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Michail Antonio looks set to run out a clear inner of Claretandhugh’s Christmas Day Poll: Who is Hammer of the Year so far? But the big shock is that Dimi Payet barely figures in the poll, gathering just 20 votes of  the near 700 cast during the last few hours The brilliantly versatile Michail who […]

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David Gold has spoken of Slaven Bilic’s honesty following a crucial couple of results results. The co chairman said: “Slaven has been honest enough to admit the performances have not been to our normal standards in the last two home games, but the most important thing was getting two wins and we managed to do […]

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The manager is yet to find a formula that incorporates the talents of Dimitri Payet and his string of summer signings into a coherent collective At points this season it has seemed not only were the problems of the world on Slaven Bilic’s shoulders but also those of Venus and Jupiter too. The West Ham United manager has been forced to defend his club’s new stadium, their stewarding set-up, the quality of the pitch, the …

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Team news coming out of Swansea suggests the club has  broken-toe victims Federico Fernandez and Ki Sung-yueng available for the Boxing Day home clash with West Ham. Fernandez is a contender to return in central defence on the back of Swansea conceding six goals in defeats at West Brom and Middlesbrough. Ki might have to […]

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Honest Mark Noble admits the Hammers have been less than average in recent games but said everybody is more than happy with the six points. Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s game at Swansea, the captain said: ” “It has been a massive week for the club getting seven points. We have not played well in the two […]

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Who is your Hammer of the year so far?

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View the original here: What Santa and Spu*s have in common

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It’s official – West Ham has taken a bashing over events at the London Stadium this season but we are far from being the worst club in terms of arrests arising from crowd trouble. In fact we aren’t even in the top 10. In a story from 90min.com the Hammers are placed at No 11, […]

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West Ham stars have been bringing Christmas cheer to those in need. In the spirit of Christmas, the players arrived at the Richard House Hospice one of their destinations of choice. The club have been supporters of the charity since 2000 and captain Mark Noble has a long-standing affiliation with the children’s hospice. Noble grew up just […]

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Jermain Defoe has been linked to the club as a January target at around £6 million. Given his history with the Irons we asked ClaretandHugh Facebook members readers whether they could want him back. Here are some random responses. O Yes. 6m really isn’t much in this market O Should we believe all these reports? I […]

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Ahead of the start of the festive programme in the Premier League, Sportsmail brings you the latest squad news, odds and stats on every top flight fixture as it breaks.

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Get the latest team news and stats ahead of the Premier League clash between Swansea City and West Ham United at the Liberty Stadium.

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Mark Lawrenson is tipping the Hammers to win at Swansea on Boxing Day. The often ultra-critical BBC pundit has come in for a lot of stick from Irons fans down the years but this season appears to have changed his tune. Giving his weekly verdict on the upcoming games he said: “The Hammers have picked […]

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He’s back . . . .  . . hammerschat’s favourite guest joined us last night to preview our Boxing Day fixture and he didn’t pull any punches. Gold medalist, Olympian and lifelong Hammers fan Kriss Akabusi MBE was his usual effervescent self as he helped myself and Geo preview the Irons next game. In this […]

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Leicester hope to party like it’s 1963, Liverpool must find a way to stop Joe Allen scoring and it is eight years since Phil Brown’s infamous Hull City team talk Every year for more than half a century folks have been hoping for a repeat of the Boxing Day fun of 1963, when the 10 top-flight fixtures produced a record tally of 66 goals. We can’t get an exact repeat of that this year because half of the teams who were in the First Division…

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Slaven Bilic will let Andy Carroll loose at Swansea. Bilic will not hold his striker back and says stopping him going at full pelt before may have made his injury issues worse. ‘We are monitoring Andy but why should I hold him back?’ told the Mail ‘We can hold him back in training sometimes and […]

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“I can’t say I like this window but it can work for you and one or two of the right players coming in can change the face of the team,” Bilic told the London Evening Standard. “We will hopefully do some business in January – not too much but maybe enough to strengthen two or […]

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News that Diafra Sakho could be out until March after deciding to undergo surgery on his long term back injury is irritating …to put it mildly. Slaven Bilic revealed the new in a presser ahead of the trip to Swansea and immediately raised the question which may have been in many minds – why wasn’t […]

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West Ham youngster Toni Martinez is being tipped for a break through to the first team by Academy Director Terry Westley in the new year. Martinez signed a three-year contract with the Hammers in April but has had to settle for life in the U23’s which has been rebranded Premier League 2. Despite missing the […]

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Former Hammer Wellington Paulista has joined Chapecoense on loan for one year. Last month a charter jet carrying the Chapecoense team , along with club officials and journalists, to Medellin for their Copa Sudamericana final match against Colombian side Atletico Nacional came down earlier this month. The extent of Chapecoense’s loss became clear with the confirmed […]

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Three games in six days for Slaven Bilic’s West Ham side, starting at Swansea City on Boxing Day, will test Andy Carroll’s fitness after missing most of the season with a knee injury.

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Andy Carroll is ready to deliver AGAIN against Swansea. The big striker “over the moon to be back in action” has everything crossed he “can keep fit and get back among the goals.” He explained: “I scored a nice goal against Swansea in my last game there and hopefully I can repeat that on Monday. […]

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Slaven Bilic is frustrated by constant speculation about Dimi Payet in the media. In the Swansea pre match press conference Bilic said:  “That is our statement, we don’t want to sell him, speculation is starting again because he is a great player. But he has a long contract with us and we are going to do […]

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Arsenal and West Ham took the opportunity to give back to the community and provide festive cheer to those in need. Players seemed to relish the opportunity to spread joy to young supporters.

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Former Hammers boss Sam Allardyce has arrived at Crystal Palace’s training ground for talks with the Chairman. Palace hope a deal can be done in time for Big Sam to be in charge of the Eagles for Monday’s Boxing Day Premier League clash at Watford. As he drove into the training ground, Allardyce told Sky Sports […]

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Valencia will reject an obligatory purchase option linked to a certain number of appearances if they take over West Ham’s loan of Simone Zaza in Januaryu it has been claimed. According to Italian  media outlet Tutto Juve,  Valencia only want to reserve a straight option at the end of the season to make Zaza’s move […]

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