18 October 2016
West Ham have called in a Paris-based turf technology firm in a bid to beat their spate of injuries that have hampered the Hammers in recent seasons. West Ham have followed Arsenal in installing AirFibr technology on their training pitches at their new training facility at Rush green. The technology has been use at Arsenal’s […]
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18 October 2016
A former West Ham employee has told ClaretandHugh that in his opinion that we just need a couple more wins at home and everyone will feel much better about everything suggesting the board would generally calm down after a couple more wins too. He explained the previous manager’s relationship with the board ultimately broke down […]
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18 October 2016
Slaven Bilic is considering a move for Besiktas left-winger Kerim Frei, according to MirrorSport. The 22-year-old played under Bilic in Turkey with the Super Lig giants and was largely impressive there since arriving from Fulham in 2013. Frei, who is valued at £4.25m by Transfermarkt.com, had broken in to the Cottagers’ first team at the
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18 October 2016
Fair play to Angela Ogbonna for sending a very clear message to the fans . He has used Twitter to ensure that we will all get the point which is that the Hammers squad are are as united as it’s posible to be. After all the recent criticism the Italian defender has made his point […]
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18 October 2016
West Ham are being linked with an unlikely move for another Besiktas’ player -midfielder Kerim Frei. Frei played under Slaven Bilic at the club and could be available for £3m. However, the Irons will look very closely at any future swtches from the Turkish Super Leaague which is some way inferior to the PL. And […]
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18 October 2016
Premier League clubs could get "substantial fines" if they do not comply with disabled access regulations by next summer.
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18 October 2016
Slaven Bilic has praised the amazing effort and performance levels of Pedro Obiang after another top dsplay at the weekend. The midfielder made four tackles, four clearances, an interception and 47 passes, including the fabulous ball which led to Aaron Cresswell pass inside for Manuel Lanzini’s match-winning goal. And Slav said: “Pedro waited for chances. […]
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18 October 2016
New blog from CandH’s Rich Sprent Slav got his win and the team finally got over that well known ” line drawn in the sand.” We saw some pragmatism added to the performance at home against Boro. At Palace, the team were given balance in the selection. Many will crow about the tactical changes and […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Slav gets it bang on after taking so much on chin
18 October 2016
Watch and vote for the best Premier League goal of the weekend, including strikes from Mesut Ozil and Romelu Lukaku.
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18 October 2016
Don’t expect the Irons to be going with the same three at the back system which proved so efffective against Palace when Sunderland come visiting at the weekend. Slaven Bilic has made it clear that Aaron Cresswell is key to playing such a system and with the left back so unfairly out of action for […]
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18 October 2016
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has mocked West Ham manager Slaven Bilic after he gained a fuller head of hair following the international football break.
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18 October 2016
Arsenal forward Theo Walcott has topped this week's Sky Sports Power Rankings.
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18 October 2016
David Gold – thrilled with the victory at Palace – has told the squad: “Now let’s start making the London Stadium feel like home with another important win.” Out-of-sorts Sunderland arrive on Saturday and the co-chairman believes the players have a fabulous opportunity to make it six points from two games with a new stadium […]
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18 October 2016
David Gold is still angry with Aaron Cresswell’s sending off nearly 48 hours on from the incident And he makes a very good case for the anomoly – some would call it stupidity – within the existing rules. Everybody across the land who saw the events leading to the red card have roundly condemned referee […]
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17 October 2016
Simone Zaza produced an outstanding stat during his performance against Palace at the weekend. For the frst time this season the Italian striker drew some much needed accolades from the Hammers fans as he attempts to show he is worth a £20 million move to the club. And the Daily Mail highlighted his performance as […]
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17 October 2016
Alan Shearer hasn’t always been West Ham’s best friend but he came onsde this weekend describing the Irons victory over Palace ” thoroughly deserved.” And like the rest of the country he condemned two outrageous decisions against Aaron Cresswell ho is quite clearly one of the cleanest and fairest players in the Premier League. Commetnting […]
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17 October 2016
Slaven Bilic has made it clear the much discussed system wasn’t necessarily resonsible for victory over Palace on Saturday …but ATTITUDE! He explained: “For me, it wasn’t about the system, even though I could say now ‘Yes, it was the system!’ but it was more about attitude. It wasn’t that we didn’t want it in […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Slav claims attitude won the game – not a system
17 October 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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17 October 2016
Our performance on Saturday evening was such a relief, wasn’t it? After five games without a Premier League win and a string of poor performances, the lads finally turned up with a superb performance that more than deserved all three points against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Manuel Lanzini’s goal was the end product of
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17 October 2016
Slaven Bilic was thrilled with Simone Zaza’s display against Palace declaring: “That’s the Zaza I know from Italy.” The manager made a point of congratulating the 25 year old after the game and said: “He was different class. I told him after the game that this is the Zaza I know from Italy. The goals […]
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17 October 2016
Andy Carroll’s well known liking for beer has been back in the headlines for days for one reason – social media in general and Twitter in particular. That footballers lubricate their lives with alcohol is hardly a shock although I can recall being stunned when I learned that Mooro, Jimmy Greaves, Brian Dear in Clyde […]
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17 October 2016
The eighth round of Premier League fixtures saw Chelsea tear apart champions Leicester while Manchester City were held at home by Everton.
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17 October 2016
Adrian has made it clear that the three at the back system which was so successful on Saturday at Palace may not necessarily become a regular feature of the Irons tactical approach. The stopper was thrilled with the victory in south London but said: “‘This system worked for us. Every game is different and we […]
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17 October 2016
David Gold is again pleading for the introduction of new technology after the shocking sending off of Aaron Cresswell. The co chairman has been a long term advocate of a link between an off pitch adjudicator and the referee and Martin Atkinson’s terrible decision to red card our left back appars to back him to […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Furious Gold in new plea
17 October 2016
A plan to fund and erect a statue of Bobby Moore in his birth town of Barking is failing to attract backers to make the project a reality. A crowd funding page was launched six months ago by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham but has only managed to attract just 2% (£2,712) of […]
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17 October 2016
Mark Noble hasn’t been slow to justfy the players night out after the win at Crystal Palace. And he has also been at pains to describe how much it hurt as the team received so much early criticism. The team were savaged over their appalling defending – and of course the Slav-sanctioned night out – […]
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