
West Ham standing by Bilic
05 December 2016
West Ham are standing by their manager Slaven Bilic with co-chairman David Sullivan calling for unity to turn things around.
05 December 2016
West Ham are standing by their manager Slaven Bilic with co-chairman David Sullivan calling for unity to turn things around.
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05 December 2016
Exclusive by Hugh Southon Hammers co chairman and chief shareholder David Sullivan has revealed exclusively to ClaretandHugh that he is NOT in crisis talks with manager Slaven Bilic. We reported this morning there is no appetitie to sack the manager and that reports to the contrary in The Mirror and on Sky Sports were inaccurate. […]
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05 December 2016
The daftest story of the day award – were there one -would surely go to the Turkish press ( as usual) for a tale declaring that Fenerbache will offer Adrian a route out of West Ham at the end of the season. According to Sabah Spor, Fenerbahce will be looking for a goalkeeper in the summer […]
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05 December 2016
West Ham have so far banned 94 fans from attending their matches at London Stadium following a troubled start to life at their new home, Sky Sports News HQ can reveal.
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05 December 2016
Former Hammer Rio Ferdinand has allegedly offered his services to the West Ham board as a defensive coach according to a report in the Daily Mail. Yesterday, we raised questions about Slav’s backroom staff after the manager himself admitted the intensity of training at Rush green is not up to scratch. Questions have been asked […]
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05 December 2016
Ref Watch is back to debate another selection of controversial decisions from some of the weekend's Premier League matches.
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05 December 2016
When Claudio Ranieri was manager of Chelsea at the beginning of the Abramovich era, his rotation in order to give the stars enough game time earned him the nickname 'Tinkerman'.
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05 December 2016
Niall Quinn looks at the teams scrapping to stay in the Premier League this season and argues that's where the real drama lies...
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05 December 2016
By Rich Sprent Look up the definition of ‘Intensity’ and you will be given a list: Strength, power, potency, concentration, eagerness, energy as well as zeal, emotion and passion are all mentioned. That the manager of an under performing Premier League club has come out and described that his players lack […]
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05 December 2016
Morning reports that Slaven Bilic’s job is “hanging by a thread” and that he today heads into crisis talks with the board are 100 per cent untrue. The report says the board will decide today whether to persist with Bilic or to give him the two games after Sunday’s Liverpool fixture – both at home […]
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05 December 2016
We all live so intensely in a West Ham bubble it’s sometimes difficult to see what’s going on around us particularly when things are going as badly as recently. Last season’s champions Leicester City are currently sitting just two points above us and only one point better off, whilst one weekend victory by Palace – […]
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05 December 2016
Slaven Bilic is totally confident we will not be in our present position in a month’s time. The manager has remained honest and upbeat throughout the current troubles and has now gone into the prediction business with confidence. Explaining his and the team’s position he declared: “”I am positive that we aren’t going to be in […]
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05 December 2016
Slaven Bilic will hold crisis talks with the West Ham board today in the wake of the humiliating defeat to Arsenal at the weekend, Sky sources understand.
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05 December 2016
After 112 years at Upton Park, the Hammers moved to London Stadium in the summer, but they have struggled in the Premier League, and sit 17th after a 5-1 defeat to Arsenal
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05 December 2016
The Gunners' boss wants to see his side killing off teams earlier in matches and singled out Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for praise following Saturday's 5-1 thrashing of West Ham
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04 December 2016
ADAM CRAFTON AT LONDON STADIUM: Arsene Wenger has warned his counterpart Slaven Bilic that it will take two seasons for West Ham to acclimatise to their new ground.
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04 December 2016
JAMIE REDKNAPP: Last week all the talk was about who would triumph between Sergio Aguero and Diego Costa in the battle of the strikers but there was only one winner at the Etihad.
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04 December 2016
Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has offered his services to the West Ham board as a defensive coach following their recent struggles.
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04 December 2016
The West Ham manager is confident the club can turn around its disappointing start to the season in time but realises the clock is ticking “I try to be very open,” sighed a weary looking Slaven Bilic. “I try to be honest as I always am. It ain’t helping if we are trying to wrap things in paper and to hide. We can’t continue like this. We can’t.” As brutal self-assessments go, the West Ham United manager’s ...
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04 December 2016
Amid all the disaster and misery I nearly forgot to mention one of the most memorable moments of the season arrives on our screens tomorrow evening (Monday) For all our current misery the 3rd round FA Cup draw remains one of those magical moments. As we look for more intensity on the training pitch and a […]
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04 December 2016
It’s been a day long inquest – following the worst defeat and display of the season at the London Stadium. And trying to make some sense of it all is the legend that is Marlon Harewood who joined our partners Gonzo and Geo on the Hammers Chat barge following the nightmare. Marlon – one of […]
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04 December 2016
Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez celebrated his hat-trick against West Ham by taking a selfie alongside star-struck Hammers ball boys at the London Stadium. Social media account West Ham Retweets has decided to have some fun by mocking up the Arsenal hat-trick scorer having a selfie with Simone Zaza, David Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady. […]
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04 December 2016
West Ham fans have voted strongly that the club stick with Slaven Bilic as their manager despite the horrendous current problems. ClaretandHugh launched a multi-answer poll which aimed to accurately assess the manager’s position in the eyes of the fans after they were kicked out of the EFL Cup at Old Trafford before suffering a […]
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04 December 2016
Slaven Bilic – having publicly criticised the lack of the intensity of players in training – may now be forced into shake- up of his backroom staff. Whilst the manager is responsible for tactics, formation, man management, team selection and identifying transfer targets, he relies heavily on first team coach Edin Turzic and his No […]
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04 December 2016
West Ham are staring down a gauntlet of fixtures over the next month of action in the Premier League.
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