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• Spaniard has Sergio Agüero’s goal tally in his sights • Negredo points out that West Ham tie is not yet over Álvaro Negredo has called for humility from his Manchester City team-mates before the League Cup semi-final, second leg against West Ham United, and admitted he hopes to finish the season as the club’s top scorer ahead of Sergio Agüero. With Manuel Pellegrini’s side 6-0 ahead from Wednesday’s first leg at the Etihad – where Negredo scored a fabulous left-foot…

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• You come out fighting or sink and die, says Allardyce • Carroll likely to be on the bench for Cardiff game Sam Allardyce has insisted in an email to West Ham fans he will “come out fighting” following his team’s dismal 6-0 defeat at Manchester City , a result that has persuaded the club to drastically reduce under-18 ticket prices for the semi-final, second leg on Tuesday week. West Ham, who have conceded 11 goals in their past two …

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Two heavy cup defeats have fuelled the fans’ discontent, more of the same could spell the end for West Ham’s manager Six years ago on Friday Sam Allardyce woke up an unemployed man, the scars of his sacking by Newcastle United still hurting. If that remains the most regrettable period of his career – he was only in charge for eight months – Allardyce’s current predicament at West Ham United does …

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Twenty matches into the 2013-14 season, WhoScored have compiled infographics for all 20 Premier League clubs 1) Arsenal 2) Manchester City 3) Chelsea 4) Liverpool 5) Everton 6) Tottenham Hotspur 7) Manchester United 8) Newcastle United 9) Southampton 10) Hull City 11) Aston Villa 12) Stoke City 13) Swansea City 14) West Bromwich Albion 15) Norwich City 16) Fulham 17) Cardiff City 18) Crystal Palace 19) West Ham United 20) Sunderland Premier League Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Everton Fulham Hull City Manchester United Manchester City Liverpool Newcastle United Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West…

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West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce says his team were outperformed by a strong Manchester City in the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg

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• Manchester City result prompts fury from away supporters • Manager accepts job is in danger if current form continues West Ham United fans vented their fury at Sam Allardyce during their team’s 6-0 hammering at Manchester City – by singing obscene chants inviting him to leave his job. While Allardyce accepted that the invective was understandable given the terrible Capital One Cup semi-final first-leg result, the 59-year-old risked angering supporters further by suggesting the…

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The Manuel Pellegrini bandwagon rolls on thanks to inspirational Álvaro Negredo as the Irons are left to melt in the fire 1 City juggernaut drives on “I think that the last month of 2013 was fantastic for us. We played nine games during December. We won eight and drew just one and we started the new year with another good win at Swansea and a draw in the FA Cup at Blackburn Rovers. Now, in …

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The only surprise, perhaps, was that Manchester City restricted themselves to six. The tie was so one-sided, the level of opposition so utterly abject, that there were moments when it was easy to imagine another seven-goal haul to emulate what happened against Norwich, never mind the six that Arsenal and Tottenham sieved inside this stadium. The fifth goal went in before the hour had even passed. After that, the goal machine that is Manuel…

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Will Big Sam’s side put their FA Cup upset behind them to put one over on Manchester City to take a huge step towards the final at Wembley? Steven Bloor

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Minute-by-minute report: Who will get their noses ahead in the first leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final? Find out with Paul Doyle Paul Doyle

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• Delegation in Milan to hold talks with Inter • Loan deal for the Algerian has been agreed in principle West Ham United have not given up hope of persuading Internazionale’s young forward Ishak Belfodil to join on loan for the remainder of the season after agreeing a deal in principle with the Italian club. A delegation has been in Milan to hold talks with Inter’s hierarchy, but they must now discuss the move with the 21-year…

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The former Aston Villa, West Ham and Everton player, who has announced he is gay, had a thunderous shot and scored the decisive goal when Stuttgart won the title in 2007 Thomas Hitzlsperger has never shirked a challenge. In 2000, as an 18-year-old, he decided to leave his parents and six siblings in Germany to move to England. He had just been released by Bayern Munich, where he had been for eight years, but did not want to join another Bundesliga club. He wanted a challenge – …

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Manuel Pellegrini says Manchester City are taking this season one game at a time in the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Capital One cup

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• ‘We know what happens if you don’t get results as a manager’ • Manager realistic despite show of support by joint chairmen Sam Allardyce has conceded his future as West Ham United’s manager hinges on instigating an immediate upturn in results, despite the show of support offered by the club’s joint chairmen before Wednesday’s Capital One Cup semi-final against Manchester City. David Sullivan and David Gold had reacted to Sunday’s thrashing by the Championship club Nottingham…

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Sam Allardyce speaks after terrible recent string of results which leaves the club in the bottom three of the Premier League

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• ‘I wasn’t backed by last two and got sacked for no reason’ • Hammers prepare for cup semi-final at Manchester City Sam Allardyce is happy with the strong backing he has had from the West Ham co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold despite the club’s plight, 19th in the table and thrashed 5-0 by Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round on Sunday. But Sullivan and Gold issued an open letter to West Ham’s fans backing Allardyce’s position and the 59-year-old, who will take …

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• Balfour Beatty win £154m contract to make venue multipurpose • Concerns grow over the role of West Ham in long-term plans The cost of the Olympic Stadium has risen to more than £580m, most of it met by taxpayers, with the news that Balfour Beatty has been awarded the £154m contract to transform the venue into one suitable for football and athletics. The appointment of a contractor to oversee the transformation of the temporary 80,000 seat structure into one with a cantilevered roof, permanent …

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Construction firm boosted by £154m deal to convert arena into football club’s new home and multi-purpose venue by 2016 Balfour Beatty has won the £154m contract to convert London’s Olympic stadium into the new home of West Ham United, in a fillip for the construction firm’s struggling UK business. The project will employ up to 400 people at its busiest, as Balfour Beatty turns the 80,000-seat Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park into a multi-purpose venue taking …

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• ‘We know Sam has not lost his ambition or desire’ • Club also close to completing first January signing Sam Allardyce has been handed “a near impossible task” in turning around West Ham United’s slump in form, according to the club’s co-chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold, who have written an open letter to fans promising to save West Ham from relegation. The duo also confirmed in the letter that they are close to…

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Hat-trick hero Jamie Paterson and the captain Andy Reid expressed their delight at helping Nottingham Forest reach the fourth round of the FA Cup after demolishing West Ham. Sam Allardyce raised eyebrows by making nine changes to his West Ham side against tricky Championship opposition, and his decision backfired as the hosts ran riot. While Djamel Abdoun’s 12th-minute penalty and Reid’s strike at the death bookended the scoring, it was Paterson who stole the…

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Minute-by-minute report: Can Nottingham Forest beat West Ham in the third round of the FA Cup? Find out with Jacob Steinberg Jacob Steinberg

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Winger says the club have been ‘very unlucky’ and that the manager retains the players’ full support For West Ham and Stewart Downing, Sunday’s FA Cup meeting with Nottingham Forest provides some welcome relief from recent woes. The Hammers have secured two points out of a possible 21 in the Premier League since the beginning of December, so the prospect of a match against Championship opposition, however tricky, at least represents an…

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Twenty-three years ago Alex Ferguson was rescued by a third-round win at the City Ground. Sam Allardyce – 19th in the Premier League – badly needs a lift as his excuses ring hollow Sam Allardyce’s position might not be quite as endangered as Alex Ferguson’s before that famous FA Cup third-round tie at Nottingham Forest in January 1990 but there is also some fairly hard evidence that West Ham United’s manager is at a point in his professional life when he…

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• West Ham have lost seven of their last 10 league games • ‘It’s a tough period, no doubt about it,’ says Allardyce Sam Allardyce has dismissed suggestions West Ham United are in crisis, despite admitting that there is “doom and gloom” around the club following a disappointing run of form. There has been speculation that the manager’s job is at risk since the 2-1 defeat at Fulham on New Year’s Day left the…

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• Defender confident of other suitors to improve Brazil hopes • ‘You have to be convinced that you are taking the right step’ John Heitinga has turned down a move from Everton to West Ham United, saying he felt it was not the right step for his career. The defender’s place at the World Cup in Brazil this June is at risk because he has not played in the league this season but the 30-year-old is confident he will find another new club during this month’s transfer …

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Wigan’s experience last year proved that the FA Cup is worth fighting for – whatever else happens as a result West Ham United were involved in the early kick-off last Saturday, so when they began to struggle at home to West Bromwich it gave the radio commentary team the chance, a full week in advance of this weekend’s third-round fixtures, to say that Sam Allardyce would not be remotely bothered about the FA Cup this…

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