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West Ham are considering a move for Besiktas winger Gokhan Tore, according to MirrorFootball. Tore was a key player for the Turkish giants under Slaven Bilic, and the Hammers’ new boss is eager to be reunited with the 23-year-old by bringing him to east London in January. Reports in the summer (Guardian) claimed Bilic had

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If you were to ask me at the beginning of the season what are best defensive pairing was I would have said Winston Reid Reid and James Tomkins, all day long. After the game at Arsenal, where Carl Jenkinson was forced to miss out due to ineligibility, we were forced to play James Tomkins at right-back.

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Losing Dimitri Payet for three months seems to have thrown us in to turmoil. We weren’t quite the same against Everton after he limped off and then we clearly missed his influence and creativity in the shambles at White Hart Lane. But we’ve just got to get on with it and prove to everyone, and

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West Ham face competition from Ligue 1 clubs AS Monaco and Marseille for Everton’s Kevin Mirallas, as reported by the Express. The Hammers were heavily linked with a move for the Belgium international in the summer, but the winger eventually decided to sign an new contract at Goodison Park. But the 28-year-old has struggled for

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You’d be forgiven for thinking our start to the season was a true reflection of what we’re capable of this season. Slaven Bilic arrived with his fresh ideas, exciting footballing philosophy and announced his arrival in east London in true style. But recently we’ve suffered something of a a blip in form, one I’d go

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My first thoughts in relation to a Scotty Parker’s suggestion that we are destined for a mid-table finish in the current Premier League season is that perhaps Slav has sown that he is ‘human’, after all. Our starting line-up against Spurs was clearly not right (no further arguments needed) – Carroll should not have started!

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Having seen yet another academy player sign professional forms in the past few weeks, my mind started considering a plausible possibility within the hallowed corridors of Upton Park. With such an influx of foreign players coming into the game and the majority not all that wonderful, isn’t it time clubs started to look at what

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  Finally the international break is over and we can get back to more important business. It’s one of the most anticipated fixtures of our season Sunday as we make the short trip to White Hart Lane to face a Spurs side who have just just once all season. The big talking point is whether

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West Ham are eyeing a surprise move for Bournemouth playmaker Matt Ritchie, as reported by MailOnline. The Scotland international was an instrumental figure in Bournemouth’s promotion to the Premier League last term, netting 15 goals throughout the Cherries’ title winning campaign. And a string of impressive performances in the Premier League this term, with one

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Devastation swept across Upton Park when it was discovered French midfield star Dimitri Payet’s ankle injury resulted in the Hammers being without the former Marseille playmaker for three months. Other than Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil, Payet created more chances than any other player in the Premier League. With Ecuadorian striker Enner Valencia also set to be

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That is two games that we have played without Sakho since he has been injured, and on both occasions we have not been able to pick up three points. Do we rely too heavily on Sakho and are our alternative choices not good enough? Diafra Sakho has had a different season compared to last, but

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There has been widespread outcry amongst West Ham fans at the lack of representation of West Ham players in England squads. With the exception of Stewart Downing last year, England has tended to overlook whichever players we have available. England squads are unfortunately dominated by club reputation with the ‘big’ six or seven clubs providing

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If you’re a Football Manager player then you’ll know managing West Ham on the game is a difficult task. Over the years our players have been average on the game, and it’s pretty difficult to strengthen the side from the off when the board give you limited funds to work with. This year it’s a

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Andy Carroll and Carl Jenkinson went head-to-head recently, but this time in a different ball game to what they’re used to. The duo faced off in a frame of Snooker ahead of the Betway UK Snooker Championships, but not before they received some tips from World Snooker Champions Stuart Bingham and 2012 UK Championship winner

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The enigma that is Andy Carroll. There is a divide and there has been one for a while now where certain supporters of the club think we can’t do without him, whilst others just don’t know what to make of the 26-year-old Geordie. Certainly he was Allardyce’s favourite and with his mate Nolan, they were

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West Ham are leading the race for CSKA Moscow’s Seydou Doumbia, as reported by Metro. The Ivory Coast international joined Roma last January for a fee believed to in the region of £10million but returned to CSKA on a season-long loan in the summer after netting just two goals in 13 Seria A outings. The

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After our worst nightmare was confirmed, with Dimitri Payet being ruled out for up to three months, is it finally Michail Antonio’s time to shine? The extent of Payet’s injury was revealed on Monday, and no one expected him to be out for so long. The news spread across the fan base and within minutes

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Ah David Gold, what would we ever do without him? The great man has developed something of reputation for being a bit of a rogue Twitter user, having a pop at rival fans, partaking in his fair share of dodgy banter and giving us all some much needed updates on the club. It’s his Twitter

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It’s fair to say we’re all pretty devastated that Dimitri Payet has been sidelined for up to three months with an ankle injury. Before James McCarthy’s barbarism robbed us of our most exciting player we were all pretty excited about having a player of Payet’s class wearing the famous claret and blue. He’s been sensational

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“We’ll miss Payet! Dimitri Payet. “I just don’t think you’ll understand. “Our super star man, hasn’t gone to plan. “We’ll miss Dimitri Payet!” Yes, Hammers fans, our worst fears have come true after a third of the season has been played. Our summer marque signing has been sidelined for up to three months after an

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We all hoped it was just a knock. That taking him off just after the restart was precautionary. That he’d be back and ready to go again after the international break. Instead, three months. THREE MONTHS!? Our player of the season so far has been ruled out for up to three months while Everton’s James

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This month’s Blowing Bubbles Magazine celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Boys of ’86 with interviews with Tony Cottee and Frank McAvennie.  And in his column for the monthly magazine George Parris also explains why their partnership was so special. “They just had one of those seasons where everything clicked. So much so they could’ve

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After a seven game unbeaten run, Watford finally put an end to it with an impressive 2-0 win over a disappointing claret and blue side. We struggled to create much and we were always second best to every ball, and in the end we shot ourselves in the foot with two mistakes, which consequently lead

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Despite a fantastic start to the season, last week West Ham were brought back down to reality after a 2-0 defeat against Watford at Vicarage Road. With the magnificent Hammers faithful pleased with the new style of play ‘Super Slav’ has installed in East London, last Saturdays’ first away loss of the season against the

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Since the founding of the Premier league in 1992, there have been many midfielders to pull on the famous Claret and Blue shirt for West Ham United. Some top class players, some average players, and some players which were quite simply, awful. With West Ham fans often looking for attacking, offensive style football, the midfield

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Regardless of your age and how long you’ve supported West Ham, there’ll be an equal feeling of sadness when we leave the Boleyn Ground this summer. It is one of the Premier League’s last remaining football grounds that still boasts the authentic feeling of being close to the action, but soon it’ll be gone forever.

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