Options galore but here’s our Irons team

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Slaven Bilic has more options in front of him for Monday night’s game than many West Ham managers before him.

But this in itself can cause a dilemma particularly with various well rated newcomers he may or may not choose to draft into the side.

An argument has been presented on some forums that we can hardly change the team to that which scored such an historic victory at Anfield – I disagree.

That team was set up as a counter-attacking outfit and has already been shown that is not a system which works at the Boleyn where we HAVE to carry the game to opponents.

You can bet your life away that struggling Newcastle, with two points from four games and second off bottom, will come to defend and thus we need to find a way of at last getting that much needed win at home.

It’s a very long time since we have had the wonderful problem in front of us but it makes team selection – as mentioned up top – very difficult.

Carl Jenkinson has served out a one match ban and is available but I’d stick with James Tomkins at right  back behind Victor Moses

Reid, Ogbonna and Cresswell speak for themselves with Noble, Kouyate and Moses in an advanced right sided role.

I’d plump for Antonio on the other side with Payet behind  Sakho as main striker of course.

But it’s a tough old call and is hard on Manuel Lanzini who looked a real prospect at Liverpool and Mauro Zarate (if fit) who has done nothing wrong.

Oh and we haven’t mentioned Andy Carroll!

But at last we have a squad we can rotate. We are stepping up a level and I thing the side I’ve named would give us the attacking impetus and creativity we need to get results.

What do you think?

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