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Regular prophet of doom Tony Cascarino believes Manuel Pellegrini may be on his way out at the Hammers. Writing in The Times the former striker has put the boot in big time as his habit from year to year. He said: “Last year I said after four games that Frank De Boer had to get the […]

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The Hammers will meet Macclesfield in their fourth round Carabao Cup tie at London Stadium on Wednesday 26 September, with a 7.45pm kick-off. The Hammers were paired with The Silkmen in the competition’s last-32, after beating AFC Wimbledon 3-1 last Tuesday. The rons will fancy their chance of seeing off the lowest-ranked team left in […]

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Marko Arnautovic has had a big question mark thrown over him by top pundit Jamie Redknapp. Son of Harry – who incidentally has been very quiet for an extended period proving that the age of miracles is not over – made particular reference to the Hammer of last year in his weekly Daily Mail column when analysing […]

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Former Hammer James Collins will not be re-joining West Ham today but could join Ipswich Town instead within the next twenty four hours. West Ham will register a list of twenty four players leaving one slot free for a possible later addition of an out of contract player which would need special permission from the […]

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Last Thursday saw the World Premiere of the film ‘Final Score’ at Ham Yard Hotel in London. The plot is a a group of heavily armed criminals take control of the Boleyn Ground stadium packed with 35,000 West Ham football fans. Ex-soldier Michael Knox (Dave Bautista) is forced to use skills from his military background […]

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Crystal Palace lost their first seven games last season conceding 17 goals in the process. Losses against Huddersfield, Liverpool, Swansea, Burnley, Southampton, Man City and Manchester United left them pointless until mid October when they finally beat Chelsea at home 2-1. Palace was written off by many in the early stages of season, destined for […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has one seriously important change to make within the Hammers team if people aren’t to start questioning his judgement in a big way. Ok, one or two pertinent questions are starting to be asked, but the biggest by a distance for me is the decision to continue playing Jack Wilshere in the most […]

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David Sullivan this morning handed Manuel Pellegrini a vote of confidence after four games but should the board ever decide to pull the trigger it won’t cost them as much in compensation as at first believed. When taking the job it was believed the new boss was appointed on an initial three year deal with […]

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West Ham Chairman David Sullivan has given Manuel Pellegrini a vote of confidence telling the Sun “The manager has our 100 per cent support.” Of course the dreaded vote of confidence means nothing much very much at this early stage of the season and we have heard it all before. David Sullivan told ESPN in […]

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West Ham will submit their squad of 25 names to the Premier League today which will be published later. Each 25-man squad must include a minimum of eight ‘home-grown players’, meaning an additional 17 players can be registered. A ‘home-grown’ player is defined as a player who, irrespective of his nationality or age, has been […]

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Andriy Yarmolenko is up for the battle but has declared: “It’s really difficult to take and I don’t know what to say. “I want to say sorry to our fans and we must perform better after the international break.” He told www.whufc.com: “It’s a difficult moment, of course, but we must sit down and think about […]

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Aaron Cresswell refuses to give the “it’ll be alright” messages beloved by players in a troubled teams instead admitting: “It’s a big worry – there’s no hiding that.” After a fourth straight defeat the defender said of Saturday’s game against Wolves: ““In the first half, we let ourselves down. It wasn’t good enough, it’s as […]

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Manuel Pellegrini vowed to play attacking football after joining West Ham. On joining West Ham he committed: “I will try to play attacking football and score a lot of goals because, throughout my career, I have always been a manager who plays offensive football and tries to attack. But to attack, you must defend very well […]

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Bookmakers are taking no chances and have slashed the odds of Manuel Pellegrini being the next Premier League manager to lose his job. Bookies William Hill have made Pellegrini the joint 3/1 favourite for the sack alongside Jose Mourinho who appears to be on borrowed time at Manchester United. Pellegrini was previously quoted as a 14/1 […]

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Hammers U23s 2 Liverpool under 23s 1 West Ham’s under 23s brought some much needed cheer to a dreadful weekend when beating Liverpool away today. Reece Oxford’s rose high for a second minute goal when reaching Joe Powell’s corner and looping his header into the top corner. The young Hammers made a dominant start but […]

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Gareth Southgate has revealed he has held conversations with Declan Rice over changing allegiances and playing for England but the England boss insists he has made no promises to the Republic of Ireland international. The England manager said: “I think it’s fair to say I have spoken with him but I have not promised anything, […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has equalled Avram Grant’s record for the worst start to a West Ham Premier League season with four straight defeats in a row from the start of the season. Grant lost against Aston Villa, Bolton, Manchester United and Chelsea in 2010 only to manage a draw against Stoke to earn his first point […]

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Jack Wilshere has been told the England door is still open to him but that his international future is entirely down to him. And at a time when he has been entirely underwhelming for West Ham England boss Gareth Southgate is probably being very generous to him in putting it that way. The England boss […]

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It never seems to get any better for West Ham at the moment and the latest gaffe was getting their record club signing name wrong was the team was announced. The £36m record signing was embarrassingly displayed as Filipe Anderson on the big screen at the London Stadium. The Hammers smashed the club record by […]

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With nearly 400 responses for the West Ham v Wolves Claret and Hugh player ratings, Michail Antonio was slammed by supporters for his performance with an average score of just 3.65. There were a number of fours including Fredericks, Snodgrass, Sanchez, Wilshere, Hernandez and Anderson. Fabianski got the top score again with an average score of […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook follower Matt COYI Briard is probably talking for many in his first CandH blog. Four games in and four shockingly lifeless defeats is enough. Here he opens his heart on what he sees as the problems within the Pellegrini squad. By Matt COYI Briard No desire..only to collect pay packet. After […]

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West Ham must submit their squad list to the Premier League on Monday. It must contain no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the “Home Grown Player” (HGP) criteria. The rest of the squad, up to a total of 25 players, must be Home Grown. An HGP means a player who, irrespective of nationality […]

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Alan Shearer has branded West Ham as embarrassing, hopeless and pathetic Speaking as a pundit on BBC Sport’s Match of the Day, Shearer laid into the Hammers and their apparent lack of effort when it came to attacking or defended their newly-promoted opponents. “You would think, coming into this game on the back of three […]

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U.K Athletics would come off the big losers if E20 Stadium LLP is forced into administration as speculated in recent weeks. The athletics 50-year contract is only with E20 with no contractual protection from the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) or central government. In contrast, West Ham’s contract is underwritten by the LLDC who are listed […]

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There is an unwritten rule in the Premier League that no manager can suffer six straight defeats in a row and survive. With four straight defeats in the Premier League against Liverpool, Bournemouth, Arsenal and Wolves Pellegrini now faces Everton and Chelsea as he attempts to get a single point on the table. The club […]

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Financial losses for the London Stadium could get worst next Summer when owners host American baseball. The Stadium will be the first venue in Europe to host Major League Baseball, when the New York Yankees and the Boston Reds Sox meet at the venue in June 2019. The MLB’s London Series 2019, will see the sport […]

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