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Andy Carroll nd Diafra Sakho – despite hopeful noises from inside the club – aren’t ready for the weekend game at Palace although Jonathon Calleri is now back in full training offering at least one fresh front line option. Giving his latest update on the injured players the club’s head medic Stijn Vandenbroucke says: Aaron Cresswell, Havard […]

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Tony Cottee believes that Dimi Payet could be lured away from the Hammers. Despite insisting Payet is happy in London, Cottee believes the chance of winning trophies could tempt the Frenchman away from the club. “First and foremost, I know Dimitri’s happy at the club. His family’s settled in London, he’s got a huge contract […]

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An interesting article on what is described as the “meteoric fall of Gokhan Tore from being a cult figure among Besiktas fans to the laughing stock of the East End” has appeared on the Turkish website http://www.turkish-football.com It starts by claiming: “Bilic is the reason Tore joined over the summer. The Hammers head coach wanted his star man […]

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With the international break meaning slow news day after slow news day (we know that problem!) the Daily Mail has chosen to publish a couple of space filling features: ‘The world’s Top 100 Players‘ and now ‘Who owns your Club?’ Here’s their appraisal of West Ham: Owners: David Sullivan – 51%; David Gold – 35.1%; CB […]

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Karren Brady has welcomed the decision to take West Ham Ladies into the club’s family and she said it was a solution “my board have long sought.” She said: “”Not only does it secure the long term future of the Ladies’ side, but also guarantees that current and future supporters, players and staff of the […]

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Slaven Bilic will wait until the lst minute before deciding his striker option for the match at Selhurst Park this weekend. The club are clearly monitoring the number of appearances Simone Zaza makes as  he heads towards the widely reported number of 14 which it has been reported is when the £20 million permanent deal […]

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Michail Antonio was again ignored by Engand manager manager Gareth Southgate as the national team played out an embarrassing goal-less draw against Slovenia last night. The West Ham winger and top English goal scorer this season has now joined England on three occasions and been ignored each time leaving Irons fans deeply unimpressed. Ironically it […]

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Here is a brief summary of the meeting last Saturday held at the Hammers Supporters Club. The update has been sent to ClaretandHugh by the organisers of the meeting. There was broad agreement to work to two aims – 1. Secure the future of the Hammers Supporters Club (HSC), recruiting new members and seeking new […]

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People are always moaning about our players, so which, (if any!), of England’s ‘best’ would you want? Share This:

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David Sullivan has made it clear the team has to get something from the Crystal Palace match  at the weekend. He told the official site: “Palace have started the season well but we have to get something, and I expect us to get something, from the game. We had a great result at Selhurst Park […]

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Last week we launched an online petition to call for the end of the Premium Rate ticket office telephone number which costs supporters up to 68p per minute to call from mobiles. The petition (linked below) has already been signed by 400 supporters and many of them have left comments on the problems have have […]

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A shock claim has been made that that “half the free tickets for West Ham United home matches distributed by Newham Council have gone to their own employees.” The claim comes on kumb.com where a story alleges that “from a total of 5,970 tickets handed out thus far by the Council as part of their […]

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Dmitri Payet has sent  a message  to his West Ham team-mates following France’s victory over the Netherlands in their World Cup qualifier on Monday night. After a brilliant performance he was keen to send a word concerning unity declaring on Instagram: “Tous ensemble on est plus fort 💪🏽 Together we are better 💪🏽 @equipedefrance@westham #teamboumbam #fiersdetrebleus #8 […]

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Slaven Bilic’s position is managing to create something of a media frenzy at a quiet time for club news. Soon after we reported that the Hammers boss will be given time to sort out the team’s current slump fortunes reports arose in Italy that Roberto Mancini may be a runner in any replacement race. But as […]

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Slaven Bilic wants the Irons to put another brick in the wall this weekend by following up the point against Middlesborough with a clean sheet at Selhurst Park. The boss has had the non internationals squad members in every day for intensive training  and much of his and the coaching staff’s energies have been concentrated […]

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With Diafra Sakho and Aaron Cresswell tipped to return to the squad this week it gets harder and harder to see how any of the summer addiations are going to get games. Add Andy Carroll and Andre Ayew’s return within the next fortnight and the position only bcomes excaerbated. The bottom line is that West […]

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Gokhan Tore is injured with a quads muscle problem and the estimate is that he will be sidelined for a minimum of five weeks. Here’s how ClaretandHugh Facebook forum members reacted to the news. O Such a pity… O How did he do it? It wasn’t running about or tackling? Maybe he was trying some. […]

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West Ham’s slump form in the new stadium is nothing new – Southampton and Manchester City have both been there and done that! City experienced an awful season when they left Maine Road for the Etihad Stadium fnishing in a lowly 16th place in the Premier League on 41 points just above the relegation zone. […]

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Enner Valenica has defence following the bzarre events over the last few days which saw him chased by judicial officials and police during a World Cup qualifier in midweek. Valencia appeared to fake an injury to flee police amid rows over unpaid child maintenanace, as he was stretchered off and taken out of the stadium in […]

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Aaron Cresswell is determined to help get the team back on the winning trail as they look to move away from the bottom three. And he readily admits that he can’t wait to make his first appearance at the London Stadium. He said:  “I played in the final ever game at the Boleyn Ground and […]

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Slaven Bilic has called non international players in for training every day since last weekend. The manager is reported to have viewed with concern data showing they are below their normal levels, and put on hard sessions from Monday to Friday with a practice game arranged against the club’s under-23s. He has been boosted by the […]

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Nearly 20 per cent of Hammers fans taking part in a new poll do not believe the London stadium will ever feel like “home.” In a ClaretandHugh poll – whch attracted over 1,000 voters – 19.45 per cent voted “never” to the question. The divisions in the vote reflect the issues which had caused problems […]

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The bookies have Slaven Bilic as a clear favourite for the axe. He’s at 6/4 with some firms whilst David Moyes and Tony Pulis are seen as the next most vulnerable Premier League bosses. Here’s what ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum members at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/?fref=nf have to say about that.   O Bookies need to naff off tbh. O […]

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Slaven Bilic is facing the biggest selectiondecision  his West Ham reign as he heads into yet another crucial match against Crystal Palace. And it centres on the captain Mark Noble who having started every game in pre-season and since could be rested after showing nothing like his best form. Word from the training ground is […]

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An incredible £187,000 has been raised to help a young West Ham fan in his bid to beat cancer for the second time. Friends, family and well wishers of 12 year old Jack Howard have been raising money through a variety of events and collections, and this week the fund edged closer to the £250,000 target. […]

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Julian Dicks believes the retun of our ‘big players’ may well be the key to unlocking  rise up the table. And with Aaron Cresswell loking set for a return against Palace the rvival could well start to take hape at Selhurst Park next Sunday. Dicks said: “Aaron is a fantastic player and we have missed […]

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