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West Ham and Everton are both reportedly in in the hunt to sign Inter Milan attacker Gabigol. The player is currently on loan with Santos but according to Goal Brazil is very much on the radar of both the Toffees and Hammers managers. The website report that his agent, Kia Joorabchian, is already in contact […]

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Grady Diangana – having received enormous accolades from everywhere following his performance last night- modestly declares: ” I think I did okay.” The 20 year old has been mightily impressive since making his first team appearance but is disappointed with events in the Carabao Cup clash. Speaking to www.whufc.com after the game he said: “It […]

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Grady Diangana is the talk of the Hammers right now. Having joined the club as a nine year old he is as home grown as it gets and the club haven’t been slow to ensure that he is tied down into the immediate future. The youngster was given a new two year deal back in […]

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Paul Merson has given the Hammers a thumbs up ahead of the weekend game against Burnley and fully expects a home win. Writing on Sky Sports he says: ” Wednesday was a shocking result for West Ham, losing to a Spurs team who made 10 changes. That was a big chance for them. I’m going for […]

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West Ham will hand lifetime bans to two supporters who disrupted Wednesday’s Carabao Cup tie by running on to the pitch. The Hammers are already under scrutiny after being charged by the FA last June following crowd trouble during the Premier League match against Burnley in March, which included four fans invading the pitch, although no decision […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has turned the focus back onto the League programme after the disappointment of last night’s Cup match. The manager – despite declaring he seriously wanted to win the game – showed his priorities soon after commenting on the match. And with Arnie back we can only hope that Burnely become our whipping boys […]

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West Ham’s Ribman has been told he can’t operate from the grounds of the Bobby Moore Academy due to a complaint by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) who own the land. Mark Gevaux tweeted yesterday: “Due to unforseen circumstances I will be trading at Trumans Brewery ONLY until further notice” adding “As much as I want […]

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Former Hammer Ian Pearce is to become the new head of recruitment for West Bromwich Albion according to a report the Daily Mail. The 44-year-old had been working for Brighton and Hove Albion as their UK scouting manager and will now take a set up and manage a team of scouts at Albion. Ian Pearce joined […]

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Life bans have been handed out by the club with immediate effect on the two men who invaded the pitch during the game against Spurs. Unrestrained by stewards, the pair – one wearing a ‘Scream’ Halloween mask were eventually escorted from the pitch, one smiling like some sort of self satisfied hero! And a few […]

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By Sean Whetstone Everything that could go wrong at the London Stadium went wrong last night and I am not just talking about what went on the pitch. Searching on bridges was disorganised and caused many supporters to miss kick off. That was also the reason singing could be heard during the one minute’s silence […]

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Felipe Anderson has hit a new low with Hammers fans after their ratings came in following the Cup game against Spurs. For the £35 million summer signing got an average score from the scores who participated of just 2.24 – the lowest yet on the ClaretandHugh’s fans ratings. Almost as bad was Chicharito who managed just […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has made it clear that he intends to stick with Felipe Anderson despite the £35 million signing’s lack of form The Brazilian was substituted at half time last night for Robert Snodgrass during the match against Spurs but Pellegrini is sticking by him for the match at the weekend against Burnley. Thankfully, however, […]

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It’s not rocket science of course! It was my good pal and Hammers fanatic Nigel Kahn at @mywhufc who mentioned it as we with others made our way to the PL game against Spurs a couple of weeks back. He simply said: “It is intensely worrying that if anything happens to Arnautovic we are in […]

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Captain-for-the-night Adrian couldn’t be more disappointed at seeing the club again knocked out of a Cup competition. The Spaniard could hardly be blamed for any if the goals but that does nothing to take away the bitter taste of defeat. And speaking after the game to www.whufc.com he said: “Obviously, we are not happy with the […]

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Getting turned over by Spurs is worse than depressing. Here ClaretandHugh’s Facebook members vent their feelings after we crashed out of the Carabao Cup to our fiercest rivals. O I’m taking that today was just an off day but that should not be happening in the derby!! Maybe it’s just me but I felt that […]

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Please give us your personal ratings for West Ham players who played for ten minutes or more in the West Ham v Spurs League Cup match at the London Stadium on Wednesday evening. Please only vote if you watched the game yourself and select a numerical score between one and ten where one is low […]

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That was unacceptable! To be beaten 3-1 by a second string Spurs X1 after the heroics of Leicester was about as bad as it gets in our terms. The one plus was the performance of a young man who really does have the world at his feet right now – Grady Diangana, to the point […]

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If defeat wasn’t bad enough there was another major downside for the club tonight as the Irons faltered in the fourth round of the FA Cup. A 3-1 defeat against Spurs is hard enough to take but to see a couple of fans running onto the pitch in what amounts to an act of sabotage […]

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The Hammers are ready to become the first PL club to partner a prison in a new scheme aimed at reducing re-offending. Former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein is the man behind the scheme and the Hammers are keen to send coaches into a jail as part of The Twinning Project in order to give inmates a […]

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Ratings regular and ClaretandHugh Facebook member SERGEY NOVYSH gives his view on how the Irons performed individually. Adrian Poor distribution with his feet. Cannot be blamed for any of the goals though. 5 Ogbonna Total disgrace. Slow and unreliable. First and third goals are his responsibility. Juventus player and Italian international? Ha-ha-ha 3 Masuaku Got away with […]

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…and here’s the Spurs starting X1: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Sanchez, Foyth, Walker-Peters, Wanyama, Winks, Eriksen (C), Son, Dele, Llorente. Manuel Pellegrini has fielded a strong side as he bids to get past Spurs and into the fifth round of the Carabao Cup after winning the competition with Manchester City.. And the first thought is that Aaaron Cresswell […]

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BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra will broadcasting Live football commentary from BBC Radio London of West Ham v Spurs in the EFL Cup 4th round which kicks off at 7.45pm this evening. Listen to the audio commentary LIVE from 7 pm from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00015hn Match facts: This is the second consecutive season West Ham and Spurs have […]

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The Hammers started brightly with Grady Diangana at the beart oif al that was good about them. The youngster made some dazzling runs, cutting inside and causing all sorts of problems but once again the killer touch was missing. But Spurs went ahead with virtually their first move of the game after 16 minutes when Llorente […]

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We have all learned to be healthily cynical of team selection ahead of important games but it really does seem that Spurs will be making some almighty changes tonight. Such are the multiplicity of reports emerging this afternoon it seems that absolutely nothing is certain in the north London camp. And various reporters are claiming […]

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West Ham have sent a message to fans attending tonight’s Carabao Cup match in which they speak of the club aims to honour the memory of those who died in the tragic helicopter following Saturday’s game at Leicester. It reads: “As the West Ham United family gathers together at London Stadium tonight, there remains a […]

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