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West Ham has now missed out on eleven Premier League points in 2017 and five points already this season by conceding goals in the final five minutes of a match. 11 February 2017 v West Brom  McAuley scored in the 94th minute to make it 2-2.  2 points lost! 11 March 2017 v Bournemouth King scored his […]

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By Max Willow Suffice to say that we are all very disappointed by the outcome of last Saturday’s game against Crystal Palace. Once again, Slaven Bilic made numerous tactical errors in this game, but I don’t wish to harp on those problems in this blog. Most fans will remember the two outstanding goals, scored by […]

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Furious Mark Noble has hit out at Palace midfielder Yohan Cabaye after the Frenchman refused to shaKe his hand at the end of the game on Saturday. The Hammers skipper was outraged the Hammers had  failed to hang on and then found himself being pulled away from Cabaye as his handshake was refused. The Hammers […]

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Slaven Bilic claims to be a happy man because he appears to believe his team is giving him everything! Speaking to the official website he, not unnaturally, avoided putting emphasis on the Palace  97th minute equaliser  claiming instead the team is giving its best. If that’s the case then there may well be cause for […]

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Former England boss Roy Hodgson has forgiven Joe Hart for perhaps helping to lose him the England manager’s job. And he has given him the highest recommendation after the keeper’s brilliant performance on at Selhurst Park. Hodgson quit the England job after England had been beaten by Iceland in the last 16 of the 2016 […]

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Right! Let’s try to get to the heart of the issue because it’s no longer a case a case of whether Bilic gets the bullet …only when! And it’s there that the real problem exists. Truth is he should have gone at the end of last season. There had been enough warning signs but instead, […]

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West Ham have a growing list of managerial candidates in mind as they look to replace Slaven Bilic with three occupying their immediate attention. There is now little question that the club is ready for a change following the desperately disappointing set of results. And after the 97th minute equaliser by Palace at Selhurst Park […]

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Sorry but I couldn’t resist the Halloween themed headline but it is quite apt. Our inability to hold on to a 2-0 lead against a struggling team without a striker was horrific whilst Antonio displayed the dexterity of Herman Munster at the end. Anyway what started out as a promising day turned quite sour at […]

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Joe Hart has made his feelings crystal clear on the Wilfied Zaha’s late equaliser at Crystal Palace branding it “unprofessional.”   “I can’t believe we’ve done that. I can’t believe we’ve fought all the way to the end and then been so unprofessional at the end. “It’s a little bit speechless in the dressing room. […]

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The Spurs fan who urinated into a plastic pint cup and threw it at West Ham supporters  claims it wasn’t actually his wee in the container. In apologising for his unpleasant behaviour the man –  Lucas Louka – said  it was a “prank gone wrong”. And he adds that despite the obvious act in the […]

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So just how bad are things! I regularly hear on the forums that we are in Avram Grant country as the team staggers through another seriously worrying season – a quarter of which has now passed. Having read this morning that we are gonna suffer the same fate as we did during that disastrous 2010-11 […]

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We are delighted to welcome new blogger James Hart to CandH this morning who is committing his thoughts in print for the first time. Well done mate. James tries to find an answer as to why we regularly – as shown against Spurs and Palace – can produce such a mix of the excellent and the […]

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Andrew Ayew has turned over a very  new leaf on the pitch with three goals in two games – one a magical strike from distance at Palace which warmed our hearts. Off it however, he, no doubt to be followed by various others players over the next couple of days, are reading from the same […]

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Academey boss Terry Westley has revealed just how quickly the outstanding Hammers prospect Declan Rice is growing up. A highly impressive performance against Spurs was followed by an excellent 15 minute sub appearance late on yesterday as Palace stormed the Irons defensive barricades. But the teenager was bang to the fore, making one superb intervention […]

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“It feels like a defeat,” Slaven Bilic told post-match reporters. “We were 2-0 up at half-time and we knew the game was not over. A lot of the guys who played today also played on Wednesday night and Palace put us under a lot of pressure. I’m very disappointed with the penalty, it came too early […]

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The son of a West Ham fan whose father suffered a heart attack at Wembley on Wednesday says he has found the hero West Ham fan who administered CPR and saved his dad’s life. Wayne Perry told Claret and Hugh “The guy’s name who saved my dad’s life is Ian Pearse and we spoke yesterday. I […]

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West Ham goalkeepr Joe Hart was heart broken after victory was snatched from West Ham in the dying seconds of the game against Crystal Palace. Filled with emotion Hart told the BBC “I can’t believe we have done that, We’ve come in quick after the game, we probably shouldn’t have come in quick after the […]

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A Spurs fan who hurled urine at West Ham supporters on Wednesday night at Wembley has been unmasked as an estate agent who had previously carried out a pitch invasion at White Hart Lane. 34-year-old Lucas Louka who lives in Chingford, East London was filmed launching a plastic cup of liquid ­during Wednesday’s match against […]

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Chicharito will take the first half positives from Selhurst Park into the match against Liverpool  next weekend. The Mexican grabbed a typical ‘fox in the box goal today and said afterwards: “I always say I’d prefer to win matches and change those goals to points. “But yeah it was good feeling for Andre Ayew and me. […]

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Hammers under 23s 2 Manchester City under 23s 1 Toni Martinez and Nathan Holland led the charge as the Hammers under 23s came from behind to beat Manchester City at Dagenham today. And that means the young Hammers have beaten the two Manchester clubs and drawn at Chelsea over their last three games. The victory saw […]

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Slaven Bilic put the last gasp loss of a point at Selhurst Park firmly on the shoulders of a bad decision by Michail Antonio as the Irons slumped to what feels like the umpteenth last gasp defeat. He was careful not to personalise his remarks claiming that “we  made the wrong decision” but of course […]

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CandH introduces a new feature this evening with our Facebook Group member Danny Danielli Leach taking up his new role of tracking a particular Hammer every week in Player Watch. Welcome aboard Dan – thanks and a big well done mate!   After a spirited display in midweek in the Spurs derby, the captain Noble […]

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    Hugh hands out the marks on another disappointing afternoon   Hart: A series of remarkable saves made him the man of the match which really tells you all you need to know about the Irons performance 8 Zabaleta: Had his toughest examination of the season against  Zaha and failed it. Forgiven on the […]

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By Hugh Southon Palace 2 Hammers 2 They chucked it away again in the last 10 seconds and they only have themselves to blame! After taking a two goal lead through Chicharito  and Andre Ayew, the Irons were on cruise control until five minutes into the second half when Ogbonna gave away the most ridiculous […]

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Now I know Slaven Bilic is paid masses to get it right – along of course with the players – but yesterday’s CandH exercise in team selection showed just how tough life can get for managers – notably ours right now. We threw out an invitation which allowed fans to select the side for today’s […]

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Joe Hart was chuffed to see Adrian in such great form against Spurs and welcomes the pressure it puts on him as the current holder of the first team sweater. After a career in squads with a powerful line up of keepers the England stopper is no stranger to such situations and says simply: “It […]

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