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Development team boss Terry Westley refused to criticise any of his players despite them losing 2-0 at Swansea last night (Fri). The team entered the game with two wins from two although the Swans also boasted a 100 per cent. Owain Jones and Botti Bia Bi were their scorers although the report on the official […]

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Martin Samuelsen has joined Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan but plans are on hold to send out Ashley Fletcher.The 19-year-old Norwegian – , who has signed a new four-year contract with the club, will link up with fellow Hammer Stephen Hendrie, who is also on loan at Ewood Park, for the 2016/17 campaign. Samuelsen […]

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On the face of it – having seen everything we think we need to see – you would have to be utterly crazy to back the Irons to get anything at Manchester City tomorrow. We have been poor – very poor – lethargic, injury hit and unable to pass their way into anything but quick […]

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West Ham are still keen to bring Wilfried Bony to the club on a potential loan deal despite the imminent signing of Simone Zaza. Slaven Bilic is determined to sort out the striker problems before the transfer window deadline but remains angry at the Europa League humiliation by Astra Giurgiu. He will spend the final week […]

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Join myself and Geo as we discuss all the transfer dealings following the Europa exit to Astra. Will Zaza be any good, should Samuelsen go out on loan, do we have too many midfielders and will we be able to offload a very downbeat Enner Valencia.   All this and more discussed live at 8:30 […]

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Proud Adrian has spoken of his joy at being called nto the Spain squad for the first time in his career. Speaking to the official Hammers site he said: ““I was on the standby list for a couple of squads before Euro 2016, but this time around I didn’t ask my agent if I was […]

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WEST HAM will ban a fan who was filmed punching another supporter in the face during Thursday’s Europa League defeat. The Sun reports police have identified and arrested the culprit and his details have been passed onto the club. A video on social media showed a man  throw a punch at what is believed to […]

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  Irons cult hero Adrian has been called into the Spain international squad for the first time. New Spain coach Julen Lopetegui hs named Adrian in a squad which alo includes David De Gea and Pepe Reina with the Iron replacing Spain’s most capped player Iker Casillas. The squad has been named for the games against Belgium […]

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CandH Exclusive Simone Zaza will sit down to talks with Slaven Bilic later today aimed at discovering how he is set to be used should he finally commit to put pen to paper and join the Irons. The player has agreed personal terms of around £100k a week and the Hammers will dig deep to […]

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Simone Zaza looks set to sign for the Irons later today according to Slaven Bilic has confirmed. The manager said  personal terms have been agreed with the Italian as well as a deal with Juventus, which is reported to be a cub record of £24 million although it could be preceded by a loan period. […]

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Ashley Fletcher caught everybody’s eye on a dark dark Hammers night and made it crystal clear afterwards he can’t wait to play more games. Speaking to the official site after the time was dumped out of Europe he declared: “It is a sickener for a massive club to go out at this early stage and […]

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Hold on before we get too carried away in our disappointment! Slaven Bilic made eight changes to a team that hadn’t played very well on Sunday and although he’s too big a character to blame the injury crisis we have to realise the man’s in a dreadful position. I’ve read all sorts of stuff about […]

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“Horror…shock…disgust…beaten by a pub team, unacceptable” and far far worse. They are just some of the responses to last night’s performance in the second leg of the second qualfying round of the Europa Cup. Let’s not hide from the fact that West Ham United were utterly appalling and beyond the late arrival of the excellent […]

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So the Hammers here dumped out of Europe by a Romanian outfit beaten 5-1 at the weekend. It will be remembered as one of our worst defeats. The ClaretandHugh Facebook forum @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ has been red hot – here’s some random responses O Mr Sullivan’s cheap options and false promises have come home to roost tonight. […]

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Fair play to Slaven Bilic for remaining true to himself after the game and refusing to find excuses and get involved in the blame game. Slav doesn’t do scapegoating nor does he need telling by anybody that last night’s performance wasn’t acceptable or find easy targets to blame. The guy is big enough to take […]

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  “We created the sort of chances we had to score, but it wasn’t that we missed chances, it was that we didn’t play good.” “I’m angry and frustrated but I’m much more disappointed than anything else because we wanted to go through “I am not going to lose faith in the players after one […]

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Match verdict There’s been something very wrong all pre-season and now into it. Injuries? Yes but tonight we saw a West Ham United performance entirely unrecognisable from anything we watched in   2015/16. Without any creative players of consequence on the pitch  (and please please please don’t mention the name Tore) we saw two teams who […]

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Slaven Bilic has revealed that Mark Noble misses tonights Europa Cup clash because “he felt a little something in training.” And the manager added: “He has played a lot of games in pre eason and we didn’t want to tae the risk because we believe he will be alright for the Manchester City game. “This […]

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West Ham’s famous Insider has revealed this everning that the club are at “an advanced stage of negotiations to sign a top international forward.” ClaretandHugh reported this morning that our best source claims that will be Simone Zaza and should that turn out to be the case it will be a massive statement of intent […]

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The Hammers have only sold 2,500 of their 3,000 ticket allocation for the big clash at Manchester City on Sunday. An this is the latest game not to sell out to season ticket holders and a quick take-up is required if we are to ensure future maximum allocation. It’ a very odd situation given that […]

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West Ham are trying hard to bring Simone Zaza to the club. Despite suggestions from the manager this morning that the Carlos Bacca deal may be resurrected that could be a smokescreen as we have learned that Zaza talks are back underway. We have been told that they are continuing with the Italy international’s advisors but […]

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The Irons will face League Two side Accrington Stanley in the third round of the EFL Cup. We  have been drawn at home and the tie will be played week commencing 19 September 2016. Stanley caused one of the big upsets of the second round against Premier League opposition when Matty Pearson scored a last […]

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Slaven Bilic may again give the thumbs up to a move for Carlos Bacca – should the striker show an interest in joining the Hammers – after tonight.. The club believe entry into the Europa Cup proper tonight could have a bearing on Bacca’s attitude towards finally agreeing to come to the club. And Bilic […]

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Chelsea’s forgotten man Loic Remy is only a back up choice for a West Ham loan deal should their moves to find striker cover fail. He is only on the club’s secondary choice  as Slaven Bilic and David Sullivan continue to movem for available front men given the club’s injury crisis. Hopes of signing Italy […]

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West Ham were tonight told they had no chance of signing Simone Zaza on loan ClaretandHugh reported earlier this week that the Hammers wanted him on a season long deal but that Juvntus want a permnent deal and have named a price of £25 million. That is too rich for the Hammers blood and with […]

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Slaven Bilic has made his position clear on Carlos Bacca or anyone else who doesn’t want to play for the Irons – ‘your loss pal!’ The manager has been discussing his signing policy and clearly shares the view of us fans who have little or no time for those who “umm” and “err” over a […]

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