AC’s “outside” chance and other Bilic posers!
The injury-ravaged striker is running again and may step up things before the weekend but our Hammers source said this morning: “There’s a chance of him making it but it is an outside one.
“He has recovered well from the knee injury and is starting to look sharp again but it’s probably more realistic to think of him returning for the match against Southampton a week on Sunday.”
Bilic has to decide whether he will bring back Havard Nordtveit to sit in front of a defence which was in shocking shape last week and if so who makes way for him.
One candidate would be Manu Lanzini and that seems impossible given his great midfield ball caryring display at times against Watford.
A more realistic selction proess may be to bring in Angelo Ogbonna for the out of sorts James Collins with Álvaro Arbeloa coming in at right back for Sam Byram.