Manuel Lanzini and Fabian Balbuena are being tipped to take their places on the bench in next Friday night’s London Stadium clash against Fulham. Claret and Hugh was given the news shortly before pictures emerged of the pair in training at the Malaga training camp shoetly after the squad’s arrival in Spain. Both were described […]
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Lanzini looking good – Balbuena has a chance
Posted on 13 February 2019.
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Rice opts for England
Posted on 13 February 2019.
West Ham midfielder Declan Rice has announced he has decided to submit a written request to FIFA for the transfer of his international registration from the Republic of Ireland to England.
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Oxford’s German horror show
Posted on 13 February 2019.
Reece Oxford was reportedly at the centre of a shocking performance on Sunday as his Bundesliga loan outfit Augsburg were thrashed by Werder Bremen. According to some European reports the Hammers wanted £26 million for the player but instead was given a chance by the German club on loan. Both Manuel Pellegrini and the player […]
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Antonio’s racism punishments would really hurt
Posted on 13 February 2019.
Michail Antonio wants to see ‘games behind closed doors’ and points deductions as punishments for racism in football. The Hammers were recently forced to make what should be an unnecessary club statement against racism following an incident when vile abuse was directed at Mo Salah during the Liverpool game. And there have been other examples […]
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Irons target disappointed and ready to quit club
Posted on 13 February 2019.
West Ham’s one transfer target in the winter window – Besiktas defensive midfielder Gary Medel – is reported disappointed the move didn’t happen. Manuel Pellegrini has said since the window closed that he was the only player to whom the Hammers had serious interest but that the terms were unacceptable. As a result the move […]
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Zaba wins a landslide vote
Posted on 13 February 2019.
West Ham and Manuel Pellegrini have been told to give Pablo Zabaleta a new contract in the summer such has been his impact at the club. The right back – signed on a free from Manchester City two years ago – has been a tremendous servant to the club since his arrival, turning in top […]
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Gonzo gives his Irons exit list
Posted on 12 February 2019.
Gonzo has been at a loss for things to talk about over the past few says and we sympathise. Once again we are into a two week wilderness without football following the Irons absence from the FA Cup …let’s not go back there though!. So like everybody else, our Hammers Chat partner is struggling for […]
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Video/Pic: RIP ‘Banksy’ despite breaking Hammers hearts:-)
Posted on 12 February 2019.
CandH blogger Allen Cummings remembers the night when Gordon Banks – whose death was announced today – shattered the dreams of us all who were gathered into Upton Park back in 1972 He was the rock upon which Sir Alf Ramsey built that never-to-be-forgotten World Cup winning side in 1966. But it was […]
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Poll: Should West Ham offer Zabaleta a new contract?
Posted on 12 February 2019.
Ryan Fredericks appears to have inherited the right-back position from Pablo Zabaleta and has not done too badly in coping with two very dangerous wingers in Sadio Mane and Wilfried Zaha. As the games tick away with the former Fulham man in possession it eats into the number of games – 28 – required by […]
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Thin pickings on summer freebie list for Irons
Posted on 12 February 2019.
West Ham – like most other clubs presumably – will be taking an interest in the players come out of contract at their various clubs this summer. But despite a new strike force probably required, pickings appear thin in that area and instead the club look likely to need to use the £45 million they […]
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West Ham Podcast: A game of two halves
Posted on 12 February 2019.
Episode twenty-two of season eight of the popular West Ham podcast Moore Than Just A Podcast is now available to listen online or download. Claret and Hugh Associate editor Sean Whetstone with fellow presenters Nigel Kahn, George and John Bucci discuss the game of two halves against Crystal Palace before turning our attention the warm weather training […]
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Hernandez is expecting
Posted on 12 February 2019.
Hammer Javier Hernandez’s girlfriend has revealed a large baby bump in a revealing photo shared on social media. Australian model Sarah Kohan posted a tasteful topless photo to her 1.3 million Instagram followers to share the exciting news. Sydney-born Kohan, a law graduate as well as a model revealed last month that they are expecting a baby […]
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Magnificent Irons seven get England calls
Posted on 12 February 2019.
West Ham’s academy has once again hit the heights with seven youngsters being called up for England youth international squads this week. The work being carried out by staff under academy director Terry Westley has been an extraordinary feature of the Hammers season with four of our lads being selected to represent their country at […]
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Antonio admits he was “scared”
Posted on 12 February 2019.
Michael Antonio has revealed that fear was the reason behind a lack of form which had many believing his West Ham days would be behind him by January. Regularly linked with a move, usually to Palace, he looked nothing like the player who had wowed us previously but a nasty hamstring injury was at the […]
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Michail Antonio wants points deductions as punishment for fan racism
Posted on 11 February 2019.
West Ham United midfielder Antonio has called on the Football Association to punish clubs, not only individuals, if their supporters are found guilty of racist abuse.
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Terrific trio in the same Irons team? …hmm
Posted on 11 February 2019.
By CandH blogger Allen Cummings Don’t you just hate these blank weekends? Ok, I know the one upcoming is self-inflicted. However, if we’d beaten Wimbledon, as we all know we should have done, the upcoming weekend would have been anything but blank and boring, with Millwall visiting the London Stadium in the 5th round […]
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Hammers on the summer risk list
Posted on 11 February 2019.
News the Irons are off on what is becoming an annual warm weather camp given our double quick departures from the FA Cup, sets thoughts heading in direction of the summer. We are into the last lap of a season which has been filled with as much disappointment as it has delight from our injury […]
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Hammers head for four days in Malaga
Posted on 11 February 2019.
The Hammers are off to Malaga for their warm weather camp. Manuel Pellegrini – of course – has many connections with the area and with the temperature currently in the 20s the Irons squad will be warming up and training in decent temperatures. However, the boss has made sure there will be no long stay […]
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Maxi Gomez’s form slides after Irons interest
Posted on 11 February 2019.
Hammers striker target Max Gomez appears to be suffering from the same sort of form loss as we are currently seeing from Marko Arnautovic. And it’s no coincidence surely that both players have been struggling since being linked with big money moves to China on the one hand and the Hammers on the other. Arnie’s […]
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What a team the Irons could field at the Etihad
Posted on 11 February 2019.
ClaretandHugh Facebook member Graham Moncar is looking ahead to the Etihad and the huge Manchester City clash on February 27. After the 6-0 drubbing of Chelsea Pep Guardiola’s men have returned to their most frightening form but with the return of various Hammers from injury it could become – as Graham points out – a […]
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Palace flanker costs Irons big time
Posted on 11 February 2019.
I hate to accuse anybody of cheating but in the case of Crystal Palace and Wilfried Zaha I make no apologies. For in my book there is absolutely no excuse for their behaviour ahead of the match against us on Saturday afternoon. For the simple truth is that had they not abused the appeal system […]
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Hammers head for Euro winter break
Posted on 11 February 2019.
Manuel Pellegrini and the lads are off for some warm weather training in Spain. Under previous managers this has never worked too well but with eight injuries to cope with following one hell of a schedule, which has effectively seen the squad down to around 15, this seems like a top idea. A bit of […]
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Hammers hero wants to learn more about the game
Posted on 11 February 2019.
Heroic Lukasz Fabianski hit the heights with hit the heights with another superlative performance against Palace. In fact it’s becoming par for the course in a season of highs and lows but one thing that bears repeating is that without question he has been the signing of the season. Yes Issa Diop has been a […]
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Fredericks proving his point
Posted on 11 February 2019.
Given that Ryan Fredericks has probably faced the two liveliest wingers in the PL since returning to the Hammers team I’d say the lad’s done pretty well. Sadio Mane and Wilfried Zaha are extremely significant players and it would be a huge surprise to me were the latter to still be at Selhurst Park next […]
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Roy Hodgson insists there was nothing crafty about decision to appeal Wilfried Zaha ban
Posted on 11 February 2019.
Roy Hodgson insists the decision to appeal against Wilfried Zaha’s extra match suspension was not a cunning plan to have their talisman available for Saturday’s match with West Ham.
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West Ham’s unlucky third kit
Posted on 10 February 2019.
West Ham are yet to win when playing in their third kit this season after four games in the offwhite shirt The Hammers kicked off the season in August with the new third kit at Anfield only to lose 4-0 to Liverpool. Next up was Burnley away in December last year with a 2-0 loss […]
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