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David Moyes didn’t hesitate to pay tribute to Shrewsbury after today’s Third Round FA Cup tie declaring: “We’re fortunate that we’ve taken the tie to a replay.” At his post match press conference he said: “Shrewsbury were better than us today so I’m pleased to still be in the FA Cup. “We had hardly any […]

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Young Hammer Josh Cullen was called into the starting XI after his Bolton loan spell against Shrewsbury today. During the course of 90 minute he lost a tooth and gained a lot of admirers – here’s his 90 minutes touch by touch from CandH’s Daniel Danieli Leach   4 – Caught holding on to the […]

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Shrewsbury Town 0 Irons 0 Third Round FA Cup Tie It seems a bit tasteless to describe the Irons as toothless on an afternoon like this…sorry Josh Cullen (right). But poor as they were we are against the Shrews  – and they were very poor – we will surely never play that badly again and get […]

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    CandH’s Niall McDonald hands out the marks     Hart: A clean sheet and no mistakes on his homecoming – relief all round. Guaranteed at least one more start now 6 Burke: Comfortable defensively 6 Reid: Quick to clear his lines. Left injured on 85 mins 5 Ogbonna: Not quite the challenge of […]

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Joe Hart becomes honorary skipper for the afternoon on the return to his hometown club Shrewsbury Town today. Hart played 58 times for the  side as a teenager between 2004 and 2006. According to the official website Winston Reid and  centre-half Angelo Ogbonna will be joined by Declan Rice in defence, with Reece Burke filling […]

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David Moyes returns to one of his old stomping grounds today with nor entirely happy memories of Shrewsbury Town. The Hammers boss was a player at the club between 1987 and 1990, making 108 appearances and scoring 12 goals and it was where he started to develop his coaching skills by working at a local […]

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    Just a couple of years ago they were competing in a private Premier League competition but even then they clearly had a high regard for each other . Our picture show a very young Declan Rice posing after the competition with his pal Harry Kane at a time when the Hammers youngster was being […]

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New reports have emerged this morning that the Hammers are again ready to woo Swansea into accepting a £25 million bid for central defender Alfie Mawson. The Sun – via veteran journalist Alan Nixon – claims the Hammers will make the same offer as it has been claimed they made previously and include Andre Ayew in […]

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Declan Rice has revealed how Stuart Pearce took him under his wing on his arrival and the results of his special attention. The teenager as understandably nervous when David Moyes’ right-hand man, asked for a private chat but then calmed  his worries with one sentence. A relieved Rice said the England former hardman had declared: […]

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David Moyes will take a good look at Reece Burke, probably starting in tomorrow’s FA Cup tie at Shrewsbury before deciding on the defenders future. There is keen interest from at least four clubs to take the 21 year old ho has been recalled from Championship outfit Bolton Wanderers who want the central defender back […]

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Sead Haksabanovic is ready to impress David Moyes should he get an expected chance against Shrewsbury in tomorrow’s Third Round FA Cup Tie. The official site has revealed that a number of youngsters will travel and ClaretandHugh can reveal several of those who could get their opportunity. We understand that both Josh Cullen and Reece […]

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Marko Arnautovic is clear of a hamstring injury after the £25 million record signing went through a second scan earlier today. That was the good news for Hammers boss David Moyes as the recent five goal Hammers hero was discovered  to be suffering from no more than a tight hamstring and is expected to be […]

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Marko Arnautovic heads for a second scan on a possible hamstring issue today after the first proved inconclusive. The £25 million record signing missed the 1-1 draw with Spurs after feeling some discomfort and was sent off for a scan yesterday. But after it showed nothing the club decided to send him for a second […]

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David Moyes is ready to throw some youngsters into the action when the Hammers take on Shrewsbury Town in the Third Round of the FA Cup tomorrow (Sun). A report on the official website says the manager has confirmed  Joe Hart will start in goal, while young professionals Sead Haksabanovic, Domingos Quina and Toni Martinez could […]

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Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez is reported to have made discreet inquiries aimed at taking Joe Hart to Tyneside. Hart has been at the centre of a disappointing loan spell with the Irons but that hasn’t dimmed the Spaniard’s appreciation of the Manchester City stopper apparently. According to the Mirror he is hoping the Hammers will agree […]

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Stoke have told West Ham that they will not sell Joe Allen for any price this month as the bid to ensure there is no repeat of the Marko Aruaotivic saga. Mark Hughes – assuming he holds onto the manager’s job at the Bet 365 Stadium – sees Allen as vital to his survival bids […]

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Maraoune Fellaini appears to be becoming a serious target for the Irons in this window. ClaretandHugh reported a couple of nights ago that the Manchester United midfielder was high on David Moyes’ hit list and the Daily ail are now saying the same. Moyes is known to be a big fan of Fellaini, having worked […]

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Maraoune Fellaini appears to be becoming a serious target for the Irons in this window. ClaretandHugh reported a couple of nights ago that the Manchester United midfielder was high on David Moyes’ hit list and the Daily ail are now saying the same. Moyes is known to be a big fan of Fellaini, having worked […]

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By Allen Cummings   “Arnie” Arnautovic has  become the new terraces darling  in our mini revival but not far behind him in the popularity stakes is the somewhat unlikely figure of Arthur Masuaku. Since David Moyes’ decision to switch to a back five Arthur has been operating as a left wing-back, and the former Olympiacos […]

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Winston Reid has spoken in glowing terms of the new young Hammers hero Declan Rice after the 18 year old’s Man of the Match performance against Spurs. Speaking to the official site Reid said: “Declan is not really new [to senior football] because he’s been up with us for a while now. He’s always really willing […]

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Javier Hernandez drew the short straw last night! Asked to play one up given he’s not a line leader in a game which was always going to see us defending deep was about as bad as it could get for a goal poacher. His failure to show a thing was no surprise and I for […]

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West Ham have not received any inquiries of bids for Andy Carroll. Full stop! Reports that he is fancied by Chelsea, Newcastle and Southampton have started to swirl around since he scored a couple of goals against West Brom – his first of the season. But the reality is that the Hammers have had no club […]

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Marko Arnuatovic and Aaron Cresswell will again be missing from the Hammers side that takes on Shrewsbury in the Third Round of the FA Cup this weekend. Arnautovic will be scanned this afternoon after feeling his hamstring whilst Cresswell is ruled out with a recurrence of an oldback injury. And with Michail Antonio still recovering […]

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Adrian has been around long enough to know the Hammers often suffer an inconsistency issue and wasn’t slow to point out what needs to happen next after the draw with Spurs He told the official site: “We defended like a team, all together and very compact. We were hard to beat and we’ve played good games […]

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Declan Rice was the subject of our PlayerWatch last night as we took that precious point off Spurs at Wembley. Daniel Danielli Leach charted the teenager’s every move as he walked off with the Man of the Match award.     3 – Clears away for a corner after a Kane shot 5 – Heads […]

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David Moyes was very quick to point out that a below strength West Ham had earned a magnificent point against the side that beat Real Madrid 3-1 and declared: ” I thought we did a really good job.” After collecting four points from the last two games Moysie added: “It’s a good point for us.” […]

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