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| 1. | SUPER STRIKERS (The Electric New Paper) | | | | | THEY boast a strike-force that others envy. Yet, a campaign which promised so much is slowly disintegrating and West Ham suffered another body blow on Sunday with a 1-0 home defeat to Reading. |
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| 2. | Adams hails El Tel 'masterstroke' (TeamTalk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport) | | | | | Tony Adams believes the decision to bring Terry Venables back into the England set-up is a "masterstroke" by Steve McClaren.Venables, who led England to the semi-finals of the European Championships on home soil in 1996, was appointed McClaren's number two following the departure of previous head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. |
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| 3. | Wags & Players (Anorak) | | | | | “I COULDN’T believe it. I thought I was stupid.” So says Danielle Lloyd, the current flame of footballer Teddy Sheringham. It turns out that this is one of the few things Dani is wrong about. |
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| 4. | It’s grim Reading as Hammers slip again (Ilford Recorder) | | | | | THE storm clouds were gathered over Upton Park on Sunday in a metaphorical as well as a literal sense as the heavens opened and West Ham were left swimming in despair after Reading staged a smash-and-grab raid on the Premiership points, writes DAVE EVANS. |
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| 5. | Etherington Calls For Unity (Soccer365) | | | | | Matthew Etherington insists West Ham must "stick together" if they are to end their miserable run of five straight defeats and turn their season around. |
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