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Former West Ham manager Lou Macari has revealed he turned down an offer to manage Chelsea weeks before he took over at West Ham. Speaking to Moore Than Just A Podcast in an exclusive interview about his West Ham reign Macari said: “Before West Ham, I had an interview with Ken Bates at Chelsea, he wanted me […]

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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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Former Hammer Ravel Morrison opened his account for  Mexican club Atlas against Club America at the weekend with a fine goal. After an unsuccessful stint in Italy with Lazio, Morrison’s landed himself a surprising loan in Mexico at top-flight outfit Atlas. In his fifth appearance, the 24-year-old has scored a first goal for the Guadalajara-based club.  The […]

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German magazine Kicker claim West Ham has a release clause to bring home Reece Oxford in January should they want to. Kicker says there is a contract clause in which West Ham could end the one-season loan early to bring the 18-year old back to England. The clause could be activated of Oxford does not reach […]

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Hammer Marko Arnautovic assisted Austria’s only goal as his country rounded off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 victory in Moldova. Austria went into the game knowing they could not qualify for the World Cup above Serbia, the Republic of Ireland or Wales at the top of Group D but they finished with pride […]

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It really shouldn’t need saying again but there is one way for Slaven Bilic to save his job via a top eight finish. Top teams have big players and in Chicharito the Hammers have – for the first time in a long time – a name that’s right up there with the very best. If […]

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The West Ham media team may have been sending Slaven Bilic a not so coded message when describing Chicharito’s input to the Mexico World Cup campaign. In reporting the striker’s contribution to the game against Trinidad on the Irons official website the writer made it clear perhaps where his feelings laid on using the player […]

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By Tom Coles It has not been a good start and Slaven Bilic remains in the firing line for the poor performances on the pitch. The pressure has again been mounting but in recent weeks there are marginal signs he is slowly starting to turn things around. The narrow 1-0 victory over Swansea last week […]

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West Ham will meet a team at Burnley on Saturday who appear to have developed the art of defending down to a near fine art. After seven games the Clarets have conceded a mere five goals – four of  them coming on away trips to Chelsea, Spurs  and Liverpool where they were unbeaten. And the […]

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Pedro Obiang has been praising the virtues of a man tipped to become a successor to Slaven Bilic. Midfielder Obiang  was signed by Sampdoria when the former Watford boss was in charge of the the Serie A outfit. Obiang, 16 at the time, speaking of his time  under the manager and ahead of a game […]

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No sooner has an international break than the ‘Andy Carroll for England” bandwagon starts to roll. This time it’s Aaron Cresswell leading the charge by declaring that “of course he can” bag a 2018 World Cup spot. The same argument is presented every time – that the big man offers a different way of playing […]

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Earlier today ClaretandHugh associate editor Sean Whetstone blogged a defence of Jack Sullivan after ageing pundit Greme Souness chose to tell the teenager his use of social network to be unacceptable. It was of course met with the usual mix of pro and anti comments with the usual whinge that ClaretandHugh is in the pay […]

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Aaron Cresswell  – fired up by his full England debut – is ready to use the experience for the Irons’ benefit at Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon. The left back made a solid appearance against Lithuania achieving his boyhood dream and now wants to help the team “kick on again in the north west this […]

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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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Over the weekend Graeme Souness stuck the boot into Jack Sullivan claiming his comments on club business on Twitter was “unacceptable.” The Sky pundit told the Sunday Times: “Look at the West Ham situation, where you have Jack Sullivan, son of the owner David Sullivan, on social media criticising the manager’s selections, substitutions and signings. […]

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Slaven Bilic should have an entirely fit squad for the trip to Burnley assuming everybody returns from international duty intact. The manager will await the returning players before making his assessment but the latest news is that the three remaining in the treatment room should all be fit for Turf Moor but the manager may […]

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Nearly two months has passed and we have had only two brief sightings of the most promising youngster to emerge from the Academy in years. Declan Rice paid the heaviest price for a mistake which led to a goal up at Newcastlr confirming the fears of most that it would only take one error to […]

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A late goal by Hammer Robert Snodgrass was not enough for Scotland to achieve World Cup qualification for Russia. Substitute Snodgrass turned home Darren Fletcher’s cross in the 87th minute and although Slovenia’s Bostjan Cesar was sent off in the closing stages, Scotland could not find a winner. Scotland’s hopes of reaching the World Cup […]

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Former West Ham manager Lou Macari has explained his concerns to find out Hammer Phil Parkes could not train when he joined the club saying he could only do fitness work on an exercise bike. Speaking Exclusively to Moore Than Just A Podcast Macari said: “I couldn’t do anything about Parkesey not being able to train every day, […]

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Graeme Souness has hit out at Jack Sullivan’s bulletins on Twitter as being unacceptable within the modern game. The Scotsman has had much to say in today’s Sunday Times and the hammers fans on ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum have not been slow in responding to the former Liverpool midfielder’s moans. O I think that they have […]

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Slaven Bilic could be facing the biggest test of his season so far at the weekend and not necessarily from the opposition but from himself. The Hammers boss look likely to have an entirely fit squad for the trip to Burnley which will give him the opportunity to field his strongest team so far. This […]

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Aaron Cresswell has stepped into the England team against Slovenia this evening with Slaven Bilic declaring: “He deserves it.” The left back dons the No 3 short for the Three Lions in an all change side named by manager Gareth Southgate and that will come as a big boost for ho and irons fans across […]

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Lou Macari has revealed how he had a big fall with Alex Ferguson over the Paul Ince affair. The former Hammers boss was hit out of the blue by the player’s intended move to Manchester United soon after arriving at Upton Park and admits he was horrified on hearing the news. And speaking to presenter […]

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Moore Than Just A Podcast presenter Nigel Kahn tracked down former West Ham manager Lou Macari for a feature length interview to give his side of his short time managing West Ham. Macari followed in the footsteps of John Lyall but was in charge of West Ham for just seven months and 28 matches – […]

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The Hammers and Arsenal are this morning reported to be tracking Sporting Lisbon right back Cristiano Piccini. Despite relationships between the Portuguese club and the Hammers having been soured by the William Carvalho affair, there is a  possibility that we will make a move for the 25 year old in January. The Irons are looking for […]

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West Ham will refuse the temptation to make another summer move for Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud after doing their best to bring him to the London Stadium in the summer. There has been some speculation that with our interest in Theo Walcott now well known, the Hammers could decide to go in for Giroud as part […]

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