No surprise there! According to ‘Arry, he’s never “wrote” a letter in his life. He aint a wealer deeler, ‘e’s a football manager, but he can’t spel for his liffe and is so disorgasmized that he couldn’t posibly hide monie from the tax man. Mind you, this inability to write hasn’t stopped ‘Arry from earning money from News…
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Tottenham’s ‘Arry Can’t Reed and Rite!
Posted on 26 January 2012.
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Is Yo-Yo a No-No for Sullivan & Gold or Perfectly Acceptable?
Posted on 26 January 2012.
There is a body of opinion that holds that relegation suited Sullivan and Gold. It enabled them to cut wages across the board and nudged a host of high wage earners out of the door. The Eggert, Duxbury, Curbishley, Nani & Zola eras did for us good and proper. Bad signings, bad sales, bad …
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Rumours coming thick and fast
Posted on 26 January 2012.
West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce has reportedly made Barcelona midfielder Alexander Hleb his number one target for the transfer window. The talented playmaker has been a bitter disappointment since moving from Arsenal in 2008 for a fee of around £13m and manager Pep Guardiola has decided to let his man find…
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”I’m not a wheeler & dealer”
Posted on 26 January 2012.
Read the original post: ”I’m not a wheeler & dealer”
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Great piece on Di Canio
Posted on 26 January 2012.
As with many football geniuses, Paolo Di Canio made his impression on the game both with the sublime skills he showed on the pitch and his fiery temperament that caused controversy wherever he went. The index to his autobiography, published in 2000, speaks volumes as, alphabetically, in the (a) section under his name …
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Deal or no deal?
Posted on 26 January 2012.
Rangers have reportedly rejected a bid from West Ham United for striker Nikica Jelavic. The Championship side lodged an offer of around £7 million for the Croatian after their initial enquiry. However Rangers have rejected the offer, telling West Ham that the offer did not meet their valuation of the player. ©…
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”At least one important new signing in the next 48 hours” – Sullivan
Posted on 26 January 2012.
West Ham United are hoping to conclude at least one important new signing in the next 48 hours. Joint Chairman David Sullivan says he and manager Sam Allardyce are working hard to make additions to the Hammers squad as the club continues its push for promotion from the npower Championship. With the transfer window drawing to a close on Tuesday 31 January…
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Ex QPR & Hammers legend Phil Parkes tells it how it is at Upton Park!
Posted on 26 January 2012.
Well said Phil Parkes! He was always a safe pair of hands and a level headed guy, and now he has come out and said it exactly as it is at Upton Park. According to Parkes, we only have 4 Premiership quality players in the squad: Green, Tomkins, Taylor and Noble (possibly). It is interesting that Cole and Collison …
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Fernandes breaks the bank to bolster QPR
Posted on 26 January 2012.
There were those who scoffed. There were those who said Fernandes would try to cling to Premiership survival on the cheap. There were those who doubted the commitment of the Malaysian to the cause. Well what have those doubters got to say for themselves now? Now only has Fernandes signed Taiwo, they have now signed Nedum into the bargain! And…
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Zlatan Muslimovic?
Posted on 26 January 2012.
Sky Sports understands that West Ham United are the latest club to take a look at Bosnia international Zlatan Muslimovic. The 30-year-old has already trained with Sunderland and Rangers in the past week as he looks to secure a move to Britain. Whilst a deal with Rangers is still an option, Sam Allardyce has …
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Robert Snodgrass?
Posted on 25 January 2012.
talkSPORT understands West Ham are preparing a bid for Leeds winger Robert Snodgrass. Sam Allardyce has been looking to improve his attacking line-up in the January transfer-window and has already had bids rejected for Huddersfield Jordan Rhodes and Bristol City’s Nicky Maynard. And now it appears the Upton Park club have now set their sights on …
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Green to go – in the summer?
Posted on 25 January 2012.
WEST HAM are taking a contract gamble over keeper Rob Green. The Championship high-flyers are refusing to offer Green a bumper new deal — even though his current one expires this summer. West Ham co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan are learning from mistakes made by previous boards and…
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“A bung, that’s a f****** sick word”
Posted on 25 January 2012.
FURIOUS Harry Redknapp denied taking backhanders for transfer deals and told a journalist: “A bung, that’s a f****** sick word,” a court heard yesterday. Redknapp, 64, was recorded being asked about payments over the transfer of England striker Peter Crouch while managing Portsmouth. He claimed money paid into his offshore account in Monaco by the then Pompey chairman …
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Cardiff’s Malky Mackay Shows Allardyce The Way!
Posted on 25 January 2012.
Congratulations to Malky Mackay and his Cardiff team. They came to Upton Park and gave us a bloody nose first game of the season, sit on the shoulder of Southampton and just four points behind ourselves in the Championship, and have now reached a League Cup final into the bargain. It was hugely…
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Salomon Kalou?
Posted on 25 January 2012.
West Ham have launched an ambitious bid to sign Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou on loan. Manager Sam Allardyce has gone cool on Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic after their £6m bid was rejected and is hopeful that Chelsea will allow them to take Kalou instead. The 26-year-old is available after being…
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QPR News: Sparky to sack his agent as Alex heads to Paris?
Posted on 24 January 2012.
Hello, hello, hello. The gRs were telling me that Alex was definitely joining QPR because the Chelsea reject and the QPR manager share the same agent. But now, it seems, Alex has rejected the Hoops and is heading for PSG instead. You what? Alex has failed to agree terms with Rangers apparently. But …
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Our set piece solution?
Posted on 24 January 2012.
Well perhaps not, but one of our biggest concerns in recent weeks is our inabilty in recent weeks to make anything out of our set pieces (penalties excluded!!!) Take last weeks game against Forest – 14 corners for example. Nice to see last night in our ‘development’ game against Gillingham, Matty Taylor corner, fired in by
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Boa reunited with Benni
Posted on 24 January 2012.
Former West Ham and Arsenal winger Luis Boa Morte has joined South African side Orlando Pirates on an 18-month deal. The 34-year-old had been without a club since his contract was cancelled at Greek side Larissa due to financial problems at the club. The Portuguese winger won a Premier League title with Arsenal in 1998, and…
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A Missive From Doncaster
Posted on 24 January 2012.
1 West Ham 27 19 53 2 Southampton 27 20 50 3 Cardiff 27 15 49 4 Middlesbrough 27 3 45 5 Hull 27 3 45 6 Birmingham 26 16 43 7 Blackpool 27 9 42 8 Reading 27 7 42 9 Leeds 27 5 42 10 Brighton 27 1 41 11 Derby 27 -2 41 12 Burnley 27 6 40 13 Leicester 27 6 38 14 Crystal Palace 27 -1 37 15 Barnsley 27 -4 36 16 Peterborough 27 1 33 17 Portsmouth 26 0 31 18 Watford 27 -11 30 19 Bristol City 27 -12 30 20 Millwall 27 -8 29 21 Ipswich 27 -16 28 22 Nott’m Forest 27 -22 24 23 Doncaster 27 -22 23 24 Coventry 27 -13 22 I spent 10 days in the summer finding Mido, and today I’m in Doncaster, hunting down Billy Sharp, hoping to persuade him to …
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West Ham close to signing Portuguese forward/winger Edgar Costa
Posted on 24 January 2012.
Apparently Edgar Costa has been on trial with us for a week (first I’ve heard) and the Hammers are now in negotiations with him for a permanent deal. Stats Click for larger
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Support for Dylan
Posted on 24 January 2012.
Kevin Nolan was delighted to lead the way as the West Ham United first-team squad showed their support for Dylan Tombides on Saturday’s match with Nottingham Forest. The West Ham United captain joined the rest of the players in wearing special ‘ Get well soon Dylan ‘ T-shirts in the warm-up ahead of the game. The message for …
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Lewis McGugan
Posted on 23 January 2012.
Sky Sports understands West Ham are weighing up a move for Nottingham Forest star Lewis McGugan. McGugan is thought to have impressed West Ham boss Sam Allardyce during Forest’s defeat to the Hammers at Upton Park on Saturday. Highly-rated midfielder McGugan caught the eye for Forest at Upton Park, including scoring a stunning long-…
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Peter Odemwingie?
Posted on 23 January 2012.
West Brom have slapped an £8million valuation on Peter Odemwingie amid interest from Fulham and West Ham. Promotion hopefuls West Ham are the latest club to enquire about the Nigerian striker (above), who was an unused substitute in the weekend win at Stoke. Odemwingie has slipped down the pecking order at the …
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Vital Statistics Revealed In Match Day Programme
Posted on 23 January 2012.
Anybody kidding himself that Allardyce has worked some kind of oracle at West Ham should take very careful note of key stats revealed in Saturday’s match day programme. Based on games against the teams sitting in the bottom half of the table – the real shit of the division – our results, even before …
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8 more days to find a striker
Posted on 23 January 2012.
The search continues because last night a combination of Rangers asking 10 million for Jelavic and the player asking for too much wages has forced West Ham to pull the plug on that little venture. It’s gonna be a Bosman mark my words…
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Onouha’s Mummy Says Maybe Not to QPR
Posted on 23 January 2012.
Oh dear , oh dear, oh dear. Hoops fans might like to think again about the wisdom of signing Onouha after his mother has said that he will only make a move that is “right for his career and family circumstances”. It sounds very much to me as if Mummy doesn’t want her darling Nedum living too …
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