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Rock bottom League club Macclesfield Town provide the opposition as the Hammers look to progress in the Carabao Cup at the London Stadium on Wednesday evening. The Hammers are eyeing a place in the fourth round as they take on a club without a single win to their name this season and having been beaten […]

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Alan Shearer has selected three Hammers in his Premier League team of the week reversing the harsh words he gave West Ham players a few weeks ago. Pablo Zabaleta, Issa Diop and Declan Rice all made his team of the week for the Premier League. After the Hammers defeat against Wolves he labeled West Ham […]

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Pedro Obiang is demanding more of himself after making a successful return to the first team. The midfielder has turned in two fine performances in the Hammers midfield and looked the part alongside Noble and Rice at Everton and against Chelsea. He was delighted to be involved yesterday and told the official site: “It was a […]

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Stadium owners, London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) will face the music again this Thursday as they face the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee. The published agenda says the scrutiny committee will seek an update on the London Stadium and the finances of E20 LLP, as well as the risks inherent with the LLDC’s large […]

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West Ham and Chelsea supporters joined in a 15th minute applause for a 15 year old West Ham fan called Dom who passed away from a brain tumor. A social media campaign before yesterday’s match asked both sets of fans to join in to show cancer has no colours and show respect in memory of […]

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Mark Noble refuses to dwell on missed chances preferring instead to praise the resolition and determination the team applied to the Chelsea performance. Speaking immediately after the game on the official site he declared: “We knew they were going to have a lot of the play. They have the had the most possession this season, but […]

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Declan Rice pipped Luka Fabianski as the West Ham supporters best rated player against Chelsea at the London Stadium. The West Ham player ratings completed by over 800 Claret and Hugh readers gave Rice an average of 8.34 with Fabianski close behind receiving an average of 8.29 with many arguing both could be early contenders for […]

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Danny Murphy is really good at shouting the odds but not quite so good at getting his facts in the right order …if indeed there are any facts involved in what he says at all. Taking the easy option – without bothering to discover the truth of the situation – he has decided to wade […]

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Hammer Andriy Yarmolenko has been mercilessly pranked by his West Ham team mates today at training after his horror miss during yesterday’s game against Chelsea at the London Stadium. His awful miss came 13 minutes from the final whistle as substitute Robert Snodgrass swung over a cross from the left that found Andriy Yarmolenko, free […]

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Graeme Souness has plugged into the ‘let’s have a pop at West Ham’ brigade by questioning why Michail Arnautovic is playing for the Irons. The old Liverpool sourpuss took a leaf out of Mark Lawrenson’s book in the build-up to today’s game on Sky by asking the question. He said: “No disrespect to West Ham […]

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It seems next door to impossible that Manuel Pellegrini should get in a rage but the Wolves performance brought it on. Detail has emerged from a very talkative Mark Arnautovic who revealed: “The manager came into the ­dressing-room after the game. He wasn’t happy. He was angry with our performance. “We sat there and he kept […]

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Top pundit Jermane Jenas has been running the rule over Chelsea and has given the Hammers hope today (Sun) because he doesn’t like what he sees at the back. Writing in the Mail he says: “One reason Sarri may be holding back on the high press right now is the defensive frailties. What Conte’s back three […]

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Marko Arnautovic admits he can’t help feeling a little smug over proving his critics wrong but admits he let down he a man likes very much – Slaven Bilic. He tells Jacob Steinberg in today’s Observer’s: “There is no better feeling than when you make them quiet. You do what you have to do, the people on the […]

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Marko Arnautovic has dropped a hint that he will be ready for action against Chelsea at the London Stadium this afternoon. The week long “will he, won’t he” drama will end this morning when the striker takes a fitness test ahead of the game and most will be surprised if he doesn’t make it. And […]

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It’s for moments like this that you invest millions notably on Manuel Pellegrini’s most wanted player – Felipe Anderson. Chelsea tomorrow (Sun) after that win at Everton is so important and what we can’t afford is any sort of heavy defeat. Such an event would see all the confidence evaporate as quickly as it arose […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has admitted he spends a lot of time talking to Michail Antonio because “he is a very useful player.” The former Hammer of the Year has had plenty of injury problems over recent months but according to the manager is a player who is desperate to improve his game. And the boss said: “Antonio […]

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Arthur Masuaku believes the Irons can beat Chelsea tomorrow simply because “they are human beings like us.” Fans favourite Arthur is ready for the challenge and told the Official Programme for the game: “It’s a strong team they have, but if we play with confidence and our quality, then we can beat them. They are […]

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Nathan Holland has had little luck when trying to make his Irons first team breakthrough and will miss out again on Wednesday night when Macclesfield come to town. He would have held a top chance of getting a run out against the lowly League Two outfit in the Carabao Cup clash at the London Stadium. […]

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Lucas Perez is understood to be on standby in the unlikely event of Marko Arnautovic being unavailable for the match against League leaders Chelsea at the London Stadium tomorrow (Sun) . Marko will face a Sunday morning fitness test but word most of the week is that he is more likely to appear from the […]

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West Ham slipped a place to 17th after the 3pm kick off which saw Burnley grab their first win of the season over Bournemouth at Turf Moor. That enabled the Clarets to leapfrog over the Hammers on goal difference although a win over Chelsea tomorrow could see the Hammers rise towards mid table with Fulham […]

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Hammers under 23s 1 Chelsea under 23s 2 Liam Manning expects his Hammers under 23s to learn much from their 2-1 defeat by Chelsea’s youngsters this afternoon. The team battled back to level after falling behind to an early penalty through Joe Powell’s spot-kick before going close via centre forward Sean Adarkwa and wide attackers […]

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Michail Antonio splits opinion right down the middle these days. Once he was one of the team’s top men prior to the arrival of Manuel Pellegrini but now he looks more like a super-sub than anything else. ClaretandHugh sought opinions on the club’s new Marmite man – here’s what they had to say. O […]

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Some interesting stats and data have been compiled by BBC Sport ahead of the match against Chelsea one of which sees the Irons looking for consecutive League wins for the first time since January of last year. On the other side of the coin is Chelsea looking for six consecutive opening wins since the 2005/06 […]

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Chelsea winger Pedro has declared himself fit and ready to meet the Hammers tomorrow despite his clash with the PAOK keeper while on Champions League duty this week. Announcing the player was set to miss the game his manager Maurizio Sarri had said after the game: “He’s a doubt for the West Ham game… a doubt […]

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Karren Brady has amusingly described life at West Ham whilst revealing that the current players at the club are “excellent.” Writing in her weekly Sun column she declared that it could all sometimes feel like a soap opera – “a weekly Star Wars of football.” The club’s vice chairman explained that she loves the Premier […]

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Declan Rice was kicked out of Chelsea as a kid being told he wouldn’t make it at the club. But tomorrow he’s likely to step out at the London Stadium ready to show just how wrong that decision has turned out to be. Rice is now arguably the most discussed young prospect in the game […]

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