the midfielder insists the England goalkeeper is not at fault
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Damning poll verdict on board
Posted on 02 September 2017.
A social media poll of nearly 6,000 conducted on twitter by @WestHamTransfer shows 85% of those who took part want the current board out. Of the 5,952 who voted just 15% wanted the board to remain. In March this year David Gold said “If 86% of West Ham fans voted for me to go I […]
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Antonio’s rallying cry for Huddersfield game
Posted on 02 September 2017.
Michail Antonio has claimed West Ham have the players with the ability to bring their season back on track and show how good they are. Speaking to the London Evening Standard at the launch of the Third Kit he said: “We had three games with not good results, but hopefully back at home against Huddersfield […]
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Tony Gale has got it so wrong!
Posted on 01 September 2017.
Former Hammer Tony Gale said on TV recently that West Ham have spent £4m net in the last four years which is completely false! Here we analyse the real net spend over the past four seasons 2017/2018 Season Spent £41m Sold £21.8m Net spend £19.2m 2016/2017 Season Spent £63.72m Sold £36.90m Net spend £26.82m 2015/2016 Season […]
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Transfer window washout
Posted on 01 September 2017.
I wasn’t expecting much, I really wasn’t but when I woke up on the morning of transfer deadline day, (known as Thursday to the rest of the non-football watching world) I was given a glimmer of hope. The oracle that is the yellow ticker tape on Sky Sports News was indicating that West Ham were […]
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Shooting ourselves in the foot? It’s the West Ham Way
Posted on 01 September 2017.
Well, what a summer it has been! Not just for West Ham but for every active club in the window. At the start of the summer, the aim of the board, Slaven Bilic and Tony Henry was to address the quantity issue and replace that with quality, which they have done. A total of fifteen […]
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Benitez feels indebted to West Ham
Posted on 01 September 2017.
The Telegraph again links Rafa Benitez as a future manager of West Ham. They say that although Benitez will not quit Newcastle at this stage, he has been left disillusioned by the blatant lack of ambition this summer and his long-term future on Tyneside is in serious doubt. Indeed, should West Ham sack Slaven Bilic […]
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West Ham and Spurs to go head to head for Gomes
Posted on 30 August 2017.
West Ham are claimed to be lining up an ambitious move for Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes before Thursday’s transfer deadline claim ESPN quoting their own sources. The report claims West Ham have switched their attentions to Gomes after ending their interest in his Portugal international colleague William Carvalho as Sporting Lisbon priced them out of a […]
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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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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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AWOL Sakho could face hefty £54,000 fine
Posted on 30 August 2017.
Exclusive By Sean Whetstone Diafra Sakho could be fined two weeks wages for travelling to France today without the club’s permission. Today was a normal training day at Rush Green and assuming Sakho is in France as widely reported he will be most likely to face the maximum fine of two weeks wages costing […]
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Mitrovic banned for three games after Lanzini clash
Posted on 30 August 2017.
After admitting an FA charge of violent conduct, the Serbian international will miss Newcastle United’s next three Premier League matches
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Euro Papers: Barca scramble for duo
Posted on 30 August 2017.
The summer transfer window has just two days remaining and clubs across Europe are making moves as they look to piece together the squad they need for a successful season.
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West Ham weigh up Adrian cover
Posted on 30 August 2017.
West Ham are reported to have weighed up a move for PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet. He is also a Crystal Palace target. The Hammers are said to see him as a second keeper replacement only if Adrian leaves before transfer deadline day which is looking unlikely as the Thursday deadline approaches. Zoet is a […]
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West Ham Podcast: The Slaven Bilic Conundrum
Posted on 30 August 2017.
Sean Whetstone, George and John Bucci plus Nigel Kahn are back on the West Ham podcast Moore Than Just A Podcast Season 7 Episode 3 to discuss the Slaven Bilic Condundrum in addition to the Cheltenham town League cup win and Newcastle Premier League loss. Claret and Hugh founder Hugh Southon joins us on the phone […]
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Sakho transfer update
Posted on 30 August 2017.
Diafra Sakho’s much speculated switch to Rennes has been dismissed as highly “highly unlikely” by a key club insider after the “news” broke out on social media last night. But ClaretandHugh had it confirmed the French Ligue One outfit had made a bid which was immediately snubbed and described as “ridiculously low.” Rennes had shown […]
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