Posted on 05 September 2018.
Manuel Pellegrini has waded into reports that the Hammers training centre is not up to par declaring: “There are absolutely no problems with Rush Green. “It is a modern, efficient facility that enables us to do everything we need with the squad in terms of training and preparation for matches. “His comments come at a […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
Manuel Pellegrini and David Sullivan had a first disagreement over Jack Wilshere ahead of the decision to bring him into the club. According to the Daily Mail and other club sources, Sullivan wanted to sign him on a year’s deal but the manager pushed for a three year contract. The paper declares: “He insisted on […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
West Ham have hit back at an attack in which they are accused that a “malaise at the club” has been demonstrated by Diafra Sakho’s Lamborghini being abandoned at Rush Green for weeks. The opening line of the national newspaper piece states: “The story of the orange Lamborghini sums up the malaise at the heart of […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
Hammer Moses Makasi is close to returning from injury. He suffered an long term injury while on loan at Plymouth last season. Makasi has posted a hugely positive update on Instagram as he continues his recovery from a knee injury that saw his loan at Plymouth Argyle cut short. The 22-year-old managed just seven appearances for […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
Pablo Zabaleta has admitted that we must all trust the manager because of the teams he was worked at before. However, he points out: “The thing for Manuel is that for the first time maybe he doesn’t have the same quality in the team like he had before. So maybe it will take more time than […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
The managing director of Essex Ventilation Services wrote to Claret and Hugh this afternoon with tragic news and a plea for help : Justin Blue wrote “On Friday we said goodbye to our young engineer Bill Townsend. He was a very promising prospect who was always punctual, polite and a real asset to our team. […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
Declan Rice is expected to commit his international career and it is believed he will release a statement making his final decision clear next week. The youngster has been urged to take his time over the decision by his current international boss Martin O’Neill, England manager Gareth Southgate and his club chief Manuel Pellegrini. He […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
The West Ham Supporters Club faces a crucial vote this Sunday to save the 70 year institution and the campaign group Save our supporters club is pleading that members turn out in numbers to make their vote count. A statement from SOSC reads: …………………………. If you were a member of The West Ham United Supporters […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
Arthur Masuaku will be fit for the trip to Everton next weekend after immediately missing the game against Wolves. Speculation that the left sided midfielder has a more serious injury was knocked back by sources inside the club and we were told this morning that he had taken a small knock in training. Aaron Cresswell […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
Andy Carroll is still on course for a November return and is picking up the pace in his training routine. There are now hopes that the player could be ready for action for either the Burnley home game on the third of the month or Huddersfield away a week later. Carroll is now running after […]
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Posted on 05 September 2018.
Kieran Trippier believes England have earned a warm Wembley welcome when they host Spain on Saturday and is eager to land a big result to keep the feelgood factor going.
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
CHRIS SUTTON: I found it staggering to hear Manuel Pellegrini say that West Ham are still affected by last season’s relegation battle. It’s nonsense. He cannot lay blame at David Moyes's door.
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
West Ham is top of a Premier League table, unfortunately, it is the table for the most losses ever in the Premier League. The Hammers have lost a total of 352 losses since the Premier League was formed. Our loss against Arsenal last week and Wolves at the weekend meant we replaced Everton as the club […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
The much heralded movie Final Score – of which the real star is our Boleyn Gound – has received a top review from London’s critical magazine Time Out. Often fierce in their summaries of new movies, drama etc, the movie, starring David Bautista and Pierce Brosnan, gets some pretty decent words from the mag’s film […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
Hammers summer signing Xande Silva has been nominated for the Premier League 2 Player of the Month Award for August. Xande joined the Club in the summer from Portuguese side Vitoria Guimaraes and has settled in brilliantly with five goals to his name in his first three Premier League 2 games. He grabbed a hat-trick […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
West Ham will have to pay Manuel Pellegrini in the region of £15million in compensation if they decide to sack him following the club's abysmal start to the Premier League season.
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
Stadium owners E20 have yet to approve West Ham’s Community Plan which is a requirement of the London stadium agreement which was signed over five years ago. In a recent freedom of information published at the end of August the owners say: “In the opinion of E20, the current Community Plan does not fully comply with clause 2.4 of Schedule 4 of the Concession Agreement. E20 and the West Ham Foundation are continuing to work together in order for these requirements to be fully met. “E20 holds regular meetings with West Ham United in relation to contractual obligations, including community requirements. E20 […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
Manchester United fan Jonathan took to the radio to rant about West Ham in an unprovoked attack. He told the Talksport Sports breakfast show “I am driving in grey horrible weather on the motorway, sat in traffic in Manchester but I can not stop laughing about West Ham! Because like all people I hate West Ham!” […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
Claret and Hugh are today running a competition to win two pairs of tickets for the an exclusive screening of the film Final Score which features the Boleyn Ground being taken over by terrorists. The screening is in Central London on Wednesday 5th September. Should you be successful if you would need to be available […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
Tottenham's decision to leave £17million striker Vincent Janssen out of their Premier League squad goes down as the most surprising exclusion for the early part of the season.
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
By Allen Cummings I’ve allowed myself a bit of ‘reflection time’ over the weekend. A chance to step back, draw a breath and re-assess our defeat by Wolves from a different perspective. Yes I was appalled, angry, frustrated, disgusted and more, like so many others, by what I saw unfold on Saturday. […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
West Ham – once again caught at the centre of shock/ horror stories by certain newspapers we don’t need to name – will pay nothing like the £15 million figure being quoted should they sack Manuel Pellegrini. As we explained on CandH yesterday – and now confirmed in the London Evening Standard today – the […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
West Ham will have to pay Manuel Pellegrini in the region of £15million in compensation if they decide to sack him following the club's abysmal start to the Premier League season.
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
Charlton caretaker boss Lee Bowyer has praised debutant Josh Cullen as the West Ham loanee provided the assist for the winning goal at Southend. The 22-year-old’s 87th minute header was powered home by Krystian Bielik as the Addicks edged Chris Powell’s Southend side 2-1. “Very good,” said Bowyer of the youngster, who has joined the […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
Hammer Edimilson Fernandes has gone straight into Fiorentina’s first-team, and helped them to two wins out of two. The Switzerland international first helped Fiorentina to a 6-1 win over Chievo, before playing 90 minutes in his new side’s 1-0 victory over Udinese making him a favourite with Italian fans already. Fernandes signed for Italian club […]
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Posted on 04 September 2018.
While the rest of the West Ham squad have been given some extended time off while Manuel Pellegrini returns to Chile four Hammers will have no rest as they prepare for international duty. Andriy Yarmolenko, Lukasz Fabianski, Marko Arnautovic and Robert Snodgrass are all set to be involved in the new UEFA Nations League – […]
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