With Freddie Potts suspended and Jean Clair Todibo available again after a three match ban, Nuno Espírito Santo faces selection dilemmas in crucial positions this afternoon’s Bournemouth come to visit with West Ham desperately needing to upset the form book and beg or steal borrow three vital Premier League points.
Quite how Nuno sends the Hammers out is more likely to be influenced by the loss of Pablo through injury – meaning the recent high energy four at the front deployment that has been a hallmark of West Ham’s recent success will be absent this afternoon with the Irons reverting to something like a 4-2-3-1 staring line up.
Our ‘best guess’ as the the eleven is as follows:
West Ham United
Hermansen | Wan Bissaka, Disasi, Mavropanos, Diouf | Soucek, Fernandes | Summerville, Taty, Bowen (c) | Wilson
Score predictions
Sean 2- 0 West Ham (with Forest losing 2-0 Sunday so Hammers out of the top three before Monday)
Gonzo 2-2
Martin: Head says 2-0 Bournemouth: Heart says 2-1 West Ham
Matt 2-1 Bournemouth
We’ll have Nuno’s published West Ham United line up at 4.15 so check back then for the home side details
Bournemouth are on good form, I think we’d do well to win, more likely a draw. 1-1 Gonzo’s 2-2 is very possible. No pushover.
I hate the 4-2-3-1 we always leave our strikers stranded alone up front.
I’d be willing to take a pint on the 4-4-2 with Traore playing in place of Pablo.
Yes! I am well aware that he is not a central player. And YES! I am aware that he couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn with a banjo.
But he could draw defenders and open up pockets of space for Bowen and Summerville.