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Former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher has torn into West Ham ahead of the Merseysiders arriving at the London Stadium on Saturday evening. He was talking on Sky Sports Monday Night Football and looking back on the game at Selhurst Park he said: “Crystal Palace battered them really, I mean they were lucky to get a […]

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Ronald Koeman has been ruled out as a replacement for Slaven Bilic. The Dutchman has been mentioned regularly as a possible caretaker boss but his Sgt Major reputation and “patchy” record in Holland is working against him. There were many stories that his departure at Everton was as a result of serious tensions between him and […]

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West Ham’s youngsters are looking to move into the second round of the Checkatrade Trophy at Bristol Rovers tonight! The Hammers are allowed to include overage players in the squad but need to have at least 6 U21s in the starting line-up, and we go into the game with three points from three in Southern Group C following […]

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Welcome to our  round-up of  the main stories on ClaretandHugh during Monday. This is your reference point for a nightly catch-up as we bring you the quick links to what’s been happening on the Irons scene. See you tomorrow evening! Angelo Ogbonna gives an official website interview in which he talks about his disappointment at […]

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The Hammers could be facing a massive defensive crisis when Liverpool arrive in the east end on Saturday evening. Slaven Bilic’s  troubles are piling higher and higher as the under pressure boss bids to turn the most difficult of seasons around. But he will be hoping for some major improvement among the back four men as […]

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Welcome to our latest CandH blogger Harry Rawlings who has been looking across Europe and at home for the ideal new Hammers boss – Harry is on the right!!! 🙂 There are few certainties in life but Slaven Bilic’s departure from West Ham appears to be as predictable as Christmas arriving on December 25. Just […]

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Ok lets put a smile back on our faces with Mike  on Monday – brought to you courtesy of our partners over at Hammers Chat. This is a guy who can bring a laugh in times of the deepest adversity whilst demonstrating it is possible to be a proud Hammer whilst remaining entirely disenchanted with […]

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Angelo Ogbonna – having given away a needless penalty – is astounded that West Ham didn’t win the game against Crystal Palace. The official website – as expected – are bringing a series of players quotes and having heard from Andre Ayew, it’s now Ogbonna’s turn to tell us all how shocked his is at […]

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Two Spurs yobs involved in the throwing if a plastic pint glass of wee during Wembley cup clash have been banned for life by Spurs. Lucas Louka and a fellow Tottenham supporter were filmed lobbing the urine at West Ham fans last Wednesday. Spurs confirmed yesterday: “This kind of behaviour is not acceptable.We are issuing […]

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Hammers flop Simone Zaza became the second highest scorer in La Liga yesterday when grabbing another goal in Valencia’s 2-1 away win at Alaves. It took his tally to the season to nine as his team climbed into into second spot on 24 points – four behind Barcelona and four ahead of Real Madrid in […]

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West Ham has now missed out on eleven Premier League points in 2017 and five points already this season by conceding goals in the final five minutes of a match. 11 February 2017 v West Brom  McAuley scored in the 94th minute to make it 2-2.  2 points lost! 11 March 2017 v Bournemouth King scored his […]

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Furious Mark Noble has hit out at Palace midfielder Yohan Cabaye after the Frenchman refused to shaKe his hand at the end of the game on Saturday. The Hammers skipper was outraged the Hammers had  failed to hang on and then found himself being pulled away from Cabaye as his handshake was refused. The Hammers […]

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Slaven Bilic claims to be a happy man because he appears to believe his team is giving him everything! Speaking to the official website he, not unnaturally, avoided putting emphasis on the Palace  97th minute equaliser  claiming instead the team is giving its best. If that’s the case then there may well be cause for […]

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Former England boss Roy Hodgson has forgiven Joe Hart for perhaps helping to lose him the England manager’s job. And he has given him the highest recommendation after the keeper’s brilliant performance on at Selhurst Park. Hodgson quit the England job after England had been beaten by Iceland in the last 16 of the 2016 […]

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Right! Let’s try to get to the heart of the issue because it’s no longer a case a case of whether Bilic gets the bullet …only when! And it’s there that the real problem exists. Truth is he should have gone at the end of last season. There had been enough warning signs but instead, […]

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West Ham have a growing list of managerial candidates in mind as they look to replace Slaven Bilic with three occupying their immediate attention. There is now little question that the club is ready for a change following the desperately disappointing set of results. And after the 97th minute equaliser by Palace at Selhurst Park […]

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Sorry but I couldn’t resist the Halloween themed headline but it is quite apt. Our inability to hold on to a 2-0 lead against a struggling team without a striker was horrific whilst Antonio displayed the dexterity of Herman Munster at the end. Anyway what started out as a promising day turned quite sour at […]

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Joe Hart has made his feelings crystal clear on the Wilfied Zaha’s late equaliser at Crystal Palace branding it “unprofessional.”   “I can’t believe we’ve done that. I can’t believe we’ve fought all the way to the end and then been so unprofessional at the end. “It’s a little bit speechless in the dressing room. […]

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The Spurs fan who urinated into a plastic pint cup and threw it at West Ham supporters  claims it wasn’t actually his wee in the container. In apologising for his unpleasant behaviour the man –  Lucas Louka – said  it was a “prank gone wrong”. And he adds that despite the obvious act in the […]

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So just how bad are things! I regularly hear on the forums that we are in Avram Grant country as the team staggers through another seriously worrying season – a quarter of which has now passed. Having read this morning that we are gonna suffer the same fate as we did during that disastrous 2010-11 […]

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We are delighted to welcome new blogger James Hart to CandH this morning who is committing his thoughts in print for the first time. Well done mate. James tries to find an answer as to why we regularly – as shown against Spurs and Palace – can produce such a mix of the excellent and the […]

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Andrew Ayew has turned over a very  new leaf on the pitch with three goals in two games – one a magical strike from distance at Palace which warmed our hearts. Off it however, he, no doubt to be followed by various others players over the next couple of days, are reading from the same […]

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Academey boss Terry Westley has revealed just how quickly the outstanding Hammers prospect Declan Rice is growing up. A highly impressive performance against Spurs was followed by an excellent 15 minute sub appearance late on yesterday as Palace stormed the Irons defensive barricades. But the teenager was bang to the fore, making one superb intervention […]

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“It feels like a defeat,” Slaven Bilic told post-match reporters. “We were 2-0 up at half-time and we knew the game was not over. A lot of the guys who played today also played on Wednesday night and Palace put us under a lot of pressure. I’m very disappointed with the penalty, it came too early […]

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The son of a West Ham fan whose father suffered a heart attack at Wembley on Wednesday says he has found the hero West Ham fan who administered CPR and saved his dad’s life. Wayne Perry told Claret and Hugh “The guy’s name who saved my dad’s life is Ian Pearse and we spoke yesterday. I […]

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A Spurs fan who hurled urine at West Ham supporters on Wednesday night at Wembley has been unmasked as an estate agent who had previously carried out a pitch invasion at White Hart Lane. 34-year-old Lucas Louka who lives in Chingford, East London was filmed launching a plastic cup of liquid ­during Wednesday’s match against […]

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