11 December 2016
West Ham are being tipped to return for Rafa Benitez as their managerial choice should they decide to fire Slaven Bilic. The Hammers are ready to give Bilic time to turn the club’s fortunes but the former Liverpool boss was their number one choice when they were looking to replace Sam Allardyce and could be […]
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11 December 2016
Rafa Benitez is the man West Ham want if they decide to sack Slaven Bilic claims the Daily Mirror today. West Ham were within hours of signing Benitez as West Ham manager before Real Madrid came in for him in 2015. David Sullivan previously told the London Evening Standard: “Rafa Benitez was within three hours […]
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11 December 2016
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11 December 2016
Sevilla are this morning being reported as ready to end Jonathan Calleri’s West Ham nightmare. The Argentinian striker, 23, remains keen to make a success of his loan from Deportivo Maldonado in Uruguay, despite having had no chance to impress since his arrival. He hasn’t made a Hammers first team start despite the club having […]
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11 December 2016
A twin bomb attack outside Besiktas’ new stadium in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, has killed 38 people and injured many more. A car bomb hit a police vehicle and a suicide bomber detonated a suicide vest in quick succession late on Saturday. The blasts occurred near the Besiktas stadium after a match against Bursaspor which the […]
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11 December 2016
BBC Pundit Mark Lawrenson claims that Slaven Bilic was sending a message to West Ham’s board as well as his players when he said his players lacked intensity in training. Talking on the BBC website Lawro said “When West Ham boss Slaven Bilic said this week that his players lacked intensity in training I think […]
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11 December 2016
Wayne Rooney scored against Reading on Saturday to equal Sir Bobby Charlton's all-time record of 249 goals for Manchester United - but where does he stand among all 92 clubs' top scorers?
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10 December 2016
There is no doubting that when Arbeloa signed for West Ham in the summer and took his first look at the fixture list it would have been December 10 that stood out a mile – a trip back to Liverpool.
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10 December 2016
West Ham are winless in five Premier League games, including last weekend’s 5-1 thrashing by Arsenal that Bilic admitted was a ‘humiliation’, as the travel to Anfield
Posted in Dailymail.co.ukComments Off on Slaven Bilic insists struggles have made him ‘stronger’ as West Ham head to Liverpool in the relegation zone
10 December 2016
• Londoners head for Anfield after 5-1 thrashing by Arsenal • Speculation has mounted over the commitment of the squad West Ham United must develop a “clean sheet mentality” if they are to arrest the slide that has seen them slip to the edge of the relegation zone, according to Slaven Bilic. The Hammers face a challenging trip to Anfield on Sunday, the fourth in a run of big games. After taking a point from ...
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10 December 2016
I’m always prepared to admit that things can get lost in translation with foreign managers. However, even allowing for that, I found Slaven’s discussion on the new signings and how they would eventually come good bamboozling to put it mildly. Here’s what the boss had to say on the likes of Zaza, Tore, Feghouli, Nordtveidt […]
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10 December 2016
West Ham have dropped into the relegation zone this evening. Swansea City climbed off the bottom of the Premier League table with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over fellow strugglers Sunderland who replace them at the bottom of the league table. Swansea are now on 12 points which is the same as West Ham and Hull […]
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10 December 2016
Andy Carroll is ready and determined to make a difference tomorow (Sun). The striker is heading into his second game of the season absolutely desperate to come back to London from Merseyside with a result. Speaking to the official site Carroll said: “I’ve been training hard and I’m fit so hopefully I’ll get longer on the pitch […]
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10 December 2016
The up-coming game against Liverpool, s an ideal time for Slaven Bilic to implement some fine-tuning in formation and player positioning before the all-important four games which will take us up to the New Year. While we have problems in both attack and defence, an improvement in goal scoring will most likely to improve team […]
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10 December 2016
The Hammers have plunged into bottom three for the first time this season after today’s results. Hopefully it wil only be a 24 hour thing but this evening the team sit in 18th place following some fierce scuffles among the relegation threatened clubs this afternoon (Sat). Swansea scored a big 3-0 victory over Sunderland to […]
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10 December 2016
Payet has only bagged one league goal this term following his impressive debut campaign, but the France international has created more chances in 2016 for his team-mates than anyone else.
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10 December 2016
Reports claiming Dimi Payet has a £15 million buy out clause in his contract are 100% false. The story appeared in The Times this morning (Sat) saying the Frenchman could leave for the fee if the club were relegated That was immediately denied by the highly placed Hammers Insider making his return to the scene, […]
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10 December 2016
Slaven Bilic has defended the Hammers summer signing policy and believes they will all find their form. Virtually every summer arrival has taken stick as the team has struggled, notably Simone Zaza – who has failed to find the net in 11 appearances – and on loan Gokhan Tore. Only Edmilson Fernandes has escaped criticism […]
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10 December 2016
Slaven Bilic is confident West Ham's summer signings will find their form after failing to impress in the early stages of the season.
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10 December 2016
West Ham still haven’t completed a deal which will see the removal of an appearance clause from Simone Zaza’s loan deal and are hoping Naples will take the flop off their hands. Talks with parent club Juventus have been going on for several weeks but the club have yet to receive a definite response from […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Hammers still wait for response on striker
10 December 2016
The Spanish defender backs his manager Slaven Bilic but feels the players ‘should be killing each other a bit more’ over their side’s recent disappointments Álvaro Arbeloa could see them go – they weren’t exactly sneaking out. Even before Alexis Sánchez scored Arsenal’s final goal last Saturday, thousands of West Ham fans had left the London Stadium, those long, painful closing minutes played before sweeps of empty white seats. The Spaniard couldn’t stop them; nor ...
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10 December 2016
Slaven Bilic and the West Ham squad simply cannot suffer another humiliation tomorrow afternoon. If last weekend was bad – and it was very bad – just imagine what reaction there will be given that this match is on TV and being shown across the world. A repeat of the sort of display we saw […]
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10 December 2016
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic says he will be interested in signing Daniel Sturridge if the Liverpool striker becomes available in January.
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10 December 2016
Slaven Bilic has made it clear that he has been more than happy with the response from his players after last week’s Arsenal humiliation. The manager said: “I’ve had a great reaction from the players. You are disappointed, angry, frustrated but you have to get over it.” He and the players are heading for Anfield […]
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10 December 2016
West Ham has vowed to improve and expand their supporter services department after complaints of lack of responses to supporter queries and feedback following the move to the London Stadium. The club has expanded the role of Supporter Liaison Officer (SLO) to recruit a Supporter Services Manager who will oversee an expanded department. They have recruited […]
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10 December 2016
Liverpool are set to recall defender Joel Matip for our visit to Anfield after he missed last week’s defeat at Bournemouth with an ankle injury. And England midfielder Adam Lallana is pushing for a start having made his comeback from a groin problem as a substitute on Sunday. Daniel Sturridge has been ruled out of […]
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