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David Gold believes the Irons have every chance of getting a result against Spurs on Saturday insisting that he approaches every game with great hope because we have a very good squad. Gold watched what he described as a thoroughly competent performance against Bolton Wanderers – a game which gave the Irons their third clean […]

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Slaven Bilic believes that 18 year old Declan Rice has the brain and concentration of a 30 year old. There’s a rising confidence in the manager that the West Ham future is in great hands as he sees the youngsters making their way into the first team set-up. He watched delighted as a new crop […]

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Slaven Bilic is delighted with the attitude being displayed by Diafra Sakho both on and off the pitch. After running foul of some infamous summer incidents with Rennes the striker is back in favour with the boss who has heaped an unusual amount of praise on him. Bilic has never been entirely clear on the […]

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Mark Noble is on standby to take over from Pedro Obiang in the Irons midfield on Saturday. Obiang is understood to have pulled a muscle in the game against West Brom and was not even on the bench for the game against Bolton Wanderers last night. And ClaretandHugh learned today that the injury – whilst […]

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West Ham enter the hat for the last 16 of the Carabao Cup immediately following the end of the match between Manchester United and Burton Albion this evening. And the draw can be followed on Sky Sport with the Irons being number 10 ball. The other clubs who progressed into the next round on Tuesday […]

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Slaven Bilic watched Marko Arnautovic  produce a quality performance last night against Bolton but said – it’s not enough. The former Stoke Player was Bilic’s top choice to join the Irons in the summer and the club splashed out £24 million to make it happen. And Bilic has poured the pressure on him to ensure […]

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  Marko Arnautovic – having played the pivotal role in the victory over Bolton – is more than ready but warned: “It’s not only about Harry Kane.” The record signing was in outstanding form last night and commented: “I’m really pleased with this, how we played, how we acted. Of course, we can always improve, we […]

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Arthur Masuaku refused to be modest about his amazing 25 yard strike which crowned a great 3-0 victory for the Irons over Bolton. And he made it clear this was only a repeat of what he had done earlier in the week. Speaking to the official site after the game the left back said: “It’s a […]

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A great win over Bolton last night was seen only by at the time 35,000 odd inside the stadium. However thanks to Sky Sports here are the goals from the match and watch out for Arthur Masuaku’s third – it’s a pearler. Bolton were  awful but as the old saying goes: You can only beat what’s […]

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Irons 3 Bolton Wanderers 0 Marko Arnautovic was the star of the show as the Irons cruised to another clean sheet and into the next round of the Carabao Cup. The club’s record signing set up Angelo Ogbonna’s fourth minute header with a fine free kick before providing the pass for Diafra Sakho to stroke […]

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Mike recorded his thoughts on tonight’s League Cup game from his season ticket seat as the match drew to a close and Masuaku launched his brilliant goal into the top corner.    

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Team: Adrian, Byram, Rice, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Noble, Kouyate, Haksabanovic, Ayew, Arnautovic, Sakho Subs: Hart, Fonte, Cresswell, Quina, Antonio, Holland and Hernandes West Ham v Bolton EFL Cup Kick Off is 7.45pm No TV coverage or live online streams tonight! Channel 5 are the only TV broadcaster there tonight recording highlights for ITN. We will be […]

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This week Claret and Hugh associate editor Sean Whetstone spoke to Director of Football, Barry Fry about what it is like to be a manager under David Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady. What it is like to be sacked by them and his views of Sullivan as a director of football. Fry explained “I […]

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  By Dave Gilbert It seems a foregone conclusion. If Andy Carroll is fit, Andy Carroll starts! I can see Slaven Bilic making his the first name on the team sheet  regardless of how anyone else is playing or as we have seen,even if it means others not being in their right positions.To a certain […]

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London Stadium stewards will be actioning a new Zero Tolerance policy on the misuse of accessible toilets this evening at the league cup game against Bolton and Saturday’s lunchtime game against Spurs.  Able-bodied West Ham Supporters have been misusing disabled toilets at halftime for smoking and to avoid queues at peak times at other toilets. Complaints […]

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Bilic delivered some bad regarding the fitness of Manuel Lanzini at his pre-match press conference on Monday, revealing the Argentine is set to be out of action until at least the end of the month due to a knee problem and possibly until after the International break which will be mid-October. “He’s doing everything but he […]

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Hammers loanee Robert Snodgrass is wary whether he will ever pull on a West Ham shirt again. Speaking to TalkSPORT on whether he will ever play for the club again, he said: “It’s very difficult to say, because you just don’t know in football where you’re going to be or what the next chapter is. […]

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Slaven Bilic is promising to put out a powerful side against Bolton this evening. Speaking to the official site ahead of the game the manager said: ““It’ll be a strong side. It’s a big game for us and all we are thinking about. We are very ambitious, as are all the clubs still in the […]

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The Hammers will ring the changes tonight as the team take on Bolton Wanderers in the League Cup clash at the London Stadium. Slaven Bilic  has reveled that Andy Carroll will miss the game as he can’t take three in a week and that his training regime has been changed to accommodate that. There’s a likelihood […]

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James Collins has received a boost with the news that his ankle injury is not as bad as first believed. The 34 year old collapsed soon after the start of the second half against Wst Brom with what looked a serous problem but he was a relieved man after a scan yesterday. The central defender […]

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Slaven Bilic has admitted he’s struggling to play Chicharito in his ideal position. The manager has taken much criticism for his decision to employ the Mexican in a wide role but admits in the current circumstances it’s desperately  difficult to sort it out. He said: “It’s very hard to please everyone. It’s very hard to put […]

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More: Bilic’s Bolton Pre Match Presser

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West Ham are scouting Portugal international Danilo Pereira after he was watched in Porto’s win over Rio Ave on Sunday. The Hammers were linked with the 26-year-old Portugal international in August but the club of course scout players all over the world at any given time so it’s now a case of waiting and seeing. […]

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Slaven Bilic has today explained his thinking in playing Chicharito out of position. Let’s be quite clear the Mexican scored all his goals for various clubs in the central striking role  – end of . Bilic however has an explanation claiming that he is not playing “wide wide” but off the striker which may explain […]

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Slaven Bilic has defended playing Javier Hernandes out of position insisting he didn’t play him out wide like a winger but explained he was more off the main striker. “We are getting that confidence back as a team,’ Bilic told the press. ‘We were attacking. But to get three points you need quality up front, […]

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Former Hammers boss Harry Redknapp admits he has probably given his last ever team talk and training session as a manager! The 70 year old was axed at the weekend after leading Birmingham to their sixth defeat of the season. And when asked by BBC Radio 5’s Sportsweek programme if he would be looking for […]

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