11 February 2019
News the Irons are off on what is becoming an annual warm weather camp given our double quick departures from the FA Cup, sets thoughts heading in direction of the summer. We are into the last lap of a season which has been filled with as much disappointment as it has delight from our injury […]
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11 February 2019
Heung-Min Son should have had a penalty in Tottenham's win over Leicester instead of being booked for simulation, says Dermot Gallagher, as he returns with the latest round of Ref Watch.
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11 February 2019
Who is setting the pace in the Premier League Golden Boot race as we enter the final 12 games of the season?
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11 February 2019
The Hammers are off to Malaga for their warm weather camp. Manuel Pellegrini – of course – has many connections with the area and with the temperature currently in the 20s the Irons squad will be warming up and training in decent temperatures. However, the boss has made sure there will be no long stay […]
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11 February 2019
Hammers striker target Max Gomez appears to be suffering from the same sort of form loss as we are currently seeing from Marko Arnautovic. And it’s no coincidence surely that both players have been struggling since being linked with big money moves to China on the one hand and the Hammers on the other. Arnie’s […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Maxi Gomez’s form slides after Irons interest
11 February 2019
I hate to accuse anybody of cheating but in the case of Crystal Palace and Wilfried Zaha I make no apologies. For in my book there is absolutely no excuse for their behaviour ahead of the match against us on Saturday afternoon. For the simple truth is that had they not abused the appeal system […]
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11 February 2019
ClaretandHugh Facebook member Graham Moncar is looking ahead to the Etihad and the huge Manchester City clash on February 27. After the 6-0 drubbing of Chelsea Pep Guardiola’s men have returned to their most frightening form but with the return of various Hammers from injury it could become – as Graham points out – a […]
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11 February 2019
Manuel Pellegrini and the lads are off for some warm weather training in Spain. Under previous managers this has never worked too well but with eight injuries to cope with following one hell of a schedule, which has effectively seen the squad down to around 15, this seems like a top idea. A bit of […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Hammers head for Euro winter break
11 February 2019
Heroic Lukasz Fabianski hit the heights with hit the heights with another superlative performance against Palace. In fact it’s becoming par for the course in a season of highs and lows but one thing that bears repeating is that without question he has been the signing of the season. Yes Issa Diop has been a […]
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11 February 2019
Given that Ryan Fredericks has probably faced the two liveliest wingers in the PL since returning to the Hammers team I’d say the lad’s done pretty well. Sadio Mane and Wilfried Zaha are extremely significant players and it would be a huge surprise to me were the latter to still be at Selhurst Park next […]
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11 February 2019
Five of the top six sides in the Premier League won over the weekend, but who looks "transformed", who "stumbled to victory" and who looks to be in "free fall"?
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11 February 2019
Roy Hodgson insists the decision to appeal against Wilfried Zaha’s extra match suspension was not a cunning plan to have their talisman available for Saturday’s match with West Ham.
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11 February 2019
Watch all of the goals from the weekend's Premier League action as Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal won.
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10 February 2019
West Ham are yet to win when playing in their third kit this season after four games in the offwhite shirt The Hammers kicked off the season in August with the new third kit at Anfield only to lose 4-0 to Liverpool. Next up was Burnley away in December last year with a 2-0 loss […]
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10 February 2019
Anybody who believes the ultra cool Manuel Pellegrini maybe a soft touch ha clearly got completely the wrong idea of the man. Such is the dignity of the guy it seems impossible that he can give it straight if he needs to but that is most certainly not the case. He had many decisions to […]
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10 February 2019
Former Hammer Luis Boa Morte has said he never wanted to join West Ham and the deal was done behind his back. Boa Morte told the Portuguese media outlet Maisfutebol.pt “I went to West Ham, which is a club with many supporters, but not of my own free will. I did not want to leave […]
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10 February 2019
Noble netted from the penalty spot to give his side a first-half lead after Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita brought down Michail Antonio during the Premier League clash.
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10 February 2019
Marko Arnautovic was left on the bench by Manuel Pellegrini until the 68th minute and when he came on it failed to make a difference. If I was being kind I would say he didn’t receive any service to make a difference however his body language still suggests to me he has the hump about being […]
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10 February 2019
Hammers keeper Fabianski was the Claret and Hugh man of the match yet again scoring an impressive average score of 8.54 with hundreds of readers voting in our regular player’s rating poll. Top of the sevens was club record signing Felipe Anderson with an average score of 7.53, an inform Aaron Cresswell was next on a […]
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10 February 2019
West Ham captain Mark Noble was relieved to end his goal drought and escape with a point from Crystal Palace.
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10 February 2019
By Hugh Southon Nobody likes excuses but sometimes they are justified and pleading “tired legs” on yesterday’s Palace performance seems reasonable to me. We should perhaps do well to remember too that we have now taken four points from the six available against a team which has beaten Manchester City and Wolves away whilst drawing […]
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10 February 2019
Those famous ‘supercomputers’ are about to start popping up all over the place predicting where we will finish at the end of the season. And the first has appeared via Football Web Pages who have run a simulation to work out the final placings in the Premier League. And although it’s not bad news for the Irons […]
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10 February 2019
West Ham will consider offers for Arthur Masuaku in the summer should they be in the region of £10 million. The left sided defender/midfielder ( make your own choice) has disappointed in a big way with his defensive duties and the Hammers are ready to cash in if they get the chance. With Aaron Cresswell […]
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10 February 2019
Sadly a near two week wait for the next game but it at least it offers recovery time and it will surely mean that Marko Arnautovic will be back to lead the attack against Fulham. The likelihood too is that Fabian Balbuena will have made a quicker than expected recovery from a knee problem, Samir […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Hammers injury issues ease ahead of Fulham
10 February 2019
Hammer Ryan Fredericks blew his big chance yesterday nail down the number one spot for right back, Manuel Pellegrini showed faith in the young defender after an impressive performance against Liverpool last Monday night but he failed to show the same consistency at Selhurst Park he demonstrated at the London Stadium. That led some West Ham supporters […]
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10 February 2019
Watch all of the goals from Saturday's Premier League action as Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Watford and Cardiff won.
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Soucek: West Ham have finally got character back
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