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A big debate is going off over at ClaretandHugh’s facebook group on whether Pedro Obiang will wreck Alex Song’s hopes of a permanent deal. Word on the Hammers grapevine is that Pedro is now ahead of the Barelona loanee for a starting spot. Here’s some random thoughts from CandH members. Come and join then @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ […]

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The chairman’s grand-daughter, Scarlett Rose shows the 79 old owner how to sing the Dimitri Payet song on Valentine’s day. Seven year old Scarlett, daughter of Jacqueline Gold can be seen singing the Payet song as her grand-dad nods along to the tune. A Valentine’s song for @dimpayet17 from the chairman’s @davidgold granddaughter Scarlett Rose […]

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David Gold admits to disappointment after the result at Norwich but reckons everybody under-estimated the effects of the Liverpool 120 minutes. He also pointed out that games against struggling teams are always tough pointing to the Sunderland v Man United game as a prime example. Dpeaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he said: “Nobody has a divine […]

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Former Hammer Mauro Zarate was sent off after grabbing and possibly biting Inter Milan’s Jeison Murillo by the neck on Valentine’s day evening. However Zarate claims he was punched twice during the scenes that marred the end of Fiorentina’s 2-1 win on Sunday night. After Khouma Babacar scored the winner in stoppage time, Zarate initially refused […]

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West Ham are set to receive a humble £1.5 million for Nikica Jelavic. Despite reports that the club is set to receive anything from between £4 million to £9 million for the striker we revealed on February 2 that the fee would be less than they paid for him. The fee of £9 million mentioned […]

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Jack Collison claims he “can just about  get out to play ” in Mark Noble’s Testimonial on March 28. Having retired from the game because of a knee injury Jack will turn out in the game even if it turns out to be for short time. Speaking to the ClaretandHugh interview section of MooreThanJustAPodcast  tonight – […]

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West Ham striker Nikica Jelavic has arrived in China to complete his move to Beijing Renhe. Jelavic has landed in China to wrap up the formalities of the transfer to Renhe, who were relegated after finishing 15th in the top flight last year. The Croatia forward joined the Hammers on deadline day last September for around £2m […]

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Slaven Bilic has given an assurance there will no repeats of last season with the Hammers sliding down the table. The draw at Norwich, following the defeat at Southampton, has set up the spectre of an end of season similar to last year when we sunk after a brilliant start. The Irons of course started their fall […]

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Pedro Obiang has staked a massive claim to become part of a regular midfield involving Mark Noble and Cheik Kouyate. And that’s very bad news for contract-chasing Alex Song whose hopes of landing a permanent end of season deal are now rated at less than 50/50 by a number of Irons insiders. The loanee returned […]

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Those three special words everyone wants to hear on Valentine’s day. Even captain Mark Noble re-tweeted this cartoon on social media earlier today. I wonder whether he mentions Payet in his sleep while laying next to Mrs Noble in bed? Mark Noble and Dimi Payet The love affair continues…. Share This:

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Ok, I can understand why Slav declared himself content with the 2-2 draw at Carrow Road. To pull two goals back is always an achievement and he of course mentioned  the extraordinarily emotional and physically draining game against Liverpool in midweek. I think it’s pretty obvious by now that I’m as big a fan of […]

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Hammers fans have been discussing yesterday’s ‘disappointing’ result at Norwich. Here’s what several of them had to say at the ClaretandHugh forum and  Facebook Group. O Antonio and Enner looked absolutely knackered from Tuesday O Not beating any of the bottom five teams away is quite bad. By my reckoning that is 11 points lost. Motivation […]

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Jack Collison has become a massive Michail Antonio fan. The Hammers cult hero – who has gone through more than most during his time in the game – announced his retirement on Saturday. And tomorrow evening he will appear in the ClaretandHugh interview section of MooreThanJustAPodcast when among much else he will discuss the impact […]

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Yesterday, Claret and Hugh revealed as many as 25,000 West Ham supporters on the Olympic Stadium priority list could be disappointed as demand for OS season tickets outstrips supply. There are believed to be fewer than 9,000 season tickets remaining for next season for the 34,000 strong waiting list who have paid a tenner piece […]

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With another goal and assist yesterday we dedicate this new video to Dimitri Payet today on Valentine’s day. From just 19 appearances the play maker has scored 7 goals, made 5 assists and completed 838 passes with 82% pass accuracy. Dimi we love you! The Love affair continues Share This:

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Skipper Mark Noble is annoyed the Irons didn’t leave Carrow Road with a win but understands how much the Liverpool match took out of the team. He told whufc.com: “Especially after the midweek game, the lads put in everything to get the point, which was so important for us after being 2-0 down. “Sometimes you’ve […]

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Michail Antonio is convinced the the injury-hit Hammers squad can mount a sustained Premier League push for a European place, as well as an FA Cup run.   He said: “We’ve definitely got the squad. We’ve got depth. We’ve already shown it this season. “We lost six of our strikers and hung in there. Now […]

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Andy Dunn may or may not be a name with which you are familiar. Just for background, he’s a journalist who at one point in his career prior to his life on the News of the World and Sunday Mirror  worked as a sports writer for the David Sullivan-owned Daily Sport. And today he has […]

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Jack Collison today announced his retirement from the professional game following his long battle against the knee injury which he sustained at Wigan as an Iron. He could never fully recover and has finally decided to call it a day at just 27 years of age to concentrate on a coaching career and life in […]

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Slaven Bilic is  content with the Norwich result after a physically and mentally.sapping week of football. Speaking to www.whufc.com he said: ” “You can talk about positives and negatives but when you consider we played for 120 minutes on Tuesday night and the fact we were two goals down here in a very short period of […]

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You really wonder what might have happened had the Irons not turned up until 70 minutes after kick off. Two goals down and at times playing a brand of football that would have done a disservice to League One, the Hammers finally decided turn it on, claw back a two goal lead and might easily […]

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ClaretandHugh’s readers have overwhelmingly backed the West Ham board’s decision to give Dimitri Payet a vastly improved deal. The brilliant midfielder has become the biggest earner in the club’s history at around £100k a week following this week’s negotiations. Some had taken the view that it was far too soon given him a new contract […]

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LIVE updates from Norwich v West Ham Kick Off 3pm LIVE Audio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live from 3pm HERE Pre Match Fact File Five of the nine Premier League meetings between West Ham and Norwich have ended in a draw, with both sides winning two apiece. West Ham have not won on any of their […]

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