Chelsea defender John Terry has taken the interesting step of revealing his PFA votes, which includes a plethora of Leicester City stars. Riyad Mahrez earned his ‘Player of the Year’ choice.
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John Terry reveals his PFA team of the year… and Chelsea captain picked SEVEN Leicester City stars
Posted on 07 April 2016.
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Poll’s sympathies all with the Irons
Posted on 07 April 2016.
Former ref Graham Poll has torn into the refereeing standards on display in the Premier League and all his sympathies are with West Ham. Poll had plenty of his controversies of his own during a career at the top but he’s clearly shocked at what he’s seeing these days from teh new brigade. He fears […]
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Slav weighs up the Gooners
Posted on 07 April 2016.
Slaven Bilic has ruled Sam Byram and James Collins out of the reckoning for the game against Arsenal but has a full squad apart from those two. Speaking at his presser this morning he said: “Both are going to train with us tomorrow, but of course it is too early for them to be in […]
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Slaven Bilic unaware West Ham were 13 unbeaten at home
Posted on 07 April 2016.
Slaven Bilic is delighted that West Ham have turned Upton Park into a fortress this season as they bid to extend their 13-match unbeaten run there against Arsenal before the Olympic Stadium move.
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Arsene Wenger: ‘We didn’t need Payet’
Posted on 07 April 2016.
Arsene Wenger has revealed Arsenal scouted Dimitri Payet but they decided they didn’t need him as they had a number of existing creative attacking players and his age put them off. Wenger now claims Arsenal looked at Payet too but opted not to sign him due to the attacking talents already at the club. “I […]
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger eyed West Ham star Dimitri Payet many times
Posted on 07 April 2016.
Arsene Wenger claims he was even watching the player when he was at St Etienne – who he joined nine years ago – and was monitoring him up until West Ham made their move last summer.
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Irons study tour options
Posted on 07 April 2016.
West Ham have told ClaretandHugh that a pre-season tour of the United States is a real possibility but that they are also exploring other options. Reports arose yesterday with our pals at kumb.com that the club has provisionally booked friendlies against Houston Dynamo and Seattle Sounders, both of whom feature in the MLS (Major League Soccer). […]
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Byram looks for rapid return
Posted on 07 April 2016.
Sam Byram is desperate to play a part in what he admits is a “difficult run in.” The young defender has been out of action with suspension, injury and being cup tied admitting “This injury which has dragged out longer than I’d have liked, it has been a long and annoying time. “I think I’m […]
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£50 million Payet valuation – the fans respond
Posted on 07 April 2016.
ClaretandHugh has learned that the Hammers will want a minimum of £50 million should any club launch a bid this summer. Since CandH published the story it has been repeated in the UK and national press but how have the fans responded to the club’s position. Here’s what some of the CandH followers have had […]
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Football transfer rumours: Manchester United, Spurs and Barcelona target Riyad Mahrez?
Posted on 07 April 2016.
Today’s fluff is just leeching off others’ hard work Having noted the surprising success teams such as Leicester and West Ham United have enjoyed this season on the back of the kind of excellent scouting and leg-work that has helped them unearth foreign gems such as Dimitri Payet , Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kanté at bargain prices, you could be forgiven for assuming that traditionally bigger and more successful clubs would …
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Cheikhou Kouyate’s red card reprieve ‘opens the door’ for career-ending tackles says former referees chief Keith Hackett
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Former referees chief Kieth Hackett has warned that the decision to overturn Cheikhou Kouyate’s red card against Crystal Palace will endanger other players.
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GRAHAM POLL: Premier League is being let down by poor refereeing… something is clearly wrong, but nothing is being done
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Premier League refereeing is weak and not fit for purpose, and the overturning of another red card will not help referees’ confidence or their credibility.
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Video: West Ham IFC get a helping hand
Posted on 06 April 2016.
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Byram and Collins to return to training
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Sam Byram and James Collins will return to full training on Thursday or Friday this week. Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke gave his latest update on WHUFC.com Stijn said “There is not much to say this week, thankfully, as we didn’t pick up any new injuries against Crystal Palace and we are […]
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Five realistic summer transfers West Ham could spend £40m on
Posted on 06 April 2016.
With seven games to go in the Premier league and the move to the Olympic Stadium almost upon us, the platform is almost set for the club to attract some useful additions. In my previous article I discussed my top five AMBITIOUS transfers. Define: AMBITIOUS… To be ambitious in the transfer market you need to
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Claret OS seats replacement progressing well
Posted on 06 April 2016.
This latest photo from inside the former Olympic Stadium shows works are progressing in adding thousands of Claret seats in the London 2012 shard pattern to replace the previous black seats. Claret and Hugh understands that West Ham is footing the multi-million pound bill to swap out the seats. The new Claret and Blue seats […]
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‘Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the type of player West Ham fans love,’ says Dean Ashton as he urges former club to gamble on PSG star
Posted on 06 April 2016.
West Ham, who are challenging for a place in the Champions League next season, have reportedly made initial enquiries about bringing the striker to Upton Park when he leaves PSG.
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FAN’S VIEW: Is an unwanted trend developing?
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Another Saturday, another two points dropped after a wrong call by the match day officials.
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Shock jock baits West Ham fans on twitter
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Radio shock jock, Adrian Durham has been winding up West Ham fans from his official twitter account. To get a reaction Durham tweeted: “So, because West Ham got the Olympic Stadium on the cheap, refs are refusing to give them penalties. Glad we cleared that up.” After getting some abuse on twitter he went on to […]
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West Ham star Dimitri Payet is so good at free-kicks he doesn’t even practise them any more
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Dimitri Payet has proven to be something of a dead-ball specialist since arriving in London and has found the back of the net five times directly from free-kicks in the last three months alone.
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Unbelievable call from Mr Richard Keys
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Now I know Richard Keys is a total numptie but a tweeted suggestion of his this morning beats all. We perhaps need to bear in mind this is the same Keys who was ‘calling’ West Ham’s progress under Slaven Bilic during the early part of the season. He regularly reminded us that we were very […]
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Sakho fit and ready for action on Saturday
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Diafa Sakho caused wide spread speculation and concern on social media yesterday after he failed to turn up for a planned media event at the Lakeside shopping centre club store. The club were forced to announce that “Due to unforeseen circumstances Diafra Sakho is unable to attend today’s Lakeside Store appearance. The Club would like to […]
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Planning permission for OS West Ham signs refused
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Planning permission for four illuminated signs spelling out the words ‘West Ham United’ at the former Olympic Stadium have been refused by the planning authority although no reason has been given why. Planning documentation was submitted back in February to erect four large illuminated sign reading “West Ham United” with letters 3 metres high. Each new […]
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Antonio sends a Payet warning
Posted on 06 April 2016.
Michail Antonio has taken a leaf out of Alan Pardew’s book by warning defenders to give no free kicks away around their box given the ‘Payet Factor.’ The French international has found the net five times in ten games from set pieces and at the weekend against the south Londoners found the top corner despite […]
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Bonzo and Sir Trev honoured at Arsenal game
Posted on 06 April 2016.
The Irons clash against Arsenal at lunchtime on Saturday is being celebrated as a Bill Bonds and Trevor Brooking match. And ClaretandHugh’s associate editor Sean Whetstone remembers the two legends in a special article recalling his own memories of the wonderful ‘old lady.’ The pair will be joined at Upton Park the likes of Phil […]
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Fortress Boleyn sets home record
Posted on 06 April 2016.
West Ham holds the best home unbeaten record in all four divisions in England. The Hammers have not been beaten at the Boleyn Ground for 227 days and that will increase to 230 days by the time we play Arsenal at Saturday lunchtime. Two Premier League defeats last August at home saw us lose 2-1 […]
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