03 November 2017
Andre Ayew’s Crystal Palace goal has been nominated for the Premier League’s October Goal of the Month. The fabulous effort came at the end of a week when the striker had scored a brace against Spurs and was definitely the Hammers goal of the season so far. He faces competition from Liverpool’s Phillippe Coutinho for […]
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03 November 2017
The Ghanaian’s strike at Crystal Palace on Saturday is in the running for the best English topflight goal scored in October
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03 November 2017
Moore Than Just A Podcast presenter Nigel Kahn interviews 1964 FA Cup medal winner Eddie Bovington who made 184 appearances for West Ham. The 76-year-old joined the West Ham youth team in the late fifties as a groundsman and played in the Hammers Academy alongside Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst. The podcast interview tracks his […]
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03 November 2017
The long-awaited report into the finances of London Stadium will be delivered to London Mayor Sadiq Khan by the end of this month and will be published in December, his office has confirmed. A spokesperson for the Mayor of London told Claret and Hugh: “The Moore Stephens review is investigating decisions made about the construction […]
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03 November 2017
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has revealed how Slaven Bilic’s lone opponent for the West Ham job has been a total inspiration in his on managerial career. Marcelo Bielsa was on the shortlist of two when the Hammers decided to let Sam Allardyce go but he missed out when the Davids opted for the Croatian. In […]
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03 November 2017
Michail Antonio was not alone in creating the problem for the equaliser at Crystal palace according to the manager Slaven Bilic. As the dust settles on the 90 minutes which created the latest in a huge controversy surrounding his team the boss has explained his entire thinking on the incident. He said: “I know there were […]
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03 November 2017
Slaven Bilic has elaborated on his revelation that he and the chairmen believe they must get something from the game against Liverpool and how the outcome of the game will affect his position. Having said that he and the chairmen have agreed on that he said: “Of course [I need something ]. Of course, I do. […]
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03 November 2017
Slaven Bilic has opened up on the issue of promoting under 23 prospects into the first team squad and made it clear they have to start by being given the “right platform.” Three players have been regularly training with the senior players – Declan Rice, Domingous Quina and Toni Martinez with cries for the strikers […]
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02 November 2017
Mark Lawrenson believes the Irons have some decent players but reckons they will be beaten by his former club Liverpool at the London Stadium on Saturday evening. But in his predictions for the weekend’s games he makes it clear that if that happens, sacking the West Ham boss would be ridiculous. He said: “West Ham […]
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02 November 2017
Legendary West Ham striker Tony Cottee believes the Irons have no option but to play two up front if they want to see the best out of summer signing Javier Hernandez. The Mexican striker has scored four goals in 10 top flight appearances since his summer move from Bayer Leverkusen but there have been reports […]
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02 November 2017
Former Liverpool midfielder Jan Molby reckons the visit of the Merseysiders is Slaven Bilic’s worst nightmare. Molby writing in the Liverpool Echo – declared: “They went down to the London Stadium at the back end of last season and ran out comfortable winners and I’m expecting the same again on Saturday night. Slaven Bilic is […]
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02 November 2017
Slaven Bilic has almost spelt it out as certainty and he has no problem Liverpool close in on the London Stadium – he has to get something from the match on Saturday evening. Hi regular chats with the chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold appear to be making that a certainty and he has no […]
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02 November 2017
It’s never the simplest job in the world picking a Slaven Bilic line-up but this week it’s probably more complicated than ever before. With so many injuries intervening, we are really stretched on the right side where there is no natural width with Zaba, Byram and Antonio unavailable. I can only find 16 realistic names […]
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02 November 2017
Not unexpectedly Andy Carroll look set to return for the Irons at the London Stadium tomorrow night. After leaving the big man out of his side against Crystal Palace Slaven Bilic has made it pretty clear he will be back in an attempt to sort out his former club. The manager tends selects players against […]
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02 November 2017
Winston Reid and Aaron Cresswell are both fit for the Liverpool game but Michail Antonio and Sam Byram will miss the contest through injury. Reid missed the Palace match with a calf injury while Cresswell came off at half-time and has been suffering with a dead leg but both are available for a key clash. […]
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02 November 2017
• Slaven Bilic plans to exploit Liverpool’s weaknesses at the London Stadium • West Ham missing five defenders but Winston Reid and Aaron Cresswell fit West Ham United will have five defenders missing against Liverpool on Saturday but Slaven Bilic still believes his team can pull off a result against opponents he describes as “vulnerable”. José Fonte, James Collins, Sam Byram and Michail Antonio are unavailable for the home game because of injury and Pablo Zabaleta is suspended after collecting five...
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02 November 2017
So it’s on to the Liverpool match of 2017-18 but in considering a game which may be Slaven Bilic’s last, my mind is stuck in season 2015/16 when we won three games against them scoring six goals and conceding one. And there was a reason for that. WE WERE FIT from Day One despite half […]
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02 November 2017
West Ham face a defensive injury crisis and are also without Michail Antonio for the visit of Liverpool, who boss Slaven Bilic confirmed will miss the game due to a slight hamstring injury.
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02 November 2017
Slaven Bilic has urged West Ham supporters to be patient as he sets out a cautious approach to Saturday's game against Liverpool.
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02 November 2017
How much of an effect has Michail Antonio’s injuries had on his performances? Since Michail Antonio’s hamstring injury against Tottenham has seen a dip in his performances and even his fitness. Antonio made his latest appearance against Crystal Palace after coming on for Pablo Zabaleta to play at right wing back. Some fans will blame Antonio for West Ham conceding a late goal after he played a poor cross into...
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02 November 2017
In this week’s edition of our weekly Throwback segment, we hear from Geoff, 25 and a lifelong Claret & Blue-blooded Hammer about his first experience of live Football in what was a very strange season for all involved with West Ham United. “They say “all you need in a bad season is one win to turn things around”, I guess this is true in some cases and it certainly was for my first ever trip to the ...
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02 November 2017
Michail Antonio has become the latest Hammer to be ruled out of Saturday evening’s match against Liverpool at the London Stadium. Antonio has been in and out of the team this season after undergoing a summer operation to repair a torn hamstring. But now he has suffered a recurrence of a rib injury sustained during West […]
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02 November 2017
Spurs beat Real Madrid 3-1 in the Champions League at Wembley last night in a team that included Dele Alli, and Christian Eriksen. Just six days earlier West Ham turned over Spurs 3-2 at Wembley in the Carabao Cup in a team that also included Dele Alli, and Christian Eriksen. Logic follows that means that West Ham are […]
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02 November 2017
2:45 PM: That’s it from us and Slaven Bilic today here in East London after a strong 45 minutes of grilling from The Press, stay tuned across our Site and Social Media Platforms for all of the build-up and reaction from Saturday’s visit of Liverpool to The London Stadium and our future Live Blogs, thank you for tuning in and have a fantastic rest of your Thursday afternoon Hammers. ” The thing I like about them is that they never change...
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02 November 2017
Everything you need to know ahead of the Premier League clash at London Stadium on Saturday evening
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02 November 2017
The West Ham defender won 50 caps for Wales, but decided to hang up his boots after falling behind the likes of Ashley Williams and James Chester in Chris Coleman's pecking order.
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