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West Ham under 23s suffered the third of a hat-trick of defeats in the Checkatrade Tropy at Yeovil Town last night being beaten 4-0 by Yeovil. There are of course excuses for the dip in the form of the side with the departure of Grady Diangana on first team duty and the recent unavailability of […]

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Hammers on loan midfielder Josh Cullen suffered a dislocated shoulder on Tuesday night during the South Londoners’ 2-0 win over Walsall.Cullen was forced off in the 80th minute leaving manager Lee Bowyer shaking his head in near disbelief at an extraordinary coincidence. Most reports declare that Cullen has been superb for the Addicks since his […]

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The Moore Than Just A Podcast team is back to discuss the defeat to Spurs in the EFL cup and the convincing win against Burnley at the London Stadium. In episode eleven of season eight of the popular West Ham podcast listen to Claret and Hugh Associate editor Sean Whetstone with fellow presenters Nigel Kahn […]

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Michael Owen can’t get over the form of Hammers top man Marko Arnautovic! The former England striker knows a bit about putting the ball in the back of the net and reckons Marko is beyond just very good. He made a point of singing his praises big time whilst on the BT Sport Score show on […]

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Jamie Redknapp has leapt onto the Declan Rice bandwagon and is the latest pundit to link him with a move away to the club. And with the journalistic sense of timing he has been developing as a pundit and columnist he has been developing since his time on the Mail and Sky Sports he goes […]

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Back in the summer Manuel Pellegrini made a significant comment when he made it clear that whilst Mark Noble would captain the club when he played, he didn’t know how often that would be. And should the victory over Burnley be followed by another at Huddersfield this weekend – always assuming no injuries – you […]

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Watford chairman and chief executive Scott Duxbury – one time West Ham CEO – has spilled the beans on how Domigos Quina was snapped up by the Hornets from the Irons The Portuguese teenager made a late transfer window move to Watford after failing to agree a new deal with the Hammers, having just a […]

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Declan Rice is taking absolutely nothing for granted at Huddersfield but knows that a win would be “massive.” Speaking to www.whufc.com he said: “Huddersfield haven’t had the best of starts, but they’re the home team, they won on Monday night and we’ll be going there as the away team trying to pick up the three points […]

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West Ham’s veteran defender Pablo Zabaleta will be offered a new Hammers 12 month contract once he has completed another 19 appearances this summer. The 33 year old said an interview with Arab News “My heart tells me I would like to play forever, but I will be 34 in January and I need to […]

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Marko Arnautovic and Pedro Obiang are both hoping to be fit for the weekend match against Huddersfield after taking knocks during the battling 4-2 win over against Burnley. Several players sustained the normal bumps and bruises but ClaretandHugh understands that the striker and midfielder will miss a couple of days training this week having been […]

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West Ham season ticket holders claim they found their own seats cordoned off in block 216 when they arrived at the London Stadium last Saturday. Claret and Hugh has spoken to a number of supporters and told that the first two rows of the upper block had been cordoned off and a stewarding team was […]

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Julian Dicks has landed a manager of the month award on his return to the game at Heybridge Swifts. The former Hammers hero took over the Isthmian league team on October 4 and has been an immediate success. The team recorded four straight wins and gained a draw in their last game against Witham Town […]

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West Ham United’s scholars fell to a fifth U18 Premier League South defeat in a row on an emotional day at Leicester City, losing narrowly 2-1. The boys laid a wreath and paid their respects to Leicester chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and the four other victims of the recent helicopter tragedy. Later at the Foxes’ training ground […]

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West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini received a boost following the news that Huddersfield Town will be without a key performer in the Premier League clash this weekend. The giant midfielder who stands 6ft 6in has been an ever present in The Terriers side this season but after just 11 appearances is ruled out on suspension […]

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Academy director Terry Westley has spoken of an incredibly rewarding season as threee more of his youngsters have progressed into and towards the first team And with Declan Rice now having become a critical part of the Premier League side he is thrilled to see Grady Diangana progressing brilliantly and Joe Powell and Conor Coventry […]

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A majority of Hammer fans believe the club will collect a final total of either 25 or 26 points by he end of the year. ClaretandHugh’s launched it’s latest poll asking the question soon after the Burnley victory on Saturday afternoon. And the result shows that 21.07 per cent of those taking part believe the […]

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The Hammers are this morning reported to have joined the chase for RB Leipzig midfielder Diego Demme putting them in competition with Watford who are also linked with the player. Manuel Pellegrini remains concerned with his midfield options and the club are certain to move in January to reinforce the area. Twenty six year old Demme […]

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Victor Wanyama continues to be linked with a move to the Hammers – a link firmly denied by ClaretandHugh recently we had it described “nonsense” to us by a top club insider. Now ITK ExWHUemployee has also made it clear that there is very little chance of making such a transfer happen. Commenting on reports the […]

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One of the nore bizarre stories of the season emerged yesterday when a well meaning chap out there on social media decided to launch a gofundme bid on behalf of Declan Rice. We have pledged not to go into this thing again but there really are a couple of amusing points that need to be […]

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Martin O’Neill believes Declan Rice is likely to need until the end of the year as he struggles with a decision on on his international future. The Hammers midfielder has been left out of the Ireland manager’s immediate plans and the veteran boss insists that England most certainly haven’t won the battle for his services. […]

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Fabian Balbuena has become a revelation over recent weeks as he and his relationship with Issa Diop at the back has become one of the exciting developments of the West Ham team. Whilst much of the emphasis has been on the front men and, after Saturday, Grady Diangana and Felipe Anderson in particular, the Paraguyan […]

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Every club, however well run, will always have it’s problem players and my mind recently started wandering back over a couple now departed from West Ham. Ravel Morrison’s situation at Lazio, the latest club he is likely to be leaving soon, if reports in The Sun that Swedish outfit Ostersunds want to sign him turn […]

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Issa Diop has made it clear that he is more than happy at West Ham following recent and rather way out speculation, that Paris St Germain were more than a little interested in the brilliant central defender. The publicity seemed more than a little bizarre in the first place given that a battle – won […]

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An unnamed Hammers fan has set up a GoFundMe page through which he hopes other supporters will provide cash towards Declan Rice’s new contract. The story has appeared online in The Sun tonight and the fund raising page can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/declan-rice-new-contract The board have so far offered Rice a £20k a week wage with […]

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It truly has been Grady Diangana’s day today as the fall out from his brilliant performance on Saturday against against Burnley. Robert Snoddgrass was the first one out discussing the young winger and praising his ability and attitude since arriving in the team. Then the highly experience Pablo Zabaleta was keen to give his view […]

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Nathan Holland – heralded privately as the ‘next big thing’ out of the Hammers academy – returned to full training with the under 23s at Chadwell Heath today. Holland has been off for several weeks with an ankle problem and needs a full week’s training before he will be ready to get into competitive action […]

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