Pundit Jamie Redknapp has described Payet giving West Ham its beauty and Michail Antonio as playing the part of the beast.
Speaking to the Daily Mail Redknapp said:
“IF PAYET IS WEST HAM’S BEAUTY, THEN ANTONIO IS THE BEAST”
“We’ve all been so taken by Dimitri Payet’s fine performances for West Ham this season that Michail Antonio has almost gone unnoticed. They couldn’t be more different — they are like beauty and the beast — but Antonio is having some impact.”
“He is not easy on the eye but he doesn’t half put a shift in. You only need to look at his goal against Liverpool at the start of February. He won the ball at one end before running the length of the pitch to score at the other.”
“There’s no doubt Payet has been the catalyst for West Ham this season but sometimes you need some power to balance all those tricks and flicks.”
When we brought him how did we know we had got a new heart to tick alongside Kouyate,
And with Byram we have now the danger on the right and no weakness,
Before we looked to go left and build with Cressie Payet Valencia and wait for Lanzini to drift right or Moses to wake up,
Now we offer danger on the right and if anything we are weaker on the left defensively
We have no real weakness even with injuries anywhere on the pitch,
So many young player need to look at Antonio and think if I get my chance I am going to work my socks off 90 minutes every game and everyday in training add to my armour,
Di Cannio always stayed behind to work on his game and fitness and it sounds like Antonio is doing the same,
I hope Moses works hard against the Spuds if he plays in front of Antonio and Kouyate
This is a big game for us in so many ways revenge for the 4 goal bad display,keep our home record before Man City Gooners Watford get here all hard points
We need to go to the Cloggers on the front foot bar fore we take on Man U in a very big hard game,
Our season could all be balanced on the next 3 games,do well we will be 5th and in the cup semi goes bad we could be out the cup and out of Europe,
Plus it is the Spuds no more to say