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Irons 1 Liverpool 1 By Hugh Southon And that ladies and gentlemen is why we support this marvelous old club of ours. This game had the lot! After two utterly shocking performances, Manuel Pellegrini demonstrated that he knows exactly how to motivate the lads who put in an utterly compelling shift. But […]

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London Stadium owners E20 have announced that they are working on a new deal with UK Athletics (UKA) that will see athletics events fix dates at the former Olympic Stadium for the next six years. They claim the new deal will create greater flexibility in the London Stadium’s event calendar during the summer months freeing space for […]

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Forgotten West Ham man Winston Reid injury could resume light training in around three weeks but Manuel Pellegrini doesn’t expect the Kiwi centre back to play this season he told reporters at Rush Green late last week. Winston Reid after went surgery in July last year and is yet to kick a ball in anger […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has never settled for second best – never mind seventh! And in one of the darkest periods of the club’s seasons he has made a point of making sure that his own ambitions haven’t dimmed one little bit. It’s good to gear immediately ahead of such a tough match and with key players missing […]

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I want to see Xande Silva on the pitch tonight at some stage. Okay, I know it’s Liverpool and I know he has only one FA Cup appearance against Birmingham, since when he has been injured. But we are told it was a “soft tissue injury” and he is now fit so why not? With […]

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London Stadium operator LS185 has been brought in-house by Stadium owner E20 in another attempt to put the venue on a firmer financial footing have confirmed the London Assembly in a press release. The London Legacy Development Corporation will now directly control the former Olympic Stadium they add. Gareth Bacon AM, Chairman of the Budget & […]

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With Liverpool two points clear of Manchester City the game at the London Stadium tonight has a special significance for Manuel Pellegrini. For the rest of us by and large it has only one – that we jump into ninth place as we once again hope for that seventh place by the end of the […]

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Robert Snodgrass at least has absorbed the Pellegrini message that “West Ham United is a big club” and is more than ready for Liverpool tonight (Mon). Recent results make it hard to believe that we can take much from tonight’s game and the bookies odds are less than encouraging. They are quoting the Irons at […]

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Liverpool have won their last four games against West Ham, winning two of those matches 4-0 and two of them 4-1. West Ham are looking to win three consecutive league and cup games at the London Stadium for the first time in what will be their 61st match at the venue. The Hammers failed to […]

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Lukasz Fabianski has been a total star for the Irons this season and alongside Declan Rice is bang in the running for Hammer of the Year. He has deflected all criticism following his £7 million signing from Swansea and shown himself to be at the top of the tree. And that has been recognised in […]

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With the chances slim of Marko Arnautovic making it into the team for tomorrow night (Mon) against Liverpool, Andy Carroll once again becomes a serious option for the game. And that will fill many Hammers fans with a sense of real foreboding as we prepare to go into one of the season’s most testing fixtures. […]

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London Stadium owners E20 Stadium LLP have purchased operators London Stadium 185 (LS185) in a surprise move to take over the running and management of the former Olympic stadium. The transfer of ownership took place on 21st January according to Companies House records although it does not reveal how much the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) paid […]

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If ever a game was designed to bring the best from West Ham it is tomorrow night’ game against Liverpool. After two shocking outings a game against the league leaders allows us to regain some shattered confidence against the league leaders recently held to a draw at Anfield by Leicester City. Nothing, as Manuel Pellegrini […]

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Manuel Pellegrini’s man management techniques will have been tested to the limits over the past few days as he has worked to again bed down Mark Arnautovic into the squad. He may have a little longer with the player being given only an outside chance of making it into the match at the London Stadium […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook group member Tony Squires has several bees in his bonnet as the game has seen the rise of issues which he believes has reduced the game considerably in the public perception. Not least among them is the commercialisation of West Ham United and other club. Here Tony addresses the issues which he believes […]

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Marko Arnautovic has been handed a 25 per cent chance of making it into the team for the game against Liverpool tomorrow night. But the medics believe that he will almost certainly be 100 per cent fit for the game against Palace at the weekend. Marko has been receiving treatment on his heavily bruised foot […]

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It’s all to easy to stand on the sidelines rubbishing suggestions that the speculation surrounding Mark Arnautovic in particular and other in general should have no impact on the team. There have been some who took a pop at Pablo Zabaleta for making it clear how upsetting such situations can be but now Mark […]

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Ashley Cole is set to guest on Monday Night Football when West Ham take on Liverpool. The defender is back in English football after joining Frank Lampard’s Derby County. He has moved to the club on a free transfer until the end of the season. Cole, who has won three Premier League titles, plus the […]

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By CandH blogger Allen Cummings I have a room at home that my sons call ‘my shrine’. Since the boys flew the nest a few years ago, I’ve covered the walls of one of their bedrooms with photographs, many of them signed, featuring my own, personal Hammers heroes. I don’t suppose it will […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is clearly pretty chuffed to see the back of January and all the stuff that has gone with it. Having revealed that only defensive midfielder Gary Mendel was a possible option for a move to the London Stadium he has enow gone on to explain why so many strikers were linked with the […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has hailed the talents of Declan Rice! The midfielder has emerged as one of the best players outside the top six for West Ham this season. His goal against Arsenal in December capped a superb start to the season. And the leadership qualities being demonstrated by the 20-year-old have been hailed by the […]

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Michail Antonio admits that West Ham haven’t been good enough! The Irons beat Arsenal 1-0 in December but have lost their last three in all competitions, against Bournemouth, Wimbledon and Wolves. Antonio says he found it difficult to sleep after the defeat to Wolves and believes that complacency has crept in at the London Stadium. […]

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Joe Cole has revealed that he rejected a move to Manchester United when he was at West Ham. The former England international came through the ranks at Upton Park and made over 120 appearances for the club. However, the Red Devils attempted to sign Cole when he was a teenager, but he says he wanted […]

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Liverpool will be without Dejan Lovren against West Ham! The title-chasing Reds have a couple of defensive injuries to contend with – Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold are also out – and the Liverpool Echo report that Lovren is set to miss Monday’s encounter too. The Croatia international, who helped his side to the World […]

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It’s hard to dislike Jurgen Klopp who has already admitted he isn’t enjoying Liverpool’s title chase given the immense pressure it involves. And he expects more of the same when he arrives at the London Stadium on Monday evening when the Hammers – with little expected – have a big chance of taking a say […]

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Danny Gabbidon has had a major dig at West Ham players! The 39-year-old played for the Hammers between 2005 and 2011. And he claims that the players don’t care enough at the London Stadium, with recent form taking a major slide. The Irons have lost to Bournemouth, Wimbledon and Wolves in all competitions since the […]

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