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Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has warned his squad that West Ham’s position in the Premier League “is not reality.” The 59 year old Blues boss has made a perfect five game start to his Staford Bridge but is very wary of the job facing him at the London Stadium tomorrow. He rates the team highly […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is refusing to get carried along on the wave of Declan Rice euphoria despite his obvious admiration for the teenager. The Hammers boss rarely speaks about players individually and was this week moved to declare: “Declan is a very young player and he must know a lot of different things, learning about different […]

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The Hammers as a club has always been a hot house – where brief periods of calm are followed by almighty explosions of emotion, anxiety and joy – par for the course. But in Manuel Pellegrini they now have a manager who is just about as calm as it gets and it’s a real pleasure […]

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West Ham’s fans and players really have to make the London Stadium start to feel like home – difficult though events over recent months have made that! E20’s approach to the club – backed it seems by the Mayor of London and his Assembly – have seriously hindered the club’s attempts to create the atmosphere […]

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It was David Moyes who established Arthur Masuaku as his preferred left sided option after switching Arnie to centre forward. He moved Aaron Creswell into a more withdrawn role in central defence whilst this season the former Hammer of the Year finds himself very much second choice to our Arthur and failing to find an […]

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We love him but there’s no question that our Arnie perhaps has a bit of Hollywood about him! And why not? It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the top man has made a habit of disappearing from the action any time from the 70th minute when not unnaturally he usually receives thunderous applause as he leaves […]

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West Ham could entertain offers for Robert Snodgrass in the January transfer window with Manu Lanzinie due back from injury early in the New Year. With Declan Rice, Mark Noble, Pedro Obiang, Michail Antonio, Andriy Yarmolenko available along with Manu as front line operators, and with a (hopefully) recovered Jack Wilshire back in the frame, […]

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Chelsea have received a warning that the Hammers could wreak havoc on them via the wings if they under-estimate the team’s potential. A Blues blog www.chelsea-news.co seems deeply worried that Felipe Anderson and Andriy Yarmolenko will have more than the leaders’ measure. In their match preview they say: “They bought Felipe Anderson from Lazio and Anriy […]

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CandH match analyst Mike Manera looks at Sunday’s game I can’t remember a time when the Hammers have had so many options in so many positions but Manuel Pellegrini should ignore most of them on Sunday and stick with last week’s team. The Marko injury question is still hanging over his team […]

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Chelsea are likely to be without midfielder Pedro after the winger was injured during the last minutes of the game against PAOK goalkeeper during last night’s Champions League game in Greece. The winger was involved in a horror collision with the opposition keeper that resulted in him being grounded for a few minutes. Manager Mauritzio […]

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Chelsea suffered another blow after Pedro was injured in the game against PAOK last night when their flight was delayed because of weather conditions. Sky Sports report that the Blues were scheduled to fly home late on Thursday night, but the flight was delayed as a result of the adverse conditions It’s bad news for manager […]

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West Ham go into Sunday’s game against Chelsea boosted by the knowledge that they have a very decent record against the League leaders. Three wins, a draw and one defeat against the Blues over the last two seasons reads well as a team yet to be beaten comes to the east end. Assuming – as […]

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I’m not among those conspiracy theorists who see the choice of referee for a game as particularly good or bad news. However, I’ll make an exception in the case of Mike Dean who I have often found to be well over fussy, perhaps more than a little filled with his own importance and on several […]

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Manu Lanzini looks to be well and truly on the mend as he steps up his recovery from a knee ligament injury. Footage has emerged of him running alone in the gym and is very encouraging indeed as he bids to be ready to play by the turn of the year. The midfielder ruptured the […]

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Mark Lawrenson has surprisingly tipped the Irons to beat Chelsea at the London Stadium this weekend declaring: I just think something will click for them this time.” Making his weekly prediction on BBC Sport he said: “West Ham had a super win last weekend n and they will be hoping Marko Arnautovic recovers from the knee injury […]

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Mark Noble has revealed how three words from manager Manuel Pellegrini sorted things out against Everton last weekend, The captain explained in his London Evening Standard column he said: “What pleased memost was the way we reacted in the second half after Everton scored to make it 2-1 right on half-time. We had played well in […]

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Phil Parkes may just know what’s required at the back of a team and he believes we started to sort it against Everton. Yes, there’s a growing relationship between centre backs Balbuena and Diop which he likes but that wasn’t the main aspect of the performance as far as he was concerned. He reserves that […]

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James Collins’ move to Ipswich Town amid rumours that the Hammers defensive hero could be on the move back to his former club Aston Villa. The Ginger Pele was offered a contract with The Tractor Boys and it was thought nailed on that this would be the move for which he would go. But Town […]

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By Allen Cummings The euphoria from last Sunday’s victory is still rich in our veinsand why not? We’ve waited long enough this season to feel as good as we did when that final whistle blew at Goodison. There were so many plusses to come out of a performance we had all hoped […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has told his squad they need the same level of performance at home as away if they are to take Chelsea’s notable scalp on Sunday. It’s almost a cliche but confidence he declares has to be the key – the knowledge that they are capable of playing at home as the team did […]

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Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata is being linked with a move to the Irons in the January transfer window. The former Juventus and Real Madrid front man has hardly set himself or the Blues alight since his £58 million deal last summer and was linked with a move back to AC Milan. That failed to materialise […]

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Manuel Pellegrini saw something at Everton that may have been missing until now – BELIEF! The first three points were such a relief for everybody associated with the club but there had been so much loose chat about the Pellegrini system that a shadow had undoubtedly been thrown over things. But the manager never […]

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Jack Wilshere has been left “very upset” by an injury which looks set to sideline him for between four and six weeks. Wilshere’s stop/start career is again on stop after again as he finds himself back on a hospital bed as his miserable catalogue of injuries continue. Manuel Pellegrini, along with most fans, will clearly […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has singled out three players for an honourable mention ahead of the Sunday clash against Chelsea. As the league leaders prepare to arrive at a London Stadium where their recent record is not great the manager reminded us: “It’s impossible to make a better start than Chelsea.” However, confidence is growing in the […]

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Manuel Pellegrini stoked up the guessing game over Marko Arnautovic’s involvement in the clash against Chelsea on Sunday during today’s pre-match pressre. The manager was in no mood to give a view either way although ‘leaks’ have been emerging suggesting that the striker is more likely to be involved than not. However, Pellegrini appeared to […]

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Lukasz Fabianski has probably made a bigger consistent impression on Hammers fans this season than any other new signing. Even at Everton he was called upon to make some fine stops in what eventually became a comprehensive victory but without him life could have been a lot more difficult. His recent form has prompted questions […]

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