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West Ham United are being reported as holding an interest in signing former Blackburn Rovers striker Anthony Modeste this summer. However, the simple fact remains that the club’s priority targets at this stage continue to be Michy Batashuayi and Jermain Defoe.   Whilst admitting that Modeste -who made nine Premier League appearances for Blackburn  in […]

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Slaven Bilic will be out to rub salt into Arsene Wenger’s managerial wounds when the Hammers step out against the Gunners at the Emirates tomorrow night. The Hammers boss of course has his own issues but Wenger appeared to be showing the pressure of a man under a season-long siege in the pre-match presser. Humiliated […]

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West Ham starman Michail Antonio will be offered a new £65k a week contract in the summer and told there is no chance of him being allowed to move on. The team’s awful loss of form over the last four games which has seen them without a win since the beginning of March has raised […]

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West Ham have zero interest in Wilfried Bony despite widespread reports the club will be bidding to bring him to the London Stadium this summer. The Sun report – which has been picked up by virtually every other media outlet – claims Bony has sparked a summer transfer scrap after getting frozen out at Stoke and […]

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Phil Parkes has given the most honest appraisal yet of Mark Nobles’s position at West Ham. Big Phil -speaking exclusively to the April edition of  Blowing Bubbles via the No 1 Hammers magazine’s partnership with ClaretandHugh – has made it clear that he believes the captain’s “day is done.” The Noble issue has divided the […]

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Arsenal are without Santi Cazorla, for the match on Wednesday night and goalkeeper Petr Cech (calf) is still not fit, so David Ospina is expected to deputise in goal. Lucas Perez (thigh) will miss this game, and Laurent Koscielny (achilles) is expected to sit the match out having been taken off at half-time against City. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain […]

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It’s been brewing for half the season but the simmering unrest over Slaven Bilic’s backroom staff has the potential to break out into an all out row should the team’s drift goes on. And even if it is halted and turned around there will be some serious conversations going on between the manager and board […]

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Cheik Kouyate  has offered the best insight into the club’s mood yet as he prepares for a tale of the unexpected at the Emirates. The Senegal striker refuses to use expressions like “we can’t wait to make it up to the fans” but instead declares: “It’s a very, very difficult moment for us, but sometimes […]

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Dimitri Payet is again re-writing his “why I left West Ham script” as he bids to explain away one of the most unprofessional departures in the history of the game. He has said in the past that it was for personal reasons, because he needed to return to France and because the style of play […]

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Slaven Bilic has given Michail Antonio a good chance of returning for Wednesday night’s match, revealed that “Noble could play” and declared that Diafra Sakho is  “getting closer.” So there could be a triple boost for the boss against the gunners although the striker remains more likely to be on the bench for the Swansea […]

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Michail Antonio is ready to return to the Hammers team for the clash against Arsenal on Wednesday night but manager Slaven Bilic may decide to ensure he is withheld until the utterly crucial match against Swansea at the weekend. But Mark Noble looks likely to regain the armband – handed to Andy Carroll on Saturday – […]

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Slaven Bilic is safe in his job until the end of the Premier League season. The statement issued on the official website that the club are keeping faith in the boss, which has perhaps caused even more speculation over his future, can be taken at face value. The Hammers board will stick by their usual procedure […]

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It’s not the greatest thought in the world but at the moment we need to face stark realities. Weder there nesday night is just about as crucial as it gets for quite apart from the fact that we face a massive task at Arsenal, Hull are also in action on their own manor – a […]

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Andy Carroll suffered a bitter sweet 90 minutes against Hull, scoring his 50th premier League goal, captaining the team for the first time but finally seeing the team slump to defeat. And he readily admitted that when the hosts changed their shape at half time the Hammers simply couldn’t handle things very well. He said:  “Obviously […]

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West Ham’s vote of confidence in Slaven Bilic after the fourth defeat on the trot has been received with mixed feelings by Irons fans. Here’s how members of the ClaretandHugh Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ responded. O I was at the game yesterday. Another spineless, gutless performance. We need someone to give players a rocket. We need […]

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Diafra Sakho has made it clear he wants to be back on the pitch “in early April.” The striker has been badly missed in a season where goals have been in desperately short supply  declared confidently: ” “I feel I’m ready to play. I’ve already asked to play before, but I think the medical team wanted […]

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So finally comes the dreaded vote of confidence aimed at quietening down the speculation over Slaven’s future. There’s only one flaw in the thinking… it usually creates exactly the opposite reaction and we can assume that the discussion over our much-liked manager will now gain even more pace. Claiming – as the statement does – […]

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The West Ham United Board of directors have today released the following statement: “To end speculation once and for all, the West Ham United Board feel it necessary to announce that we have 100 per cent faith in Slaven Bilic’s ability to lead West Ham United. Despite press speculation to the contrary, the manager’s position […]

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West Ham are this morning claimed to be interested in Arsenal defender Calum Chambers but Newcastle and Everton are also keen on the former Southampton player. The 22 year old  can play full-back, centre-half or as a holding midfielder nd has impressed during a loan spell with Middlesbrough this season. The Gunners want over £10 […]

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Knees are jerking all over the place and the calls for Slaven Bilic’s head have grown  louder after another bitter defeat than at any time this season. It’s understandable but to getting rid now is the wrong thing to do in my opinion. I see nobody on the staff or currently available who could come […]

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    Before we start I had a 100 distractions during the game so all criticism will probably be entirely valid – cheers Hugh!   Randolph: Little chance with the goals but they keep tallying up and the fella needs a rest 5 Byram: Adequate but that really isn’t enough at this level – where’s […]

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Slaven Bilic suffered his fourth successive defeat against Hull City and the Hammers relentless slide toards the bottom continues unchecked. Here’s what ClaretandHugh followers at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have to say. O He should go tonight O Wish we could break the modern day era and keep him. Rather have a guy who cares for the club than […]

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Slave Bilic knows the trap door is opening both on the team and himself although he decided to talk in the third person when discussing the threat to his job. But for the first time he came as close as it gets to declaring that he could be for the chop if this goes on…a […]

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Working on the principle that the two Davids have always insisted no manager can survive six defeats on the trot, Slaven Bilic is deep in the brown stuff with Arsenal up next at the Emirates. Obviously, however much we like and respect him as a man, we cannot go on like this and Slaven will […]

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West Ham owners David Gold and David Sullivan have come up with an ingenious way to boost season ticket renewals for next season. For 12 hours only, until midday today the owners will give away shares in West Ham United for anyone who renews their season ticket at the London Stadium before the noon deadline. The special […]

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Andy Carroll has thrown his considerable weight behind Slaven Bilic declaring “I 100 per cent want him to stay.” Aaron Cresswell had earlier spoken of the dressing room having given Slav total support and now AC has spoken in the most glowing terms of Slav as a man and a manager. Carroll said: “He is […]

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