Soucek explains that amazing goal “knack”

Tomas Soucek is rapidly being seen as the best Hammers signing in a number of ears by many within Hammers fanbase.

And that is entirely justified as the Czech Republic star gets better and better in the claret and blue with five goals and top  performances this term performances to add to the three goals he managed in his first half season.

He’s described as a defensive midfielder but iss a lot more than that – often dominating that area of the pitch and doing more than his share of defensive work.

It’s been said many times recently but with Declan Rice he is now clearly the heartbeat of a team that hopefully – albeit a little late – making its way to the next level.

His ability to move from the back to front and take up great positions was described by Aaron Cresswell yesterday as ” a knack” but the reality is his game is based on energy, vision and and a major footballing brain.

Commenting on his game he said: “I’m ready – when someone shoots I want to be close to the ball and sometimes I can score.