Hammers struggling with injuries

Michail Antonio again look unlikely to be involved for the Hammers this weekend.

The player has been unable to train with the squad  to any great extent this week although manager David Moyes revealed at his presser that he had joined in a little earlier today.

Antonio is a big miss and could well have made the difference at Sheffield United – a game for which he was expected to be fit.

Being entirely honest the continual stop/starts to Michail’s career are becoming a worry because we had a similar scenario a couple of years back under Slaven Bilic when he came back too quickly and was laid off again for several weeks afterwards.

It looks as though we will also be without Felipe Anderson for the game despite reports earlier this week that the Brazilian could be available.

Moyes explaining both situations said of Antonio: “At the moment he’s not trained with us. He joined in a little this morning. I’m hoping we get him back but we couldn’t be sure if it’s this weekend.”

But he added: “We’ve got an injury with Felipe Anderson. He got a bad fall with ten minutes to go against Sheffield United, so we’re assessing that at the moment, and also Arthur [Masuaku] has a little bit of fluid in his knee so we’re seeing how that is as well.

“[Lukasz Fabianski]’s is really good news. I think he’s been excellent last season and this season. It was great news to find out he might only be out for a few weeks.”