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The Telegraph’s Chief Football Correspondent, Jason Burt claims West Ham are planning to make a move for Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini when the transfer window opens next month. The article say the Hammers believe they have been encouraged that Jose Mourinho might be willing to allow the Belgium international to leave. Slaven Bilic has […]

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The Daily Mirror Sport claims a supporter punched an Arsenal employee, who works as a cameraman for their in-house TV channel, on the London stadium concourse towards the end of Saturday’s 5-1 home defeat. They say West Ham have now called in the police to try to track down the culprit. Arsenal told the Mirror […]

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The appetite for London Stadium tickets to watch the Hammers appears to wearing thin despite claims of 50,000 supporters on a season ticket waiting list. Burnley failed to sell out their full away allocation for their game with West Ham on Wednesday 14th December with the opposition club returning unsold tickets after they failed to sell […]

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All West Ham fans will be tonight mourning the passing of  brave young Hammer Jack Howard. The 12-year-old passed away after courageous fight against illness which had been  boosted by the support of thousands of fellow West Ham fans world-wide. After supporters and well-wishers raised more than £250,000, Jack travelled to California for pioneering treatment in […]

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Reece Oxford will sign a new five year contract on his 18th birthday next Thursday committing himself  as a Hammer until 2021. The contract is believed to be worth over £5m to the youngster plus a signing on bonus. The new package is set to double his current £10,000 per week wages. The centre back […]

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Hammers fan and ClaretandHugh follower Robert Hargrave was involved in what could have been a scary moment at the London Stadium at the weekend as he and his wife tried to leave after Arsenal’s third goal. Rob – who has a seat in block 248 and enters and leaves through turnstiles J or K explained […]

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Join myself and Geo for a cuppa and a chinwag as we look at the comments on hammerschat and discuss all the latest topics on Claret & Hugh including Bilic, strikers, transfer window and much more  

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Growing concerns about the standards at the West Ham’s training ground include Slaven’s promise that Rush Green is family friendly for wives, girlfriends, kids and even dogs to visit to make the players feel at ease. Some now believe that regime is too soft and Bilic is sometimes too nice. Players have been allowed to […]

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Slaven Bilic has snubbed Rio Ferdinand’s offer to help out as a defensive coach at the training ground. The former Hammers defender had hoped he could assist the manager but we understand from sources at the club that has been rejected. As we reported earlier the manager himself has now taken over in that area […]

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West Ham are poised to recall Reece Burke from his Wigan loan spell in January as cover for their problems at right back. Although Sam Byram is on his way back from injury the Hammers have been watching Burke closely at the Championship club Wigan where he has been performing well on the right side […]

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Sam Byram’s return from injury has been pencilled in for the match against Swansea City on Boxing Day. The right back suffered a hamstring tear in the match against Middlesbrough and according to ClaretandHugh sources is making a good recovery which will see the player back in action within three weeks. Byram was stretchered off […]

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Former West Ham shot stopper Phil Parkes is convinced Slaven Bilic is the right man to steer the Hammers away from relegation woes and to a brighter future. In his first column for Blowing Bubbles Monthly, in association with ClaretandHugh, Parkes explains his position on the manager. “He loves everything to do with West Ham […]

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Right at the bottom of every problem Slaven Bilic has at the moment is Dimitri Payet. His  dip in form, his body language and the fact that he looks overweight is the main issue because didn’t Slaven say last season that the team was built around him. If that’s the case – and there’s no […]

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The bookies are weighing right into the middle of the West Ham managerial issue by naming Sam Allardyce as favourite to take over as manager. Fantasy of course Also on their list are the same old names as were being mentioned when the shamed former England manager was allowed to leave….McLaren, De Boer, Redknapp etc. […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic is understood to have started his training ground shake-up after his weekend outburst about a lack of intensity from the players. We understand from sources at Rush Green that the manager, who has until now, allowed day to day training routines to be supervised by first team coach Edin Turzic […]

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Third Round FA Cup Draw News HAMMERS V MANCHESTER CITY Well it doesn’t get a lot easier does it. The good news is we are at home in the 3rd round of the FA Cup….well we hope it’s good news given our present form in the London Stadium. The less than good news is we […]

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Bookies pulling lists of odds together on the back of stories that are denied within three hours is one of the most ludicrous aspects of this game we all love so much. It only took one misinformed story in the national media followed up by Sky Sports WHICH WAS DENIED LATER for the odds makers […]

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Exclusive by Hugh Southon Hammers co chairman and chief shareholder David Sullivan has revealed exclusively to ClaretandHugh that he is NOT in crisis talks with manager Slaven Bilic. We reported this morning there is no appetitie to sack the manager and that reports to the contrary in The Mirror and on Sky Sports were inaccurate. […]

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The daftest story of the day award – were there one -would surely go to the Turkish press ( as usual) for a tale declaring that Fenerbache will offer Adrian a route out of West Ham at the end of the season. According to Sabah Spor, Fenerbahce will be looking for a goalkeeper in the summer […]

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Former Hammer Rio Ferdinand has allegedly offered his services to the West Ham board as a defensive coach according to a report in the Daily Mail. Yesterday, we raised questions about Slav’s backroom staff after the manager himself admitted the intensity of training at Rush green is not up to scratch. Questions have been asked […]

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    By Rich Sprent     Look up the definition of ‘Intensity’ and you will be given a list: Strength, power, potency, concentration, eagerness, energy as well as zeal, emotion and passion are all mentioned. That the manager of an under performing Premier League club has come out and described that his players lack […]

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Morning reports that Slaven Bilic’s job is “hanging by a thread” and that he today heads into crisis talks with the board are 100 per cent untrue. The report says the board will decide today whether to persist with Bilic or to give him the two games after Sunday’s Liverpool fixture – both at home […]

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We all live so intensely in a West Ham bubble it’s sometimes difficult to see what’s going on around us particularly when things are going as badly as recently. Last season’s champions  Leicester City are currently sitting just two points above us and only one point better off, whilst one weekend victory by Palace – […]

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Slaven Bilic is totally confident we will not be in our present position in a month’s time. The manager has remained honest and upbeat throughout the current troubles and has now gone into the prediction business with confidence. Explaining his and the team’s position he declared: “”I am positive that we aren’t going to be in […]

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Amid all the disaster and misery I nearly forgot to mention one of the most memorable moments of the season arrives on our screens tomorrow evening (Monday) For all our current misery the 3rd round FA Cup draw remains one of those magical moments. As we look for  more intensity on the training pitch and a […]

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It’s  been a day long inquest – following the worst defeat and display of the season at the London Stadium. And trying to make some sense of it all is the legend that is Marlon Harewood who joined our partners Gonzo and Geo on the Hammers Chat barge following the nightmare. Marlon – one of […]

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