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ClaretandHugh’s PlayerWatch reporter Danny Leach kept his eyes on young midfielder Edi Fernandez this afternoon and it wasn’t always a pretty sight. After a long spell out injured he comes under the spotlight today retaining his place on the team after an impressive performance against Southampton after coming on for the injured Antonio. 36 – […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook forum ratings expert Sergey Novysh hands out his marks Hart: Produced a few super saves and few decent ones. We need more performances like that. 9 Rice:  Difficult day for our defence overall, but that fella looked good. Nullified Morata on few occasions and stopped few dangerous counter-attacks. 7   Ogbonna: Another solid performance, no silly mistakes 7   […]

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Academy boss Terry Westley watched his defensive protegee Declan Rice produce an awesome performance against the club that let him leave and said: ” The lad has got the lot.” Proud Westley has been saying for months that the 19 year old is the “real deal” and after what looks like a true “coming of […]

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    Hugh hands out the marks on a great afternoon   Hart: Best performance for us this season – several top drawer saves earn the highest praise . Outstanding and pleased for him after a rough season 9  Zabaleta: As cool as it gets when the pressure comes on. Showed all that experience and […]

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Chelsea 1 The Hammers 1 Magnificent! We went six points clear of the drop zone courtesy of a thumping equaliser from Chicharito who smashed home a shot from an Arnie pull back close to the goal line midway through the second half. That levelled Azpilicueta’s 36th minute strike and ensured that we have taken four […]

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West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady has taken a pop at Chelsea’s transfer policy. Brady has slammed Chelsea for letting go Mohamed Salah, Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku. “Name three of the outstanding half-dozen players in the league and surely Mo Salah, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku would be among them,” Brady wrote for her Sun column. “Each of them was tried and […]

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A Claret and Hugh poll of 685 West Ham season ticket holders claim nearly 26% of supporters do not plan to renew their London Stadium seats. If this percentage was carried through to all 52,000 season ticket holders then over 13,400 supporters do not plan to renew for next season. Over 51% of supporters claim […]

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A report in the Sun newspaper claims that Sam Allardyce will attempt to make a £25m bid for West Ham’s Aaron Cresswell this summer. According to a Sun on Sunday source, the Liverpool-born 28-year-old is keen on a return to his hometown – although he has previously admitted to being a boyhood fan of the Reds. Allardyce […]

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  By Allen Cummings   Football memories come in all shapes and sizes…great games, unbelievable results, superb performances, total disasters. I’ve sampled them all many times over and today  when we visit Stamford Bridge I’ll be remembering one special game  over there in west London which In my opinion, the best performance I can ever […]

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Angelo Ogbonna has never been on a losing Hammers side in four meetings with Chelsea. And having played under Antonio Conte at Juventus he knows a little bit about the man’s methods and will certainly nbe in unsentimental mood when he runs out at the Bridge later today.   He said: “I am still close to […]

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Marko Arnautovic has more self belief than most. And he, along with the rest of the squad is going to need every bit of that as they go hunting for something from Stamford Bridge this afternoon (Sun). Marko has been magnificent and currently scoring for fun at club and international level – a couple more […]

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The Irons are set to start the game against Chelsea tomorrow with the eleven who finished in last week’s victory over Southampton. And that means Edi Fernandes will be played in midfield supporting Arnie in the front role with the ability of course to get back quickly to help out the defence when required – […]

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West Ham will remain in 14th place should they be beaten at Chelsea tomorrow and Southampton were to gain the unlikeliest of victories at Arsenal. Today’s Premier League results did the Irons no harm at all after Bournemouth did us the favour they have owed us since Callum Wilson cheated us out of victory on […]

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West Ham hasn’t beaten Chelsea in over fifteen years at Stamford. on 28th September 2002, a Di Canio brace and Jermain Defoe first-half goal overcame a Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink penalty and a Zola second-half goal The Hammers team that day consisted of David James, Tomas Repka, Gary Breen, Sebastian Schemmel, Scott Minto, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole Steve Lomas, Trevor Sinclair, Paolo Di Canio […]

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Garry Rodrigues will snub any potential move to West Ham or any other Premier League side in favour of staying at Galatasaray, according to reports in Turkey. The winger has been in fine form for the Turkish giants this term and he has bagged three goals in his last five games. West Ham is reported to […]

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BBC radio reporter claims that West Brom’s striker Salomon Rondon has a release clause of £8m which will be activated should the Baggies go down. Rondon joined the Midlands outfit from Zenit St Petersburg for a then club record fee of £12million in the summer of 2015. In the winter of 2017, an offer from Chinese […]

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According to Belgian paper Nieuwsblad, West Ham are planning a move to sign Burnley midfielder Steven Defour in the Summer, with the 29-year-old also on the radar of Premier League rivals Everton. Defour, who cost Burnley a club-record £8 million in 2016, has not featured for the Clarets since January due to a serious knee injury but he was […]

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Joao Mario has another big opportunity to prove himself worth serious consideration for a permanent Hammers contract at Chelsea tomorrow (Sun). He produced a fine performance against one of the division’s worst teams last weekend – now comes the opportunity to do so against one of the best. It looked for a long time as […]

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Manager David Moyes insists that the fans have a massive role to play in getting the Irons over the survival line. And he believes tomorrow’s (Sun) game at Chelsea is one from which we really need to get something claiming that 40 points remains his base line. Commenting on the crucial factor of the club […]

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David Moyes can take all the credit from turning Marko Arnautovic  into a West Ham flop on his arrival into our super hero. Out of form and looking another player we could have done without at a pretty high price (by our standards) Moyes decided to give him the biggest responsibility possible – leading the […]

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West Ham manager David Moyes has admitted that Manuel Lanzini is suffering from medial ligament injury and remains a doubt for Sunday’s game against Chelsea. The Argentine suffered a knock while on International duty and was ruled out for the London Stadium win over Southampton last week. Moyes told reporters yesterday at Rush Green: “He’s back […]

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David Moyes told reporters yesterday he hopes West Ham can do the double over Chelsea this season after beating them 1-0 last December at the London Stadium. In yesterday’s pre-match press conference ahead of the London Derby on Sunday Moyes said: “I’m hoping lightning can strike twice! I’ve seen Chelsea quite a lot this season […]

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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte gave his team news to reporters ahead of the London derby with West Ham on Sunday and gave his thoughts on the game. Conte revealed his injury news saying “At the moment two players are out, Luiz and Ampadu. The other players, we have two days to check the physical condition […]

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West Ham have been linked with former Manchester United playmaker Shinji Kagawa, according to reports in Germany. FussballEck are reporting that Kagawa is one of West Ham’s Summer targets, with David Moyes looking for a reunion with his former Japanese player.Kagawa played at Manchester United under David Moyes. The midfielder’s contract in Germany with Dortmund […]

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The Champions Statue at the corner of Barking Road and Green Street will stay in East Ham. A Newham Council cabinet meeting planned for the 22nd March to rubber-stamp the move of the statue to the London Stadium was cancelled due to Mayoral elections with no immediate plans to discuss the statue’s move again. At […]

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Last night I joined Luke & Paul on their podcast for the first time to discuss all things West Ham. We looked back at the Saints game as well as ahead to the tricky fixture at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The three of us also discussed the potential for Mario to stay, Lanzini’s future, David […]

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