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Diafra Sakho will head for a scan on the back problem which saw him miss his planned appearance against Stoke City this afternoon (Sat). A club source confirmed to ClaretandHugh this evening that the player had complained of some pain in his back when he woke yesterday morning (Sat). The pain was on the opposite […]

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Slaven Bilic settled for the point and a big dose of confidence for the defenders in his after match appraisal of the game against Stoke. He said: “We defended as a team and limited them to a couple of chances. We created four or five chances but the problem is that we didn’t score. “The […]

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Hugh rates the Irons against Stoke and is in generous mood! Adrian: Couple of top saves and a calm and reassuring presence which helped the back line 6 Fernandes: Got forward well and looked fine defensively 6 Fonte: No compaints at all, he’s improving game on game 6 Reid: Educated and perceptive defending – cultured […]

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Not a classic by any stretch of the imagination but the Hammers Chat boys try to pick the bones out of today’s point away to Stoke.  

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Stoke City 0 Irons 0 Absolutely no complaints about that performance which for the most part was disciplined and brilliantly well organised as the Hammers collected another precious point and second clean sheet on the trot. And but for some sensational goalkeeping from City keeper Jack Butland we would have walked away from the Bet […]

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Listen to audio commentary from West Ham LIVE at http://www.whufc.com/audio-stream Hammers former assistant manager Neil McDonald is commentating today for BBC London Sport

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Slaven Bilic has announced an unchanged team to face Stoke City meaning Mark Noble and Sam Byram will need to wait for their chance from the bench.  Winston Reid, Cheik Kouyate and Arthur Masuaku all passed late fitness tests to be included. However, as reported earlier both Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho did not board the team […]

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Diafra Sakho has nott made the away trip to Stoke. One West Ham supporter claimed he was nowhere to be seen at the hotel and official club photos of the dressing show he is the notable exception from named shirts hanging. A club source confirmed he has not made the trip saying “He is injured, unfortunately!” […]

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The Ribman of West Ham will be finally installed outside the London Stadium for the West Ham v Liverpool game. Ribman Mark Gevaux was finally able to agree terms of rent with London Stadium caterers Delaware North and satisfy heath and safety and strict food hygiene requirements to take up his pitch. The Ribman will […]

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West Ham are holding fast to their position that Michail Antonio is going nowhere this summer. ClaretandHugh was the first to reveal yesterday that the injured player has been offered a near double your money deal and that he was currently considering the terms. Various media reports put their own spin on things but essentially […]

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Norwegian airways has unveiled the latest in its series of British tail fin heroes, with Hammers and England Legend Bobby Moore set to feature on one of its B737-800 aircraft. The late West Ham footballer will be the fourth “hero” to be depicted on one of the low-cost carrier’s aircraft, following author Roald Dahl, pioneering […]

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Stan Collymore has predicted West Ham to earn another away point against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Hammers come into the Premier League clash having won just once in their last 10 matches under manager Slaven Bilic. Stoke are unbeaten against West Ham in the Premier League under Mark Hughes […]

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Cheik Kouyate, Winston Reid, Arthur Masuaku and Diafra Sakho could all in doubt today after suffering knocks against Everton with Slaven Bilic admitting some of these players missed training this week. All will face late fitness tests for Stoke today. Writing in his match day column on WHUFC.com Bilic penned  “Some of the boys had […]

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Slaven Bilic has discussed his pending hip operation for the first time publicly. Speaking in his own London Evening standard column he revealed: “I have been asked a few times about my up-coming hip replacement operation. “The reason I haven’t talked about it is not because of a privacy issue — I have absolutely no problem […]

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West Ham Vice Chairman has broken silence on Wednesday’s raid of 30 HMRC officials at the London Stadium and Rush Green. Brady wrote in her Sun football diary for Wednesday: “THIS morning West Ham FC provide documentation to HMRC in relation to player transfers as part of a wider probe in football. This was the extent […]

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Former Hammer Demba Ba is the player whose transfer believed to be at the heart of the football tax probe as he allegedly pocketed nearly £1million for image rights when he joined Newcastle on a “free transfer” after leaving West Ham according to a report by the Sun.  Ba’s cash was part of a £2million fee […]

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Former West Ham youth player Blair Turgott is accused of conning an elderly man out of £17,000. Blair Turgott is accused of using the victim’s card to withdraw £16,936 in cash slips at the casino on Old Park Lane in London’s Mayfair. Turgott, who now plays for Bromley, then converted the slips to cash and […]

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You wake up thinking it will be a slow news day and then Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper The Times runs a very old Michail Antonio story. The new twist was that  he’s fallen out with the board because he isn’t happy at the treatment of his hamstring injury before slipping back into the ancient line that […]

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Michail Antonio joined West Ham in September 2015 for £7.5m on a four-year contract said to be worth £25,000 per week at the time until the end of June 2019. His wages effectively doubled overnight when compared to the £12,500 per week he received at Nottingham Forest as he made his first jump to the Premier League in 2015. […]

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West Ham have flatly denied a Times story from this morning in which it is claimed Michail Antonio is attempting to force his way out of the club. It was declared that Michail’s relationship with the board had broken down over the treatment of his hamstring injury and that he was unhappy that such as […]

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A report in this morning’s Times claims that that Michail Antonio has issues with West Ham over his current injury and contract situation. The injury angle is the only new element of the story and we will of course be checking the story out during the course of the day with our usual sources and […]

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So Andy Carroll is missing again and Diafra Sakho with just half an hour behind him looks likely to start for the Hammers tomorrow. Here’s the truth the Hammers board will surely know by know we can’t go on like this. And that means at the end of the season they have to assess every […]

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Mark Lawrenson continues to irritate and yes I know it’s a childish reaction but there we are – can’t help it. It’s not merely that he is again predicting a West Ham defeat tomorrow – that’s honestly no surprise. Almost a given these days. It’s more a case of him not giving a single reason […]

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The Hammers look to be set for frustration as they move for Brighton keeper David Stockdale. The Mirror are reporting this morning  that he will knock back both ourselves and Leeds  by signing a new two-year contract with the newly promoted Premier League outfit.. Stockdale has been one of the stars of the south coast […]

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Slaven Bilic has refused to rule out a summer move for Daniel Sturridge and has admitted: “We are going to see. We have our list of strikers.” At one stage during an interview the Irons boss described the Liverpool front man as “unbelievable” adding: ““They have a lot of quality there and I don’t like […]

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Slaven Bilic has made it clear publicly his squad are banned from gambling following Joey Barton’s 18-month suspension for placing 1260 bets. Bilic said: “I haven’t reminded them. The players know it is a rule, like the rule that you can’t use your hands on the pitch. “You can’t be involved in any sort of […]

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