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Former Hammer Ian Wright says Stoke City pulled off ‘unbelievable business’ to get £24million for Marko Arnautovic. “Genius to get £24million for Arnautovic, unbelievable business,” said Wright. “I think West Ham will find that out soon,” he added The record club signing looks like a transfer dud so far, as he has yet to contribute […]

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Richard Keys says he doesn’t blame Slaven Bilic for one minute for the current situation saying the board are the problem as they can’t stop meddling! Keys wrote on richardajkeys.com “I know the best way to stir up a day of ‘trolling’ is to pass any kind of negative comment on Liverpool – or West […]

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Spurs could have Mousa Dembele back in the squad for the cup tie but their Argentine playmaker is still not ready to return from a hip injury

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Slaven Bilic has broken a near four day silence to declare: ” “I have to get us playing better immediately.” The manager went into no details how that was going to happen but sees the match against Spurs tomorrow night as a chance to sort things out. He said: “It is a chance for us. It […]

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Social media rumours that Slaven Bilic has twice said goodbye to the squad after handing in his resignation to the board are entirely false. In doing so he could sacrifice a pay off in the region of around £2 million should he be fired and he simply hasn’t offered to leave at any point this […]

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Jose Fonte told Sky Sports cameras “Obviously very disappointing, not the performance we wanted to produce, not the performance the fans deserve, we need to look at ourselves in the mirror because this cannot happen, this happened a few times last season. We have to put this right. We are West Ham and it’s just […]

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Many will accuse us of being reactionary in running a poll directly after the latest disappointing Premier League defeat. But the truth is that Slaven Bilic has only managed twelve Premier League wins in thirty-nine games spanning a full twelve months. We ask whether Slav’s time is up and he should go immediately; whether he […]

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West Ham 0 Brighton and Hove Albion 3 David Sullivan said before the game in an interview with Gary Neville that Slaven Bilic would get the three years three years on his contract to prove himself. We can only hope he was joking or bluffing because tonight West Ham is a club in the deepest […]

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We’re getting unconfirmed reports that Aaron Cresswell has suffered a sickness bug and may be forced to drop out of tonight’s line-up against Brighton. We stress that these are unconfirmed at this stage but it seems possible that Arthur Masuaku could now step into the left back role. Should that turn out to be the […]

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Marko Arnautovic has told the Daily Mail he accepts fans ar not happy with his performances but says he wants to prove the haters wrong to show people what he is capable of. “Expectation of me is high and I know people are not happy, I have apologised for the red card, it was stupid. And […]

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Javier Hernandez has a 75% chance of recovery from a hamstring strain we have been told this morning. The Mexican striker pulled up in training on Tuesday and was immediately sent for a scan in hospital the same afternoon. He missed training at Rush Green on Wednesday but was able to meet the Royal couple […]

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Brighton will be without defender Shane Duffy, who has a groin strain, while Davy Propper is also out with a thigh problem. Steve Sidwell is a long-term absentee, and is not set to be back in action until November due to a back injury. Striker Tomer Hemed is serving the final game of a three-match ban, […]

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Toni Martinez is a humble young man who keeps his thoughts very much to himself as a rule! He is already seen as a fine example to youngsters growing up in the game as a result of that along with his goal scoring feats for Hammers under 23s . But after becoming the first Hammer […]

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Valencia owner Peter Lim has asked to meet with directors and managers from West Ham involved in the move to the London Stadium to learn from their mistakes. Los Che are preparing to leave the Mestalla stadium and Super Deporte says Lim is keen to set up meetings with West Ham to discuss their experience of leaving Boleyn Ground for the London […]

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Hooray, The Premier League is finally back and what a weekend of Matchday Eight action it truly was, as the City Train proved unstoppable for yet another week and our Hammers tasted late heartbreak at Turf Moor. Reds Held To Anfield Stalemate In what was arguably the weekend’s most exciting matchup on paper, there would be disappointment for audiences the World over as Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho shared the points. In …

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Some of the great things in this wonderful game happen purely by accident – ask Tony Cottee! It was the toughest luck in the world that Paul Goddard damaged his shoulder during the opening 1985-85 season opening at Birmingham at St Andrew’s and when Frankie Mac grabbed two in the next game somthing bigger and […]

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Former Hammers striker John Hartson has told how his one time massive gambling problem all but wrecked his marriage. Hartson will be eternally grateful to Gambler Annonyous for freeing him of a habit which was destroying his life and should serve as a warning for those who enjoy a bet – it can lead to […]

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CandH Exclusive Hammers academy boss Terry Westley has told Reece Oxford he can be taken back into the body of the academy and grow into a Hammers great within the club. Speculation has arisen over the 18 year old’s future since he moved to Germany on loan but Westley has no doubts about his potential […]

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West Ham have missed out on ten Premier League points in 2017 and three points already this season by conceding goals in the final five minutes of a match. 11 February 2017 v West Brom  McAuley scored in the 94th minute to make it 2-2.  2 points lost! 11 March 2017 v Bournemouth King scored his […]

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David Gold believes Pedro Obiang produced an immense performance during the second half of today’s game and named him his personal man of the match during his time on the pitch. The co chairman – speaking exclusively to CandH – declared: “Michael Antonio was brilliant but some of the stuff we saw from Pedro was […]

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Slaven Bilic says he is happy to be unpopular with supporters if he believes he is making the best decision for the team.  Bilic told the press: “It’s better to be clapped than booed, but at the end of the day I have to trust my decisions. “Those decisions gave us what we wanted. But […]

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Andy Carrol has told WHUFC.com that his game is not all about goals after admitting it is a long since he scored. Carroll said “The last two weeks have been good. We won the last game, so it was nice to go into the international break on the back of a win. I feel very good. In training, […]

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Reece Oxford insists he feels fitter than ever and is ready to be given his chance at Borussia Monchengladbach.

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Former Hammer Dani Carvalho says he “cried every day” during his time on loan at West Ham in the nineties under Harry Redknapp. Speaking to Tribuna Expresso, Carvalho said: “For the first two or three weeks I cried every day. “I spent hours on the phone with my parents. I was 18, alone in London, […]

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Phil Parkes remembers the day when former boss Lou Macari turned to him and said: “You should stop drinking because it’s a bad example to the kids.” But he  got a very quick reply from the goalkeeper who said: “I can stop drinking at any time but I’ll stop now if you agree to stop […]

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Hammer Marko Arnautovic masterminded an Austrian comeback last night for a 3-2 win although his efforts were in vane and Austria won’t be going to the World Cup. Arnautovic’s 16th international goal gave Austria the lead for the first time at 2-1 after Guido Burgstaller had cancelled out Luka Milivojevic’s opener. However, there would be one last twist in […]

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