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Moyes plays it cool on new boy

West Ham manager David Moyes was asked to comment on Said Benrahma’s impact during yesterday’s win at the London Stadium.

Benrahma was a 72nd-minute substitute although the manager had planned to bring him on at 60-minute mark but was forced to wait.

Benrahma had an interesting 22 minutes on the pitch setting up the Soucek goal getting his first assist for the Hammers, but also giving away a penalty which was so incredibly poor it was almost of back pass calibre!

Moyes played down praising Benrahma telling reporters ‘I hope you have seen Fornals and Bowen’s class as well in recent weeks so we have got really good competition in those positions’

He conceded that Benrahma is a really good player but said ‘I have had lots of players from the Championship that I don’t expect too much from too quickly, He had an impact in both boxes but thankfully it went well for us.’

Benrahma signed on a season-long loan from Brentford for a loan fee of £4.25m with an obligation to buy of £20.75m if certain criteria are met.

ClaretandHugh says: It’s the sign of a good player when, penalty apart, he can make such an impact during such a short period on the pitch. Beyond the two obvious moments in the game, he also made a dazzling run before, wrongly, trying to score at the crowded near post rather than cut back a cross. However there was enough on display from him to demonstrate that we have a quality player on our hands.

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter

One comment on “Moyes plays it cool on new boy

  1. To have players that can change the game can only be a good thing. Players that can attack and hold the ball up takes pressure off the defence. Things continually looking up. But beware Wilder will have done his homework.

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