David Moyes appeared to be trying out his plan B as an insurance policy as he played Jarrod Bowen up front to replace Michail Antonio.
Good strikers are notoriously hard to find and every club wants one and no club wants to sell their star goal scorer.
Michail Antonio had a terrific game today to show why he is our number one goal scorer but we all know how fragile he can be.
The 31-year-old made twenty-seven appearances for West Ham last season and 26 of those were in the Premier League.
Some believe he is twenty-five games per season player as he manages his hamstrings in the latter half of his football career.
Bowen who started the game was pushed upfront on 72 minutes when Antonio was substituted in place of Ben Johnson with Bowen scoring just two minutes later his that striker role.
Moyes needs an alternative option up front and has been desperately searching the transfer market but he could look to Jarrod Bowen and even Andriy Yarmolenko to play up front if needed. Yarmolenko recently played upfront for Ukraine in Euro 2020 scoring two goals so we know he can play that role too.
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It would be a massive issue for the club in not investing in a new CF.
For a premier league club who are hoping to compete in Europe not to have a recognised goal scorer is disastrous and how can we get ourselves in this position..
they’ve had 8 months to find a player, most clubs have 3-4 recognised strikers.
If Antonio gets injured the week after the window shuts that’s our season done.
Bowen isn’t a CF and Yarmalenko isn’t either, he’s more injury prone than Antonio.
This club needs two CF’s not one.
Also Cresswell looked slower than ever today, we need a Left back as well.
Your wasting your breath mate , totally agree but it falls on deaf ears ..
Totally agree, On all counts with the CF and LB positions. I really hoped we got Firpo.
If he has a great season with Leeds we will be kicking ourselves
Bowen was the emergency plan b last season. It’s unfathomable that GSB will sit on their hands yet again. Maybe their waiting till 2023 when they flog the club, so don’t want to further invest anything now.
You are kidding right, Moyes can try what he likes but anything other than bringing in a decent striker will end up in tears, so rather than pfaffing around get it sorted and quickly, there are players out there we could bring in, Hlozek for one.
We should have a plan A, plan , AA , B, C & D . We can get a new striker if we stump up the cash . Haller left in January we have had enough time to find a striker . We are too slow in the market.