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Tristan Won’t Play Against Man United, Insists Hammers Boss
Posted on 28. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
WEST Ham boss Gianfranco Zola has insists striker Diego Tristan will not be ready to face Manchester United on Wednesday night, contrary to reports.
The Hammers manager will not hand the Spaniard his debut despite striker Carlton Cole receiving a three-match ban following his straight red card against Arsenal at the weekend.
The Italian has decided [...]
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West Ham Results Will Come, Insists Zola
Posted on 28. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
GIANFRANCO Zola believes he has seen enough evidence from his players to suggest that they can get back to winning ways sooner rather than later.
The Italian suffered his third successive loss as Hammers boss, going down 2-0 at home to the Gunners yesterday after defeats to Bolton and Hull, but he insisted there was [...]
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Former Hammers Star Set For An American Dream
Posted on 27. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
Former West Ham midfielder Freddie Ljungberg is set to join American Major League Soccer side the Seattle Sounders.
The Swede was released from his contract at West Ham by Alan Curbishley in August this year and has decided to join the likes of David Beckham and Landon Donovan across the pond.
The 31-year-old will join the Sounders [...]
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Hammers Boss Left To Ponder What Might Have Been
Posted on 27. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
Gianfranco Zola was left to rue Julien Faubert’s howler as his battling West Ham side slumped to defeat at home to Arsenal on Sunday.
French fullback Faubert could only stick out a leg to divert Emmanual Adebayor’s cross-shot into his own net on 74 minutes, when he could have let the ball run out of play.
Up [...]
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Hammers Boss To Stick With ATTACKING Philosophy
Posted on 27. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
WEST HAM boss Gianfranco Zola insists he will be stick by his philosophy of attacking football, despite a run of three straight defeats.
The Hammers - beaten by Bolton and Hull City in previous weeks - were deservedly seen off by a fluid Arsenal at Upton Park on Saturday.
Now facing a daunting trip to Premier [...]
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Gunners Boss Tips West Ham’s Zola For The Top
Posted on 26. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
Arsene Wenger has tipped his opposite number Gianfranco Zola to go on and become a success story at West Ham ahead of the Gunners’ league clash at Upton Park today.
The Frenchman hailed the Italian’s attributes as a player with Chelsea - even joking that he should have joined him at Arsenal – and insisted that [...]
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Hammers Midfielder Ruled Out Of Gunners Clash
Posted on 24. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
West Ham have been hit by yet another injury blow with the news that Mark Noble will be out for a month with a torn calf muscle.
The England Under-21 midfielder was hurt during a session at the club’s Chadwell Heath training ground this week.
The calf problem is the latest in a series of setbacks for [...]
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Reid Told To WAIT For His Hammers Chance
Posted on 24. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
Talented youngster Kyel Reid has been told to be patient and wait for his West Ham United chance.
The winger is held in high regard by the management staff at Upton Park but injury has so far limited the 20-year-old to just one appearance - as a late substitute in a Carling Cup defeat at Watford [...]
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Hammers Star VOWS To Fight On
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
Hayden Mullins has promised to stay and fight for his place in the West Ham side.
The out-of-favour midfielder has seen himself left out of the starting line-up by boss Gianfranco Zola.
It is harsh on a player who made some 39 appearances in arguably his most consistent season ever as a player last term.
But the 29-year-old [...]
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Hammers Youngster DESPERATE To Make Impression On Zola
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
West Ham starlet Zavon Hines admits he can’t wait to finally start making an impression on boss Gianfranco Zola.
While the Italian’s appointment into the Upton Park hot seat last month sparked excitement in the East End, for Hines it has been a frustrating time - a knee injury has kept the 19-year-old out of action [...]
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Hammers Eye Up Cheap Irish Star
Posted on 22. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
West Ham will run the rule over St Patrick’s Athletic midfielder Keith Fahey in this week’s FAI Ford Cup semi-final.
Saints take on newly-crowned eircom League of Ireland champions Bohemians at Richmond Park in Dublin on Saturday, and Fahey is set to be watched by Irons’ representatives, according to a report in Wednesday’s Irish Sun.
The article [...]
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Hammers Look To Get Back To Winning Ways Against Arsenal
Posted on 21. Oct, 2008 by Milox.
West Ham United’s second-string aim to get back to winning ways when Arsenal visit Bishop’s Stortford in the Barclays Premier Reserve League South on Tuesday (7pm kick-off).
A youthful Irons’ reserve team, managed by coach Alex Dyer, were thrashed 4-1 at Fulham a fortnight ago and will face a difficult match against a Gunners team coached [...]
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