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Some West Ham United fans have begun to turn on Manuel Pellegrini, who presided over a 3-2 defeat at home to Newcastle United at the weekend. Fans could be heard gesticulating at his West Ham team, who looked sloppy from the outset. West Ham began in a typically tentative manner. They passed the ball well […]
Manuel Pellegrini made five changes ahead of today’s fixture against Sheffield United. Fabien Balbuena, Robert Snodgrass, Pablo Zabeleta, Andriy Yarmolenko and Aaron Cresswell were bought in for Angelo Ogbonna, Ryan Fredericks, Pablo Fornals, Manuel Lanzini and Arthur Masuaku. For large periods of the game, it looked like Pellegrini’s decision to bring in hardworking and professional […]
West Ham will look to end their two-game slump against in-form Sheffield United. The Blades recorded an impressive home victory over Arsenal on Monday night. This was another one of Chris Wilder’s great team performances and he will look to put pressure on a West Ham side that looked abject last week. Manuel Pellegrini said […]
Many people would’ve felt this game would see two fairly matched teams bombing forward and scoring plenty of goals. In reality, it was a tough day at the office for Manuel Pellegrini as his West Ham side lost 2-0 to Everton. The game started with West Ham playing possession football – a sensible tactic away […]
West Ham travel to Goodison Park after the international park in what has historically been a high-scoring fixture. Everton lost 1-0 away to Burnley in their last game. They are the not the team that their owner Farhad Moshiri would have hoped they’d be. The Merseyside club actually have an impressive squad of players that […]
Felipe Anderson once again came under heavy criticism from West Ham United fans for his performance on Saturday night. The Brazilian failed to inspire in the Hammers’ 2-1 loss at the London Stadium. He offered very little penetrative attacks in the 90 minutes and failed to register a successful cross. But is the criticism he […]
The decision to let Grady Diangana go in the summer seemed a strange one at the time. Whilst he hadn’t become a first-team regular, there were signs he was ready to make the step up eventually. Most fans wanted to keep him and see him develop with another season of Premier League football under his […]
West Ham were on the wrong end of VAR this week. They lost 2-1 to Crystal Palace after Jordan Ayew scored a late winner to give the Eagles all three points. West Ham came out the traps from the kick-off, knocking the ball around with ease. It looked like they had taken confidence from their […]
It is the battle of East versus South London as West Ham host Crystal Palace at the London Stadium. Historically, West Ham have performed well over recent years, producing a number of high-class goals and performances. Crystal Palace’s good performances this season comes off the back of keeping Wilfred Zaha at the club. Whilst he […]
Six games into the season and West Ham United already find themselves in the lofty position of fifth in the Premier League. Manuel Pellegrini’s men have churned out a combination of good performances and results that show how far the Hammers have come since their return to the Premier League in 2012. It has been […]
Traditionally, AFC Bournemouth has always been a tricky fixture for West Ham United. Saturday was no different as the Hammers were frustrated by an in-form Bournemouth. A 2-2 draw will be reflected on as a hard-earned point but a sloppy goal conceded early in the second half illustrated that West Ham’s tendency to switch off […]
After a disappointing result on Wednesday night, West Ham will look to bounce back against Bournemouth. The Cherries also suffered an embarrassing defeat to lower league opposition, despite playing some of their first team. In the league, West Ham have enjoyed relative success. A number of clean sheets and high-scoring games saw them move up […]