I could play Allardyce’s game and look for excuses, but as things stand, I have no choice other than to admit that I was as wrong as wrong can be about Di Canio and Swindon. I predicted that it would end …
Posted on 26 February 2012.
I could play Allardyce’s game and look for excuses, but as things stand, I have no choice other than to admit that I was as wrong as wrong can be about Di Canio and Swindon. I predicted that it would end …
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Posted on 26 February 2012.
OK, it is wrapped up in his call for the crowd to be patient and the excuse of tiredness is also used – which I believe to be legitimate – but Allardyce actually came close to blaming himself for yesterday’s insipid performance when he said, “I might have made a …
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Another day, another red card and another defeat. Apart from a home victory over bottom of the table Wigan, Mark Hughes’ start has been one disaster after another. Hope of a Martin O’Neill style surge of victories has proved forlorn; …
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
HE turned up at West Ham United’s famous Academy as a raw Geordie lad from Burnside High School and he left as a player destined to go on to lift the Champions League. Yes, Tynesider Michael Carrick has had a career to be proud …
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
The CNN special report on racism in football “World Sport Presents: It’s Not Black & White” featuring Bermuda football legend Clyde Best aired yesterday, and is due to show on CNN again today [Feb.25]. Mr Best has also written a column — “Beautiful Game’ can transcend society’s ills” –that…
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
Visit link: Blackpool v WHU highlights (HD)
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
Well I called it before kick off, warning that the game was a potential banana skin because sooner or later exhaustion will cut in, and I’m sure that fatigue was a factor today. That and the early kick off which dampens the atmosphere because insufficient lager has…
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
West Ham United could only manage a 0-0 draw at home to Crystal Palace this afternoon.
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
West Ham kept 11 players on the pitch for a change but could not find a way past Crystal Palace. The promotion-chasing Hammers had goalkeeper Rob Green to thank for keeping them in the game in the first half, and then some wayward finishing…
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
West Ham United kept 11 players on the pitch but could not find a way past Crystal Palace. Rob Green kept them in the game in the first half, and wayward finishing cost them after the break.
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
A 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace feels like a disappointment and is really frustrating, but as Mark Noble said after the final whistle: “It’s a clean sheet, another point and we’re on target for where we want to be.” The game…
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
Ian ‘Moose’ Abrahams has been on Twitter saying that his club sources have told him that the West Ham starting lineup will be the same as that fielded against Blackpool. Sam’s lineups have always been hard to predict and, despite the good performance …
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
This game is a potential banana skin. Palace come into it on a good run of form and we take the field with very little recovery time from the epic effort at Blackpool. Sooner or later, all the covering and chasing and closing that has been forced upon …
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
Every now and then, the nation gets its knickers in a twist over the question of justice. A yob mugs a granny on her way home from the shops, she ends up a prisoner in her own home for the rest of her life because she is …
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Posted on 25 February 2012.
Sam Allardyce maintains that his West Ham are the best footballing side in the Championship – whatever Crystal Palace boss Dougie Freedman thinks. Freedman hit out at the Hammers’ style of play following their 2-2 draw at Selhurst Park back in October. Allardyce was so incensed by those comments that he…
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
Orient have signed West Ham goalkeeper Marek Stech on a one-month emergency loan. Stech will provide cover for injured goalkeepers Lee Butcher and Jamie Jones at Brisbane Road. Since arriving Park from Sparta Prague in 2006, the 22-year-old Czech has since featured in just three Carling Cup…
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
It’s another huge game for Mark Hughes and his Hula Hoops this weekend. Defeat against Fulham would spell big, big trouble and a draw wouldn’t be much use either. QPR need to start winning games, and they need to do so fast. …
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
With the Wolves chairman insisting that the inability to source a replacement manager for Mick McCarthy is not embarrassing, poor Gianfranco Zola must be wondering what he has to do to get another crack at football management. Such was the desperation of Wolves that they…
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
Leyton Orient have snapped up West Ham keeper Marek Štěch ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Bury.
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
Years ago, Ryan Giggs released a video (remember them) showcasing his skills. Now, Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany will release a six-part series of videos to help fans improve their defending.
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
I’ve waffled on before about how much I love televised weekend West Ham games, and this Saturday has got my excitement going! Saturday lunchtime is a great time for a match, offering time pre- and post-game to partake in other weekend activities. The morning can be …
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
West Ham United have the chance to extend their lead at the top of the Championship when they host Crystal Palace in tomorrow’s lunchtime match.
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
Over the last three matches West Ham have rediscovered their ability to play some decent football and there are a couple of reasons I’m very happy about this. Firstly, it has silenced some of the critics of Big Sam’s playing style. We have…
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
Fulham’s hopes of adding Real Madrid youngster Jese Rodriguez to their ranks have been scuppered by Jose Mourinho.
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Posted on 24 February 2012.
Each week, Sportsmail has a caption competition for you to battle it out for a brilliant prize of a £100 Sportsbook bet with our friends at Paddy Power. This week’s picture features Sir Alex Ferguson.
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Posted on 23 February 2012.
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