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Match Report: Belgian Blues Seal Victory Over Impressive West Ham

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Match Report: Belgian Blues Seal Victory Over Impressive West Ham After their surprise loss to Crystal Palace on Saturday, the last team West Ham needed to face was league leaders Chelsea. West Ham had won just 1 in their last 10 league matches. They had not managed to score against Chelsea since December 2012 and over the course of his two spells in charge, the E...

Match Report: Puncheon Punishes a West Ham Side Lacking Fight

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Match Report: Puncheon Punishes a West Ham Side Lacking Fight If there was ever a time for Alan Pardew to return to his former club for the second time in one season, it would be now. West Ham had spent much of the first half of this season fighting for a Champions League spot but have found themselves well off the pace in recent weeks.Although West Ham looked...

Match Report: Kane the Saviour as Laborious Spurs Snatch a Point From West Ham

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Match Report: Kane the Saviour as Laborious Spurs Snatch a Point From West Ham Tottenham were out to exact revenge on West Ham after the Hammers twice overcame Spurs at White Hart Lane last season. Mauricio Pochettino's side secured a 1-0 win at Upton Park on the opening day of the campaign, but were keen to make amends on home turf after both André Villas-Boas and Tim ...

Player Focus: Allardyce's Tactics Complimenting Carroll's West Ham Return

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Player Focus: Allardyce's Tactics Complimenting Carroll's West Ham Return Due to its timing, the Africa Cup of Nations presents fringe players with the perfect opportunity to stake a claim for a regular starting berth for teams whose players will participate in the tournament. Andy Carroll was one of those hoping to leapfrog a striking rival in the pecking order earler in...

Team Focus: Premier League Clubs' Transfer Window To Do List - Part III

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Team Focus: Premier League Clubs' Transfer Window To Do List - Part III In the final part of this mini series we look at the Premier League's last 6 teams alphabetically to discuss where each may need to bolster their ranks in the January transfer window.StokeIt's been an inconsistent first half to the season for Stoke but most would also consider their continued progre...

Team Focus: Which Premier League Team Will be Affected Most by the AFCON?

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Team Focus: Which Premier League Team Will be Affected Most by the AFCON? Our problem is to make sure we overcome the loss of our African Cup players and hopefully not let that impede too much on our results and position in the league, West Ham boss Sam Allardyce said prior to the 1-1 draw with West Brom on New Year's Day. The Hammers manager will be forced to make do wit...

League Focus: Should English Football be Open to a More Direct Approach?

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League Focus: Should English Football be Open to a More Direct Approach? Tony Pulis’ name has more or less become synonymous with a style of football widely maligned in this country. Few children will aspire to be players that thrive in his teams and fewer still fans will yearn for their club to play his kind of football. He was thought to have reached a ceiling at...

Team Focus: West Ham Reaping Rewards of Pragmatic Allardyce’s Versatility

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Team Focus: West Ham Reaping Rewards of Pragmatic Allardyce’s Versatility Sam Allardyce has always gone by the nickname ‘Big Sam’; the thought of him being known as anything else almost seems perverse. To say that he might indeed be given a new pseudonym isn’t for a second to imply that he is not a big person and a big character, anything but. The point ...

Match Report: Soaring Carroll Rises to Sink Underperforming Swans

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Match Report: Soaring Carroll Rises to Sink Underperforming Swans The last time that Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan were regular features of Sam Allardyce's side the home support were calling for his head. Booing would resonate around the Boleyn Ground. A few months later Big Sam finds himself without a home defeat in his last 5 games and his side is playing some of...

Match Report: Guzan Keeps Late West Ham Onslaught at Bay

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Match Report: Guzan Keeps Late West Ham Onslaught at Bay It's a familiar scene at the end of a game when an unfavoured minnow upsets the odds to keep a footballing giant at bay. The giant is usually left frustrated after a late onslaught proves too little too late while the underdog is left out on their feet but elated.At Upton Park the giant was West...