18 September 2017
Former Hammers boss Harry Redknapp admits he has probably given his last ever team talk and training session as a manager! The 70 year old was axed at the weekend after leading Birmingham to their sixth defeat of the season. And when asked by BBC Radio 5’s Sportsweek programme if he would be looking for […]
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18 September 2017
Slaven Bilic is too long in the tooth to declare the season has been turned around but he is hopeful things are now on the right course. Despite a dreadful game at West Brom, Bilic is confident that the positives are slowly overtaking the West Ham negatives. Let’s be honest, the Hammers didn’t do enough […]
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18 September 2017
Slaven Bilic says Andy Carroll is always a threat but he needs more games under his belt. Speaking to WHUFC.com he said: “Andy (Carroll) is always a threat and he was good in the air and also with stopping the balls and laying it off to the flanks, we put a lot of balls in where […]
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18 September 2017
Everton have proved that the size of your transfer spending over the summer doesn’t guarantee success on the pitch as they lost their fourth game in a row over the weekend conceding twelve goals without scoring a single goal. The Merseyside club spent £143m in the summer after receiving £96m the other way for Lulaku, Deulofeu […]
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17 September 2017
LAURIE WHITWELL AT THE HAWTHOWNS: Javier Hernandez may have been brought to West Ham as a poacher but since Andy Carroll's return a different task has been asked of him.
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17 September 2017
For the London club's though, it was a much more frustrating weekend as Tottenham's Wembley curse, in the Premier League that is, continues to haunt them being to a draw by Swansea
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17 September 2017
James Collins is tonight at the centre of speculation that he has suffered damage ligament to his ankle and is heading for a scan in the morning. The Ginger Pele suffered the injury in the first half and looked likely to come off to avoid further damage but played on until half time and was […]
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17 September 2017
West Ham have escaped the relegation zone for the first time this season thanks to Manchester United beating Everton 4-0 at Old Trafford this afternoon. It made it three losses in a row for the Merseyside team who have replaced West Ham in the eighteenth spot in the league table on a goal difference of […]
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17 September 2017
There’s a continuous murmur going on that Manu Lanzini could feature in the League Cup match on Tuesday evening. The midfielder is now back in full training with the first team and whilst he is not of course match fit there’s an outside chance that manager Slaven Bilic will give him a run out against […]
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17 September 2017
Jose Fonte has explained the Irons are far more comfortable playing three at the back and the squad now has to concentrate on ways of breaking teams down. Speaking to the official site the Portuguese defender explaind why things had picked up saying “Some people might say, perhaps we could have changed or gone a little […]
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17 September 2017
Terry Westley’s bright young U23’s host some of The Premier League Two’s finest talent tomorrow night, as Liverpool come to town for an exciting top of the Table clash under the lights. The young Hammers have slumped to successive defeats that have shattered a fantastic start to our first ever Division One campaign. Whereas, The Reds sit in first place and have a 100% League record heading into the encounter. When? The tie is ...
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17 September 2017
Former Hammers boss Alan Pardew has changed his mind about the club’s finishing position this season – revising the forecast downwards! The out of work boss is spending a great amount of time offering his opinions of a variety of issues and was moved to give Slaven Bilic some training advice on Andy Carroll’s training […]
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17 September 2017
West Ham co-chairman David Gold appeared to have a slight dig at West Brom’s brand of football under Tony Pullis by making an observation that loyal West Ham fans stayed until the end of the match while Baggies fans didn’t and left early. Gold wrote on his twitter account. “Second clean sheet on the bounce, […]
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17 September 2017
London Stadium stewards are now paid the London Living Wage minimum of £9.75 per hour. An advert by Steward security OCS confirms that stadium owners have delivered on a pledge to give the stewards a pay rise. The advert says “The London Stadium in Stratford is currently recruiting Stewards to be a part of their Stadium […]
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17 September 2017
Slaven Bilic’s has seen his team take four points from the last two games but there remains great restlessness among the Hammers fans. The decision to put ace goalscorer Chicharito on the left wing is causing much concern and frustration whilst yesterday’s performance was greeted with near despair by some fans. Here’s how supporters on […]
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17 September 2017
Spurs fans are experiencing the same treatment from Wembley Stadium stewards as West Ham supporters experienced at the start of the Premier League season at the London Stadium last year. In fact, many of the non-football fan stewards who work at the London Stadium also work at Wembley. Yesterday this video below went viral on social media […]
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17 September 2017
Bolton Wanderers will arrive at the London Stadium winless in the Championship this season for Tueday night’s League Cup clash. They sit rock bottom of the Championship and on the face of it the Hammers should cruise into the next round of the competition. Life of course is not like that and the Irons made […]
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16 September 2017
Was Ben Foster fortunate to escape a red card as he came flying out of his goal to upend West Ham's Javier Hernandez at The Hawthorns?
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16 September 2017
In a game of low quality at West Brom, Pedro Obiang almost stole the show, but saw his incredible 45-yard strike cannon back off the crossbar.
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16 September 2017
The club's wide players did not do enough to create chances in their 0-0 draw on Saturday according to their manager
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16 September 2017
Pedro Obiang reckons the time is approaching when the Irons will become upwardly mobile! The midfielder almost settled the game with a magical shot from just outside the centre circle which beat Ben Foster but bounced off the bar. And afterwards he declared: “We’ve come through a difficult moment and we won the last game. […]
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16 September 2017
Slaven Bilic believes after getting a chance to see the incident again that Ben Foster only deserved a yellow card for a foul on Javier Hernandez in West Ham's 0-0 draw at West Brom .
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16 September 2017
Slaven Bilic admits he wanted Ben Foster to be shown a red card for his challenge on Javier Hernandez before admitting he got it wrong. The Baggies keeper came flying out of goal to bring Little Pea down outside the area but escaped with a yellow card most thought on first viewing should have been […]
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16 September 2017
Slaven Bilic appears locked into the Andy Carroll scenario – full stop. As many look on wondering how he can stick one of Europe’s top strikers on the left wing and rely on AC as a lone front man the manager continues to plead the big man’s virtues. And in his post match presser he […]
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16 September 2017
Here’s a couple of stats to make you think as you head for you Saturday evening out which don’t make particularly comfortable reading for Irons fans. Today’s dull and dreary draw against West Brom represented just the second time in 19 games that the Hammers have kept a clean sheet away from home. And in […]
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16 September 2017
Slaven Bilic believes he has much to build on following today’s dour 0-0 draw at West Brom. The boss made it four points from the last six in a low quality affair but was looking very much on the bright side following the game. He said: “We played solidly and limited them to one chance. […]
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