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  Former top flight referee Graham Poll doesn’t agree with the suggestion that Mike Dean seeks the limelight but admitted Feghouli’s challenge was not worthy of a red card. “Replays showed that both players were equally culpable as Jones wrapped his legs around Feghouli’s,” Poll wrote in the Daily Mail. “Such decisions are crucial and […]

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A new film for West Ham told by West Ham fans will be launched in March.  Called ‘Iron Men’ the film follows the journey of West Ham fans as they prepare to leave the Boleyn Ground and move to the London Stadium. The independent British production made by the same people who made the film […]

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Slaven Bilic believes Phil Jones made a meal of the challenge from Sofiane Feghouli. The manager said: the defender had gone in  “dangerously” on the winger and said West Ham will appeal against the red card. He said: “It was the key decision and it killed us. It put the game in a different perspective. […]

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Furious Slaven Bilic raged at the decisions which cost the Hammers points at the London Stadium as referee Mike Dean ensured he became the only talking point following a disgusting performance with the whistle. And the manager made it clear that if any player should have walked following the clash between Phil Jones and Sofiane […]

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It’s all about Mike Dean as far as Mike Dean is concerned….his performance today was an utter disgrace. I just knew that when he took his time to make a decision on the sending off he would get it wrong! Useless…utterly useless. He ruined what was going to be a great game of football. And […]

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I’ll take the point now if it’s offered but I want more. Manchester United may have hit prime form but this is the perfect opportunity for the Irons to bury that London Stadium “bogey”  if that’s what you want to call it. The result at Leicester City was disappointing but I have nothing but praise […]

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Slaven Bilic could be forced to change his team with Mark Noble facing a late fitness test ahead of this evening’s fixture against Manchester United. Manuel Lanzini and Pedro Obiang are likely to earn a recall to the starting lineup after the loss against Leicester City two days ago. Diafra Sakho, James Collins, Alvaro Arbeloa, […]

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Cheik Kouyate has been given permission to delay joining his Senegalese training camp in Morocco and will now will available for tomorrow’s London Stadium home clash against Manchester United. Like Andre Ayew, West Ham made a formal request to delay his travel to the AFCON training until 3rd January. All clubs are obliged to release […]

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Marseilles are this morning being reported as holding an interest in Sofiane Feghouli. According to L’Equipe, Marseille could launch a bid for the winger who has missed out on Algeria’s 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations. It’s been reported representatives from the French side, who are sixth in the league, have enquired about […]

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West Ham are tonight being reported as having Southampton’s Shane Long and Brentford striker Scott Hogan as alternative January targets should Sunderland remain unwilling to sell Jermain Defoe. Defoe, 34, is believed to favour a return to his former club with West Ham also confident he can operate at the top level for another 18 […]

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David Gold doesn’t believe the Irons got what they deserved this afternoon at Leicester and that we were worth at least a point. The co chairman told ClaretandHugh: “We carried the game to them throughout the second half. It was clear we needed a cutting edge of course but we  really did deserve something form […]

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West Ham are being pushed into making a move for Jermain Defoe by manager Slaven Bilic who fancies the former Iron in a big way. But if the club are to land the Sunderland striker it is unlikely to be until the last hours of the transfer window as the Black Cats dice with their […]

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Exclusive Mark Noble will miss the  clash against Manchester United at the London Stadium and the captain could find himself on the West Ham sidelines for some time to come. Noble has been a near ever present this season without over impressing and his early exit from today’s game could represent the start of a […]

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Boss Slaven Bilic says his side are “down and disappointed” after today’s loss, but is happy with their performance. “Very, very frustrating to lose the game like this,” he said. “They started better and deserved to score but after that we were really good. We were just missing that final touch. “We gave everything so […]

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As ClaretandHugh speculated earlier, Slaven Bilic has named an unchanged team to face Leicester City. Obiang returns to the bench after his one match suspension and Lanzini also makes the bench after he returned to training early this week. The match kicks off at 3pm at the Kings Power Stadium.

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Sunderland Manager David Moyes insists he is comfortable about speculation linking his star striker with a move to West Ham, however he says he has received no calls from Slaven Bilic and says his player is under contract for the next three and a half years anyway and is vital to them avoiding relegation. Moyes […]

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Slaven Bilic has to decide on whether he sticks with Andre Ayew as his starting  option for the Leicester City clash tomorrow (Sat) or bring  back from suspension Pedro Obiang into the starting line up. Ayew grabbed the vital opening goal against Swansea City last weekend – a simple tap in – but showed signs […]

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Well I said seven points like most everybody else, Hugh said ten but after tomorrow’s match I think Slaven and the boys will have proved us both wrong. When ClaretandHugh ran its poll on how many points we would pick up between Liverpool and Leicester the popular pick was seven and here we are on […]

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Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe has spoken to Sky Sports News about recent speculation linking him to a return to West Ham. “There’s going to be speculation because, let’s be honest, the people that score goals are wanted, over the years, anyone that has scored goals has been talked about in terms of moving to different […]

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