Slaven Bilic is clinging on to his job at West Ham United and the visit of Liverpool this weekend is hardly going to provide respite from the pressure he is under. The Hammers have taken just nine points from their opening ten Premier League fixtures and are sat in 16th place. While it is too early to discuss the threat of relegation, Bilic’s side certainly look unlikely to move away from th...

While Slaven Bilic’s West Ham United pulled off a surprise win against Tottenham Hotspur in midweek, their visit to Crystal Palace on Saturday still carries  a considerable amount of pressure. The Croatian boss staved off calls for his sacking after his side produced an inspired second half turnaround in the Carabao Cup, but those calls will return in abundance if the Irons fail to defeat th...

Brighton and Hove Albion picked up all three points in comfortable fashion as they defeated West Ham United 3-0 at the London Stadium on Friday night. The result was a surprise to many for several reasons. Slaven Bilic’s men looked to have recovered from a bad start with a win over Swansea City and a draw with Burnley in their two most recent fixtures, but they looked toothless on this occasion. W...

West Ham United boss Slaven Bilić might have been frustrated with Andy Carroll after the striker’s red card last weekend, but the burly target man’s absence could mean that the Hammers look to play a more grounded style of football when they host Brighton & Hove Albion this Friday. The manager would have been concerned about his striking options when Javier Hernández took a knock i...

West Ham United have a miserable history of signing strikers. The hapless tribulations of Simone Zaza and Jonathan Calleri last season only intensified the spotlight on the club’s failure to find a reliable source of goals under David Sullivan and David Gold, despite signing Javier Hernández in the summer. The Hammers, in their tortured quest to find the next Paolo Di Canio or Carlos Tevez,...

West Ham United left Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon with a bitter taste in their mouths. Chris Wood’s late header for Burnley salvaged a point for Sean Dyche’s men and left Slaven Bilić with that familiar feeling of frustration. Not only were the Hammers denied a first away win this season, their fans were left disappointed by another show of ill-discipline, as Andy Carroll got himsel...

A Euro 2016 winner and a veteran of 480 senior appearances, it was easy to see why West Ham splashed £8million to bring José Fonte to the capital in January. The Hammers were crying out for the sort of leadership that Slaven Bilić‘s side had been inherently lacking in a tough first campaign at their new London Stadium home. Bilic pointed to Fonte’s experience and quality in playing out...

West Ham United will be looking to build on their victory over Swansea City in the Premier League when they travel to Burnley on Saturday. The Hammers currently sit in 15th position in the top flight and, having spent a fair amount of cash in the summer. have taken a disappointing seven points from their seven top flight games this season. The Clarets, meanwhile, are punching well above their weig...

There was something of an overreaction after West Ham United fell to Tottenham Hotspur in their penultimate fixture before the international break. The Slaven Bilić questioning which had been part of their early season gloom returned after that London derby — their first home defeat of the season — but it may have been unwarranted. The defeat against local rivals could have been one re...

A heroic effort to almost rescue an unlikely point against Tottenham on Saturday lunchtime did little to disperse the dark clouds circling Slaven Bilić at West Ham. The Croatian’s position at the London Stadium has come under increasing pressure in recent months and there seems no let up in the scrutiny, despite improved performances on the field. Bilić knows how it goes in his line of work....

This week’s episode of Team Whispers sees us back at the Olympic Stadium. We kicked the series off back in August looking at how West Ham United’s summer signings had settled into life under Slaven Bilić, with extra attention being paid to Javier Hernández. The Mexican is once again a key talking point as the team analyse the impact he’s having in Bilić’s new 3-4-3 formatio...

Something had sparked in the spirit of West Ham United. For perhaps the first time this season, the Hammers seemed to have the bit between their teeth as they mounted a comeback from 3-0 against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. But then Slaven Bilić made a decision that compromised all that. He stemmed the momentum of his own side. By countering the injury to Michail Antonio and moving Javier Hernán...

August is a month the vast majority of West Ham fans would rather forget. Ill-discipline on the field and heightened speculation surrounding manager Slaven Bilić‘s future off it, September has been greeted with open arms in east London. Three straight Premier League defeats and with Bilić’s head firmly on the proverbial chopping block, the owners were contemplating swinging the axe in...

Despite keeping clean sheets in their last two games, West Ham United still have the joint worst defensive record in the Premier League. They are level with Everton as the only sides who’ve conceded double figures in the division so far, with both letting in ten goals in five games – giving them an easy to work out average of two goals shipped per game. However, the Hammers’ ten goals were all con...

West Ham United will look to maintain their recent improvement at the expense of rivals Tottenham Hotspur at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday. Slaven Bilić’s team have enjoyed a turnaround in form recently after losing three matches on the bounce to kickstart their 2017/18 campaign and now find themselves unbeaten in four. Despite results going their way over recent weeks the Hammers are only...

West Ham United welcome Bolton Wanderers to the London Stadium on Tuesday night for a Carabao Cup third round clash. Both teams will see the competition as an opportunity to excite their fans after difficult starts to their respective league seasons. The Hammers got off to a terrible start in the Premier League, losing each of their opening three games, including a 4-0 thrashing away to Manchester...

Slaven Bilić needed the win on Monday night against Huddersfield Town. It’s fair to say the pressure was building on the Croatian after a nightmare start to the season had seen them lose their three opening games and sit bottom of the table. The sacking of Frank de Boer by Crystal Palace after just four games showed no Premier League manager is safe, so he must have felt that his job was under thr...