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Juventus want £25 million for Simone Zaza but West Ham are reluctant to do a permanent deal for the Italy international. The Hammers have been lined with the player by his father who is quoted in the national media tonight as saying: ‘West Ham are a solution we’d appreciate and represent something more concrete. ‘We’ll have […]

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Guest post by Jon Darch from the Safe Standing Roadshow As the operator of the Safe Standing Roadshow, I have been delighted over recent years by the numerous declarations of support for safe standing made by David Gold. Less delighted, however, by the failure of West Ham as a club to do likewise. Now is the […]

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Many have been quick to point out various teething problems with the London Stadium and the new ticketing system but today we want to highlight something the Stadium operators and club have got right in our new home. At the first two games many fans complained about over crowding in the concourse areas at half […]

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West Ham chairman, David Gold has confirmed that Dimitri Payet and Manuel Lanzini should both soon return to action. Speaking on twitter late on Sunday night Gold “I am hopeful that Manuel Lanzini and Dimitri Payet will play some part against Man City. dg” However he did confirm the news on Carroll “Andy Carroll will […]

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West Ham Chairman, David Gold has waded into the London Stadium standing debate on social media this morning. Speaking on via his twitter account to his 152,000 followers Gold explained. “There are thousands of standing fans home and away too many for the stewards to cope with. dg” “So the stewards concentrate on standing fans […]

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Top CndH analyst Leroy Rosenior has never been afraid to say it is on this site and here he addresss the Andy Carroll injury problems and says a solution has to be found or it is goodbye. I was a manager long enough to know what it’s like, and how frustrating it becomes, when you […]

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We are delighted to announce that ClaretandHugh’s chief pundit Leroy Rosenior has landed a major job inside the Premier League. However, the former Irons striker has made it clear t he will continue to bring his hugely informed views to all our readers every week. Lee has been appointed as head of Premier League Analytics […]

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Speculation that  Manchester City have made the Irons a £20 million ‘take it or leave it’ offer for Wilfried Bony are entirely incorrect. Blue Moon – the leading City website had one of their ITK’s claim: “City have offered West Ham Bony for £20m take it or leave it….give or take some last minute bluffing.” But […]

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West Ham supporters seated in block 24 took to social media yesterday to complain they had been sold tickets without seats. Supporters were forced to perch on the concrete steps. The ticket master website shows seats available up to row 73 in upper tier block 214 but it is clear from the photos below that […]

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Slaven Bilic appears to be losing patience with Andy Carroll’s injury woes. Once again the striker was missing from the line up against Bournemouth and the manager allowed his frustration to show. It’s becoming something of a given that once Slav finds himself in this sort of mood something has to give and his inability […]

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Slaven Bilic has admitted the club are in the market for a striker but inssted:  “He will have to be a good one.” Wilfried Bony hs been identified to CandH as the top target and the club is moving quickly in an attempt to bring the deal to a concluion. Asked after the match whether the […]

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All that mattered was the result – ok a cliche  but never truer than this afternoon. And as usual the manager summed up the performance to perfection declaring that without the creative players it was all down to guts, determination, aggresion and team spirit. To grind out a one niller with so many of our […]

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Slaven Bilic may have given a taste of things to come when declaring: ” I’m sure Michail Antonio could do a good job at centre forward – he’s so versatile.” The manager doesn’t usually do relief…he’s too laid back for that but that was the over-riding emotion after a win based on hard graft over […]

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Man of the match Michael Antonio showed real class after his match winner declaring he had ‘moved on ‘ after all the disappointments of Monday night. Having been subbed by the manager after giving away a penalty at Stamford Bridge there was strong speculation the two had fallen out in a big way. But Antonio […]

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The plug in below will allow you to have your say, rating players, the manager and the ref after each and every Premier League game through our partners Zebra metrics. Over the course of a season, these ratings will at long last give you, the people who matter, a voice in the public debate over […]

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Slaven Bilic has explained that Dimi Payet’s absence through injury for this afternoon’s game against Bournemouth is “nothing big.” The manager – looking weary- said: “It came after the game against Chelsea – but it is nothing big although today’s game came too early for him.” Reports that Andy Carroll would miss the game proved […]

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Adrian has sent a timely reminder to the Hammers doubters that “we are the same same group of players with some new signings” as last season. And he added: “I think we have a stronger squad than last season, when we have all our players fit.” Unhappy at the last minute defeat against Chelsea, the keeper […]

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Many West Ham and Bournemouth fans were facing a nightmre journey into Straftford this afternoon when the Central line was suspended after an announcement that there  was “a person on the line.” Our picture (right) shows the queue which developed after a train terminated at Leytonstone around half an hour ago and the line remains suspended […]

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David Gold has emphasised the importance of three points from this afternoon game at the London Stadium declaring: “We really need a win to be comfortable.” And he added: “We don’t want to be going to Manchester City next week and into the internationl break without a victory so already this has become a massive […]

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Bookies have slashed the odds of Wilfred Bony joining West Ham to 6/4 over night as news broke of a possible loan deal before he moves to China next January. Sky Bet reduced of Bony odds of joining the Hammers from 8/1 to become favourites to sign the striker.  Man City are now second favourites at […]

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West Ham are looking to sign right back Darly Janmaat from relegated Newcastle, according to several reports in the media over the past few days. The Hammers are said to be desperate to provide back up to Sam Byram which if true should indicate Slaven Bilic has admitted defeat in his Michail Antonio right back experiment. West […]

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Owner’s son Jack Sullivan appears to have revealed that West Ham made a financial loss of £5m last season, if the information true it comes after two years of profits which were then used to pay down some of the bank debts. Among other financial figures he confirms the Boleyn Ground was sold to property developers Galliard […]

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They say a week is a long time in football …aa Irons it often feels  like a decade writes PETE ELLIS. Inevitably, every time we take a step forward, we end up doing a moonwalk that Jacko himself would have been proud of. Poor old Andre Ayew. He is the record breaking transfer that lasted […]

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The subject of West Ham’s finances and question debt has been raised again after the chairman’s son Jack Sullivan claimed the club was still £100m in debt. Speaking on twitter Jack posted “The club is still 100m in debt!!! Both Daivd’s haven’t taken a penny out of the club and have but in 30 million […]

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West Ham are hoping to bring Wifried Bony to the club and have already inquired about his availability. But it would only be on a loan deal until January as the player is moving on from Manchester City to China in the new year. Report emerged this morning  the Hammers were interested in the player […]

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The temporary lime green covering across the running track was ripped up on Thursday morning and the final touches of replacing it with astro turf which better matches the colour of the Desso grassmaster pitch is being completed in time for the Sunday afternoon kick-off at 4pm. Claret and Blue tarpaulins has also now been installed […]

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