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Humble London Stadium hat-trick hero Antonio Martinez told West Ham TV cameras “Yeah I feel delighted after today, I am really happy to get my first hat-trick this season but I think the most important thing today is the team work and the performance. I am proud of everyone. Everyone played perfectly. I think we […]

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Cheik Kouyate is a very angry young man after seeing two points go down the ‘swanee’ at Burnley but  reckons the Irons fans always show themselves to be “the best fans in England.” The Senegal international made no attempt to hide his fury at yesterday’s results declaring: “We are so angry because it’s possible to take […]

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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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Academy boss Terry Westley was delighted to see one of his own become the first Hammer to score a London Stadium hat-trick and told Toni Martinez: “You won’t take that ball off him!” The young Spaniard sent a timely message to Slaven Bilic that he’s ready to step up to the first team and an […]

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Former Hammers boss Sam Allardyce – the man who insisted on bringing Andy Carroll to the Hammers – reckons his £18 million signing has become a victim of the “soft” game. Speaking on Sky Sport’s Goals on Sunday programme he said: “You are [going to get in trouble] today because it’s a soft game today isn’t it. […]

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Irons u23s 4 Man Utd u 23s 2 Toni Martinez was on a goal charge as the Hammers completed a great six goal win over Manchester United’s under 23s. And Declan Rice returned with a top performance as skipper after missing out on a squad place for the seniors against Burnley yesterday. Despite the visitors […]

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BBC Match Day of the match revealed that West Ham has the most red cards in the Premier League with twelve sent off since Slaven Bilic took over at the start of the 2015/2016 season. Although to be fair at least four of those red cards were rescinded on appeal. West Ham has had 71 […]

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With Andy Carroll reckless sending off Slaven Bilic will be forced to choose a new combination up front when West Ham face Brighton at the London Stadium next Friday. In today’s Claret and Hugh poll we ask who should replace Andy Carroll up front and what formation should be played? With Andy Carroll unavailable for […]

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Slaven Bilic is learning albeit a little too slowly for many of us! I understand that sounds pompous and I apologise  but I simply couldn’t find another way of putting things after yesterday. Mark Noble’s absence from the 90 minutes is the first time we can truly say he was dropped – no mysterious injuries, […]

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Andy Carroll’s sending off for a double elbowing at Burnley has gone down like the heaviest lead balloon of all time among the fans. The Hammers 10 men were caught five minutes from time to be deprived of three points and Carroll’s two minutes of madness are being seen as the reason why. Here’s how […]

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Everton are planning a £31million bid for Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho in January claims the Portuguese media today. Portuguese newspaper The Record claim Everton club directors are said to have watched Carvalho in action this season, with boss Ronald Koeman deeming him an ‘ideal’ addition to his squad. Record claim that Everton are now the front-runners for Carvalho’s signature. The report […]

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Happy Michail Antonio grabbed his first goal of the season and believes the Hammers and himself are on their way into a bright future. The Hammer of last year declared immediately after the game: “Last month we did well. We got seven points on the board and now we’ve come here against a very good Burnley […]

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Here’s the perfect example of how footballers should perhaps let their feet (or maybe head in this case) do the talking. Only on Friday Andy Carroll was talking himself up as a World Cup possible after being mentioned once or twice by team-mates and the ever present media groupies. Today he can do one of […]

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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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Winston Reid played 90 minutes at Burnley today aided by painkillers and neck wadding. The central defender has been struggling with a stiff and painful neck for a few days but was determined to play through the game despite the aerial attentions of Clarets striker and international team-mate Chris Wood. The frontman finally snatched a […]

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Slaven Bilic revealed his mixed emotions at the Burnley draw and savaged Andy Carroll for his sending off at Turf Moor. Speaking immediately after the game to the official site he said:  “I’m proud of the team and how we played. When we were eleven against eleven, we were passing the ball and created a lot. […]

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Hugh gives his verdict on Turf Moore clash It was better, a lot better and would probably have been the top  performance of season had Andy Carroll not let everybody down with a dreadful double elbow incident which saw him sent off 25 minutes in. I can’t be bothered to repeat the self evident  – […]

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Burnley 1 West Ham 1 By Hugh Southon The ten man Irons earned  battling point after Andy Carroll had all but committed ABH to earn a thoroughly deserved red card and leave the team struggling for nearly 80 minutes. First he was booked by referee Stuart Attwell for allegedly catching Tarkowski in the face and only […]

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Hammers captain Mark Noble has been dropped while Manuel Lanzini gets his first start since injury. Inform Diafra Sakho and Arthur Masuaku have to make do with the bench as Andy Carroll starts up front with Hernandez. Sky are predicting a 4-4-2 formation but we will wait and see. West Ham: Hart; Zabaleta, Reid, Fonte, Cresswell; Antonio, Kouyate, Lanzini, Arnautovic; […]

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Slaven Bilic may be facing another winter clear out with Andre Ayew, Angelo Ogbonna, Reece Oxford and Diafra Sakho among the exit door possibilities. The Sakho position has been well documented but Ayew too – as we explained yesterday – needs to show some improvement if he is not to find himself in a difficult […]

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Slaven Bilic is sure that we are about to see vastly improved performances from a thus far generally lethargic West Ham team. And he admits that whilst he believes we are getting better, the team has not always been good to watch. Now, however, if he is to be believed things are about to change with […]

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What time is kick-off? Saturday, October 14 at Turf Moor 3pm Which channel can I watch it on? The game isn’t being shown live in the UK but audio commentary is on BBC Radio London  Outside the UK it will be broadcast by NBC Sports, Universo, Premier League Pass and Fubo Premier among others and will be widely […]

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Slaven Bilic has admitted that he can make no definite long term decision on Diafra Sakho’s West Ham future. The striker’s position has been under regular discussion since he attempted to engineer a move to Rennes in the winter before the club made it clear he was staying at the London Stadium. He has returned […]

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Spurs have put their League Cup tickets against West Ham on 25th October on restricted general sale after it failed to sell out season ticket holders, members and those on the season ticket waiting list. With a reduced Wembley capacity of 50,835 and a sold-out allocation of 4,800 to West Ham, Spurs had just 46,000 tickets […]

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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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Diafra Sakho’s contract with West Ham includes a two-year option that the club can trigger it is claimed by the Daily Mail today. The Senegalese striker signed a four-year deal in August 2014 after joining from Metz for an initial transfer fee of £3.5m on a basic wage of £15,000 per week. His wages were later improved as […]

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