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Our mate and partner Gonzo from Hammers Chat suddenly gets hit by a wicked realisation ….read on! I spoke to Hugh on the phone today and whilst discussing our striking options the realisation and full implications of our striker situation hit me full force. That we are desperate  – despite all the talk of big […]

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Former Hammers summer transfer striker target Alexandre Lacazette has scored 10 goals from 8 starts for Lyon this season in the French Ligue 1.  West Ham failed with a reported £37m bid for the in form striker over the Summer transfer window but the player refused to move to East London. His impressive statistics highlight […]

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The Irons may be ready to make a move for Cesc Fabregas in the January window. The former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder has only appeared once for Chelsea this season and the south west London outfit are now reportedly ready to let him leave Stamford Bridge. This story has clearly gathered pace with the much […]

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Talks aimed at sending Gokhan Tore back to Beskitas are not be going well. The Hammers want the winger gone in January after paying a £2 million loan fee but  parent club Besiktas in the Turkish League are reportedly refusing to take hm. Tore is still recovering from a recent injury but desite that the Hammers […]

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Hammers goalkeeping hero Phil Parkes has joined ClaretandHugh for a series of blogs  as we enter the international break.Phil remains an Iron to his backbone but called it a day on attending matches when the club left the Boleyn believing  it could never be the same for him again. However, he’s been keeping up with […]

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Slaven Bilic has made it crystal clear he has no intention of dropping Adrian. He is unmoved in his opinion that the Spaniard is his No 1 and has already forgiven him a colossal error which led to the Stoke City equaliser on Saturday. Thankfully Bilic never shies away from the difficult questions and put […]

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Stoke boss Mark Hughes’ comments that his team found the London Stadium surface “slow” have been dismissed by Hammers insiders. The remarks raised what some – including ourselves – felt may have been a significan point when the  City boss said: “Maybe the pitch is a little bit slow; whether that’s by design I don’t […]

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Dimi Payet’s refusal to calm fearss about his West Ham future via the media once again appears to have been over blown. The Hammers key man spent far more time concentrating on the position the Irons find themselves in than discussing any move when appearing on French TV but of course it wasn’ reported that […]

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It’s usually pretty easy to disagree with Paul Merson…but not on his latest assessment of West Ham United. Speaking on the Sky Sports Panel he made it crystal clear the Irons are far too reliant on Dimi Payet saying: “I think all the players go out on the pitch and go ‘Go on then Payet […]

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West Ham revisited the bad old days against Stoke City, after recent performances and here the members at the ClaretandHugh Facebook forum deliver their verdict: – Time to give Randolph a chance. I’m sick and tired of Adrian being untouchable. Obiang and Antonio played well. Can’t say same about others. – Obiang did OK. He […]

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Dimitri Payet has insisted he won’t close the door on leaving West Ham in the January transfer window. Featuring on a live TV interview on French channel TF1 he was asked whether he would be leaving West Ham this winter. Translated from French Payet said  “Leave West Ham this winter? I am asking myself other […]

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While the West Ham v Stoke match at the London Stadium went largely trouble free with no arrests and ‘no incidents of note’ questions are being asked about the extra security drafted in to help with yesterday’s game. A new black clad group of security stewards with yellow baseball caps were visible in block 127 […]

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Mark Noble echoed the famous words that the team has something to “build on” after taking eight points from the last five games. However, he won’t be a part of it immediately after picking up a yellow which will see him miss the trip to White Hart Lane after the international break He explained: “I’ve always […]

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West Ham supporters have complained that extra security measures have had a knock on effort to the disabled and elderly supporters delaying their exist by an hour or more. Hammers season ticket holder Mark Gower tweeted “Disabled supporters had to wait over an hour for accessibility buses to take us to Stratford Station” West Ham […]

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This will not be a headline you will be reading in the Sunday papers because it will not be considered news worthy. The Metropolitan police and operators London Stadium 185 have confirmed NO arrests were made inside or outside the stadium and there were NO incidents of notes. Met Police told us: “No arrests, No […]

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Slaven Bilic has said that Andy Carroll will be back for the game against Spurs after the international break. We all seem to have been here too many times before of course and here’s how ClaretandHugh’s Facebook group  members @www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ responded to the news after  after another toothless perforance against Stoke City today (Sat).   […]

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Slaven Bilic struggled to absolve Adrian for two lost points against Stoke City today admitting it was “a cheap goal” to give away. Giving his thoughts on the result he said: “It is frustrating and not what we were looking fo. We got a point at the end but we were looking for all three.“It was […]

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  Mark Noble was not a happy boy after two more big points were thrown away at the London Stadium. He said: “The goal we conceded could have been avoided. It wasn’t the most enjoyable game of the season but at this stage of the season three points would have been massive for us. Unfortunately […]

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Stoke boss Mark Hughes raised a big question about the London Stadium playing surface in his post match assessment. The Potters boss made it clear it wasn’t the best and may have gone some way towards explaining why we have looked so laborious and laboured at the place this season. Hughes said: “We felt we went […]

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Michail Antonio refused to take prisoners after the game against Stoke and pointed the finger of blame straight at goalkeeper Adrian And the Hammers wideman was deeply disappointed to have had a goal taken off him by the Premier League judging panel. Adrian committed  a shocking error when charging from goal, missing out completely and […]

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Quick Match verdict Adrian gifted Stoke a share of the spoils they were never going to gain any other way. The goalkeeper – who had become totally unsettled with the arrival of big Peter Crouch  – came charging from his goal missed out and the ball was lifted over him to Krkic who had the […]

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Tony Gale appears to have changed his tune a little from the recent statement that the London Stadium  is a tinterbox. The former Hammer is acting as a pundit on one of the various streams covering the match this afternoon against Stoke. And after stating the self evident that ” the Hammers have had a […]

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Andrew Ayew makes his first London Stadium start this afternoon hoping to prove the majority of ClaretandHugh followers correct. He was a clear winner of a poll which asked who would be the first Irons striker to score for the club this season ahead of Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho. The £20 million club record […]

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Stadium Operators London Stadium 185 have been beset by technical problems today which have caused the delayed opening of the turnstiles this afternoon. Gates were set to open at 1.30pm this afternoon as West Ham take on Stoke but by 1.55pm many supporters were still stuck outside complaining they couldn’t get in. A London Stadium […]

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Slaven Bilic will not desert his three at the back system today against Stoke despite the absence of Winston Reid who has been awesome since the change was made. Instead who looks set to being in James Collins  alongside Cheik Kouyate, away from his usual midfield role, and Angelo Ogbonna. Slav said: ‘Winston has been excellent, […]

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ClaretandHugh’s NIALL McDONALD takes a look at the “striker crisis” and finds this really is nothing new for us Irons! We’ve entered November without a striker goal to our name and today’s clash with Stoke City gives our motley crew their latest opportunity to get off the mark. Slav’s confident the goals are coming, but […]

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