19 September 2016
West Ham are in no mood to listen to Slaven Bilic sacking talk! Speculation that the boss could face te ‘bum’s rush’ over the next three or four weeks has been firmly dismissed by the club who will give the manager time to put things right. They consider there has been a huge over-reaction to […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Davids’ minds made up on Slav speculation
19 September 2016
So now we look forward to the mighty Accrington Stanley arriving at the London Stadium and the question is what sort of team will Slav put out. Just how seriously will he take this game given the current position surrounding our Premier League situation. It was reflected in a conversation between myself and Sean earlier […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Here come Stanley…so kids or what Slav?
19 September 2016
No surprise that some knee jerking Irons are already calling for Slaven Bilic’s head after the team collected just three points from a possible 15. But one ludicrous twitter account called @SlavenOut started the calls before the West Bromwich Albion defeat. It asked:”Would any West Ham United fans be in interested in a protest, me and […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Ridiculous “sack Bilic ” protest brings huge lashback
19 September 2016
Slaven Bilic has been explaining his understanding of the ‘West Ham Way and how it applies to the team’s defensive duties. And it’s no surprise to hear him speaking of the players being comrades and helping each out in all circumstances. With the shockwaes of the 4-2 defeat at the Hawthorns slowly subsiding and eyes […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Slav explains defending the West Ham Way!
19 September 2016
Sanchez or Cazorla? Vardy or Mahrez? Austin or Tadic? We name Premier League clubs' best penalty takers...
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18 September 2016
JAMIE REDKNAPP: After three defeats in a row for United the cracks are beginning to show. He keeps changing his team around and it looks like he doesn't have a clue what his best XI is.
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18 September 2016
West Ham have managed to leak in 11 goals in their last three matches against Manchester City, Watford and West Brom and Bilic has urged his side to return to the form of last season.
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18 September 2016
From Thibaut Courtois to Jordan Pickford, we present the top nine saves from the weekend's Premier League action.
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18 September 2016
From Jordan Henderson to Granit Xhaka, we present the best seven goals from the weekend's Premier League action.
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18 September 2016
An article in today’s Observer by Owen Gibson claims West Ham have already relocated 250 season ticket holders as part of their ongoing policy to put ‘like minded people together’ Owen writes “West Ham are trying to move on to the front foot and have insisted on a police presence within the ground. They will […]
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18 September 2016
West Ham's hopes of keeping wonderkid Reece Oxford are looking increasingly bleak as Manchester United plot a swoop for the starlet whose current deal will expire at the end of next season.
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18 September 2016
There is no doubt that without the two Davids, our precious club would not exist today. The hard work started from day one trying to get us out of the debt created by a worldwide recession where our former Icelandic owners bankruptcy. They secured our financial status by acquiring the London Stadium for the next 99
Posted in West Ham WorldComments Off on Is it time for West Ham’s owners to do the right thing?
18 September 2016
Former Hammer, Paul Ince has told BT Sport that West Ham problems are down to them focusing too much on attacking and not defending. West Ham have moved down into the bottom three this weekend of the Premier League table after five games of the season with just 3 points to their name after a late win […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Ince points out West Ham’s flaws
18 September 2016
“It was so bad, it’s embarrassing, it was like watching an under-10 team. Hopeless,” said Shearer on BBC Match of the Day reviewing West Ham’s 4-2 loss against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. “This is not a problem that happened this season, it started at the end of last season. In 12 of the last […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Alan Shearer “It was like watching an under-10 team”
18 September 2016
Wow. Not exactly the away trip I remember from last season. One being class, one being disheartening. The West Ham way, right? A game that saw us dominate the stats, having over 70% of the possession and being the better team, we still managed to concede four sloppy goals, which now makes it 13 conceded
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18 September 2016
Too much change is rarely a good thing in business or in football! We have bought in thirteen new players over the Summer transfer window, we have moved out of our stadium of 112 years to the London stadium doubling our amount of season tickets holders and changed our first team training ground of many […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Too much change is a never a good thing
18 September 2016
It’s been a shambolic start to the season and many would say it is very much in keeping with The West Ham Way. We seem to effortlessly go from feast to famine in what is a familiar scenario for all long suffering West Ham fans. Perhaps we’d all dared to dream that a move to […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Video: What’s going wrong?
18 September 2016
Hammers living legend Billy Bonds has sent a “don’t panic ” message to Irons fans everywhere and declared: “Trust the manager – he will know what’s wrong and I believe he will put it right.” Speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he added: “We won’t be hanging around the bottom for too long – there’s too much […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Exclusive: Bonzo opens up on the Irons issues
18 September 2016
Slaven Bilic will spend a second successive week correcting West Ham's defensive frailties following another error-strewn performance against West Bromwich Albions at The Hawthorns.
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18 September 2016
Paul Scholes and Steve Macmanaman have poured salt into red raw West Ham wounds following the West Brom defeat. Tomkins scored in the 4-1 defeat of Stoke City and the two BT pundits were quick to qustion Slaven Bilic’s decision to sell the Irons academy product t Crystal Palace for £10 million. Scholes said: “I […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Pundits puzzled by Tomkins exit
18 September 2016
Slave Bilic has vowed to improve West Ham's defensive displays after they conceded four goals for a second week in a row against West Brom on Saturday.
Posted in UncategorisedComments Off on Bilic: I will turn this around
18 September 2016
West Ham midfielder Havard Nordtveit has admitted his side made it too easy for West Brom to score goals during their 4-2 defeat at the Hawthorns on Saturday.
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18 September 2016
ClaretandHugh FB forum members at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have their say on the slump in our fortunes and how they see the future. O It started with Antonio saga last season. We struggled when he was played at RB. Billic and the owners are not seeing things the same since the season started. Billic is losing support now […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Bilic under pressure – what the fans say!
18 September 2016
By Pete Ellis What’s going on? There’s a lot of negativity and I take it with a pinch of salt usually, but when the glass half full brigade like me begin to worry, surely there are things that raise concern. I thought, like most, that the return of Payet, Lanzini and the introduction of Zaza would […]
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Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Bilic ‘Problem is fundamentally defending as a team’
18 September 2016
Towards the end of last season David Sullivan was asked whether he was ready to extend Slaven Bilic’s contract. Hs reponse will be haunting the co chairman himself, the manager and the fans. Sullivan never minces his words and made his position clear with these words: “I will give Slaven a new deal in January. […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Sullivan’s haunting ‘one season wonder’ Bilic message
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