22 September 2018
Nathan Holland has had little luck when trying to make his Irons first team breakthrough and will miss out again on Wednesday night when Macclesfield come to town. He would have held a top chance of getting a run out against the lowly League Two outfit in the Carabao Cup clash at the London Stadium. […]
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22 September 2018
Declan Rice has urged West Ham to carry over the momentum from their first win of the season for the visit of London rivals Chelsea on Sunday.
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22 September 2018
Lucas Perez is understood to be on standby in the unlikely event of Marko Arnautovic being unavailable for the match against League leaders Chelsea at the London Stadium tomorrow (Sun) . Marko will face a Sunday morning fitness test but word most of the week is that he is more likely to appear from the […]
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22 September 2018
West Ham slipped a place to 17th after the 3pm kick off which saw Burnley grab their first win of the season over Bournemouth at Turf Moor. That enabled the Clarets to leapfrog over the Hammers on goal difference although a win over Chelsea tomorrow could see the Hammers rise towards mid table with Fulham […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Irons eye mid table after Saturday results
22 September 2018
Hammers under 23s 1 Chelsea under 23s 2 Liam Manning expects his Hammers under 23s to learn much from their 2-1 defeat by Chelsea’s youngsters this afternoon. The team battled back to level after falling behind to an early penalty through Joe Powell’s spot-kick before going close via centre forward Sean Adarkwa and wide attackers […]
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22 September 2018
Michail Antonio splits opinion right down the middle these days. Once he was one of the team’s top men prior to the arrival of Manuel Pellegrini but now he looks more like a super-sub than anything else. ClaretandHugh sought opinions on the club’s new Marmite man – here’s what they had to say. O […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on ‘In and out’ Antonio – what the fans think
22 September 2018
Some interesting stats and data have been compiled by BBC Sport ahead of the match against Chelsea one of which sees the Irons looking for consecutive League wins for the first time since January of last year. On the other side of the coin is Chelsea looking for six consecutive opening wins since the 2005/06 […]
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22 September 2018
Chelsea winger Pedro has declared himself fit and ready to meet the Hammers tomorrow despite his clash with the PAOK keeper while on Champions League duty this week. Announcing the player was set to miss the game his manager Maurizio Sarri had said after the game: “He’s a doubt for the West Ham game… a doubt […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Chesea star claims he’s fit for Hammers
22 September 2018
Karren Brady has amusingly described life at West Ham whilst revealing that the current players at the club are “excellent.” Writing in her weekly Sun column she declared that it could all sometimes feel like a soap opera – “a weekly Star Wars of football.” The club’s vice chairman explained that she loves the Premier […]
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22 September 2018
Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri admits he is surprised West Ham have had such a difficult start to the season.
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22 September 2018
Take a look at SportPesa's Premier League odds for Matchday 6
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22 September 2018
Declan Rice was kicked out of Chelsea as a kid being told he wouldn’t make it at the club. But tomorrow he’s likely to step out at the London Stadium ready to show just how wrong that decision has turned out to be. Rice is now arguably the most discussed young prospect in the game […]
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22 September 2018
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has warned his squad that West Ham’s position in the Premier League “is not reality.” The 59 year old Blues boss has made a perfect five game start to his Staford Bridge but is very wary of the job facing him at the London Stadium tomorrow. He rates the team highly […]
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22 September 2018
Manuel Pellegrini is refusing to get carried along on the wave of Declan Rice euphoria despite his obvious admiration for the teenager. The Hammers boss rarely speaks about players individually and was this week moved to declare: “Declan is a very young player and he must know a lot of different things, learning about different […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Pellegrini sends midfielder a message
22 September 2018
The Hammers as a club has always been a hot house – where brief periods of calm are followed by almighty explosions of emotion, anxiety and joy – par for the course. But in Manuel Pellegrini they now have a manager who is just about as calm as it gets and it’s a real pleasure […]
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22 September 2018
West Ham’s fans and players really have to make the London Stadium start to feel like home – difficult though events over recent months have made that! E20’s approach to the club – backed it seems by the Mayor of London and his Assembly – have seriously hindered the club’s attempts to create the atmosphere […]
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22 September 2018
The Spain international's opinion holds a lot of weight on the subject, having spent seven years in Barcelona's first team
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21 September 2018
Declan Rice, 19, will again form a two-man midfield for West Ham with the expectation of disrupting Chelsea's attacking play as he did at Everton in the Premier League.
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21 September 2018
Manuel Pellegrini believes Chelsea's perfect start to the Premier League will provide motivation to his West Ham side.
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21 September 2018
It was David Moyes who established Arthur Masuaku as his preferred left sided option after switching Arnie to centre forward. He moved Aaron Creswell into a more withdrawn role in central defence whilst this season the former Hammer of the Year finds himself very much second choice to our Arthur and failing to find an […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Squad vision presents Pelle with new challenge
21 September 2018
We love him but there’s no question that our Arnie perhaps has a bit of Hollywood about him! And why not? It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the top man has made a habit of disappearing from the action any time from the 70th minute when not unnaturally he usually receives thunderous applause as he leaves […]
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21 September 2018
West Ham could entertain offers for Robert Snodgrass in the January transfer window with Manu Lanzinie due back from injury early in the New Year. With Declan Rice, Mark Noble, Pedro Obiang, Michail Antonio, Andriy Yarmolenko available along with Manu as front line operators, and with a (hopefully) recovered Jack Wilshire back in the frame, […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Snoddy may be back in ‘window’
21 September 2018
The 32-year-old England international has fallen out of favour under new manager Maurizio Sarri and says that he may well leave in the winter
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21 September 2018
PETER CROUCH: It was Tuesday afternoon when I was told the horrible news. Stephen is one of the most genuine young professionals with whom I’ve had the pleasure of sharing a dressing room.
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21 September 2018
Chelsea have received a warning that the Hammers could wreak havoc on them via the wings if they under-estimate the team’s potential. A Blues blog www.chelsea-news.co seems deeply worried that Felipe Anderson and Andriy Yarmolenko will have more than the leaders’ measure. In their match preview they say: “They bought Felipe Anderson from Lazio and Anriy […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Chelsea fans fear Irons could ‘wreak havoc’
21 September 2018
BETTING GUIDE: We've got Manchester United and Arsenal looking to extend winning runs and Tottenham desperately needing to stop the rot. Here's our game-by-game guide.
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