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SAMI MOKBEL AT THE LONDON STADIUM: It is tough at the top, Manuel Pellegrini would testify. The fear for West Ham's new boss is that he is about to discover life is much tougher at the bottom.

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Manuel Pellegrini vowed to play attacking football after joining West Ham. On joining West Ham he committed: “I will try to play attacking football and score a lot of goals because, throughout my career, I have always been a manager who plays offensive football and tries to attack. But to attack, you must defend very well […]

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Bookmakers are taking no chances and have slashed the odds of Manuel Pellegrini being the next Premier League manager to lose his job. Bookies William Hill have made Pellegrini the joint 3/1 favourite for the sack alongside Jose Mourinho who appears to be on borrowed time at Manchester United. Pellegrini was previously quoted as a 14/1 […]

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Hammers U23s 2 Liverpool under 23s 1 West Ham’s under 23s brought some much needed cheer to a dreadful weekend when beating Liverpool away today. Reece Oxford’s rose high for a second minute goal when reaching Joe Powell’s corner and looping his header into the top corner. The young Hammers made a dominant start but […]

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Gareth Southgate has revealed he has held conversations with Declan Rice over changing allegiances and playing for England but the England boss insists he has made no promises to the Republic of Ireland international. The England manager said: “I think it’s fair to say I have spoken with him but I have not promised anything, […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has equalled Avram Grant’s record for the worst start to a West Ham Premier League season with four straight defeats in a row from the start of the season. Grant lost against Aston Villa, Bolton, Manchester United and Chelsea in 2010 only to manage a draw against Stoke to earn his first point […]

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Jack Wilshere has been told the England door is still open to him but that his international future is entirely down to him. And at a time when he has been entirely underwhelming for West Ham England boss Gareth Southgate is probably being very generous to him in putting it that way. The England boss […]

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It never seems to get any better for West Ham at the moment and the latest gaffe was getting their record club signing name wrong was the team was announced. The £36m record signing was embarrassingly displayed as Filipe Anderson on the big screen at the London Stadium. The Hammers smashed the club record by […]

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With nearly 400 responses for the West Ham v Wolves Claret and Hugh player ratings, Michail Antonio was slammed by supporters for his performance with an average score of just 3.65. There were a number of fours including Fredericks, Snodgrass, Sanchez, Wilshere, Hernandez and Anderson. Fabianski got the top score again with an average score of […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook follower Matt COYI Briard is probably talking for many in his first CandH blog. Four games in and four shockingly lifeless defeats is enough. Here he opens his heart on what he sees as the problems within the Pellegrini squad. By Matt COYI Briard No desire..only to collect pay packet. After […]

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Marko Arnautovic branded West Ham's 1-0 home defeat to Wolves 'unacceptable'. Adama Traore scored in stoppage time and send the Hammers spinning to a fourth straight loss.

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West Ham must submit their squad list to the Premier League on Monday. It must contain no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the “Home Grown Player” (HGP) criteria. The rest of the squad, up to a total of 25 players, must be Home Grown. An HGP means a player who, irrespective of nationality […]

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Alan Shearer has branded West Ham as embarrassing, hopeless and pathetic Speaking as a pundit on BBC Sport’s Match of the Day, Shearer laid into the Hammers and their apparent lack of effort when it came to attacking or defended their newly-promoted opponents. “You would think, coming into this game on the back of three […]

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U.K Athletics would come off the big losers if E20 Stadium LLP is forced into administration as speculated in recent weeks. The athletics 50-year contract is only with E20 with no contractual protection from the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) or central government. In contrast, West Ham’s contract is underwritten by the LLDC who are listed […]

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Financial losses for the London Stadium could get worst next Summer when owners host American baseball. The Stadium will be the first venue in Europe to host Major League Baseball, when the New York Yankees and the Boston Reds Sox meet at the venue in June 2019. The MLB’s London Series 2019, will see the sport […]

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There is an unwritten rule in the Premier League that no manager can suffer six straight defeats in a row and survive. With four straight defeats in the Premier League against Liverpool, Bournemouth, Arsenal and Wolves Pellegrini now faces Everton and Chelsea as he attempts to get a single point on the table. The club […]

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Manuel Pellegrini admitted he did not see West Ham's disastrous start to the season coming.

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My heart went out a bit to Aaron Cresswell this afternoon as he made his comeback for the Irons. I hadn’t expected it believing that Arthur would be a certainty to hold onto the shirt for a game which demanded we attack the opposition as we went for our first win. But the manager had other […]

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Marko Arnautovic has hit out after the fourth PL defeat of the season demanding that the team get back on their game and FAST. The Hammers skipper is clearly deeply concerned and is predicting big trouble if the squad don’t produce what he knows they are capable of and quickly. Speaking tonight the Austrian striker […]

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Manuel Pellegrin has pledged to get things right whilst adding the Hammers start to the season is not so much bad as “very bad.” The manager used the turn of phrase whilst talking to BBC’s match of the day and added: “”We can’t lose six points here at home like we have. “Playing away against […]

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Please give your player ratings for West Ham players who played ten minutes or more in the West Ham v Wolves game. Please only vote if you watched the game and select a score between one and ten where one is low and ten is high, leave any players who didn’t play or played under […]

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Irons boss Manuel Pellegrini insists that four defeats in the premier League is not an indication of the squad’s quality or ability. Following the defeat against Wolves he said:“It’s a tough loss, because it’s our second home game and we’ve lost them both. “We’ve made a big mistake for their goal, especially because it was […]

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Daniel Danielli Leach decided to take a close up look at Carlos Sanchez for today’s PlayerWatch piece – SORRY CARLOS! 14 – Plays a good ball out wide to Fredericks 38 – He is outpaced by Jota on the left hand side allowing him to put in a cross unchallenged 39 – Plays […]

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Irons 0 Wolves 1 Manuel Pellegrini doesn’t have an excuse left now after admitting he has assembled the squad he wanted and wouldn’t add to it of he could! As we sunk to a fourth straight defeat at the end of another lack lustre performance you start to wonder where this is going to end. […]

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Niall McDonald hands out the marks Fabianski: Looking ever more dependable 8 Cresswell: Found some excellent crossing positions which weren’t anticipated by team mates 5 Diop: Outstanding. Didn’t deserve to be on the losing side today 9 Balbuena: Could be the start of an excellent defensive partnership 8 Fredericks: Booked for the […]

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