With 205 Claret and Hugh readers voting in the people’s choice starting XI the results are now in for Sunday’s game against Brighton
Fabianski is in goal with an impressive 199 votes.
The backline consists of Aaron Cresswell 194 votes, Angelo Ogbonna 202 votes, Fabian Balbuena 197 and Vladimir Coufal 195.
Arthur Masuaku is out injured.
Issa Diop 26 votes, Ben Johnson 22 votes, Ryan Fredericks 3 votes and Craig Dawson 0 votes all fail to make the grade
Declan Rice gets an impressive near-maximum 202 votes and looks odds-on to captain to Hammers but Tomas Soucek does one better on 203 votes.
In midfield is Said Benrahma 175 votes Yarmolenko 85 votes, Manuel Lanizi 110 votes and Jarrod Bowen with 199 votes
Seb Haller 63 votes, Robert Snodgrass 22 votes, Pablo Fornals 82 votes, Michail Antonio 53 votes and Mark Noble 1 vote all fail to make the cut.
West Ham Starting XI Fabianksi, Cresswell, Balbuena, Ogbonna, Coufal, Rice, Soucek, Lanzini, Bowen, Yarmolenko, Benrahma
Subs: Randolph, Antonio, Fredericks, Haller, Noble, Fornals, Diop
A team without Fornals is a potentially winning team
I think we will do quite well with two Benramah’s.
Sean mate you’ve got Benrahma’s name twice on the starting 11. If only 😜
Fornals will start. Lanzini or Bemrhama as a number 10