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West Ham and Bournemouth have two wins each in six Premier League meetings. Both matches last season were drawn. Bournemouth’s first Premier League victory came at West Ham, a 4-3 triumph in August 2015 featuring a Callum Wilson hat-trick. The Cherries’ total of 12 goals against the Hammers is their best return against any Premier […]

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Speculation that Mario Balotelli will become a Manuel Pellegrini target in the January window seems pretty wide of the mark. The former Liverpool and Manchester City striker is being discussed as a potential replacement up front for either Marko Arnautovic or Javier Hernandez. The story has arisen from French outlet L’Equipe and follows summer rumours […]

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Former Liverpool and England striker Michael Owen has sent a “don’t write the Hammers off” to the world at large. Owen – although admitting the gave a mediocre performance against his former team – reckons the claret and blue army will see a different team against Bournemouth. Writing in his BetVictor blog Owen seems confident […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is likely to make a few tweaks to the side that lose 4-0 at Anfield last week. Lukasz Fabianski was West Ham’s best player last Sunday and despite letting in four goals he did nothing wrong and is likely to keep his place. Ryan Fredericks, Angelo Ogbonna and Fabian Balbuena are also likely […]

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West Ham are still pressing hard to sort out an acceptable deal for Declan Rice but his position within the squad will have an influence on the final package. We understand that his representatives are still pushing for a £30k a week contact but the club want to offer around £18k plus appearance clauses. They […]

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Felipe Anderson is working desperately hard as he bids to reach peak fitness but he reckons it will take a few games to reach his peak. Speaking to the official site ahead of tomorrow (Sat’s) game he said: “I believe that I will be 100 per cent of my individual form in a few matches because […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has faced some highly predictable questioning over his decision to adopt a high line in the first game of the season. One noticeable high profile critic is of course Mark Lawrenson who, in his latest BBC website deliberations, reckoned he should have adopted a 4-5-1 formation and sat deep at Liverpool. In reality […]

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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has confirmed that he has no fresh injury worries ahead of West Ham this weekend saying he that he’ll ‘wait and see’ on a potential debut for Jefferson Lerma. Lerma arrived at Bournemouth for a club record fee during the summer transfer window, but wasn’t considered for selection for the Cherries’ […]

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Lyon central defender Marcelo has spoken for the first time of the interest displayed in him by the Hammers this summer. The Brazilian was one of the first possible signings identified by Manuel pellegrini but at 31 the £30 million fee demanded was far too rich for the Hammers blood. And talking to French sports […]

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West Ham are likely to get an away allocation of less than 500 tickets for the away game against AFC Wimbledon in the League cup in late August. The EFL rules say that a minimum of 10% of the available tickets must be made available to the away club. In the case of the Chelsea […]

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The latest disagreement between West Ham and stadium owners E20 has been aired in yesterday’s papers and with the Times, London Standard, Sun, BBC, Sky Sports and the Daily Star each giving it column inches and coverage. Personally, I am not bothered whether the pitch surround is Blue, Claret, Green or Yellow with pink spots on […]

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West Ham are willing to pay up to £380,000 to change the pitch surround at London Stadium to claret. The BBC website has this morning picked up the story CandH originated earlier in the week and has neatly summed up the issues at stake. So for those playing catch up on the irritating activities or […]

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Mark Lawrenson has found some easy reasons to avoid tipping the Irons for a win against Bournemouth tomorrow (Saturday). He bases his prediction on last weeks performance at Liverpool declaring: “I was at Anfield on Sunday and they (West Ham) were far too open. New Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini has bought a lot of attacking […]

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Chicharito is ready to help grab three points from Bournemouth tomorrow (Sat) but declares : “We need to adapt.” The 30 year old explained to www.whufc.com: “I know fans would like immediate success and we are doing everything we can. It’s in our own hands. We need to adapt, like with the new players coming […]

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Manuel Pellegrini told reporters at the pre-match press conference that he has no new injury worries saying “The same three players with injuries are Andy Carroll, Reid and Lanzini. All the other players are OK.” On the Liverpool defeat he said:“I was very disappointed about the result, I don’t think it was a result that […]

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Manuel Pellegrini believes the Hammers squad has the “personality” to go for the three points against Bournemouth on Saturday. Speaking at his pre-match presser he said: “ Away, you may have to defend more but at home you must be aware of counter attacks but try to create options against the team who come to defend. At […]

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West Ham have been drawn to face AFC Wimbledon in the second round of the Carabao Cup. Thursday evening’s draw sends the Hammers to the Cherry Red Records Stadium, in Kingston, Surrey to take on the League One side in the week commencing 27 August. Wimbledon defeated Portsmouth 2-1 in their first-round tie, with Joe Pigott and […]

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CandH Exclusive We have been supplied with an exclusive clip from the all action thriller Final Score which really stirs up the emotions as it recalls pre-match routines and fever around the old Boleyn. The film – which hits our screens including a Sky Movies premiere on September 7 – is a hugely exciting tale […]

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A substantial number of media outlets are this morning latching on to the latest piece of commercial whinging from E20 – that they appear to want a ‘Spurs navy’ surround at the London Stadium. Regular readers will know that ClaretandHugh started this particular hare running during the week when questioning the stadium owners over their […]

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Reports this morning that West Ham could sign free agent Yaya Toure this year are wide of the mark we understand. New Premier League rules are confusing but clubs are restricted what they can do after the 9th August deadline. They would need to register an out of contract player by the 3rd September in their […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has plenty of options as he ponders his team selection for the Bournemouth game on Saturday. The manager – speaking in his pre-match presser – gave little away but maybe indicated that it’s unlikely either Carlos Sanchez or Lucas Perez would be involved. He said: ““I can’t tell you now [if Perez and […]

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Josh Cullen says he is open to the idea of going out on loan but may be required to remain at West Ham to fulfill the eight player homegrown rule. Cullen told the London Standard earlier this week “It’s not that I’ve decided totally whether I am staying or going; at the minute I’m here, […]

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Honest Declan Rice admits he wasn’t at his best against Liverpool but obviously wants another chance against Bournemouth on Saturday. The teenager was hauled off at half time at Anfield but as we have come to expect took it on the chin telling www.whufc.com: “For me, personally, I came off at half-time at Anfield. It was […]

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Hammers midfielder Josh Cullen has admitted that he could again be heading out on loan as part of his bid to eventually become part of the Hammers first team set-up. Deadline Day for loans to League Cups and the academy prospect may be on his way admitting: “Yeah, there have been a lot of conversations […]

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West Ham have been allocated the number 23 and will be drawn tonight in the Carabao Cup Southern Group on Sky Sports at 7pm The Hammers will enter the cup at round two with games commencing on week commencing Monday 27th August. Dates: Round one: Week commencing Monday 13 August Round two: Week commencing Monday 27 August […]

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Aaron Cresswell is available for the weekend game at the London Stadium although it is not a given he will take over immediately from Arthur Masuaku on the left side of defence. Cressie was left out of the squad last weekend as the manager Manuel Pellegrini was not ready to take any chances on his […]

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