Posted on 04 January 2019.
Samir Nasri’s time has been a long time arriving but it appears that the former Manchester City midfielder could become the creative spark for tomorrow’s FA Cup clash against Birmingham. And as CandH predicted earlier today (Fri) it’s certain that Andy Carroll wioll be involved in a match which has an emotional pull for the […]
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Posted on 04 January 2019.
The injury-prone West Ham striker is in the final year of his £90,000-per-week contract at West Ham but Manuel Pellegrini wants Carroll to stay at the club.
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Posted on 04 January 2019.
Manuel Pellegrini does not expect West Ham to sell Andy Carroll this January.
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Posted on 04 January 2019.
AMITAI WINEHOUSE: The festive football period is now over and the dust is just about settling in the Premier League. Sportsmail assesses 10 things we learned from this batch of fixtures.
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Posted on 04 January 2019.
Declan Rice has started his new West Ham era in precisely the same style as he finished the last – performing with style and, for us, leading the way as Hammer of the Year. There are several contenders – Fabianski, Arnie of course and Diop among them – but so far this term Declan has […]
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Posted on 04 January 2019.
West Ham’s powers-that-be have put up the barricades on transfer window activity to a large extent but a move for midfield and defensive enforcer Gary Medel could still be on. The Besiktas player was recently reported as being the subject of a £6.5 million bid but ClaretandHugh understands there were no talks involved and that […]
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Posted on 04 January 2019.
The Irons head into tomorrow’s FA Cup 3rd round FA Cup tie with high hopes of staging s serious march on Wembley but quite what sort of team we see is more than a little interesting. Usually many of those who have had little chance to make any real impact would be on display but […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
Newcastle United are reportedly considering a swap deal for Jonjo Shelvey with Hammer Andy Carroll moving in the opposite direction. The unlikely swaps dealr repeated by the Daily Express today was considered the kind of silly story that does the rounds this time of year but further investigation suggests there could be actually something in it. […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
It’s pretty clear that Manuel Pellegrini is very keen to play Samir Nasri very soon but not for too long. The manager is a huge admirer of the midfielder’s craft and guile – attributes he tends to value more highly than most others. And it wasn’t a big surprise when the Frenchman was named in […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
La Gazzetta dello Sport reporter Nicolò Schira claims a deal to land Brazilan striker Gabigol could be back on if West Ham manage to offload Lucas Perez. Schira who was one of the first to break the story that Samri Nasri would train with West Ham wrote on twitter: “The West Ham slow down for […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
Chelsea will not be loaning out Ruben Loftus Cheek this January. A senior West Ham insider has ruled out any chance of him moving to the club this winter. Loan deals for Danny Drinkwater and/or Gary Cahill both of which have been linked in recent transfer rumours are also extremely unlikely says the Hammers insider who revealed […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
Mark Noble proved himself different class on the pitch last night and pure quality at the end when a made a young fan’s night. Our captain made a young man very, very happy at the end of the 90 minutes in which he turned the game along with Michail Antonio. But despite clearly being on […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
Technically West Ham broke their home attendance record at the London Stadium last night with an official attendance of 59,870 which equates to 59,870 tickets sold. In reality, we know many thousands of West Ham season ticket holders were missing last night who didn’t use their seats! The fixture changes haven’t helped with the Boxing […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
This afternoon Essex police draining a fishing lake in Gloucester Park in Basildon have confirmed a body has been found. Releasing a statement on Facebook in the last few minutes Police said: “Officers searching the fishing lake in Gloucester Park, Basildon, as part of the investigation to find Jack Morrad have suspended their search following the discovery […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
West Ham were staring at a fourth loss in four meetings with the Seagulls since they were promoted after goals from Dale Stephens and Shane Duffy put the visitors in charge.
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
One thing is becoming increasingly obvious as the season progresses and it doesn’t give me any pleasure at all to say it. But on the strength of what we saw last night on his first start in a year after a couple of substitute appearances, Andy Carroll’s days as a Hammer seem numbered . Okay, […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
West Ham United and stadium operators London Stadium 185 supported the awareness campaign for missing Hammers season ticket holder Jack Morrad last night as West Ham played Brighton. Jack’s image, as well as details of disappearance, was displayed on the giant external screen as well as both big screens inside the stadium for maximum coverage to […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
Mark Noble has had his fair share of criticism down recent seasons but he showed himself to be bang on the case at his best again last night. Consistency remains the key and in some respects the skipper sometimes demonstrates the problems in his game that is reflected in the team – a lack of […]
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
West Ham captain Mark Noble was relieved to end the busy festive period on a positive note.
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Posted on 03 January 2019.
Quite why such things happen is one of the mysteries of the game and it left Manuel Pellegrini in an agony of frustration during and after the game against Brighton. The south coast side are well organise for sure but when most of their goals come from the same source, not dealing with it is […]
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Posted on 02 January 2019.
Manuel Pellegrini was unhappy with West Ham's defending but relieved to escape with a Premier League point against bogey side Brighton.
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Posted on 02 January 2019.
Chelsea were held by Southampton, Bournemouth drew 3-3 with Watford, Huddersfield were beaten by Burnley, Brighton and West Ham drew 2-2 and Crystal Palace won 2-0 at Wolves.
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Posted on 02 January 2019.
ADAM CRAFTON AT THE LONDON STADIUM: The visitors took a surprise two goal-lead in the space of two second-half minutes with Stephens striking first before Shane Duffy grabbed their second.
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Posted on 02 January 2019.
HT: Hammers 0 Brighton 0 That was another hard hard watch after the Burnley debacle. The Irons were sloppy and again never seriously got going although at least we crated a couple of chances this evening via shot from Anderson – straight at the keeper, and Arnie on the turn which was well kept out. […]
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Posted on 02 January 2019.
Hammers 2 Brighton 2 Well, in the end it was about as exciting as a a game of football gets but it really shouldn’t have been like that. For just as was the case of Burnley we didn’t turn up until halfway through the second half when two goals down to grab two of our […]
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Posted on 02 January 2019.
Marko Arnautovic may have been the best striker on the pitch but he was far from a happy bunny at the end and that’s how it works for winners. The Austrian – on his second game back – was into the old routine and had a snap shot on the turn in the first half […]
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