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Manuel Pellegrini believes the team is on its way and that the fans will have seen it against Arsenal. The manager was “very pleased with the performance” adding: “Arsenal won 3-1, but if you analyse the game we had many opportunities to score a goal before. “We were very unlucky with the own-goal that put […]

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Please give your player ratings for West Ham players who played ten minutes or more in the Arsenal v West Ham game. Please only vote if you watched the game and select a score between one and ten where one is low and ten is high, leave any players who didn’t play or played under […]

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Jack Wilshere came under the CandH PlayerWatch spotlight today against on his return to Arsenal and our man Daniel Danielli Leach was there to chart ever move he made. 11 – Miscommunicates with Sanchez for a high ball and they both challenge for it but we retain possession 17 – Picks up the ball in […]

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By Hugh Southon We expected nothing and got nothing so we might as well take a look at the positives before becoming too depressed. Personally I saw enough in the first half, and in the second notably from Felipe Anderson to be encouraged for Wolves and beyond. At the end of the first half when […]

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Owners of the London stadium – E20 – have seen their annual accounts published online at Companies house today and the shocking news is that they confirm losses of £22.7 million for the last financial year. The partnership between the London Legacy Development Corporation, Newham Legacy Investments Limited and Stratford East London Investments once again […]

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Owners of the London stadium – E20 – have seen their annual accounts published on loan and the shocking news is that they confirm losses of £22.7 million for the last financial year. The partnership between the London Legacy Development Corporation, Newham Legacy Investments Limited and Stratford East London Investments once again has failed to […]

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Manuel Pellegrini admits he is struggling to find a captain for today’s game against Arsenal. The Chilean boss has conceded he will definitely be without Mark Noble and won’t name a skipper until he has decided on his final X1. Arsenal boss Unai Emery has declared that he wants five captains in his team – […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has sent a coded ‘don’t worry’ message to Hammers fans struggling to get their heads around the team’s poor start to the season. With two games and two defeats behind us we meet an Arsenal team in the same position under a new boss who is equally desperate for points today. Pellegrini has […]

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Hugh Southon Ok we always go to the Emirates expecting nothing but they will be having the same psychological/confidence issues as us after a win-less start. We have a fantastic squad of players and I’m sure the defence will have been worked on. Last Saturday was a bad day at the office but I see […]

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Declan Rice and Ryan Fredericks are back in the 21 man squad for today’s game at the Emirates where the only non starter will be Mark Noble. The pair were not involved at all last week but ClaretandHugh understand that both are included although the final 18 – like captain for the day – has […]

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U23 boss Liam Manning was disappointed with his side’s mentality in the 3-2 defeat against Arsenal at the London Stadium last night And he has pledged that he will have every one of them working on that in training over the next week. The Hammers were 2-0 down after Eddie Nketiah and Julio Pleguezuelo goals […]

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Lukasz Fabianski is keen to impress on his return to Arsenal although not too many of us will be hoping he has to. Fab was with the Gunners between 2007-2014 making 78 appearances and is ready for a shoot out between two teams hunting their first points of the season. He told www.whufc.com: “I don’t think […]

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CHRIS SCULL is one of the best known ‘faces’ around the West Ham manor after his long term presenting gig on the KUMB podcast and is always good for an original thought or ten on things Irons. He promised me a blog way back after I tipped him the first couple of winners at Glorious […]

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Mark Noble has revealed that he was the one who made the decision to hand over the penalty taking duty to Marko Arnautovic last weekend. Arnie – as expected – tucked away the first half spot kick to give us a lead which looked likely to take us to the first three points of the […]

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Captain Mark Noble has been ruled out of tomorrow’s game at Arsenal by most Hammers watchers. Manager Manuel Pellegrini explained that he had an issue with his back which prompted most of us to exclude him from team selection for the game at the Emirates. But the man himself has indicated that may not necessarily […]

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Mark Lawrenson seems to get a little more extreme in his assessment of West Ham as the weeks go by and as we have had only two thus far God knows where he will be by season-end. Discussing the Arsenal fixture he reveals that he is “seriously worried” about us this season whilst of course […]

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The ongoing problems inflicted on West Ham by the owners persistent problem finding and refusal to talk them through are gaining much publicity. The media has one agenda which is all too well known but what do those caught in the centre of this ghastly situation at the London Stadium – the fans – have […]

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Marko Arnautovic declares that talking about “only being two games in ” is noit at all the right way to be thinking about a Premier League campaign. Two played, two lost is not what anybody was expecting after the dramatically exciting summer and the mindset now has to change. The Hammers ‘top man’ said : “We […]

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Manuel Pellegrini goes head to head with another two game losing Premier League boss Unai Emery at the Emirates tomorrow (Sat) in what may soon be billed as the “Jack Wilshere affair.” For whilst the Hammers boss has been comparing the 26 year old midfielder with legendary midfielder Andrea Pirlo, the Gooners boss has made […]

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Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini has paid Jack Wilshere the biggest compliment of his career! He reckons he can become West Ham’s Andrea Pirlo but unfortunately there’s currently a problem which our midfielder has to overcome. For the boss believes if he is ever to release his full potential he has to convince himself his injuries […]

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Manuel Pellegrini doesn’t believe three former Gunners will make a difference on their own when we hit the Emirates at the weekend. Much is always made of players returning wanting to provide payback when they step back into their former ‘homes’and on Saturday Jack Wilshere, Lukasz Fabianski and Lucas Perez will do just that. But Pellegrini […]

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West Ham have launched a new attack on the London Stadium owners claiming that the Club’s Honours List is currently absent from the London Stadium. The club – obviously frustrated by the behaviour of the owners E20 – in numerous areas – have now revealed the list list, positioned around the middle tier of the […]

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By Allen Cummings Great to hear Hugh was so impressed with his first visit to our new home at the London Stadium last Saturday, backed up with his impressive personal video. Yes, there are still issues to sort out, which the club are desperately trying to do, with very little co-operation from E20 or the […]

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Manuel Pellegrini couldn’t have kept his selection cards closer to his chest ahead of Saturday’s match against Arsenal apart from revealing that “Mark Noble has a problem with his back.” Yes, that does sound convenient given the predictions this week that the captain is likely to be dropped for the visit to the Emirates and […]

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Manuel Pellegrini refuses to back down from his ‘stay with the team’ comments directed at the Claret and Blue faithful after some had left towards the end of the Bournemouth defeat on Saturday. Instead he reinforced his remarks at the pre-match presser for the Arenal game declaring: “I said after the Bournemouth game that we […]

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Manager Manuel Pellegrini admits he is unable to answer the $64,000 question: When will the team gel? The manager revealed that – like many of us – he saw signs of it during the first half against Bournemouth – but that he can’t put a time on it. Speaking today he said: “It’s very difficult […]

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