However, the incredible hope is of course that the Irons are seeking a double over Liverpool which would be the first in many many years. Wouldn’t that be a typical West Ham outcome.
It could be argued that he gambled and lost when selecting close to his strongest starting line-up for the game against Southampton and has few other options available for Saturday.
Rotation t any real effect looks difficult for such as Tomas Soucek, Ben Johnson and Pablo Fornals for example wioth few making any real impacyt on their appearances from the bench.
Saifd Benrahma was disappointing when he appeared and Nikola Vlasic still has to make any impression at all.
The one player who did do really well compared to several performances this season was Issa Diop and whether the boss finds a place for him will be very interesting indeed.
Here’s the likely team: Fabianski; Johnson, Dawson, Zouma, Cresswell; Rice, Soucek, Lanzini, Fornals, Bowen, Antonio.