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CandH’s PlayerWatch  reporter Daniel Danielli Leach  put Manu Lanzini under his personal searchlight this afternoon. Here’s every move the Argentine midfielder made before he left the action with injury.   1 – Plays a neat one two with Arnautovic but he is offside when he takes the shot 2 – Does not manage to get a […]

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West Ham boss has pledged to do all he can to bring in players after Manu became the latest player to join the walking wounded. After the Argentine midfieder had hobbled off to be replaced by goalscorer Chicharito the boss said: “Manu has a bit of a hamstring, Cresswell’s was just complete cramp and he should […]

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Mark Noble reckons the 120 minutes of midweek FA Cup action may have got to the Hammers towards the end of today’s game against Bournemouth. Giving his assessment of the game the captain said: “I’d say it was a pretty even game to be honest. We started off really well and had a couple of good […]

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Hammers 1 Cherries 1 West Ham battled their way to another precious point against a very decent Bournemouth team and go into the FA Cup weekend still holding onto 11th position in the PL. They fell behind in the 72nd minute to a Ryan Fraser goal before Chicharito – on for injured Manu Lanzini – […]

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Manu Lanzini looked to have tweaked a hamstring when he was hauled off during the second half of the game against Bournemouth this afternoon. The Argentine playmaker had enjoyed an effective hour but was forced off after appearing to feel his hamstring in the 64th minute. Chicharito replaced him and then scored the equaliser in […]

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Besiktas are in advanced talks with West Ham to sign striker Javier Hernandez claims a report in football website Goal. The football website claim that the Turkish side’s chairman Fikret Orman is in London negotiating a deal with the Hammers board and an agreement is now close for the Mexican to move before the 31 January cut-off. […]

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Javier Hernandez will not be sold to Besiktas or anywhere else for half of what we paid for him as is currently being reported. Once again The Sun – having picked up a report from Goal.com (yep, that’ how it works these days)  – is repeating the line that the striker is set to make […]

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Hammers fans have seriously had enough of Andy Carroll!. Once again after just two goals and limited appearances this season, the striker may well be heading back to the operating table after a scan picked up a problem in his ankle. It has stretched patience to breaking point and beyond among Irons and here’s a […]

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Sam Allardyce is casting eyes in the direction of Aaron Cresswell and may make a cheeky bid for the left back although he’s unlikely to be successful until the summer window. Cresswell was brought to West Ham by the club’s former boss who has a problem at the position. Allardyce signed Liverpool born Cresswell who […]

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David Moyes has made it clear again that he wants to “buy British” David Sulivan’s punts on South Americans and the like should become a thing of the past. The Hammers boss has made it clear previously that he would far sooner bring in proven PL Brits in the current window and the foreign excursions […]

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Mark Lawrenson is clearly impressed with what’s happening at West Ham and is expecting victory from the Irons tomorrow (Sat). Assessing the game against Bournmouth in his BBC website column he says: “The Hammers look a completely different animal to the team that struggled under Slaven Bilic at the start of the season and the […]

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David Moyes is getting a closer and closer connection with West Ham as he learns more about the club’s fans. He likes what he sees and feels very much a part of the club and area that feels a lot like home – Glasgow – thanks to the nature and characteristic of the typical Iron. […]

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West Ham are looking advantage which could well prove critical as we go into the last 15 games of the League season. Nine of those will be played at the London Stadium as the imbalance from our start four games away start is corrected. It mans we have more games on our own manor than […]

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David Moyes is refusing to set a points survival target as the Hammers  continue their upward curve. Some claim that a point a game is sufficient as a rule but Moyes declared: “I think 40 will always be the magic figure although I have set no targets. I might stand corrected, there may have been […]

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West Ham are ready to talk to Wolves about Jose Fonte moving to the promotion seeking Championship outfit. The Molineux club have been linked with the Portuguese international regulaarly over the last few days and the Hammers are ready to talk a price once the Championship leaders make a move. According to the Birmingham Mail, […]

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David Moyes has denied he or the board attempted to bring back Robert Snodgrass from his season-long loan at Aston Villa. Speculation in the media suggested that West Ham tried to cancel the loan earlier but were put off by Villa asking for the return of a £2m loan fee. Moyes was asked directly by a […]

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ClaretandHugh’s legal adviser Chris Hart has told the Football Association the incident involving Callum Wilson’s controversial equaliser against the Irons on Boxing Day raises issues  more serious than “diving.” Chris has reacted to a response he had from the game’s ruling body when he first raised issues surrounding the ‘goal’ and asked for retrospective action […]

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David Moyes has denied he went to Chelsea this week to watch Michy Batshuayi insisting his priority remains in the midfield. Moyes used his London Evening Standard Column on Friday to say “Before the window opened, I said our priority had to be in midfield, where we were short of cover. Since then most of the speculation […]

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David Moyes says Andy Carroll’s ankle injury is serious which could require a future operation confirming he is out of action for the month of January at least. False media speculation suggested Carroll was on an unofficial strike to force through a move to Chelsea and alleged that a hospital scan on his ankle didn’t show anything up. This […]

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David Moyes believes the transfer window should be reduced to a week arguing that a month is too long and can prove a distraction from business on the pitch. Sadly, it seems the Hammers get linked with  more players than any other club yet again this window we have seen nothing happen inward or outward. […]

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David Moyes commented a few weeks ago that he believed it would be far better were the winter transfer market confined to a week or even a day as is the case in Italy! And after the events of the last couple of weeks I am totally in agreement with him after watching the media  […]

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It looks certain to be “as you were ” when the Hammers line up against Bournemouth at the London Stadium tomorrow (Sat). With no new injury worries beyond the regular  Andy Carroll absenteeism David Moyes is free to pick what looks very much like his most favoured first team. He rang the changes in a […]

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David Moyes is on the prowl as he intensifies his search for players to sign within the winter transfer window. ClaretandHugh learned ahead of the Chelsea v Norwich game – which the manager attended – that he was about to start personally scouting certain players as the countdown to the window continues. The Hammers boss […]

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Michael Owen is predicting a Hammers win over Bournemouth at the London Stadium tomorrow (Sat). The former Liverpool, Manchester United and England striker expects goals and sees the Irons as the likely victors as they bid to maintain their big recent improvement. Writing in his Betvictor column he says: “Another game where I expect to […]

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Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson has sent a ‘give me stick’ message to the Hammers fans who are ready to do exactly that after his shocking extra time equaliser in the first game over Christmas. Wilson appeared to be in an offside position when scoring with the ball appearing to roll down his right arm. He […]

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West Ham are this morning being linked with yet another foreign midfielder, this time in the shape of left back Adam Masina. The speculation over Bologna’s Italian under 21 defender comes despite David Moyes making it clear on several occasions that he wants to recruit proven Premier League players in the current transfer window. The […]

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