Dimitri Payet Archives - Blowing Bubbles

Hammers make it five in a row

April 15, 2021 David Bowden 0

Only six West Ham players in the Premier League’s history have won the top flight’s Player of the Month. The last was Michail Antonio in July of 2020 for his sizzling hot run of form,

A summer sale is coming but which players will be axed?

April 12, 2021 Greg Richardson 0

As the season approaches its end, thoughts turn to the summer and our potential transfer activity. But, this year, more so than ever due to the impact that the pandemic has had on club finances,

We don’t mind players leaving, as long as they show us respect

February 18, 2021 Robert Banks 0

There are good ways to leave a football club, and there are bad ways to leave a football club. We remember players like Scotty Parker, Paul Goddard, Joe Cole and Carlos Tevez with affection because

Classy Bilic deserved better as Baggies turn to the dark side

January 4, 2021 Geoff Hillyer 0

In a year where people’s lives have been turned upside down, in a world that’s been utterly changed because of the Coronavirus pandemic, and – if ‘normality’ ever returns – where recovery will be a

Is it finally time for West Ham to say goodbye to Manuel Lanzini?

September 27, 2020 Blowing Bubbles 0

‘Aint nobody like lanzini’ as the song goes, and when the little Argentinian is in form there are few in our squad who can reach his level. But form for the jewel has been almost

David Gold looks back on Bilic, Payet and Upton Park

December 17, 2019 David Blackmore 0

Reminiscing about spending ten years at the top of West Ham’s board has brought back some fond memories for David Gold. One time he looks back on particularly fondly is Slaven Bilic’s time in charge

Marko Arnautovic saga hung over last season and can’t be repeated

June 12, 2019 James Jones 0

What is it with West Ham, talented players and controversy? It’s as though we’re not allowed to have nice things. Dating all the way back to the likes of Frank Lampard and Jermain Defoe, who

Why West Ham must take a leaf out of Leicester City’s book

May 4, 2019 Daniel Ford 0

The Hammers have more cash than the Foxes but have struggled to match them

Robert Snodgrass: “I wasn’t good enough at first, that’s the honest truth”

February 10, 2019 Danny Lewis 0

The Scotsman on his life in London, how he shrugged off those comments from David Sullivan and why he was able to turn his West Ham career around

Will Manuel Lanzini ever return to his very best for West Ham after his injury?

January 5, 2019 Jack Kavanagh 0

Manuel Lanzini has easily been West Ham’s most consistent playmaker of recent years and is likely to miss the entire 2018/19 with a potentially career-jeopardising knee injury. But I am confident that if his recovery

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