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Martin ‘Mad Dog’ Allen returns with his latest column for Sportsmail. He discusses Bournemouth’s start to the season and how Arsenal have rediscovered their bite.

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Thousands of season ticket holders were missing on Saturday as the Hammers on Spurs at the London Stadium. The London derby was a category A game with 56,988 tickets sold so technically a sell-out but thousands of seats were empty throughout the game. Sky TV cameras picked up thousands of empty white seats at kickoff […]

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Coach retains fans’ goodwill but the way his side flirted with humiliation against Tottenham was ominous for a man aware of the harsh realities of his profession Slaven Bilic knows how it goes in his line of work. Once a manager is in danger, once the narrative becomes entrenched, it can begin to feel like the long kiss goodbye. “Once that’s opened, then it basically doesn’t stop,” the West Ham manager said after his team’s 3-2 home…

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There’s one question above all others from yesterday’s game which is being asked on every CandH forum and needs an answer – not that we expect to get one. How when you start a game with Chicharito as your main striker do you decide to bring on an entirely different type of striker when injury […]

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Cheik Kouyate has told the squad to stop making mistakes against very good teams but believes Michail Antonio’s injury had a big impact on the match against Spurs. He told the official site :“We started the game very well and played very good for 30 minutes but we lost Michail Antonio after that, then we […]

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Close but no cigar on this occasion I’m afraid as the bragging rights temporarily go to our foes from North London. To be perfectly blunt I’m getting as sick of Harry Kane as I am of Romalu Lukaku and I’m hoping that he won’t be involved when the League Cup clash comes around. The flow […]

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Real Sociedad have revealed detailed plans of how they plan to remove their running track while continuing to use their Estadio Anoeta stadium. Work has already started this summer and over the next two seasons, they will reconstruct their stadium to remove the Athletics running track while continuing to play there. The pitch will be […]

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Dress up in claret and blue to join bike riders on Saturday 30th September to celebrate the special link between the old Boleyn ground and West Ham Cycling from the Bobby Moore statue to the club’s new London stadium in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, you’ll be part of a mass ride, on a mainly off-road […]

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Pablo Zabaleta claims there were a lot of positives from yesterday’s game notably their attitude after the third Spurs goal. Speaking to the official site he said: “Of course, it’s a disappointing afternoon when you don’t win. It was a huge game for us, a derby, and we knew three points would take us to […]

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Artuur Masuaku was a major plus for the Irons against Spurs after his arrival on the pitch in the 73rd minute. He added the thrust and pace required down the left side and has again put Aaron Cresswell’s position under keen scrutiny again. His cross for Kouyate’s thumping header which dragged the Irons back into […]

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West Ham are this morning reported as having added German coach Thomas Tuchel (right) to that of Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri should they sack Slaven Bilic. The 44 year old Tuchel managed Borussia Dortmund for two years. In his first season at Dortmund, Tuchel led the club to the quarter-final stage of the Europs League where […]

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Slaven Bilic says he was disappointed in West Ham’s result against Spurs but not the performance insisting his team defended well, didn’t give space and showed pride to come back. In his post-match interview he said: “We are disappointed with the result. We started really well. We defended well, with shape and didn’t give them pockets […]

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Slaven Bilic says he has spoken again to Chicharito saying he started as a centre-forward but had to change after the introduction of Andy Carroll after Antonio’s injury. Again Bilic claims Chicharito was not played wide on the wing but as a striker. He admitted he is not easy to play him along side Carroll, Arnie and […]

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Slaven Bilic has told reporters post-match that it was difficult for Andy Carroll to get up to speed when he was thrown into the London derby after Michail Antonio pulled up injured. Internet rumours before the game suggested that Carroll took also took a knock in training and that was one of the reasons he […]

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Slaven Bilic denied he took a risk with Michail Antonio on Saturday but admitted he passed a fitness test. Before the game internet rumours suggested Antonio had taken a knock in training and faced a late fitness test. Another rumour suggested he was only 70% fit but would be started to see how he got […]

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Serge Aurier’s red card on his first Premier League start hardly eased the concerns of those Tottenham fans who fear the Ivorian right-back could be something of a liability.

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West Ham’s home fixture with Swansea City next Saturday assumes massive importance for under-pressure manager Slaven Bilic after a fourth defeat in six Premier League games.

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Referee  Michael Oliver got one of one of the most obvious penalty decisions so wrong at lunchtime and again it cost the Irons dearly. I hate the “we wuz robbed” discussions after games but on this occasion there can be no argument that we were deprived of one of the clearest spot kicks possible. It […]

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Visit site: West Ham 2 v Spurs 3 All Goals & Highlights

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Read the original post: Slaven Bilic Full Post Match Press Conference

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Continue reading here: Post match analysis by Pardew, Sheringham & Redknapp

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Harry Kane certainly made an impression on Mauricio Pochettino after his two goals helped secure a 3-2 win at West Ham. The Tottenham boss has finally admitted he is smitten by the striker.

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A second yellow card in the second half saw Spurs resort to panic mode at the hands of Aurier after sitting pretty with 3-1 lead over London rivals West Ham at the London Stadium.

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  The Hammers have suffered yet another defeat despite a brave climax against Tottenham’s ten men. Here’s how the fans reacted at ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum O I’m more satisfied than I thought I would be. A lot of West Ham players looked like they really cared O To paraphrase a certain phrase… ‘Potential lions led […]

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  Regular rating man Niall McDonald is now on duty with his own assessment for today’s game – here’s how he marked the boys.     Hart: Unlucky with their 2nd after a great block ricochet’d to Kane. Dealt pretty well with a number of balls played back to him 5 Ogbonna: No disasters at […]

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Hart: Little chance with the goals but in general terms is he really better than Adrian ? 5 Zabaleta; Always a good performance from him and no difference today 7 Reid: Calm for most of the performance and can’t be blamed for any of the goals 6 Ogbonna: Neat and tidy but like the rest […]

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