Dimi Payet has been called overweight and unfit in French media since his return to France with some saying he is a shadow of the player they witnessed in the European championships in the summer. French paper L’Equipe has put the boot in further by labelling him a flop after Marseille lost 3-2 to Nantes last […]
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Payet labeled a flop in France
Posted on 15 February 2017.
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Former Hammer in fall out with Palace fans
Posted on 15 February 2017.
Former Hammer James Tomkins allegedly fell out with Crystal Palace fans away at Stoke at the weekend. Unconfirmed Internet reports suggest he told disgruntled Palace fans to ‘Foxtrot Oscar’ at full time after prolonged abuse of the team during the game. Palace remain in deep trouble sitting second from bottom in the Premier League on […]
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Lanzini promises to return to River Plate
Posted on 14 February 2017.
West Ham star Manuel Lanzini has been quoted as saying he wants to return to his former club River Plate where he says he is a fan. The quote was reported by Argentinan TV channel TYC Sports in Spanish which when translated to English said: “My future is in River, I’m going to return to the […]
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Players skip valentines day to watch Drake
Posted on 14 February 2017.
West Ham players were at the O2 arena tonight in a private box to watch rapper Drake. They were VIP guests of Mark Pryke, the owner of S14 VIP limited who supplies cars to stars including many of the West Ham first team. Mark Noble, Michail Antonio, Ashley Fletcher, Darren Randolph, Aaron Cresswell and […]
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Randolph’s “heartstopper” as Parkesy heads for hospital
Posted on 14 February 2017.
Big Phil Parkes reckons Slaven Bilic on’t hesitate to recall Adrian if Darren Randolph has another couple of dodgy games. Phil revealed to ClaretandHugh he is off to hospital on Wednesday to undergo a procedure aimed at regulating his heartbeat and we took the opportunity of wishing him the best from everybody involved in running […]
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Noble makes his future clear
Posted on 14 February 2017.
Mark Noble has made it clear he wants to end his career at West Ham declaring: ” I’ve still got a contract until I’m 33 and thinking about playing for another football club would be funny – I think Steven Gerrard said that as well,” Speaking to the official site he said: “Walking around […]
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West Ham interest in Man City duo
Posted on 14 February 2017.
West Ham will move for Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna if Manchester City fail to offer one or both new deals claims the Daily Mirror. Both defenders are out of contract in the summer and the reports says the Hammers have been alerted to the potential availability of the duo as their contract negotiations at […]
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Premier League trio scout Michail Antonio
Posted on 14 February 2017.
Michail Antonio has emerged as a target for Manchester United, Chelsea and Everton according to the Daily Express this afternoon. Last weekend the Sunday People claimed Manchester United are keeping tabs on Antonio, along with Everton. Chelsea are also said to be interested in the Hammers man, with Antonio Conte apparently eyeing him for a wing-back role in […]
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Upton Gardens Launch event
Posted on 14 February 2017.
Details of the residential development that will replace the Boleyn Gground will be released a preview launch event next Thursday in Stratford close to West Ham’s new stadium. The Barrett London development called Upton Gardens consists of 842 new properties with one, two, three and four-bedroom homes. The preview launch event will take place on […]
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Shock jock defends his right to cricitise Bilic
Posted on 14 February 2017.
Talksport Shock jock Adrian Durham has defended his criticism of Slaven Bilic in a long winded article in which he insists he doesn’t hate West Ham. Durham writes: “On Monday’s Drive show I was highly critical of Slaven Bilic for his touchline aggression and for his criticism of referee Michael Oliver after the game.” A […]
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Slaven “pressure” a thing of the past
Posted on 14 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic will head off for Dubai tomorrow (Wed) knowing the pressure on his job is history! The West Ham board are delighted with the progress the team has made and memories of the Manchester City humbling in the FA Cup have been well and truly buried by the performances immediately preceding and following that […]
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Bilic set to escape touchline ban
Posted on 14 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic looks set to escape touchline ban for throwing a microphone during the game against West Brom on Saturday. He is expected to be hit with the standard punishment of an £8,000 fine, rather than a touchline ban. With the FA looking at cases on a standard and non-standard basis, depending on whether or […]
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Ticket transfer to be activated
Posted on 14 February 2017.
West Ham will soon enable functionality to enable season ticket holders to forward their seats to friends and family. The club plan to launch the ticket forwarding functionality in March either for the Chelsea or Leicester City match. The new ticket forwarding system will allow you to electronically transfer your matchday ticket to a family […]
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Randolph rickets may raise Slav poser
Posted on 14 February 2017.
It will be interesting to see Slaven Bilic’s reaction to Darren Randolph’s performance against West Brom at the weekend. I’m a Randolph fan and I’m also aware that all goalkeeping errors come under a harsher spotlight than those from any other members of the team. But given how Slaven reacted to Adrian’s mistakes earlier in […]
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West Ham fan tells Leicester fans to stop moaning
Posted on 14 February 2017.
A West Ham fan dialled in to BBC radio’s 606 phone-in show to fire an angry broadside at Leicester fans. The fan, named as James, told hosts Ian Wright and Kelly Cates that Leicester fans should stop complaining about the fact that their team is now just one point above the bottom spot. He said: […]
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82% of Hammers fans would rather skip Valentines day
Posted on 14 February 2017.
West Ham fans are not the most romantic fans in the Premier League according to a new poll. That’s the conclusion of a survey which found that 18% of Hammers questioned would rather watch their club play football than spend St Valentine’s Day with their partner. Fifty percent would apparently give up West Ham altogether if they […]
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Antonio playing for his dream ticket
Posted on 14 February 2017.
Michail Antonio intends to keep on keeping on in pursuit of an Engalnd place. Called up by one match ‘wonder’ Sam Allardyce and overlooked by Gareth Southgate Hammers fans know that this lad will never give up on his dreams in any circumstances. Speaking to the official site he said: “I am going to keep playing […]
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Antonio stars in hilarious Valentines day advert
Posted on 13 February 2017.
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Slav explains star’s absence
Posted on 13 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic has explained the absence of £20 million signing Andre Ayew from the squad for the weekend game against West Brom. The former Swansea star and record Hammers signing has made just a dozen PL appearances for the club since arriving from Wales. And Bilic was in no mood to plunge him into the […]
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Batshuayi’s Zaza banter with West Ham fan
Posted on 13 February 2017.
Former West Ham striker target has hit back at a West Ham fan on twitter who compared him with failed loan signing Simone Zaza. West Ham season ticket holder Callum Fitzer messaged the Chelsea striker to taunt “Zaza has played more minutes in the league this season than you have, let that sink in” Batshuayi […]
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Bilic and Jurcevic charged by the FA
Posted on 13 February 2017.
Slaven Bilic and his assistant manager Nikola Jurcevic have been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association following Saturday’s 2-2 draw with West Brom. Bilic was sent off by referee Michael Oliver after throwing a TV microphone to the ground in reaction to Gareth McAuley’s injury-time equaliser in the 94th minute. Hammers assistant boss Nikola Jurcevic […]
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Record family fun day set for the London Stadium
Posted on 13 February 2017.
On Wednesday West Ham will host just short of 10,000 fans coming to the first ever free family fun day at London Stadium. It will be the biggest fun day in the club’s history and gives season ticket holders the chance to see their heroes for free during half-term. Although it will be primarily an open […]
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Good progress made in the London Stadium
Posted on 13 February 2017.
As more and more home games are played in the London Stadium the issues become less and less meaning the stadium begins to feel more like home. The earlier troubles with segregation and fighting seem a distance memory and we now seem to have turned a corner with the quality of stewarding. The club have […]
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West Ham could have saved the taxpayer from burden
Posted on 13 February 2017.
West Ham chairman David Gold has reminded his 173,000 twitter followers the Hammers tried to buy the former Olympic Stadium outright which would have saved the tax payer from forking millions in losses each year in operating costs. Speaking to a couple of Liverpool fans on twitter about the London Stadium a West Ham fan […]
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Big Phil on the big signings
Posted on 13 February 2017.
Former West Ham shot stopper Phil Parkes believes West Ham did very good business in the January transfer window. Writing his column for Blowing Bubbles Monthly, in association with Claret and Hugh, Parkes says the acquisition of both Jose Fonte and Robert Snodgrass was brilliant business. He said: “Fonte is a top player who wouldn’t […]
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Former ref predicts Bilic’s fate
Posted on 13 February 2017.
Former Premier League ref Mark Halsey reckons Slaven Bilic will get off ‘lightly’ for his first sending off as West Ham boss. Halsey, in assessing controversial incidents during Saturday’s match at the London Stadium, reckons the Irons had a case that the West Brom goal should have been ruled out for a foul on Sofiane […]
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