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West Ham are confident they will have tied up deals for Dimi Payet, Chiek Kouyate and of course Manu Lanzini within the next month. The Hammers are 90 per cent down the road on Payet’s deal which doesn’t involve reported wages of £125k a week but is likely to include hefty annual signing on fees […]

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Ii’s a sobering thought that those crowded into the Boleyn this evening will be watching West Ham’s last ever Cup game under those famous old lights. It has of course been mentioned many times in the build-up to a game which has all the hallmarks of a real thriller which I’m taking the Irons to edge […]

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Dimi Payet has sent a brilliant tweet assuring the fans that he wants to stay at our club for many years. Fair play to West Ham and its media department it has moved quickly to quash rumours of unrest surrounding the player. After being hit by stories in the Fleet Street’s gutter press suggesting that […]

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Slaven Bilic has made it clear that landing an improved contract is entirely dependent on where he has led the club when May arrives! Talks – as reported by ClaretandHugh earlier this week – are underway with the boss but it certainly doesn’t appear to be the number one priority on his agenda. As has […]

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West Ham have this morning issued an official statement on Dimitri Payet’s contractual situation revealing they are involved in “amicable and productive talks about an improvement and extension to his contract.” And they are saying that those talks were initiatted by themselves rather than giving way to any demands made by the player’s agents. The […]

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David Sullivan has reminded the squad that victory tonight put them within 90 minutes of an FA Cup semi final appearance! It may sound a little like stating the obvious but put that way the reality and importance of tonight’s game really kicks in. Speaking on the official site he says: “We are now preparing […]

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Darren Randolph is ready for Liverpool – let’s hope he doesn’t have to be a hero again! A nice quiet night would be handy after his brilliance kept us in the hat for the next round after a superb performance at Anfield. And speaking to www. whufc.com the keeper said: “I hope we can get the job finished. […]

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Pay demands from Dimitri Payet’s agents dominate the headlines this morning after ClaretandHugh exclusively broke the news yesterday that the midfielder’s advisers wanted talks on a new deal. Theplayer signed a deal worth £68,000 plus £10,000 per appearance just eight months ago but our pal Darren Lewis over at The Mirror confirms what we told […]

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A very lively debate from the Hammers Chat boys on tomorrow night’s match between the Irons and Liverpool. Prepare yourselves for a row on the merits of Valenica and Moses! Share This:

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Liverpool v west ham in Cup clashes don’t leave may happy mmories – 2006 remains particularly raw! I can remember being at the 1981 League Cup Final games, where yet again we payed above ourselves but again came up short. Howev, on a November night back in 1988 West Ham faced Liverpool in a league […]

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It was always going to kick off wasn’t it? Thankfully, however,the story  it was only in The Sun and repeated a little later by The Star. According to Flreet Street’s ‘not so finest,’ Chelsea and Manchester United are interested in Dimi Payet just as Man City were in Aaron Cresswell and Chelsea (again) were in […]

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Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge, Philippe Coutinho and Divock Origi are all set to travel to West Ham for the replay. The Scousers have made plenty of team changes in previous rounds and boss Jurgen Klopp looks set shuffle the pack again. He said: “We haven’t decided on starting line up yet. Sturridge was fit enough to […]

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James Tomkins has been ruled out of tomorrow evening’s clash with Liverpool and could be out for up to a month. Speaking at his morning presser the manager said: “James Tomkins got injured in the Southampton game, he felt it before during the warm up but he said he was OK. “At half-time he said […]

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David Sullivan has sent a personal apology to fans hit by the telephone booking line chaos as they tried to buy tickets for the Liverpool FA Cup replay. ClaretandHugh brought various issues to him – notably that one person had spent nearly four hours on the phone and still hadn’t managed to buy a pair. […]

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Manu Lanzini and Diafra Sakho have “outside chances” of being included in the squad for tomorrow evening’s FA Cup replay against Liverpool. But it’s far more likely the top duo will return to the fray against Norwich at Carrow Road on Saturday. Both players have been training with the first team squad for several days […]

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West Ham have reacted to speculation that they are in negotiations with Dimi Payet over a new deal. It’s not true but as is the case whenever players make big starts to their careers with a new clubs, agents can start buzzing around as appears to be the case here. The rumours started over the […]

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Talks have started on giving Slaven Bilic a new five year deal. Is that as it should be or should the board wait to see what he achieves at the end of the season. ClaretandHugh Facebook forum members and site followers give their views   O Slaven should be rewarded, he has us heading in […]

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Enner Valencia tends to split opinion among Irons  fans. After suffering his share of injuries he has managed four goals and  goals and two assists in six games so are we convinced this is a 12 million player. ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum members have been discussing the Ecuadorian international @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ Here’s what they are saying: O […]

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West Ham have already started a preliminary round of talks with Slaven Bilic over a deal aimed at keeping him at the club for the next five years. However, as reported by ClaretandHugh towards the end of last week there will be improvements and escape clauses inserted against the possibility of things going pear-shaped! Although […]

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Some things have to be done …and this is one of them. There is little point in ClaretandHugh – or any other independent website claiming it is here for the supporters – if it doesn’t raise their perfectly justified complaints. Last week we drew attention to the wicked problems people were encountering in trying to […]

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I have no problem with patient football….to a point. Certainly it’s an awful lot better than hoofball which in the context of yesterday’s match against Southampton would have served us no better than the pass and “probe” (I use the word carefully) approach we adopted against a well drilled defence. Yes I understand the team […]

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West Ham new boy Sam Byram will need to be on his very best first team behaviour until the start of the Aptil. The £3.8 million right back found himself back in the referee’s black book yesterday which leves him staring at a two game suspension should he stray the wrong side of the law […]

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Slaven Bilic has agreed that the Irons missed out on a “great opportunty” at Southampton yesterday declaring: “Of course we are gutted.” And he added: “It’s a game we didn’t deserve to lose – we made a sloppy start but were the better team for three-quarters of the game.” However, once again he was forced to […]

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The other West Ham turned up at Southampton this afternoon and failed to trouble a ten man home team. Here’s how members of the ClaretandHugh FB forum reacted @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O Another team to whom we showed too much respect O Why are we are happy to sit back and defend rather than come out attacking. […]

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Adrian: Little to do and no chance with the goal. Did his best to distribute well and set things up 6 Tomkins: Off injured in the second half. Defended well but still not the answer going forward 6 Reid: Decent afternoon and saw our best chance – a header – well saved 7 Collins: Steady […]

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