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West Ham could turn to Academy chief Terry Westley as a caretaker boss ahead of making attracting an  appointment until the end of the season in the event of Slaven Bilic being axed. As reported elsewhere on the site, the manager is safe for now but has just three or four games to turn around […]

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Slaven Bilic is set to get four more games to turn around the club’s disastrous form but the Davids are making plans to plug the gap should he being unable to do so. Nobody truly expected Bilic to be out of a job until he had been given the chance to get some home games […]

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We’re back with ‘Your Shout’ and I have been sent five videos by some pretty frustrated West Ham fans following the 3-0 humiliation away to Newcastle United. As you’d expect there is anger and analysis in equal measure but also a voice of reason amongst the supporters who have been kind enough to send in […]

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Slaven Bilic’s reign as West Ham United’s boss this afternoon looked to be drawing to an inevitable close. Reports that the manager is set to meet David Sullivan tomorrow (Mon) were overtaken by events at Rush Green this afternoon when the chairman and manager both arrived for what may have been crunch talks. Sullivan – […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has been made the over night bookies favourite for the first Premier League manager to be sacked. Yesterday Bilic was the fourth favourite at 4/1 behind Frank De Boer, Rafa Benitez and Antonio Conte but he has been made the odds on favourite overnight after the crushing 3-0 defeat at Newcastle.  Sky […]

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A big majority of West Ham supporters want Slaven Bilic to leave the club. The  popular independent website ClaretandHugh launched a new poll on the manager’s position after the 3-0 defeat by Newcastle asking fans whether they would prefer hes hould stay or leave the club. And the site’s followers rushed to cast their vote […]

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Reports have emerged this morning that Slaven Bilic’s position is under review at West Ham and that he will meet the owners to discuss his future. These are not far wide of the mark after the performance at Newcastle yesterday which left board members shocked at the terrifying performance of the team. The Hammers looked […]

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Robert Snodgrass has delivered a devastating assessment of  his time at West Ham and how he couldn’t wait to get out of the London Stadium. And he claims his entire problem at the club centred on Slaven Bilic’s  determination to play him out of position. Speaking to Aston Villa media officials following his loan move […]

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Andy Carroll will be in today’s squad for the game against Newcastle so long as he looks fit enough. The Irons injury ravaged striker has been in full training this week but has travelled to the north east and has an outside chance of making his presence felt. Slaven Bilic has admitted that it’s very […]

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Newcastle will again be without Jonjo Shelvey for the clash against the Irons as he serves out the final game of a three-match ban following his red card against Spurs. Reports from the Geordies camp are that defenders DeAndre Yedlin and Florian Lejeune remain sidelined and although Dwight Gayle returns, Rolando Aarons faces a fitness […]

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Slaven Bilic stoked up  the mind games with Rafa Benitez ahead of today’s game when making it clear he had little sympathy for the Newcastle manager’s moans about the lack of transfer activity at St James’ Park. For the Irons boss says the reality is that Newcastle have spent more in the window than the […]

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Aaron Cresswell looks set for a first team return today and believes a fast start at Newcastle will go a long way towards getting three points. He doesn’t say as much but the Hammers have been regularly allowing teams to come them from the start of games which has seen them under pressure for the […]

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West Ham Co-Chairman David Gold has explained the situation around the share holder loans David Sullivan and himself have loaned the club and justified the interest they receive on them saying the football club is better off while they are worst off from the arrangement. Speaking to ClaretandHugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone as part of an […]

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Robert Snodgrass has waved farewell to the Hammers fans sounding like a man who will not be back at the end of his year’s loan. The Scot moved to Aston Villa today where he will be reunited with his former Hull City boss Steve Bruce after failing to make any sort  of impact at the […]

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Sporting Lisbon have now rejected bids for William Carvalho from Arsenal, Everton Manchester City and West Brom over recent years. Now it’s our turn. Tonight West Ham have made it clear that they are not ready to roll over and offer just short of the same sort of money money for a defensive midfielder as […]

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Manu Lanzini will be in the squad which meets Newcastle at St. James’ Park tomorrow (Saturday). The Hammers have been without the playmaker since he sustained a knee injury in pre-season, but he has trained with the first team squad all week. Slaven Bilic revealed: “Manuel started training with us without any restrictions this week. […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has no alternatives in mind following the breakdown of talks for Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvaho. Widespread suggestions that we are looking for other defensive midfielders are not true. Bilic had set his heart on the 25 year old but unless Lisbon have a pre-deadline day change of heart it’s not […]

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West Ham will be forced to subsidise Robert Snodgrass’s wages following his move to Aston Villa this afternoon. The Scotland international was finally reunited with his former boss from Hull days Steve Bruce after the Hammer hammered out a compromise deal with the Championship outfit. It was thought Villa would only pay 50 per cent […]

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CANDH EXCLUSIVE by Hugh Southon West Ham have this afternoon pulled the plug on the Wiliam Carvahlo deal and unless Sporting Lisbon perform a massive U turn, the deal is officially ff. The long and drawn out discussions have tried the Hammers patience to the limits as the Portuguese cub has consistently moved the goalposts […]

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Declan Rice has assured those among us who have been worried that Slaven Bilic is playing him out of position that he has no issues at all with his midfield role. In fact in an interview with the official site he gives the impression that he actually prefers it to the central defensve role with […]

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The Hammers head for Newcastle with a better squad than at any time so far this season despite the absence of Winston Reid. That’s likely to see James Collins drafted into the side after a man of the match performance against Cheltenham with Fonte being dropped to the bench after his ineffective showing against Southampton. […]

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Slaven Bilic has got that winning feeling and is carrying it to Newcastle where he has a 100 per cent losing record as a player. Having beaten Cheltenham he’s determined to make it his first win in three visits where he lost as a player both for the Irons and Everton. Ahead of the game […]

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Slaven Bilic refuses to blame three away fixtures on the Hammers poor Premier League start to the season as we head for Newcastle tomorrow (Sat). He said emphatically: “It’s not a factor. This is a league where you have two away games or two home games quite a lot, frequently. It’s not a big thing […]

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Javier Hernandez will be do everything in his power to add to his goal tally against Newcastle when the team step out at St James’ Park tomorrow (Sat) And respite a couple of premier league reverses he is expecting an improved performance in the north east as both teams search for their first win of […]

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West Ham have rubbished all suggestions that Diafra Sakho is a target for Lazio or any other club this transfer window. The Senegal striker has begun the season looking fit and ready to play his part in the Hammers season and is not for sale. Reports coming from the respected Gazetta Della Sport claimed that […]

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We have two videos to help get you in the mood for our Saturday trip to the North East as under fire manager Rafa Benitez welcomes West Ham to St James Park. Firstly we have our usual Talk a Good Game where we look at the fixture from a West Ham perspective and then welcome […]

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