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ClretandHugh’s Facebook followers have their say on a terrible defeat that sends us a little bit further towards the trap door when looking at goal difference. O Moyes must be a proper inspirational speech maker at half time, we went in with our tails up, over our mistakes, everything to play for and then came […]

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CandH Facebook Group member Sergey Novysh returns to the ratings game for us on a deeply worrying afternoon at the London Stadium Adrian: Couldn’t be blamed for a couple of goals, and made some great saves. There was some poor distribution however, and there’s no question we need a top drawer operator between the sticks 6 […]

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Irons 1 City 4 Well at least the two team have something in common – they play in the same division but for how much longer is now anybody’s guess! Look I am really sorry to labour the point and I took plenty of stick for saying so last week but when a manager  shows […]

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Joe Hart could be playing for La Liga in Spain next season as reports emerge he is wanted by Sevilla FC.  Spanish website www.elgoldigital.com claims Hart is a target for the Spanish club. As reported earlier this month Real Betis are reported to in contact with their former goalkeeper Adrian. LaLiga club Betis are looking […]

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Bookmakers put West Ham at an unlikely 10/1 for a win over Manchester City this afternoon while a draw attracts a odds of 5/1. The Premier League champions are odds-on at 3/10 to win at the London Stadium this afternoon after beating the Hammers an aggregate of 9-0 last year in East London at the former Olympic […]

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David Moyes is likely to make just two changes to the West Ham starting line-up which faces Manchester City 2.15pm this afternoon at the London Stadium. One forced change of Adrian of replacing Joe Hart who is illegible to play against his parent club as part of his loan agreement. The tactical change is rumoured […]

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Chelsea could still potentially groundshare the London Stadium with West Ham when Stamford Bridge is knocked down and rebuilt. The Sun claims Chelsea’s plans to spend four seasons playing at Wembley have been hit by Fulham owner Shahid Khan’s £1billion offer to buy the national stadium from the F.A and the gruelling demands of his potential […]

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Joe Hart will definitely be on his way out of West Ham after disappointing the club with the level of his performances during a trouble torn season at the club. The Hammers have decided that the England keeper has not done enough to justify a permanent stay and are currently hunting for a new stopper. […]

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Manu Lanzini is expected to start against Manchester City tomorrow after showing good fitness during training this week. Mario has started over the past few games with David Moyes unready to risk Manu’s knee which was injured during international duty with the Argentine. But reports coming out of the camp tonight suggest that the manager […]

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    By CandH’s Allen Cummings  back from a well earned break     The guessing game over what will be David Moyes line-up of choice for tomorrow’s game is already under way. Chances are there won’t be too many shocks although Lanzini in for Mario is a must for me. There will, of course, […]

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Back at the start of December as we approached our first fixture of the month most of us were probably feeling as worried – if not more so – that we are right now. It was the eve of the Manchester City game at the Etihad shortly after David Moyes’ arrival had seen us take […]

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Murdered West Ham Season Ticket Holder Sami Sidhom will be remembered tomorrow on the 18th-minute mark of the match with supporters inside the London Stadium joining in with one-minute applause. The club will put up a photo of young 18-year-old Sami on the big screens after consultation with his family but the applause will be fan-led […]

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Results have not gone West Ham’s way this afternoon. A defeat for Stoke against Liverpool would have relegated them but they pulled off a miraculous point at Anfield against all the odds and can still overtake West Ham by winning their last two games against Palace and Swansea. Both West Brom and Southampton both won earning […]

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20/West Brom are just still alive but on a life support system despite beating Newcastle at St James. 28 points Matches to come: Spurs (h) Palace (a) 19/ Stoke need six points assuming those up to 36 points lose all their upcoming games   30 points Matches to come: Palace (h), Swansea (a) 18/ Saints beat […]

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A group of West Ham Supporter facebook groups plan to march and protest tomorrow in advance of the West Ham v Manchester City game at the London Stadium.  Calling themselves the United Supporters’ Protest group. One of the online posters promoting the new march says “Supporters of West Ham are a broad church, different people […]

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Declan Rice could well be moved into midfield against Manchester City tomorrow with James Collins understood to be close to fitness. We understand that the veteran defender faces another test tomorrow after pulling out at the last minute for the Arsenal match when not feeling entirely comfortable with his injury. It’s fair to admit that […]

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Declan Rice has responded in wonderfully professional manner to any recent criticism by claiming that David Moyes has been “excellent to me.” And as he heads for possibly his biggest test yet in the Premier League he has pledged to put everything he has learned this season into practice  against Man City at the London […]

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Stuart Pearce has told the Hammers squad they should be relishing upcoming fixtures – however challenging they appear to be. Nobody displayed more guts, courage and skill on the pitch than ‘Psycho’ and he told the squad:  “We’re going into an exciting period, for me. We’re playing two fantastic teams in the Manchester clubs, who […]

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Fulham’s victory over Sunderland last night poured more cold water over Hammers hopes of landing two priority targets this summer. Both Tom Cairney and Ryan Frederick are right at the top of a David Moyes list of potential signings but with the Cottagers winning 2-1 and returning to the top two, hopes grow dimmer. However, […]

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Well of course you would expect nothing different and no real discussion by him but Mark Lawrenson if nothing else is the master of the predictable. In discussing our game against Citeh he recalls Sunday’s defeat by Arsenal paying no heed to the first 82 minutes but merely observing “West Ham lost heavily against Arsenal […]

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So we arrive on the eve of what appears to the eve of what appears to be a Mission Impossible and the nerves are jangling. Before even thinking about tomorrow my mind returns to Boxing Day – a dreadful afternoon as I travelled back from the Christmas break – listening to those closing seconds from […]

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Manchester City look likely to welcome back Fernandinho for Sunday’s clash against West Ham United. The Brazilian international suspended for two games – could replace Ilkay Gundogan as the Hammers look for possibly the shock result of the seasonfor a place in the starting XI. Sergio Aguero has been ruled out of the trip to […]

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Pep Guardiloa insists that he intends to show total respect for the Premier League by taking every game very seriously despite having won the title by a country mile. That will start at the London Stadium this weekend when the runaway winners arrive in the east end for a game which David Moyes insists is […]

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David Moyes admits he’s facing the toughest job in the world in planning for a win over Manchester City but absolutely no stone is being left unturned as he goes for it. And in a relatively in depth interview with the official site he has made it clear that it will be impossible to achieve […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook Group member Mike Miler has provided a great old picture which makes a bit of a mind bender for passionate older Irons. Looking at this lovely old image of the 1958 team will bring back some wonderful memories and Mick BELIEVES he knows them all from top to bottom but isn’t 100 per […]

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David Moyes wants more from Marko Arnautovic’s form “and how I have got him playing well” but reckons he has another level in him because – “he’s that good.” Speaking at his press conference ahead of the Manchester City game he said: “Marko has been terrific for us and if he wants to keep that up […]

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