West Ham’s line up for this afternoon’s game could look more than a little strange with the likes of Ajeti Sanchez Goncalo Cardoso or Winston Reid involved.
And whether the manager decides to stick with Manuel Lanzini despite his current lack of form is another question he has to solve as maybe this is the type of game in which the Argentine could finally gain some form and confidence.
We now have a new bunch of injuries surrounding Robert Snodgrass, Felipe Anderson, Angelo Ogbonna and with Noble, Haller and Antonio being held back the game is starting to look more than difficult.
And odds of around 3/1 with some bookies against West Brom winning look more than generous if we are brutally frank about things.
I can’t fancy us strongly should Slaven decide to put out a decent side but the odds may possibly be that he too won’t take many risks as he appears to be sitting on a PL pot of gold next season.
A draw looks a likely result from where we are sitting.
Vital to avoid injuries to Antonio, Haller, Diop & ensure their availability for the relegation battle. Its time to find out what Ajeti & Reid are capable of contributing to the relegation battle.
One of Moyes strong points is that he gives all players a chance – his resurrection of Arnie was legend (Arnie up to then looked like very bad business) as well as converting Masuaku into a wide midfielder
Perhaps he could actually do something constructive with Sanchez (there must be some reason why he is a Columbian international) and the five minutes against Everton showed a different Adjeti
I would be satisfied with a victory vs WBA, a draw with the scousers and a win against Brighton – but perhaps that is over optimistic
A draw is the last thing we want