Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

The Soccer Saturday pundits provide us with their predictions for latest installment of one of football’s great rivalries, Liverpool hosting Manchester United live on Monday Night Football .

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Chris Coleman has told West Ham they would be “crazy” to sack Slaven Bilic. Talking on the Premier League Show: “If you look at Slaven he has managed big clubs, he has managed his country, he has been in tournaments. I think West Ham would be crazy to even think about going down that road. […]

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Reports in Italy claim David Gold and David Sullivan have identified former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is the man to replace Slaven Bilic, should they decide to part ways with the Croat. The report from Calciomercato is supposedly in London right now after supposedly being invited to Wembley by the FA to watch England’s

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Sometimes trying to make head or tail of West Ham political machinations is a job with which the world’s greatest trobleshooter would struggle. In terms of newspaper coverage the major stry this week was Karren Brady’s ‘culture’ comments which, as we blogged, were in our view entirely misrepresented. However, it has to be said that […]

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I’m absolutely sick to the back teeth of waking up to headlines aimed at tearing my football club to bits. This time it’s over some words which might have been more carefully chosen from Karren Brady – last week it was segregation and policing, before that it was standing and prior to that even it […]

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Former England,  Nottingham Forest and Hammers hero Stuart Pearce forsees Michail Antonio following enjoying a great Three Lions career. The former Irons left back gave the £7m Hammer a glowing reference saying: “Antonio is someone I know well and he’s a great player. I was really pleased when he got the call-up for England!” Speaking […]

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Slaven Bilic says his West Ham side need to follow the lead of Dimitri Payet to lift the “confidence-killing” pressure on them.

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Gokhan Tore has made the sort of West Ham start nightmares are made from and is regularly getting booed from the terraces. Here ClaretandHugh Facebook members @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have their say on the loanee from Turkey. O Slav is not the only West Ham manager to persist with no hopers. Carlton Cole and Boa – Morte […]

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David Gold has never made any secret of his admiration for Pedro Obiang privately but has chosen to put that on the record for the first time. The co chairman has never previously mentioned the player publicly as being deserving of a place for fear of allegations that he is trying to pick the manager’s […]

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• Ugly scenes during and after West Ham’s draw with Middlesbrough • Latest incidents come after 10 fans ejected during Watford game West Ham are facing more questions over crowd control measures at the London Stadium after fans clashed following their 1-1 Premier League draw against Middlesbrough. Fans were seen confronting each other inside the ground then fighting outside it in the Olympic Park, with stewards and police intervening to separate rival groups. Related: Dimitri Payet magic earns West Ham a point against Middlesbrough …

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One nil down at a place that doesn’t feel like home on the back of four heavy Premier League losses, West Ham were in a predicament and there was only one man capable of sprinkling magic dust to ease it. Dimitri Payet picked up the ball wide on the left and began to sashay round opponent after opponent. It was mesmerising. He in effect took out more than half of Middlebrough’s team, …

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JAMIE CARRAGHER: Talks haven’t taken place over a new contract for Slaven Bilic but I hope the board don’t do anything silly as he is a good manager and circumstances have contributed to this start.

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West Ham are investigating claims striker Andy Carroll and goalkeeper Darren Randolph were drunk on Tuesday afternoon.

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Sam Allardyce may  face a second investigation after it emerged Cardiff City found evidence of unexplained payments regarding the loan move of Ravel Morrison from West Ham in 2014. The Telegraph is responsible for the story reporting that Cardiff launched their own investigation into the move after questions were raised over fees relating to Morrison’s loan. […]

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With widespread  stories circulating on social media that two West Ham footballers were out on the town today at a time when the manager is under intense pressure, ClaretandHugh has been conducting it’s own inquries in a bid to discover the true facts. Had the story not appeared already on national newspaper websites we would […]

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Diafra Sakho is now pain free and will be ready to make his Irons return after the international break. The controversial Senegal striker has had a recurring back problem which was created when away on international duty and  led to a big row between club and country. However, he has not helped himself after seeking […]

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Manuel Lanzini suffered heavy bruising following a first half challenge against Southampton. The playmaker was subbed at half time to the surprise of many with Sofiane Feghouli taking his place. There were suggestions the Argentinian had been removed from the action because he wasn’t at his best but a club insider denied that to ClaretandHugh […]

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Jamie Redknapp labelled West Ham’s performance against Southampton as “shambolic” and said the new stadium is not an excuse for their early season struggles.

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Mark Noble has called on West Ham fans to stop the in-fighting at London Stadium. The midfielder wants their new home to become a ‘fortress’ with all fans directing their support towards the team.

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Masuaku has now joined Cresswell on the casualty list after damaging knee ligaments during the EFL Cup win over Accrington on Wednesday night.

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Today’s fluff can sing just like our fathers Another day, another round of stories predicting the imminent demise of Francesco Guidolin , who signed a two-year contract at Swansea just four months ago and has since inspired his team to five league points out of a possible 21 – this morning the Sun say he is “rapidly running out of time”, the Mirror that he “may be just one game from the sack” and …

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Ticket trader will not be launched for the Southampton game this Sunday and is unlikely to be available for the Middlesborough game until we have a incident free league game ClaretandHugh understands. A brand new scheme was due to be launched at the start of the season with partners Ticketmaster but failed to materialise. The […]

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See more here: West Ham 0-3 Southampton recap

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After a disappointing run that has seen them lose three games in a row, Jose Mourinho will be looking to find reasons for Manchester United’s loss of form. Perhaps they just aren’t running enough.

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Should Anthony Martial have been substituted by Manchester United before his error led to Watford’s opening goal on Sunday?

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Slaven Bilic pointed the finger straight at himself after the latest Hammers shocker declaring: “We have a problem  we have to solve. I have to do everything as the manager to turn this around, that’s my job.” And he admitted: “I was angry, disappointed and felt all sorts of emotions – their first goal was […]

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