02 September 2018
Gareth Southgate has revealed he has held conversations with Declan Rice over changing allegiances and playing for England but the England boss insists he has made no promises to the Republic of Ireland international. The England manager said: “I think it’s fair to say I have spoken with him but I have not promised anything, […]
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02 September 2018
Jack Wilshere has been told the England door is still open to him but that his international future is entirely down to him. And at a time when he has been entirely underwhelming for West Ham England boss Gareth Southgate is probably being very generous to him in putting it that way. The England boss […]
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02 September 2018
It never seems to get any better for West Ham at the moment and the latest gaffe was getting their record club signing name wrong was the team was announced. The £36m record signing was embarrassingly displayed as Filipe Anderson on the big screen at the London Stadium. The Hammers smashed the club record by […]
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02 September 2018
With nearly 400 responses for the West Ham v Wolves Claret and Hugh player ratings, Michail Antonio was slammed by supporters for his performance with an average score of just 3.65. There were a number of fours including Fredericks, Snodgrass, Sanchez, Wilshere, Hernandez and Anderson. Fabianski got the top score again with an average score of […]
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02 September 2018
ClaretandHugh Facebook follower Matt COYI Briard is probably talking for many in his first CandH blog. Four games in and four shockingly lifeless defeats is enough. Here he opens his heart on what he sees as the problems within the Pellegrini squad. By Matt COYI Briard No desire..only to collect pay packet. After […]
Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on So much wrong as Irons pick up their monster wages
02 September 2018
Marko Arnautovic branded West Ham's 1-0 home defeat to Wolves 'unacceptable'. Adama Traore scored in stoppage time and send the Hammers spinning to a fourth straight loss.
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02 September 2018
West Ham's Marko Arnautovic branded Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Wolves as "unacceptable".
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02 September 2018
West Ham midfielder Robert Snodgrass has been called up to the Scotland squad for the games with Belgium and Albania.
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02 September 2018
West Ham must submit their squad list to the Premier League on Monday. It must contain no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the “Home Grown Player” (HGP) criteria. The rest of the squad, up to a total of 25 players, must be Home Grown. An HGP means a player who, irrespective of nationality […]
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02 September 2018
Alan Shearer has branded West Ham as embarrassing, hopeless and pathetic Speaking as a pundit on BBC Sport’s Match of the Day, Shearer laid into the Hammers and their apparent lack of effort when it came to attacking or defended their newly-promoted opponents. “You would think, coming into this game on the back of three […]
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02 September 2018
U.K Athletics would come off the big losers if E20 Stadium LLP is forced into administration as speculated in recent weeks. The athletics 50-year contract is only with E20 with no contractual protection from the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) or central government. In contrast, West Ham’s contract is underwritten by the LLDC who are listed […]
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02 September 2018
Financial losses for the London Stadium could get worst next Summer when owners host American baseball. The Stadium will be the first venue in Europe to host Major League Baseball, when the New York Yankees and the Boston Reds Sox meet at the venue in June 2019. The MLB’s London Series 2019, will see the sport […]
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02 September 2018
There is an unwritten rule in the Premier League that no manager can suffer six straight defeats in a row and survive. With four straight defeats in the Premier League against Liverpool, Bournemouth, Arsenal and Wolves Pellegrini now faces Everton and Chelsea as he attempts to get a single point on the table. The club […]
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02 September 2018
Manuel Pellegrini admitted he did not see West Ham's disastrous start to the season coming.
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02 September 2018
Raul Jimenez produced a miss of the season contender in Wolves 1-0 victory at West Ham on Saturday.
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02 September 2018
Watch Premier League goals and highlights from the weekend's games, including wins for Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City.
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02 September 2018
Gareth Southgate has revealed he has held conversations with Declan Rice over changing allegiances and playing for England.
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01 September 2018
My heart went out a bit to Aaron Cresswell this afternoon as he made his comeback for the Irons. I hadn’t expected it believing that Arthur would be a certainty to hold onto the shirt for a game which demanded we attack the opposition as we went for our first win. But the manager had other […]
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01 September 2018
Marko Arnautovic has hit out after the fourth PL defeat of the season demanding that the team get back on their game and FAST. The Hammers skipper is clearly deeply concerned and is predicting big trouble if the squad don’t produce what he knows they are capable of and quickly. Speaking tonight the Austrian striker […]
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01 September 2018
Manuel Pellegrin has pledged to get things right whilst adding the Hammers start to the season is not so much bad as “very bad.” The manager used the turn of phrase whilst talking to BBC’s match of the day and added: “”We can’t lose six points here at home like we have. “Playing away against […]
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01 September 2018
Manuel Pellegrini admits he is "very worried" by West Ham's start to the season after they lost at home to Wolves - their fourth straight defeat.
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01 September 2018
Please give your player ratings for West Ham players who played ten minutes or more in the West Ham v Wolves game. Please only vote if you watched the game and select a score between one and ten where one is low and ten is high, leave any players who didn’t play or played under […]
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01 September 2018
Irons boss Manuel Pellegrini insists that four defeats in the premier League is not an indication of the squad’s quality or ability. Following the defeat against Wolves he said:“It’s a tough loss, because it’s our second home game and we’ve lost them both. “We’ve made a big mistake for their goal, especially because it was […]
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01 September 2018
Daniel Danielli Leach decided to take a close up look at Carlos Sanchez for today’s PlayerWatch piece – SORRY CARLOS! 14 – Plays a good ball out wide to Fredericks 38 – He is outpaced by Jota on the left hand side allowing him to put in a cross unchallenged 39 – Plays […]
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Posted in ClaretandHughComments Off on Pellegrini ‘shell-shocked’ after West Ham suffer fourth straight defeat
01 September 2018
Irons 0 Wolves 1 Manuel Pellegrini doesn’t have an excuse left now after admitting he has assembled the squad he wanted and wouldn’t add to it of he could! As we sunk to a fourth straight defeat at the end of another lack lustre performance you start to wonder where this is going to end. […]
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