Stuart Pearce has told WHUFC.com that he was startled by how much West Ham United ace Michail Antonio had improved when he returned to the club five months ago.
The 30-year-old has been in great form over the past nine months for the Hammers.
Antonio has scored 13 goals in his last 18 games for West Ham. He has also scored incredibly important ones.
The former Nottingham Forest ace has scored the Hammers’ winning goals in their last two games.
Stuart Pearce a huge fan of West Ham ace Michail Antonio
The Hammers forward is absolutely vital to everything good that happens at the London Stadium.
Stuart Pearce absolutely raved about Michy, when speaking to WHUFC.com, admitting that he was startled to see just how much the striker had improved when he returned to East London:
“I signed Mich at Nottingham Forest seven years ago, so I knew the boy we took from Sheffield Wednesday then. Since then, and even since I’ve come back into the Club this time, his hold-up play has improved drastically. It startled me because that was an area of his play we felt he could improve on [then] – and he still can – but I think his hold-up play and his understanding of his runs has improved drastically. I think at the moment he’s still got to get into the groove that he had pre-injury – there’s certainly more to come.”
There certainly is more to come from Antonio. He clearly isn’t quite 100 per cent fit.
That will come, however.
It is absolutely vital that West Ham boss David Moyes brings in another striker this month in order to take some pressure of the 30-year-old’s shoulders.
Antonio is vitally important to the Hammers. Considering his hamstring problems, however, we cannot rely upon him for the rest of the season to carry the attacking burden on his own.
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