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AC Jimbo is joined by Jacob Steinberg , James Horncastle and Ian Macintosh to drool over the midweek footie action. It’s 11 games unbeaten for Manchester United and after their 5-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen the pod wonder whether David Moyes has finally found his best team, and discuss what crisis ridden Spurs can do to stop them on Sunday. They ask whether the ‘Özil factor’ has had an effect on Jack Wilshire after his impressive display against Marseille , and debate…

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• Consistent Mikel earns praise from Mourinho • Home crowd showed their disapproval at the end Chelsea are attempting to be progressive this term but all this felt like a welcome throwback. West Ham United were stifled and overcome with all the efficiency of old, the visitors delivering that enticing blend of strength and subtlety to dominate from the outset with a ruthlessness to secure comfortable victory. “Without the ball we worked hard, with it we were very sharp,” said Frank …

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For José Mourinho and Chelsea, there was beauty in this East End stroll. Needing a victory after the loss at Newcastle and the fortunate home draw against West Bromwich Albion, they found opponents only too happy to oblige. West Ham were a shambles in the first-half. The manager, Sam Allardyce, persisted with his 4-6-0 formation and he watched his team offer nothing and, seemingly, look to do nothing more than cling on. So bad were his tactics and his team …

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Minute-by-minute report: East meets west (London) at Upton Park. Follow all the action with Scott Murray’s updates Scott Murray

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How Sam Allardyce must be craving a fit, battering ram of a striker who could unsettle a Chelsea team whose away form to date this term – five points from a possible 15 – renders them vulnerable. An Andy Carroll, perhaps. The hosts may have Carlton Cole as an alternative, but the visitors will be ready to confront a packed midfield as they search of a derby victory to pep up their title challenge. “We have to do…

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Moyes’s momentum, time for plan B at Fulham and a mid-table clash at the Etihad are just some of things to look forward to West Ham struggling for strikers Anyone with a passing knowledge of West Ham United knew that starting the season with Andy Carroll as their only striker – we’ll not be counting Modibo Maïga, thank you very much – was asking for trouble. But Sam Allardyce went ahead and put all his eggs in one basket anyway and, surprise, surprise, …

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Construction on a new roof for London’s Olympic Stadium is under way as it begins its transformation into West Ham United’s new home

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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce admits his team are struggling with injuries before their clash against Chelsea on Saturday

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• Full-back aggravates problem on England duty • César Azpilicueta likely to continue in Cole’s position Ashley Cole is unlikely to feature in Chelsea’s Premier League derby at West Ham United on Saturday evening after he aggravated a rib problem during England’s defeat to Germany. The veteran left-back first suffered the injury during a win at Norwich last month, ruling him out of two World Cup qualifiers, and was absent from his club’s first team for three weeks in recovery. His …

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• Leyton Orient continue to lobby for groundshare • Floodlights will make way for cantilevered roof The door has been left open for Leyton Orient to share the Olympic Stadium with West Ham United on an occasional basis, as work begins on adding an 84-metre roof as part of a £160m conversion project. The West Ham vice‑chair Karren Brady, who led the club’s bid to win tenancy and move in time for the 2016…

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West Ham United’s Ravel Morrison scores a memorable volley on Sunday during England’s U21 training

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From Chelsea to Northampton Town at the bottom of League Two, results over the next few games will be vital for coaches under pressure 1. Martin Jol (Fulham) For the moment Fulham’s owner, Shahid Kahn, is determined to support rather than sack Martin Jol despite the manager’s decreasing popularity with fans . This week, on Jol’s recommendation, Fulham appointed René Meulensteen as head coach in an effort to help stimulate improvement in a team that is conceding goals at an alarming rate and has won just …

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Bullying in the NFL, the couple who organised baseball fixtures, the basketball coach who exploded, the Irishman with the best job in the world and the fan who played for West Ham Thanks for all your comments and suggestions on our last blog . 1) Man up: declaring a war on warrior culture When Richie Incognito sent threatening text messages to his Miami Dolphins team-mate Jonathan Martin, he did not hold back – concluding them with the pithy: “Fuck you, you’re still a rookie. I’ll…

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The catch was a simple one but West Ham United’s goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen dropped it and so Chris Hughton is still Norwich City manager. That is speculation, of course, but sometimes life really is that simple and it is certainly not far-fetched to suggest West Ham’s clumsy generosity on Saturday evening helped to keep Hughton in his job. In the first half the Canaries were abject, their confidence apparently in pieces as strikerless West Ham passed the …

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At half-time you would not have given tuppence for Chris Hughton’s chances of remaining manager of Norwich City. It was not so much the Canaries were sliding towards a sixth defeat in eight matches as the manner in which they were doing so that prompted the boos which followed the players down the tunnel. Put simply, Norwich were being both outplayed and tactically embarrassed. The extent to which Hughton effected the transformation which…

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Minute-by-minute report: Norwich and Chris Hughton desperately need a win. West Ham desperately need a goal. Something’s got to give. Join Scott Murray Scott Murray

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Howard Hill, Richard Forrest and Lee Stewart plead guilty to unlawfully obtaining phone records of east London club’s executives Three men, including an investigator who worked for a company hired by Tottenham Hotspur during a bitterly contested battle for tenancy of the Olympic Stadium, have pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining the phone records and bank statements of West Ham vice-chair Karren Brady and others. Howard Hill, who resigned as a partner from…

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• West Ham still struggling to score without Andy Carroll • Aston Villa’s defensive resilience earns point Sam Allardyce spent his Friday evening in the front row at the Royal Festival Hall, watching Eamonn Holmes question Sir Alex Ferguson. It was a fairly tame event – questions about David Beckham, Roy Keane or Wayne Rooney were off-limits – but Ferguson’s thoughts on the need to give managers time would have struck a chord with the West Ham United manager. “Stick by …

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One of Sam Allardyce’s favourite mottos is to “respect the point” and no side are bigger respecters of the point than West Ham at the moment. They are trundling along at the rate of a point a game and this mess of a match, which started brightly but deteriorated badly soon enough, was the fourth goalless draw West Ham have treated their fans to already this season, although…

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West Ham have not won at home in the league since beating Cardiff City on the opening day and after three straight defeats at Upton Park, Sam Allardyce will view this match as a chance to move away from the bottom three. The manager’s main decision is whether to stick with his strikerless formation or to start…

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Sean Dyche’s first anniversary as Burnley manager was soured as a controversial penalty provided Premier League West Ham safe passage into the quarter-final. Matt Taylor converted with 14 minutes remaining after the home captain, Jason Shackell, was penalised for a tackle on the substitute Kevin Nolan, in the process of shooting. Then, in injury time, Keith Treacy was sent-off for hacking at Joe Cole, chasing back into the …

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Manager attributes superb form of Championship leaders on open-mindedness and freeing his side from fear Sean Dyche has made open-mindedness a mantra at Burnley, encouraging it from his players and employing the term frequently at press conferences. There are some things he could not have envisaged, however, and the remarkable transformation occurring under his management at Turf Moor is one. Sam Allardyce is guaranteed a difficult return to…

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Sam Allardyce never claimed he was a tactical genius, so perhaps it would be too much to expect the West Ham United manager’s 4-6-0 formation to lead to a win and a flurry of goals in every away game. Playing without a striker for 64 minutes, West Ham created no shortage of opportunities in the first…

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All the best images from Sunday’s matches, including: Sunderland v Newcastle, Chelsea v Man City, Swansea v West Ham and Tottenham v Hull

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West Ham side go to the Liberty Stadium with only eight points so far this season but will be buoyed by their recent visit to White Hart Lane, where the spotlight fell firmly on Ravel Morrison. Michael Laudrup’s side won comfortably in this fixture last season and will hope to grab their fourth home victory of…

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• Andy Carroll wants place in England World Cup squad • Shane Long weighs up West Bromwich Albion future West Ham United Andy Carroll has set his sights on earning a place in England’s World Cup squad, as the West Ham striker continues his rehabilitation from a heel injury. The 24-year-old, who has two goals in his nine …

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