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Collins says squad social was ‘as good as a training session’ West Ham drew 1-1 with Middlesbrough thanks to Payet solo goal A much-publicised players’ night out helped to galvanise West Ham after a terrible start to the Premier League season, defender James Collins said. Four consecutive league defeats had left the Hammers in the bottom three, prompting the manager, Slaven Bilic, to grant his squad a late night out

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Slaven Bilic responds to questions over his position as West Ham manager following a draw with Middlesbrough on Saturday, following four Premier League defeats. Bilic says West Ham need some luck, and that the poor performances are his responsibility Dimitri Payet magic earns West Ham a point against Middlesbrough Continue reading…

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One nil down at a place that doesn’t feel like home on the back of four heavy Premier League losses, West Ham were in a predicament and there was only one man capable of sprinkling magic dust to ease it. Dimitri Payet picked up the ball wide on the left and began to sashay round opponent after opponent. It was mesmerising. He in effect took out more than half of Middlebrough’s team, …

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Premier League 3pm updates and more from the Football League Live scoreboard: follow all today’s goals as they go in! barry.glendenning@theguardian.com on email, tweet @bglendenning 2.41pm BST Championship: QPR will enjoy their three-mile trip home from Craven Cottage, where they’ve won 2-1. That doesn’t tell the whole story, mind – Fulham missed two penalties, including one in the final minute of added time. Oh dear. 2.24pm BST Premier League: Liverpool take the three points, but they were a …

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Having lost three of their past four matches at home and five out of six in total, West Ham need a win against Middlesbrough in order to ease the growing sense of anxiety in their new ground. However Slaven Bilic is under pressure. West Ham have lost five of their first six league matches and Middlesbrough, who are winless since 21 August, will spy an opportunity to put distance between themselves and the …

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• Slaven Bilic reiterates it was his idea to promote team bonding • Social media reports have suggested two players were drunk Slaven Bilic has said that it was his idea for his players to have a night out together and revealed that he will wait until after West Ham United’s game against Middlesbrough on Saturday before deciding whether to take action against Andy Carroll and Darren Randolph following claims that the pair were drunk on Tuesday afternoon…

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• Pictures surfaced on social media of players on Tuesday afternoon • Hammers have lost five of their six Premier League games this season West Ham are investigating claims the striker Andy Carroll and goalkeeper Darren Randolph were drunk on Tuesday afternoon following a club-sanctioned night out on Monday. There were conflicting reports on social media but the manager, Slaven Bilic, is likely to have questions for the pair. …

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Southampton inflict West Ham’s fifth league defeat of the season. Plus, Arsenal annihilate Chelsea; Manchester United win without Wayne Rooney; and City head to Celtic in the Champions League Subscribe and review: iTunes , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acast On today’s Football Weekly , AC Jimbo is joined by Iain Macintosh , Barry Glendenning and Un’appy ’Ammer fan Jacob Steinberg to look back on a weekend of ups and downs in the Premier League. Continue reading…

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After five defeats in six league games, Slaven Bilic has problems in all areas of his West Ham side, and he needs more impact from his summer signings Asked about West Ham United’s failure to kill off Crystal Palace in April , Slaven Bilic pointed out that it is impossible to score three goals in every match. The message was that his team had to become more solid. But little has changed since that 2-2 draw…

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The left-back’s attacking mind-set was noticeable in contrast to West Ham’s Álvaro Arbeloa and Havard Nordtveit, who were pinned back and made to suffer The 3-0 scoreline did not do justice to the superiority Southampton enjoyed over West Ham, with the visitors creating a huge number of chances and only Hammers goalkeeper Adrian keeping the scoreline respectable. Claude Puel’s team were better in almost every department – but the greatest contrast was at full-back. Both Aaron Cresswell and…

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After moving to London Stadium at the beginning of the season West Ham seemed to have struggled to settle into their new home. The team have won just one league game since moving from their famous old Boleyn Ground. We speak to fans of the club before and after the Premier League game against Southampton on Sunday to hear what they think of the move West Ham restore order off the field, but

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West Ham took steps to ensure there was no disorder in the stands but the team was in chaos on the pitch during the 3-0 defeat by Southampton There was some good news for West Ham United on Sunday. Segregation between home and away supporters was effective, well stewarded and looked like the kind of precaution that might normally be put in place at a Premier League match. Not only that, but there were 950 stewards at work around the…

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• West Ham have now conceded 11 goals in past three league games • ‘Everything that was good last year is bad,’ manager Slaven Bilic admits Slaven Bilic admitted that the responsibility for West Ham United’s dreadful start to the season lies with him and denied that there is any split in the dressing room after the 3-0 defeat against Southampton here on Sunday. Bilic spoke as the West Ham captain, Mark…

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Slaven Bilic, the West Ham United manager, and Claude Puel the Southampton United manager, give their reactions after The Saints beat the Hammers 3-0 at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Slaven Bilic says his team must change their approach after a string of defeats. Puel is positive about Southampton’s performance Charlie Austin maintains his hot goal streak as Southampton beat West Ham Continue reading…

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The initial temptation is to blame the ground and say that West Ham United were sorely mistaken when they decided to leave Upton Park. The initial burst of optimism that greeted their move to the London Stadium has been replaced by an unmistakable sense of drift, on and off the pitch, and Slaven Bilic’s face was fraught with concern as he watched his ragged team slump to a deserved 3-0 defeat at the hands of Claude Puel’s sleek Southampton. …

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Minute-by-minute updates from the London Stadium Mark Noble: ‘Sometimes everything that could go wrong goes wrong’ Email daniel.harris.casual@theguardian.com or tweet: @DanielHarris 1.54pm BST Moving is a pain in the arse. Not as acute a pain in arse as is used to justify the tedious patter, prolonged whinging and laughable rage that come with it, but pain in the arse nonetheless. But even when it’s all over…

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It has been an unpleasant start to the season on and off the pitch for Slaven Bilic’s side but the captain has stated complete belief in those around him If Mark Noble is right, then the latest demonstration of Dimitri Payet’s prowess with a dead ball will be a defining moment for West Ham after a fractious start to the new campaign that has so far featured a premature exit from the Europa …

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Today’s fluff can sing just like our fathers Another day, another round of stories predicting the imminent demise of Francesco Guidolin , who signed a two-year contract at Swansea just four months ago and has since inspired his team to five league points out of a possible 21 – this morning the Sun say he is “rapidly running out of time”, the Mirror that he “may be just one game from the sack” and …

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• Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho to meet again at Old Trafford • West Ham face Chelsea and Arsenal v Reading in fourth round Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho will meet again after the two Manchester clubs were paired together in the fourth round draw for the EFL Cup on Wednesday night. Cup holders City, who won 2-1 at Old Trafford in the Premier League earlier this month , will return there in the last week of October after their 2-1 win …

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Dimitri Payet has made a habit of scoring crucial late goals. But this cruel winner against a resolute and composed League Two Accrington Stanley side might yet take on an unlikely added significance. In delivering Slaven Bilic’s team a barely deserved victory to halt a run of four straight defeats, half-time substitute Payet might just start to lift some of the gloom that has enveloped the club’s new home on and off the pitch…

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To illustrate how much the Premier League has changed since Arsenal unveiled Arsène Wenger on 22 September 1996, here is a list of the other managers employed in the top-flight that day To fully comprehend how much England’s top-flight has changed since Arsène Wenger first strode into Highbury’s famous marble halls for his official unveiling on 22 September 1996, a list of the other managers employed in the Premier League that day is most instructive. Six years after …

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Today’s fluff better read between the lines Roman Abramovich is so “furious” about Chelsea ’s home humbling by Liverpool that his new manager, Antonio Conte , is already in trouble, says the Express in a report labelled as “exclusive” – in a scarlet font that is bright but considerably smaller than the red “ exclusive ” at the top of the Daily Star’s near-identical story. Conte’s “failure to turn around the obvious flaws in the squad” were “brutally exposed” in …

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East End diehards are standing up against what they say is a family-day-out gentrification of the game Watch Mo Farah winning his golden track double in the 5,000m at London 2012, or Jessica Ennis landing the heptathlon title by winning the 800m, and you will notice that every single person in camera shot at the Olympic Stadium is on their feet. Tens of thousands of them roaring their heroes to glory. The London …

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Discord and poor organisation in and around the repurposed Olympic Stadium threatens to be more serious than mere teething troubles This was not how it was advertised in the brochure. Nor in the glossy online videos fronted by the vice-chair Karren Brady . Or, for that matter, in the hi-tech glass and chrome season ticket reservations centre in the Westfield shopping mall next to the Olympic Park where West Ham’s new 57,000-seat stadium nestles. Their move…

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West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic admits he felt embarrassed at half-time with his side 3-0 down against West Brom. Bilic, who saw his team lose 4-2 at the Hawthorns, praised his players’ second-half response but added “you can’t expect to get anything from the game” after such a poor first half showing Continue reading…

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A new era at West Bromwich Albion began in entertaining style as a 4-2 home win against West Ham helped ease speculation about Tony Pulis’s future. Related: Hull City v Arsenal, Manchester City v Bournemouth and more: football clockwatch – live! Related: Alexis Sánchez and Theo Walcott ensure Arsenal sink 10-man Hull Related: Slimani opens his account with a double as Leicester ease past Burnley Continue reading…

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