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Mark Noble has been firmly ruled out of the weekend game at West Brom by Slaven Bilic. There has been a not too deep mystery over the captain who we had learned had been omitted from the starting line-up against Huddersfield before taking a knock in training. There was some scepticism over the train of […]

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By JOHN WRAGG who has covered the Midlands football scene for  over 40 years, working mainly for the Daily Express as their No1 reporter. He has seen the heady days of Ron Atkinson’s exciting team of the heady 1980s to the Baggies plunging into the third tier of English football and fighting their way back.Now uncompromising boss Tony […]

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Hammers skipper Mark Noble was missing on Monday night after he suffered a ligament injury in training on Friday but reports suggest he was due for the drop to the bench before his injury. Most of us would accept he will need to fight for his place this season and a starting place is far from […]

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Former West Ham manager Alan Pardew says if he was West Ham manager he wouldn’t allow Andy Carroll to train. “If I was West Ham manager, I wouldn’t let him train,” said Pardew on Sky Sports Debate programme . “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, I just wouldn’t let him, and say he can do a little bit of […]

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So on to West Brom as one critical game follows another! A defeat here and we go back to square one with the anxieties and concerns starting all over again. With the game being at the Hawthorns the conundrum is which formation the manager will play because the usual one-up seriously doesn’t do it for […]

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Javier Hernandes could easily find himself dropped to the bench this weekend as the Hammers travel to the Hawthorns to face the Baggies. West Ham keeper Joe Hart has already given a hint how Bilic could setup in the Midlands by saying “It’s not going to be one for the football purists. It’s going to […]

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Newham Council has said a £40m loan made to transform London Stadium is “damaged” and would only be recouped if the former Olympic Stadium started making money . Newham insists they have not “written off” the loan and that downgrading its status was merely “prudent and responsible” accounting in response to the stadium’s “challenging” first year in […]

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Pablo Zabaleta received widespread acclamation for his outstanding performance against Huddersfield and is pretty pleased with himself and the team’s display. Commenting to the official site he said: “I played as a wing-back against Huddersfield. It’s been a long time since I played in that position, but I was happy with the performance. “I always […]

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James Collins has given the ‘three at the back’ Hammers set-up a big thumbs up! The central defender – delighted with the victory over Huddersfield Town – explained that the defenders really like the formation. He said: “We played it for the last ten games of last season and a few before that without conceding […]

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A new report has emerged this morning that William Carvalho still wants to  to move to West Ham. It follows ClaretandHugh’s report of yesterday (Tues) that the Irons are refusing to rule out the possibility of a new approach to Sporting Lisbon for the midfielder in January. Mirror reporter Darren Lewis – who followed the […]

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Marseille has slumped down to 10th place this week in the French Ligue 1 following back to back defeats against Monaco and Rennes.  Dimitri Payet has never regained the form he once enjoyed at West Ham and Marseille now have just 7 points and a goal difference of -3 after 5 games.  The Frenchman himself […]

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West Ham are keeping an eye on William Carvalho and refusing to rule out a possible move for the Sporting Lisbon midfielder in January. Despite the unpleasant war of words between the two clubs, Slaven Bilic remains keen on the player  and a move for the player could be on the cards. The pantomime theatricals […]

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Our first home game of the season seemed an awful long time in coming and it was fantastic to see so many familiar faces on the pre-match boats and in the ground. I’ve had a season to get to know a few of the people around me and it was good to see that so […]

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Joe Hart made no bones about his relief at finally keeping a clean sheet! His last one came for Torino against Sassuolo on January 8 and he said: “It’s about time. I have kept plenty for my country. Whether we keep a clean one or not, as long as we win I am not too interested.” He is […]

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Slaven Bilic has received a message from an old mate: “Change nothing for the game against West Brom at the weekend.” Tony Cottee – speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh  can see no room in the side for Marko Arnautovic who is looking for a return to action after suspension. But Cottee said: ” Slav and the […]

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West Ham centre back James Collins took time after the West Ham win against Huddersfield at the London Stadium to speak to Andy Goldstein and Jason Cundy on the Talksport radio Sportsbar late night to give his thoughts on the home win. Listen below Claret and Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone also spoke to Talksport this […]

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The “was he dropped or was he injured?” mystery surrounding Mark Noble was persisting this morning (Tues) following the Hammers victory over Huddersfield. And it seems that it may have been a mixture of both after the skipper failed to appear in the squad at all for last night’s crucial game. We understand that Noble […]

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Much better and more to come – that’s the verdict on a badly needed victory over a Huddersfield team which had made a decent start to the season but were made to look distinctly ordinary last night. Slaven Bilic decided on three at the back – which has always brought us more success – and […]

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Paul Ince just can’t help himself it seems. Sadly the former Hammer appears to be trying to make a name for himself in the mainstream and  social media these days – currently at our club’s expense. Late last week he was taking a pop at the board and following last night’s game it was the […]

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Andre Ayew made the difference as the Hammers grabbed their first win of the season – setting up the first goal against Huddersfield and scoring the second. There was plenty of moaning going on as Chicharito was withdrawn and the £20 million signing thrown on but it proved a fine piece of thinking from the […]

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Andy Carroll declared himself delighted with the victory and clean sheet after returning to the team in style against Huddersfield. The big man looked like a player who had never been away, lasted 82 minutes, and then said: “I feel fine although I expect I’ll be in pieces tomorrow!” He declared: “It was a very […]

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Relieved Slaven Bilic was delighted to grab the club’s first three points of the season declaring: “The lads did everything we asked of them.” Speaking to BBC Sport he said: “I am really pleased with how we acted in a difficult situation. After three defeats your confidence is a bit down but the lads did […]

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Irons 2 Huddersfield 0 It wasn’t perfect but it was a million miles better as the Hammers jumped off the bottom of the table with their first win of the season. Truth is the Hammers battered Huddersfield but it took the flukiest goal in the world to break the deadlock when Obiang’s shot took a […]

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Confident West Ham were the clear first half winners on points as they pressed forward on their first vistory of the season bid. There could be no complaints apart from the lack of a goal but several goof chances were created starting with Andy Carroll’s cross come shot after two minutes which beat everybody. The […]

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“Yeah, Diafra wanted to go,” Slaven Bilic has confirmed to Sky Sports an interview which will shown before tonight’s game. “But also, that issue is not quite black and white. Did he have permission, permission on paper or just a form or an SMS? I don’t know. The fact is he wanted to go there. He did […]

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With Andy Carroll is fit for tonight’s clash against Huddersfield boss Slaven Bilic has to decide whether it will be him or Diafra Sakho who partners Javier Hernandez up front. And he may have to make an even bolder decision about captain Mark Noble’s involvement as he approaches the must win game. Bilic could name […]

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