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Reece Oxford wants to leave West Ham and hopes the club will allow it to happen. The youngster is believed desperate to return to Germany and Borrusia Monchengladbach but so far there have been no inquiries from the Bundesliga outfit with whom he was on loan last season. But the Under 23 skipper has now […]

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Ok let’s be totally honest about Marko Arnautovic and his reported possible move to Manchester United! Like most I’ve become sick to death of reading these stories which day in day out which take the situation no further forward than when his agent/brother Danjiel Arnautovic opened his gob for the first time. That was followed […]

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Jose Mourinho is reported to be preparing a bid in excess of £50 million to take Marko Arnautovic to Manchester Unitedin the January transfer window according to the Daily Mirror. And if you think you have read that before err, well yes you have several times. The Mirror – among others – reported on Saturday […]

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No disgrace…no humiliation and no collapse! The scoreline says one thing but the performance told us another against a team that quite frankly arrives from a different footballing planet. And but for the inept Arthur Masuaku, the scoreline would probably been 2-0 despite an offensive performance from the Irons which better finishing could have meant […]

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Honest Pep Guardiola admitted that his Manchester City team were a little lucky to put four past the Irons today (Sat). That is to be applauded because there is no question the League leaders were vastly superior to us over the game and with more luck of our own it could – if not have […]

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You have to believe that may be the last time you will see Arthur Masuaku in an Irons shirt. For all the calm composure of manager Manuel Pellegrini he takes absolutely no prisoners as we saw when Declan Rice was taken off at half time at Liverpool and the likes of Sanchez dropped immediately after […]

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Michail Antonio – like most of us – didn’t feel the scoreline reflected the Irons performance against Manchester City. Antonio have a decent performance in difficult circumstances but might have done better with a couple of chances. However, talking to www.whufc.com he said: “We had quite a few chances, myself and Marko, but it was […]

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Niall McDonald hands out the marks Fabianski: Very little he could do as City sliced us open for the first three, but made several excellent saves 6 Zabaleta: Captain for the day. Could link up with Diangana a little more 5 Diop: Hard to score – no obvious errors but no stand out […]

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Manuel Pellegrini stopped short of naming names but he was definitely pointing fingers at the team’s defenders after the game against City. Maybe he didn’t need to call anybody out publicly because that clearly happened at half time when Arthur Masuaku was subbed for Aaron Cresswell. The manager was obviously in no mood to stomach […]

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The plan had been to put Mark Noble under the spottlight today but after the boss excluded him and brought in Michail Antonio, PlayerWatch reporter Danny Leach turned his attention to the front man! Heres his blow by blow account of Michail’s afternoon out. 1 – Wins a header direct from our kick off […]

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Half Time 0-3 No surprises then. The ultra cynical finishing of the champions was all too much for the Irons with goals from Silva, Steling and Sane leaving us with a seemingly hopeless task yet the Hammers had more than their moments and were often as threatening as City. For that thank Manuel Pellegrini who […]

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Pep Guardiola is not reputed for handing out huge accolades to other managers as Jose Mourinho may be ready to testify but he is clearly happy to make an exception in the case of Manuel Pellegrini. The Spaniard is probably the world’s top boss right now so to hear him pouring praise on our Chilean […]

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Mark Noble looks set to return to midfield today and some big questions about the skipper could be answered over the next 90 minutes. It could hardly be a tougher return for him after three games out – a situation visited upon him entirely by his own hand of course. This game will be a […]

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Manuel Pellegrini wants everybody to think in terms of winning today against Manchester City rather than “getting a good result” and hopes the rest of us do to. Discussing the toughest challenge of the season the manager was in buoyant mood saying: “We will certainly be positive. I prefer teams that start the game thinking to […]

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Andy Carroll returns to the squad for today’s clash with Manchester Ciy but Jack Wilshere will not be included in the high profile match. Wilshere returned to full training during the second week of the international break whilst Carroll has now had the full fortnight with the squad and is ready to make an impact. […]

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Michail Antonio is ready to give it his best should he be called on against Manchester City this afternoon at the London Stadium. The former Hammer of the Year has found it tricky to nail down a permanent place in the team this season but has regularly made substitute appearances and thus far has made […]

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Morning reports that West Ham are ready to extend Pablo Zabaleta’s contract seem a little dated to put it mildly. ClaretandHugh first revealed that the player had a clause in his contract which would see him receive a new deal once he had completed 28 appearances for the club. https://www.claretandhugh.info/zaba-can-trigger-automatic-hammers-contract/ That was greeted with widespread approval […]

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Pep Guardiola has heaped praise on Manuel Pellegrini whilst speaking to the media during his presser ahead of the match against West Ham tomorrow (Sat). “His career speaks for itself,” Guardiola told his pre-match press conference. “Even if you are blind you can recognise his style. “In Villarreal, he put the team on a different […]

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Pablo Zabaleta knows that nothing is impossible in football – even beating Manchster City. After spending nine years at the club and having won two Premier League titles he now comes face to face with former teammates including Aguero and Silva. And he told www.whufc.com about the chance of facing his former club saying: “It’s […]

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West Ham’s hopes that Manu Lanzini will return to action this season are fading. Manu had made a January comeback his personal target earlier in the year following surgery on his cruciate knee injury but the club has always believed it was more likely to April or may before he returned. However, ClaretandHugh has learned […]

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Felipe Anderson is not only doing but saying all the right things at the moment as the Hammers faithful warm to their £35 million man. And tomorrow (Sat) will show how far he has come after a slow start which has taken in one deeply impressive performance against humble Burnley. That was a terrific game […]

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Mark Noble reckons there no player in the Hammers squad who will be looking forward to the match against Manchester City more that “our talisman” Mark Arnautovice. Writing in his London Evening Standard column back from suspension Noble declares: ‘Arnie’ is back from international duty with Austria, he’s trained well this week and I know enough […]

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Manchester City will definitely be without Bernardo Silva for the trip to the London Stadium this weekend after the play maker picked up an injury on international duty. Etihad chief Pep Guardiola confirmed the player would be missing from the line-up this weekend saying: Bernardo .cannot play this weekend, it’s not too big (an injury) but […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has received some timely advice on how the Hammers may not only cope with, but beat Manchester City at the London Stadium tomorrow (Sat). And it comes from a man who has already done it with Shaktar Donestk in the Champion league last season – a guy who was interviewed for the Hammers […]

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Felipe Anderson is an example of how Hammers stars are responding to the calm approach of Manuel Pellegrini’s laid back approach to management. It’s the same style that has seen the boss respond to a variety of difficult situations since he arrived at the club beginning with a dreadful start to the season. Since then […]

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Manuel Pellegrini accepts that ambition is proper and correct and thus he is able to understand Marko Arnautovic’s attitude to his career. The manager – having heard Marko tell the fans not to believe everything they read in the papers following his brother’s loose lipped talk about a switch to a top club – understands […]

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