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Sead Haksabanovich could make his first appearance in a West Ham shirt at Cheltenham Town tomorrow night in the televised League Cup match on Sky. The young Swede – who cost us £3 million – has been included in the travelling party which is travelling to  Gloucestershire . Having impressed in the recent win over […]

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Slaven Bilic has revealed that he will take “a really strong squad” to Cheltenham for tomorrow nights League Cup clash against the league Two side. But he hinted that Michail Antonio will be left behind saying: “Only with the players like Antonio – who came back after a long injury and played on Saturday – […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has called on his team to play ‘like it is the last game of our lives’ and kick-start the season with a Carabao Cup win at League Two Cheltenham.

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Manu Lanzini has issued a timely tweet to ease the anxieties of Hammers everywhere. Injured in pre-season, the Argentine playmaker is on his way back – hopefully to form a positive link with Javier Hernandez who should thrive on the sevice he supplies. Things are starting to look a lot better on the injury front […]

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Aston Villa have moved ahead of rivals in pursuit of signing Robert Snodgrass on loan. West Ham made the winger available for transfer just seven months after paying Hull £10million

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West Ham have little chance of tying up a deal for William Carvahlo in time for the weekend match at Newcastle despite optimistic reports in the media. And reports coming out of Portugal that the defensve midfielder will travel to London for a medical are quite simply wrong despite the claim he has agreed a […]

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Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi wants to stay and fight for a place at Stamford Bridge. The Belgium international is a target for French side Lille and West Ham have discussed a loan deal.

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What I’m about to write here will of course create a huge over-reaction among many but I need to get it off my chest regardless and take absolutely no pleasure in doing so. Watching players coming to the end of their career is never easy. I was there for Mooro, Devo, Sir Trev and Billy […]

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Declan Rice looks booked for his second start for the Irons at Cheltenham Town tomorrow evening in the League Cup clash. But hopes that young Nathan Holland may get his chance along wth Toni Martinez appear to have been ruled out by their involvement in the under 23s victory over Spurs yesterday. Manager Slaven Bilic […]

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West Ham this morning are reported to already be eyeing up possible Slaven Bilic replacements with only two games of the season gone. The story has emerged in  The Mirror which claims the usual candidate as a possible next manager,  Rafa Benitez, as the next one. Two defeats – at Mancheter United who repeated the […]

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By Jack Lebeau Follow on Twitter @JackLeabeau66 West Ham U23 miraculously came from 2-0 down at half-time to beat Spurs 3-2 at Hotspur Way on a very rainy afternoon. We started the better of the two teams, with Spurs rarely getting out of their own half. This was supported by us having a good couple […]

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Academy chief Terry Westley has put his first brick in West Ham’s first team wall…and could not be more delighted with his protege Declan Rice. The 18 year old being freely tipped as the next big thing at the club now has a building job to do according to his mentor who speaking to ClaretandHugh […]

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Most football supporters feel emotionally gutted when their favourite team loses a game. Although we ended up losing an entertaining encounter to Southampton, for the first time in ages, I came away feeling quite positive. Most objective pundits have suggested that a draw would have been a fairer outcome in this match. I am sure […]

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West Ham’s under 23s grabbed victory with an amazing comeback at Spurs. It gets no better than to beat the north Londoners on their own manor and whatever words Terry Westley gave the bys after break  worked the oracle big time after they went in two down. But within 15 minutes they had turned everything […]

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West Ham have dismissed speculation that Andy Carroll will be loaned to Newcastle or any other club. But were there to be a firm offer for the striker to come in before the window closes the club would consider the possbility of a permanent move. Speculation arose over the weekend that Rafa Benitez may attempt to […]

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Keith Hackett will have done absolutely nothing to redeem his tattered reputation among Hammers fans with long memories after laying into Marko Arnautovic following his red card dismissal at Southampton. It was HACKETT’S  disgraceful decision which saw Tony Gale sent off in the 1991 FA Cup semi final against Nottingham Forest at Villa Park – […]

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Winston Reid’s calf injury looks set  to keep the defender out of action for the weekend match against Newcastle. The medical staff took the injury seriously enough to stretcher the central defender off during the warm-up at Southampton which Slaven Bilic later revealed was indeed a calf rather than a new hamstring problem. Reid’s injury […]

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West Ham are reported to be showing a big interest in Lorient forward Abdul Majeed Waris. Despite earlier claims that the spending is close to coming to an end, the Mail is reporting that the 25 year old is on the club’s radar. However, both Bromwich Albion and Burnley are also keen on the Ghana […]

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Slaven Bilic is taking the positives from the game against Saints as he bids to leave the bottom of the table. He has never been in that position before  and declares: “I would like to change it and not to be that way, but to be fair, although I am very disappointed, we’re going to take […]

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JAMIE REDKNAPP: After four long years, it looks as if we are finally seeing the Manchester United of old. There has been very little joy at Old Trafford in recent times.

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ADAM CRAFTON AT ST MARY’S: The unfortunate punchline is Slaven Bilic’s West Ham, who have now conceded 91 goals in their last 50 Premier League games and were once again hospitable visitors.

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You can’t fault either the never say die attitude of our fans or indeed the ability to invent new lyrics for an already catchy tune. In this clip we have a group of fun-loving Hammers fans on the train singing the new Javier Hernandez song led in chorus by the man (@block141whufc) who penned this […]

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Spurs fans had a very bad day on their opening home fixture of the season at Wembley today (Sun)  beaten 2-1 by Chesea at Wembley. That of course was very well received by the Hammers fans who to put it politely don’t enjoy the best of relationships with the mob from North London. But we […]

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David Gold could have a very embarrassing moment if he bumps into any of Jose Fonte, Robert Snodgrass or Andre Ayew around the club tomorrow. Both the ageing central defender and £20 million midfielder/striker had nightmares against Southampton yesterday at Southampton. Snodgrass meanwhile was again absent amid informed speculation of an imminent move away from […]

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West Ham will not up their offer  for William Carvalho despite several reports today that they are about to do so. Various British media outlets in reporting that Sporting Lisbon have turned down a Hammers bid – which was well known last week – are now claiming wes are ready to “re-open talks” when in […]

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Here is my first vlog of the season and it wasn’t exactly what I had planned for my first video of the new campaign. As ever I left home full of hope on what was a sunny day at the south coast and I was reasonably confident having enjoyed our 3-1 win at the same […]

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