Injuries and loss of form have seen Slaven Biic play 20 different players in his first team since the start of the season – only two less than Sunderland. The decision to shuffle the options so regularly are the sign of a struggling team and only four players – Adrian, Mark Noble, Cheik Kouyate and Michail […]
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Tinkerman Slav’s player changes grow and grow
Posted on 12 October 2016.
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Italian outfits eye Zaza!
Posted on 12 October 2016.
Simone Zaza could be at the centre of a tug of war between Valencia and Naples should West Ham choose to close hs loan deal in January. The Italy international from Juventus has been in a shocking form and ClaretandHugh reported a few days ago that the Irons could end his stay in the next […]
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Video: Samuelsen puts himself in frame
Posted on 12 October 2016.
Martin Samuelsen scored his first full international goal for Norway last night and drew praise for his performance from far and wide. The teenager was hailed as the next great West Ham thing when he arrived at the club from Manchester City’s youth academy but has had little chance to make his presence felt on […]
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Slav ponders options as strikers wait for chance
Posted on 12 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic will wait until the lst minute before deciding his striker option for the match at Selhurst Park this weekend. The club are clearly monitoring the number of appearances Simone Zaza makes as he heads towards the widely reported number of 14 which it has been reported is when the £20 million permanent deal […]
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Irons players probe kept private
Posted on 12 October 2016.
An investigation into a players night put is being kept under wraps by the club. West Ham board’s has left the internal probe into claims that three or more players pulled an all-nighter following a club sanctioned night out in the hands of Slaven Bilic to investigate and deal with as he sees fit. A […]
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Payet’s position in top 100 players
Posted on 12 October 2016.
Dimi Payet has been named the world’s 43rd best player in a current survey. The Daily Mail is running the feature on the top 100 stars and today Dimi is ranked – ahead of such as Philipe Coutinho (44th), Harry Keane (45th) and Riyad Mahrez (51st). In the write-up on the midfielder the Mail says: […]
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West Ham’s game changer ignored
Posted on 12 October 2016.
Michail Antonio was again ignored by Engand manager manager Gareth Southgate as the national team played out an embarrassing goal-less draw against Slovenia last night. The West Ham winger and top English goal scorer this season has now joined England on three occasions and been ignored each time leaving Irons fans deeply unimpressed. Ironically it […]
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West Ham Supporters Trust Update
Posted on 11 October 2016.
Here is a brief summary of the meeting last Saturday held at the Hammers Supporters Club. The update has been sent to ClaretandHugh by the organisers of the meeting. There was broad agreement to work to two aims – 1. Secure the future of the Hammers Supporters Club (HSC), recruiting new members and seeking new […]
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Sacking is simply not on – nor is it an option right now
Posted on 11 October 2016.
Thank God there have been no knee jerk reactions inside West Ham. A media frenzy got underway today with names such as Mancini being thrown around …Guus Hiddink is another I’ve heard. Neither are going to replace Slav anytime soon or at all. Sacking managers has become a national pastime. It rarely works and can […]
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England’s Best!
Posted on 11 October 2016.
People are always moaning about our players, so which, (if any!), of England’s ‘best’ would you want? Share This:
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“We’ve discussed everything in dressing room”
Posted on 11 October 2016.
Sofiane Feghoui has made it clear the players are giving the reasons for their poor start to the season a lot of thought and discussion. And the Algerian winger has explained: “We have suffered due to a series of injuries to some key players. So that alone has caused us some issues at the start […]
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Sullivan makes it clear “we have to get something”
Posted on 11 October 2016.
David Sullivan has made it clear the team has to get something from the Crystal Palace match at the weekend. He told the official site: “Palace have started the season well but we have to get something, and I expect us to get something, from the game. We had a great result at Selhurst Park […]
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Premium Line ticket line rip off – fans’ horror stories
Posted on 11 October 2016.
Last week we launched an online petition to call for the end of the Premium Rate ticket office telephone number which costs supporters up to 68p per minute to call from mobiles. The petition (linked below) has already been signed by 400 supporters and many of them have left comments on the problems have have […]
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Shock claim on Newham’s free Irons tickets
Posted on 11 October 2016.
A shock claim has been made that that “half the free tickets for West Ham United home matches distributed by Newham Council have gone to their own employees.” The claim comes on kumb.com where a story alleges that “from a total of 5,970 tickets handed out thus far by the Council as part of their […]
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Dimi sends squad a ‘unity’ message
Posted on 11 October 2016.
Dmitri Payet has sent a message to his West Ham team-mates following France’s victory over the Netherlands in their World Cup qualifier on Monday night. After a brilliant performance he was keen to send a word concerning unity declaring on Instagram: “Tous ensemble on est plus fort 💪🏽 Together we are better 💪🏽 @equipedefrance@westham #teamboumbam #fiersdetrebleus #8 […]
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Slav safe as media hares start running
Posted on 11 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic’s position is managing to create something of a media frenzy at a quiet time for club news. Soon after we reported that the Hammers boss will be given time to sort out the team’s current slump fortunes reports arose in Italy that Roberto Mancini may be a runner in any replacement race. But as […]
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Will Antonio get his England chance?
Posted on 11 October 2016.
Gareth Southgate faces his second game in charge this evening, surpassing Sam Allardyce’s tenure as England manager. Michail Antonio was called up by Sam Allardyce for his one and only game in charge, the World Cup qualifying win over Slovakia but was disappointed after becoming an unused sub. Antonio was again in Southgate’s England squad […]
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Slav to trigger new training regime
Posted on 11 October 2016.
West Ham are looking to start training at the London Stadium over the next couple of weeks. The manager is close to taking up the option of using the London Stadium to help the squad prepare for home games. But with the international break intervening and the next home game – against Sunderland – not […]
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West Ham take over Ladies over sexism row
Posted on 11 October 2016.
West Ham United has completed the takeover of West Ham Ladies last night after the sexism row which engulfed both sides last week. The club released a short statement on WHUFC.com “West Ham United are delighted to announce that, in agreement with the current Ladies’ committee, the Club have this evening been successful in bringing […]
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Bilic will get time
Posted on 11 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic will be given time to sort out the team’s fortunes with David Sullivan and David Gold stll believing he is the right man for the job. The b0ard realise that the manager has had a particularly tough time with injuries and a new ground causing him and the team major readjustment problems. And […]
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Slav sets out his Palace target
Posted on 10 October 2016.
Slaven Bilic wants the Irons to put another brick in the wall this weekend by following up the point against Middlesborough with a clean sheet at Selhurst Park. The boss has had the non internationals squad members in every day for intensive training and much of his and the coaching staff’s energies have been concentrated […]
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Irons player on painkillers for months
Posted on 10 October 2016.
Exclusive Diafra Sakho will play without the aid of painkillers for the first time in nearly two years when he finally makes his West Ham return. There’s a 50-50 chance the Senegal striker could be in the squad for the clash with Palace this weekend but that will depend on Slaven Bilic. The back problem […]
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Defender reckons boss will welcome this ‘headache’
Posted on 10 October 2016.
Aaron Cresswell admits he’d been surprised by the team’s dreadful start to the season but is certain things are about to pick up as the squad look up the table. Cressie is poised to make hs comeback appearance at Selhurst Park at the weekend and is ready to see a change of fortunes. Asked if […]
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West Ham have the most expensive junior away tickets
Posted on 10 October 2016.
West Ham has the most expensive away tickets for young people despite boasting affordable family football for home West Ham fans. West Ham have heavily promoted affordable football with under 16 season tickets sold for £99 and adult season tickets as cheap as £289. Over ten thousand junior season tickets were sold for the London Stadium […]
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Hammers revival in hands of old guard
Posted on 10 October 2016.
With Diafra Sakho and Aaron Cresswell tipped to return to the squad this week it gets harder and harder to see how any of the summer addiations are going to get games. Add Andy Carroll and Andre Ayew’s return within the next fortnight and the position only bcomes excaerbated. The bottom line is that West […]
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Tore injury – the fans respond!
Posted on 10 October 2016.
Gokhan Tore is injured with a quads muscle problem and the estimate is that he will be sidelined for a minimum of five weeks. Here’s how ClaretandHugh Facebook forum members reacted to the news. O Such a pity… O How did he do it? It wasn’t running about or tackling? Maybe he was trying some. […]
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