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It was one of those nights that only West Ham can produce – a team with the movement and passion of scarecrows in the first half who decided to put on their super hero cloaks in the second. It was unbelievable, emotion sapping stuff against Spurs at Wembley last night and here the fans respond to […]

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It’s a well known fact that I have not been am not a great admirer of Andy Carroll’s game in the past  but  I owe him an apology. For having viewed last night’s s match – or the goals from it  several times – I have clearly missed much that’s in his game and thus […]

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Slaven Bilic is very aware that West Ham have achieved “nothing” but  will have done if they carry last night’s second half performance forward. The manager knows more is required declaring: “We have to be proud, but we’ve done nothing. We’ve only done a lot if we take this as a standard and if we […]

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In this highly articulate and deeply felt blog, lifelong Hammer Bobby Galbraith looks at the various issues that he believes bedevil this club and makes some intelligent suggestions on how they can be cured. By Bobby Galbraith A post-mortem is the examination of a body after death. These are usually carried out with the aim […]

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By Hugh Southon Why do I love our wonderful old football club? Can’t answer for you but last night summed up exactly why I have had a lifelong affair with WHUFC – all perfectly demonstrated in 90 of the most incredible minutes we’ll probably ever see. For 45  this was the Irons which so often […]

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Carabao Cup quarter-final Draw will takes place at 4pm this afternoon. The Hammers will face Bournemouth, Arsenal, Bristol, Chelsea, Leicester, Manchester City or Manchester United. West Ham are lucky ball number 8! The draw is being streamed exclusively live on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Carabao_Cup  

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Slaven Bilic is entirely convinced the Irons are improving but admits he had to “calm them down at half time” as they looked for a miracle. He said: “Other than Brighton, we improved a lot in the last six games. This should be the standard for us in terms of closing down, in terms of sacrificing […]

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Slaven Bilic revealed his words of inspiration that turned the game against Spurs as the dejected Hammers sat in the dressing room at half time. He said: ‘The mood was down a bit, of course, but not that down like against Brighton. The result was bad, 2-0 for them, but we played good football. OK we […]

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By Hugh Southon Spurs 2 West Ham United 3 Some of us who have been around for a while sat, smiled and remembered: ‘That was so West Ham.’ When everything is fading and dying up they come, as they so often have, with one of the most stunning and remarkable nights under the lights and […]

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Slaven Bilic is set to make wholesale changes to the team for tonight’s match against Spurs at Wembley as we bid to advance in the League Cup competition. We are hearing reports – backed by the X1 named on some Twitter accounts – that the manager is set to make as many as eight changes […]

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Rush Green will host a West Ham family fun day this Sunday when West Ham United Ladies take on Queens Park Rangers in the FA Women’s Premier League Plate on 29 October. The Hammers Ladies take on their London rivals at Rush Green and alongside the action on the pitch with a host of activities […]

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Wembley Stadium is likely to announce an official attendance of around 40,000 for the Carabao Cup tonight. Spurs put tickets on restricted general sale after it failed to sell out to 45,000 season ticket holders, tens of thousands of members and those on the season ticket waiting list but it has failed to sell out the […]

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Slaven Bilic is likely to make massive changes to the team which were defeated so embarrassingly at the London Stadium on Friday night partly to give others a chance to prove themselves to him but also to rest players for the Hammers crucial away game against Crystal Palace this weekend. Bilic has already confirmed that Adrian […]

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Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed that both Mousa Dembele and Danny Rose will return to the squad to face West Ham tonight at Wembley, with Rose pushing for his first start of the season in the left-back position. Michel Vorm will start instead of Hugo Lloris in goal, while Harry Kane will be rested, […]

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So there you have it -if you hadn’t before – Sak wants out and some of us, including yours truly better suck it up and get on with life. The inside of Sakho’s head is not a place one would ever want to be. I only mention that because I really don’t understand why he […]

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A long overdue report into the London Stadium commissioned last year by the London Mayor, Sadiq Kahn will blame the ‘onerous’  99-year agreement the public body entered into with West Ham when the report is released at the beginning of November. Moore Stephens were paid £140,000 to produce an independent report on the narrative explanation of the history […]

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Slaven Bilic has told Marko Arnautovic he knows he is not deliberately letting us all down. The 28-year-old has been deeply unimpressive during his time at the club which includes a three match ban for an elbowing incident. But the manager gas put his thoughts in perspective saying: “If someone is letting you down in life, […]

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The Moore Than Just A Podcast boys are back to discuss the embarrassing defeat against Brighton, the latest on the Slaven Bilic manager situation, David Sullivan’s Sky Sports comment that 95% of supporters are happy with the London Stadium as well as our predictions for Spurs and Palace. Join Claret and Hugh associate editor Sean Whetstone, […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed he spoke the West Ham owner David Sullivan but insisted he was his normal Monday post-match phone call. The West Ham manager told the press  “Every time after the game I have a conversation with the chairman and as always, he has been very supportive, backing the team, backing me but […]

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Slaven Bilic insists that Marko Arnautovic is a great talent is sure West Ham will be delighted with him and the team will benefit from the record signing. Bilic told the press conference this afternoon “Marko, he is a great talent, proved himself in the Premier League, really wanted to come here and his first spell […]

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Slaven Bilic will give Adrian his start tomorrow at Wembley against Spurs. This afternoon he told reporters at the pre-match press conference “Tomorrow is going to be Adrian, because he is a cup keeper. I do not want to pinpoint the players, not in front of the media and that, after we had a bad spell […]

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Slaven Bilic has revealed he knew all about a players meeting hosted by Mark Noble but refused to reveal what was said. Bilic told reporters when quizzed about the meeting ” Yes, I know about that. It was yesterday, first I had a meeting with Mark [Noble] and then after that the players had one which I […]

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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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E20 Stadium Limited Liability Partnership, the owners of the London Stadium could be forced into administration through the massive losses incurred by the partnership. The Limited Liability Partnership is jointly owned by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) and Newham Legacy Investments (NLI) which is wholly owned by Newham council. In a London Assembly budget […]

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Anyone remember those old westerns when the guy was chased out of town and then hunted by a posee determined to either shoot him or hang him? That was my first thought after reading a terrific piece by Paul Walker on www.kumb.com who made his sympathies for the manager very clear. Now, I don’t agree […]

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