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Andy Carroll will be in today’s squad for the game against Newcastle so long as he looks fit enough. The Irons injury ravaged striker has been in full training this week but has travelled to the north east and has an outside chance of making his presence felt. Slaven Bilic has admitted that it’s very […]

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Newcastle will again be without Jonjo Shelvey for the clash against the Irons as he serves out the final game of a three-match ban following his red card against Spurs. Reports from the Geordies camp are that defenders DeAndre Yedlin and Florian Lejeune remain sidelined and although Dwight Gayle returns, Rolando Aarons faces a fitness […]

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Slaven Bilic stoked up  the mind games with Rafa Benitez ahead of today’s game when making it clear he had little sympathy for the Newcastle manager’s moans about the lack of transfer activity at St James’ Park. For the Irons boss says the reality is that Newcastle have spent more in the window than the […]

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Aaron Cresswell looks set for a first team return today and believes a fast start at Newcastle will go a long way towards getting three points. He doesn’t say as much but the Hammers have been regularly allowing teams to come them from the start of games which has seen them under pressure for the […]

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West Ham Co-Chairman David Gold has explained the situation around the share holder loans David Sullivan and himself have loaned the club and justified the interest they receive on them saying the football club is better off while they are worst off from the arrangement. Speaking to ClaretandHugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone as part of an […]

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Robert Snodgrass has waved farewell to the Hammers fans sounding like a man who will not be back at the end of his year’s loan. The Scot moved to Aston Villa today where he will be reunited with his former Hull City boss Steve Bruce after failing to make any sort  of impact at the […]

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Sporting Lisbon have now rejected bids for William Carvalho from Arsenal, Everton Manchester City and West Brom over recent years. Now it’s our turn. Tonight West Ham have made it clear that they are not ready to roll over and offer just short of the same sort of money money for a defensive midfielder as […]

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Manu Lanzini will be in the squad which meets Newcastle at St. James’ Park tomorrow (Saturday). The Hammers have been without the playmaker since he sustained a knee injury in pre-season, but he has trained with the first team squad all week. Slaven Bilic revealed: “Manuel started training with us without any restrictions this week. […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has no alternatives in mind following the breakdown of talks for Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvaho. Widespread suggestions that we are looking for other defensive midfielders are not true. Bilic had set his heart on the 25 year old but unless Lisbon have a pre-deadline day change of heart it’s not […]

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CANDH EXCLUSIVE by Hugh Southon West Ham have this afternoon pulled the plug on the Wiliam Carvahlo deal and unless Sporting Lisbon perform a massive U turn, the deal is officially ff. The long and drawn out discussions have tried the Hammers patience to the limits as the Portuguese cub has consistently moved the goalposts […]

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Declan Rice has assured those among us who have been worried that Slaven Bilic is playing him out of position that he has no issues at all with his midfield role. In fact in an interview with the official site he gives the impression that he actually prefers it to the central defensve role with […]

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The Hammers head for Newcastle with a better squad than at any time so far this season despite the absence of Winston Reid. That’s likely to see James Collins drafted into the side after a man of the match performance against Cheltenham with Fonte being dropped to the bench after his ineffective showing against Southampton. […]

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Slaven Bilic has got that winning feeling and is carrying it to Newcastle where he has a 100 per cent losing record as a player. Having beaten Cheltenham he’s determined to make it his first win in three visits where he lost as a player both for the Irons and Everton. Ahead of the game […]

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Slaven Bilic refuses to blame three away fixtures on the Hammers poor Premier League start to the season as we head for Newcastle tomorrow (Sat). He said emphatically: “It’s not a factor. This is a league where you have two away games or two home games quite a lot, frequently. It’s not a big thing […]

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Javier Hernandez will be do everything in his power to add to his goal tally against Newcastle when the team step out at St James’ Park tomorrow (Sat) And respite a couple of premier league reverses he is expecting an improved performance in the north east as both teams search for their first win of […]

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Diafra Sakho is in the best shape of his life and thoroughly enjoying life at the London Stadium. The striker slotted his first goal of the season at Cheltenham last night and laid on the assist for Andre Ayew’s second as he started to show huge potential that he is coming back to his best. […]

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Slven Bilic has admitted that a quality midfielder has been at the top of the club’s wanted list for a couple of years as he awaits the outcome of the William Carvahlo negotiations. But he insists that is remains unfazed as the negotiations go on for the 25 year old Sporting Lisbon midfielder who is […]

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Slaven Bilic could have an embarrassment of riches to pick from when he settles down to selecting the team to meet Newcastle  at the weekend. Reports from inside the camp are that whilst Winston Reid is unavailable others on the way back will see Bilic able to pick close to his best team. Cheik Kouyate came […]

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Aaron Cresswell has received another England call up from Gareth Southgate for England’s World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia. And Joe Hart has been named as one of the four goalkeepers with Jack Butland, Tom Heaton and Jordan Pickford also named. Cresswell played his first competitive game of the season at Southampton last weekend […]

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Exclusive By Hugh Southon David Gold has revealed that neither he or David Sullivan are looking at managerial replacements after the opening games of the season. And with so many players returning to full fitness he believes we are set fair to kick off the season in style with a few wins over the next […]

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80 Year 0ld West Ham Co-Chairman David Gold has mapped out his succession plan despite claiming he is doing everything possible to live to 100. Asked the question by Claret And Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone in an Exclusive interview for MooreThanJustAPodcast he said:  “The situation would be that my daughters would inherit my shares […]

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Pedro Obiang believes the Irons may have started to change their future with the win over Cheltemham Town last night. And he added: ““We have to try because we have a really nice squad and I think the mentality of the squad, the owners and everybody is to want to do something, be it in […]

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Steve Bruce is hopeful that he’s close to completing a move which will take Robert Snodgrass to Aston Villa. Despite earlier denials by Villa’s owner that a deal was going to happen it now seems that Bruce is very close to sorting out the sort of deal reported here a couple or three weeks back. […]

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Bolton Wanderers will be unable to field either of their West Ham loanees Reece Burke (right) and Josh Cullen for the third round League Cup clash against the Irons at the London Stadium. The pair joined the newly promoted Championship club on a season long loan this summer but under the term of the switch […]

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Nothing’s easy but you can ask for no more than a home draw against lower division opposition in Cup competitions. And that’s exactly what the Hammers got when they were pulled out of the “hat” first to meet  newly promoted Championship outfit, Bolton Wanderers. The draw was made at 4.15am this morning (Thursday) in Beijing and […]

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West Ham Co-Chairman David Gold has repeated his claim that he has no intention of selling West Ham saying he loves his involvement with the club and owning it has fulfilled his wildest dreams. Speaking to Claret And Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone in an Exclusive interview he said: “I think David Sullivan has made it […]

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