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The Terminator is back - which is music to the ears of all West Ham United fans who worship the very ground Julian Dicks stands on.

With the club sixth in the Premier League, and getting ready to move into the state-of-the-art Olympic Stadium, Dicks and his old room-mate Slaven Bilic are hitting all the right notes.

Even if they are a bit ear-piercing.

Next month new boss Bilic and his assistant coach will be at a Megadeth concert in London. “The gaffer’s got me and him tickets,” smiled Dicks.

“He put on a couple of their songs at Liverpool. It seemed to lift the mood of the dressing room.”

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That magnificent 3-0 win at Anfield, alongside superb triumphs at Arsenal and Manchester City, have convinced supporters the heavy metal football is working.

Dicks and Bilic - who appear in West Ham’s film talking about how they, like many fans, have returned to the club they love - are the dream ticket.

During his 11 years at Upton Park, the Englishman was revered as a tough-as-nails hardman - whereas Bilic revels in his reputation as a sophisticated, multilingual, international coach.

But Dicks explained that they clicked as soon as they met. “We both used to smoke and drink and we both liked heavy metal music,” he said.

“We were good room-mates. We just hit it off from day one. I’ve still got the Everton shirt he gave me after I played against him. People say to me he’s a miserable so-and-so. But he’s not. He’s got a good sense of humour. He’s good fun to be with.”

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Some eyebrows were raised when the Croat appointed the man whose nickname alludes to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie assassin. “The gaffer knows what he will get from me,” said Dicks.

“Which is truth. He can ask me any single question he wants and he knows I will tell him the truth.”

As a player this no-nonsense approach made him a cult hero. He said: “The fans could count on me to go through brick walls. There’s no-one like me today. If I was playing today I wouldn’t be on the pitch.”

“I remember my first game when I elbowed an Everton player. The crowd went mad. He was laying on the floor. That was my initiation.”

When Arnie said he’d be back, he drove a car through the doors and killed a few of his enemies. Dicksie’s return has been less melodramatic.

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He said: “Training is fun. Players have a laugh and a joke. I remember coming to watch training here under Avram Grant. It was a dire place. No-one was smiling or joking.”

“There’s a bond between me and the fans. They are coming back. Certain fans had left, whether it was because of managers or because they couldn’t afford to go.”

“But it’s going to be a lot cheaper at the new ground. To go from 33,000 to 55,000 at the new stadium the team have to be doing well. It will be a big wrench to leave, but to go to the next level you need a bigger stadium. West Ham stands out to me from any other club. Our pride and our passion is back.”