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Mark Noble led the way again, covering 7.78 miles during the midweeks matches with only West Bromwich Albion’s James McClean covering more ground of the 220 players who started Premier League game. Even then McLean covered just 10 metres more than the West Ham captain. Manuel Lanzini ranked third overall, with 7.7 miles midweek with Pedro Obiang […]

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West Ham’s squad came through another fierce examination against Arsenal with no further injury issues. All the squad reported fit this morning and now prepare to meet Stoke in the weekend game with even James Collins back on the bench last night and available for action. Cheik Kouyate is a slight doubt with hamstring injury […]

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Acting LLDC CEO Gerry Murphy admitted to the London Assembly budget monitoring sub-committee meeting “There is a dispute with West Ham about what the contract says in terms of capacity. West Ham have absolutely said that they want to increase the capacity to 60,000. And actually, they want to further increase the capacity to 66,000. “LLDC and […]

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Acting London Legacy Development Corporation CEO Gerry Murphy told the London Assembly budget monitoring committee yesterday that the cost of moving the London Stadium lower seating is forecast to drop to around £4m next summer from a record high of £11.8m this summer. She explained that pre-tender estimates from PHD scaffolding who won a five-year […]

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How great to be wearing a smile again…how great not to have to slink away from those who simply wanna give it large knowing you have no answer to rubbish display after rubbish display. How brilliant to see a squad of players giving it until their legs buckle in exhaustion and how terrific to see […]

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David Moyes handed out enormous credit to the players for their performances against Arsenal declaring: “It was another really difficult game and we knew this period was going to be tough. And he added: “I have to give the players great credit because we defended really well, we are more resolute and harder to play against. […]

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Brilliant Angelo Ogbonna was at the top of his form last night and then made a colourful description of how long he and the team must keep their incredible recent effort going. The Italian central defender made eleven clearances and two interceptions, before Chicharito came within inches of snatching all three points . And afterwards he […]

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More here: Full Post Match Discussion

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See the article here: A very organised disciplined performance

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Mark Noble spoke of his delight at the clean sheets and four points the Irons have picked up against Chelsea and Arsenal but admitted looking forward with “dread” after the Everton 4-0 hammering. He said:  “To keep two clean sheets in two games, in five days, it’s fantastic and four points is a really good reward […]

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David Moyes is ready to concentrate on the attacking side of the Irons game after three games which have been all about “not conceding.” He said: “When I saw the fixtures in front of us I though’ Here we go’ but we have tightened up. We’ll take the points and the clean sheets but now […]

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CandH’s Niall McDonald hands out the marks       Adrian: Flew to his left to keep Sanchez’s free kick out. Otherwise untroubled 7 Zabaleta: Seemed to get a second wind after 70 mins. Lapse of concentration in stoppage time put nerves on edge 6 Reid: Couple of physical challenges on Giroud  let him know […]

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Irons 0 Gunners 0 West Ham produced another master class defensive performance and but for the underside of the bar from a late Chicharito shot would tonight have jumped out of the bottom three. David Moyes’ new Irons’ showed tremendous defensive organisation to keep the Gunners at bay before all but pinching the late winner. […]

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Mark Noble has pledged to continue “giving his life” for West Ham United  because the club has “given me my life and career.” And as he showed against Chelsea, should he be involved against Arsenal tonight he will give nothing less than 100 per cent. “We go into the game with growing confidence after beating […]

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West Ham United manager David Moyes recently claimed that he would love to oversee a long period at the London club, similar to his spell at Everton. The Scotsman was at Goodison Park from 2002 until 2013, and during his time there he was regarded as one of the top managers in the Premier League. […]

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This article was commissioned by the London Evening Standard from ClaretandHugh and has just been published in printed form both in the newspaper and on line@ https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-analysis-how-david-moyes-has-reversed-clubs-fortunes-a3718681.html?CMP=ILC-refresh We are re-running it here for the benefit of those who might otherwise have missed it. By Hugh Southon Whatever may or may not happen at

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David Moyes is believed to be monitoring Marouane Fellaini’s Manchester United position very closely this winter. The former Everton midfielder is a free agent in the summer and remains a very close friend of the West Ham boss who is known to be looking at the Hammers midfield area as a key part of his reinforcement […]

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View post: Video: David Moyes pre-match presser

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David Moyes believes he is “possibly” a more ruthless manager now than earlier in his career but claims the ‘hairdryer’ treatment days are becoming a thing of the past. Speaking at his presser ahead of the Arsenal game the manager made it clear, however, that despite the stories of his tough regime he has had […]

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West Ham look to be facing a massive battle in their bid to prise central defender Liam Moore out of Reading. It’s been reported this morning that the Hammers again ran a check on the 24 year old during the Royals clash with Cardiff on Monday which ended in a 2-2 draw. David Moyes is […]

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David Moyes appears to have given the thumbs up to a move for Jack Wilshere in January Until now, the Arsenal midfielder – who could appear against the Irons tonight as a replacement for injured Aaron Ramsey – has been furstrated in his hopes for a move to the London Stadium. But Moyes is very […]

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BBC Pundit Mark Lawrenson thinks West Ham will earn a point tonight against Arsenal at the London Stadium by predicting a 1-1 draw at fulltime. Lawro told the BBC website “I thought West Ham did really well to hold on for their win against Chelsea because, watching the game, I thought they might have scored too early. […]

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The Moore Than Just A Podcast boys were back on Monday night to discuss David Moyes first win against Chelsea, the David Sullivan interview in the Guardian as well as previewing our games against Arsenal and Stoke City. Join Claret and Hugh associate editor Sean Whetstone, Nigel Kahn and John Bucci to offer views on […]

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While it is easy to blame Athletics for the London Stadium losses and problems, the reality is they are only responsible for around 50% of the losses this year. The cost of moving the seats this summer for the World Athletics Championships reached a record £11.8m against a budget of £10m but against total losses forecast […]

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Simon Stone from BBC has delved into the London Stadium problems in an article entitled “Why has London Stadium move been so problematic?” The piece attempts to chronicle the events which led to the announcement of the stadium losing £24m this year and the London Mayor saying he was taking it over and would renegotiate with West Ham. […]

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Top football writer and Hammers fan Martin Samuel has leapt to the defence of the Irons in a brilliantly considered piece on the London Stadium. Samuel has long been recognised as one of the finest writers around and makes a simple and almost impossible to argue case in favour of the club over the London […]

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