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Slav called it a magnificent game which will be remembered as  one of the greatest in our history! When Dimi Payet’s glorious free kick found the leaping Angelo Ogbonna, pandemonium broke out and as Mark Noble declared: “You couldn’t have written that.” Here’s how ClaretandHugh Facebook forum members have responded to one of the Boleyn’s […]

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Former skipper Kevin Nolan admits he was a bit emotional returning to the Boleyn Ground last night. “Coming back today is a bit emotional, it was a huge decision to leave but it was the right one. I am delighted to see them doing so well.” Nolan told BT sports cameras. Nolan who was a […]

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Angelo Ogbonna scored his first goal for the Hammers to become the unlikeliest hero and it was Dimi Payet who put it onto his head form a last second free kick. And that’s exactly why the Hammers will sort out Payet’s new deal because although he was again quiet for the 120 minutes by his […]

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West Ham are confident they will have tied up deals for Dimi Payet, Chiek Kouyate and of course Manu Lanzini within the next month. The Hammers are 90 per cent down the road on Payet’s deal which doesn’t involve reported wages of £125k a week but is likely to include hefty annual signing on fees […]

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Ii’s a sobering thought that those crowded into the Boleyn this evening will be watching West Ham’s last ever Cup game under those famous old lights. It has of course been mentioned many times in the build-up to a game which has all the hallmarks of a real thriller which I’m taking the Irons to edge […]

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Dimi Payet has sent a brilliant tweet assuring the fans that he wants to stay at our club for many years. Fair play to West Ham and its media department it has moved quickly to quash rumours of unrest surrounding the player. After being hit by stories in the Fleet Street’s gutter press suggesting that […]

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Slaven Bilic has made it clear that landing an improved contract is entirely dependent on where he has led the club when May arrives! Talks – as reported by ClaretandHugh earlier this week – are underway with the boss but it certainly doesn’t appear to be the number one priority on his agenda. As has […]

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David Sullivan has reminded the squad that victory tonight put them within 90 minutes of an FA Cup semi final appearance! It may sound a little like stating the obvious but put that way the reality and importance of tonight’s game really kicks in. Speaking on the official site he says: “We are now preparing […]

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Darren Randolph is ready for Liverpool – let’s hope he doesn’t have to be a hero again! A nice quiet night would be handy after his brilliance kept us in the hat for the next round after a superb performance at Anfield. And speaking to www. whufc.com the keeper said: “I hope we can get the job finished. […]

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Pay demands from Dimitri Payet’s agents dominate the headlines this morning after ClaretandHugh exclusively broke the news yesterday that the midfielder’s advisers wanted talks on a new deal. Theplayer signed a deal worth £68,000 plus £10,000 per appearance just eight months ago but our pal Darren Lewis over at The Mirror confirms what we told […]

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It was always going to kick off wasn’t it? Thankfully, however,the story  it was only in The Sun and repeated a little later by The Star. According to Flreet Street’s ‘not so finest,’ Chelsea and Manchester United are interested in Dimi Payet just as Man City were in Aaron Cresswell and Chelsea (again) were in […]

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James Tomkins has been ruled out of tomorrow evening’s clash with Liverpool and could be out for up to a month. Speaking at his morning presser the manager said: “James Tomkins got injured in the Southampton game, he felt it before during the warm up but he said he was OK. “At half-time he said […]

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David Sullivan has sent a personal apology to fans hit by the telephone booking line chaos as they tried to buy tickets for the Liverpool FA Cup replay. ClaretandHugh brought various issues to him – notably that one person had spent nearly four hours on the phone and still hadn’t managed to buy a pair. […]

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West Ham have reacted to speculation that they are in negotiations with Dimi Payet over a new deal. It’s not true but as is the case whenever players make big starts to their careers with a new clubs, agents can start buzzing around as appears to be the case here. The rumours started over the […]

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West Ham have already started a preliminary round of talks with Slaven Bilic over a deal aimed at keeping him at the club for the next five years. However, as reported by ClaretandHugh towards the end of last week there will be improvements and escape clauses inserted against the possibility of things going pear-shaped! Although […]

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Some things have to be done …and this is one of them. There is little point in ClaretandHugh – or any other independent website claiming it is here for the supporters – if it doesn’t raise their perfectly justified complaints. Last week we drew attention to the wicked problems people were encountering in trying to […]

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I have no problem with patient football….to a point. Certainly it’s an awful lot better than hoofball which in the context of yesterday’s match against Southampton would have served us no better than the pass and “probe” (I use the word carefully) approach we adopted against a well drilled defence. Yes I understand the team […]

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West Ham new boy Sam Byram will need to be on his very best first team behaviour until the start of the Aptil. The £3.8 million right back found himself back in the referee’s black book yesterday which leves him staring at a two game suspension should he stray the wrong side of the law […]

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Slaven Bilic has agreed that the Irons missed out on a “great opportunty” at Southampton yesterday declaring: “Of course we are gutted.” And he added: “It’s a game we didn’t deserve to lose – we made a sloppy start but were the better team for three-quarters of the game.” However, once again he was forced to […]

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I really wouldn’t have wanted to be a West Ham player this evening given the clear mood of Slaven Bilic when he appeared before the cameras. After missing a very big opportunity on the south coast this was one very unhappy Croat who whilst refusing to point fingers looked like a man who’s lost a […]

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There’s little point in beating around the bush…that was a poor performance with the team finally paying the price for a shoddy start which is becoming as much a feature of the season as the big away victories. The first half – as it has been on many occasions this season – was a total […]

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By his own remarkable standard Dimi Payet may have been off the pace over the last couple of games. He had little impact at Liverpool and was again struggling to make his usual enormous presence felt against Aston Villa on Tuesday evening. However, I expect him to shine tonight and a return to his best […]

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