
Crucial PL games on Sky in February
17 December 2018
Chelsea's trip to champions Manchester City and Manchester United vs Liverpool are two of 12 Premier League games live on Sky Sports in February.
17 December 2018
Chelsea's trip to champions Manchester City and Manchester United vs Liverpool are two of 12 Premier League games live on Sky Sports in February.
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17 December 2018
Manuel Pellegrini has revealed how the £5 million deal which brought Fabian Balbuena to West Ham was one of the most important buys of the summer. Issa Diop at £22 million was the big signing but Pelle probably made the cutest signing of the summer when bringing ‘The General’ into his squad. And it has […]
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17 December 2018
CandH Exclusive West Ham’s under 23s have drawn numerous scouts from the Premier League over the last three weeks Reece Oxford thought to be a priority target. However, such has been the amazing work carried out in the youth set up under academy chief Terry Westley that various other youngsters could easily have been identified. […]
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17 December 2018
Should Romelu Lukaku have been sent off against Liverpool? How about Marcos Alonso and Fabian Delph? Dermot Gallagher returns with Ref Watch.
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17 December 2018
West Ham’s surge up the League to within touching place of Manchester United in sixth place has been built on the dodgiest of early results of Manuel Pelegrini’s reign of course. But the manager’s words from those early days when things could not have been worse are written deep in the old memory banks as […]
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17 December 2018
Manuel Pellegrini’s name is being sung among the Irons supporters and the boss is extremely happy about that. Victory at Fulham heard them singing in the rain with the manager clearly at the front of their vocal chords! These are magic moments for the club in general and the greatest supporters in the world in […]
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17 December 2018
Robert Snodgrass is beginning to develop like the proverbial wine …which as we all know gets better with age. It still seems extraordinary that after £100 million being invested in in the squad during the summer that it should be the previously on loan £10 million signing who has been right up there as one […]
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17 December 2018
Who makes it into your Premier League team of the season so far?
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17 December 2018
Watch Premier League goals and highlights from the weekend's games as the top four all won, along with Wolves, Newcastle, Watford, Crystal Palace, West Ham and Southampton.
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17 December 2018
Reports are emerging that Everton are ready to move for Reece Oxford in January with the player currently languishing in the West Ham under 23s. The 19 year old – so highly rated a couple of years ago – has been scouted by a number of clubs over the past few weeks but the Mail […]
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16 December 2018
If Fabian Balbuena wasn’t there to head it away, Issa Diop wasn’t far behind to clear the danger. If Diop failed to make the tackle, Balbuena was on hand to clear up the mess. At full-time they embraced/
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16 December 2018
The Hammers defeated Claudio Ranieri’s men to extend their winning streak much to the delight of the 25-year-old
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16 December 2018
Declan Rice doesn’t sound like a guy who is ready to move away from West Ham. Every word that comes from his mouth is positive regarding the team and fans who he has once again be lauding to the skies. His contract position continues to rumble on causing concern among the fans and that is […]
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16 December 2018
By CandH blogger Allen Cummings Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way. Oh what fun it is to see West Ham win away. That’s what we sang loud and proud last night at Craven Cottage and with with good reason. Maybe it wasn’t the best performance in footballing terms but it was very […]
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16 December 2018
Lukasz Fabianski, Robert Snodgrass and Felipe Anderson were all winners this weekend in the Claret and Hugh West Ham player ratings while Andy Caroll, Grady Diangana and Pedro Oabing all ended up the unfortunate losers this week with many hundreds of C&H readers casting their ratings after yesterday’s victory against Fulham. Lukasz Fabianski was the Claret and Hugh […]
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16 December 2018
Big managers TALK big so for Jose Mourinho to start talking small gave great hopes to the Hammers and our fans tonight. Talking on Sky Sports immediately after Liverpool had managed to match the Irons by beating his team 3-1 at home 🙂 The Special One looked more like The Lonely One as he described […]
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16 December 2018
Let’s make no mistake about it, Fabian Balbuena produced a momster performance whenever he was called on at Fulham and was deservedly BT Sport’s man of the match. To get such an award from the edgy old Welshman John Harton is quite achievement because the former Hammer never stop to take prisoners. But on this […]
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16 December 2018
Calum Chambers has called on the Fulham squad to stick together in their bid to climb away from the relegation zone. The Cottagers remain rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.
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16 December 2018
The talented central defender's future is uncertain after manager Manuel Pellegrini intimated Oxford could benefit from a move away.
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16 December 2018
Manuel Pellegrini told reporters he is pleased to have achieved four Premier league wins in a row but warns that West Ham must keep their feet on the ground. He said in his post-match press conference “I am very pleased, it is not easy to win four games in a row. It was a tough game […]
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16 December 2018
Hammers Robert Snodgrass spoke to reporters post-match about the win (transcribed by Claret and Hugh) “Every game is important, the manager stresses it, we enjoy it until Monday until we need to start training again preparing for the opposition and he’s been great this season, we want to be a big team, we must have the mentality to […]
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16 December 2018
Manuel Pellegrini denied Mark Noble was substituted yesterday because he was injured and insisted it was because of the risk of his yellow card. Pellegrini told reporters post-match who asked if he was injured “No, it was because of his yellow card, I think it was a risk for him to continue when Fulham was trying […]
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16 December 2018
Manuel Pellegrini was asked whether sixth a realistic target for West Ham this season? The West Ham manager told reporters “Maybe. We started with no points, it was very unexpected now just to be two points behind the European spots now but we are always talking to the players that we must go game by […]
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16 December 2018
West Ham talisman Marko Arnautovic could be set for a faster than expected return to action and may even be on the bench for the game against Southampton on December 27. And there is confidence that even if he fails to make that game he will be back for the match at Burnley on the […]
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16 December 2018
Manuel Pellegrini has joined an exclusive club of West Ham managers who have won four top-flight league games in a row. The exclusive club in recent times includes John Lyall three times, Harry Redknapp, Alan Pardew and Sam Allardyce. John Lyall September 1982 wins against Birmingham City, West Brom Albion, Manchester City and Arsenal John Lyall […]
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16 December 2018
Claudio Ranieri is now under no illusions about the task he faces in keeping Fulham in the Premier League after a 2-0 defeat by West Ham.
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