26 November 2016
West Ham’s bid to re-negotiate the terms of Simone Zaza’s loan could have benefits at various levels. It works at relieving the pressure on the player to prove himself within a certain time frame and ensures that the £5 million splashed out isn’t halved by an early return to Juventus or elsewhere. Despite his lack […]
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26 November 2016
Manu Lanzine is ready ….FOR POINTS! The brilliant Hammers playmaker was in outstanding form at White Hart Lane last week topping a fine performance with a great penalty in Mark Noble’s absence. Now it’s Man U and the Argentinian told the official site: “Manchester United are a big team, so we know it will be […]
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26 November 2016
News from the Manchester United camp is that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to return from suspension after missing the 1-1 draw with Arsenal having been booked five times. However, he played in the Europa League against Feyenoord on Thursday, when the likes of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Wayne Rooney put themselves in line for inclusion against the […]
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26 November 2016
Karren Brady may have given an insight into David Gold and David Sullivan’s sacking policy whilst avoiding any of those employed at West Ham! Writing in her Sun diary she says: ” There isn’t a chairman in the country who likes to sack a manager. After all, to do so suggests he was wrong to appoint him […]
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26 November 2016
Andy Carroll is ready to travel to Manchester today and is likely to be included in the squad for the game at Old Trafford tomorrow. Slaven Bilic dropped a hint last night that the injury ravaged front man may now be called up for first team duty at some stage for the match. And ClaretandHugh […]
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25 November 2016
The Red Devils boss is confident his side can recover enough points in the coming months to restore their place among the favourites to win the title this season
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on Mourinho still believes in Man Utd’s title chances
25 November 2016
EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: West Ham goalkeeper Adrian is facing an uncertain future under manager Slaven Bilic with the Hammers thought to be on the look-out for a new No 1.
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25 November 2016
Slaven Bilic has hinted that Andy Carroll could be in line for a surprise against Manchester United on Sunday. Carroll is only just back in training but the manager said: “He’s been training with us for three days. He came back after a long injury and he’s very close. He could be in the squad. We’re going […]
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25 November 2016
Andy Carroll could feature against Manchester United this weekend after just three days' training, says West Ham boss Slaven Bilic.
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25 November 2016
Blackburn Rovers boss Owen Coyle has claimed that outside factors were responsible for his decision to release Martin Samuelsen from his loan at the club. Speaking to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Coyle revealed: “I cut the loan short. It’s very simple, Martin is a lovely young man, a talented man, but I think there was […]
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25 November 2016
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic is ready to unleash Andy Carroll on Manchester United on Saturday afternoon following a three-and-a-half month lay-off with a serious knee injury.
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25 November 2016
It’s critical of course – every game is and has been since the start of the season. The Irons are off to Old Trafford on Sunday and once again words and expressions such as ‘season defining’ and the like come to mind. Will the Irons have taken a confidence shot from the match at Spurs […]
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25 November 2016
By Pete Ellis Well that was fun wasn’t it. We out West Hammed ourselves at the Lane, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in the manner you only see in Roy of the Rovers. (For those under 35, think fifa17 ultimate team). Yep, we don’t just press the self destruct button, we hit it […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Irons don’t PRESS panic button…they hit it like playing bongos and wonder why the world falls apart
25 November 2016
Exclusive West Ham are currently locked in talks with Simone Zaza and his advisors with a view to removing the appearance clause from his current loan deal. Under the terms of the contract negotiated in the summer the 25 year old would have to be signed by the Hammers after 14 appearances. He has currently […]
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25 November 2016
After recovering from the disappointment of an unnecessary loss to Tottenham, we must move on and give serious consideration to our two important encounters with Manchester United. The first of these games, playing on Sunday, is an away Premier League fixture at Old Trafford, followed by a Tuesday evening EFL Cup quarter-final encounter, once again […]
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25 November 2016
David Gold has lashed out an an Irons follower on Twitter who described a tweet he sent out as a “complete and utter lie.” The co chairman quickly defended himself against the usual unsavoury remarks often used by thoe using the social network when discussing attendances in the Premier Leaugu. It started with Gold quoting […]
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25 November 2016
Slaven Bilic’s comments that Simone Zaza’ appearance clause – 14 and we are forced to buy him – won’t affect his decision to play him raised a smile eh? I remember him also announcing after the Stoke game that Adrian remained his number one and that you didn’t rest a keeper on one mistake or […]
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25 November 2016
Slaven Bilic has seemingly started a mind games war with Jose Mourinho ahead of the two games at Manchester United. The Hammers boss has always given the self proclaimed Special One his due and did so again in his press conference ahead of the League game. But there was an edge to his comments as […]
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25 November 2016
Stephen Ackerman sold football stars luxury hampers that were never delivered and used bank details to steal thousands A fraudster who conned Premier League football stars including former England manager Sam Allardyce out of thousands of pounds has been jailed for four years. Stephen Ackerman targeted West Ham staff – including then-boss Allardyce and England striker Andy Carroll – when he visited the east London club’s training ground to sell them luxury hampers. Continue reading...
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25 November 2016
Slaven Bilic takes his struggling West Ham side to Old Trafford on Sunday and spoke of his admiration for his counterpart's impressive home record throughout his career
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25 November 2016
A conman who defrauded Premier League footballers out of thousands of pounds is jailed for four years.
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25 November 2016
From matching Sunderland toothbrushes to a rubber duck in Burnley colours, we've broken down the very worst Christmas merchandise being flogged by our top-flight teams.
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25 November 2016
If you were Chiek Kouyate – 95 appearances for the club so far – you may just be feeling a bit overlooked today (Fri) along with Pedro Obiang. For the arrival of the Hammers 2017 calendar sees Kouyate omitted although there’s room for on-loan Simone Zaza and infrequent first team central defender James Collins. Neither […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Zaza YES Kouyate NO on new Hammers calendar!
25 November 2016
The home office have released their annual figures on football troubles in England and Wales including banning orders and arrests relating the last season 2015/2016 at the Boleyn ground. West Ham have a cumulative total of 44 banning orders in place although just six of these were added to in the last twelve months with […]
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25 November 2016
Slaven Bilic has revealed that we need Simone Zaza. And the manager has revealed that he still believes in him and that West Ham United need the on-loan Juventus striker to start producing. Speaking this morning Slaven raised a massive defence of the player and even made it clear the 25 year old’s contractural situation, […]
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25 November 2016
The Croatian coach believes his Hammers team is improving despite their lowly position one point above the drop zone in the Premier League table
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on I am not stupid – West Ham boss Bilic understands pressure
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