If David Moyes hands West Ham star his first Premier League start for six months, we’ll blow Southampton away.
West Ham United play host to Southampton in a huge Premier League clash at the London Stadium his afternoon.
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David Moyes has some big calls to make, and one of them is whether or not he should start West Ham winger Maxwel Cornet.
The 26-year-old has not started a Premier League game for six months, and he has only made two brief substitute appearances in the Europa Conference League since then.
However, the Ivory Coast international has had 17 days since the Hammers‘ last game in order to work on his fitness. And even if he’s only good for 60/70 minutes, I truly believe that Moyes needs to throw him in from the start today…
Maxwel Cornet should start the West Ham vs Southampton Premier League clash
Absolutely nothing less than a win will do for the Hammers this afternoon.
We dropped down to 19th in the table after Bournmeouth’s win yesterday, and things are now looking really bleak indeed.
In order to win the match today, Moyes absolutely has to set up his team on the front foot. And part of that is selecting an attacking side with pace along the front line.
Cornet certainly has that in abundance and I think he should be a shoo-in to start the game today, in spite of his lack of match practice.
Moyes should play Gianluca Scamacca or Danny Ings through the middle with Cornet and Jarrod Bowen alongside him.
Said Benrahma could then play in the hole behind those three, supported by Declan Rice ands Lucas Paqueta behind him.
The painfully frustrating thing is that we all know David Moyes doesn’t have the bravery nor ambition to set his team up in this fashion.
If West Ham take the game to Southampton, we will win the match and jump up to 14th place in the Premier League, I have no doubt in my mind about that.
And our best chance of getting the win is by going right for the jugular inside the first-half, with Maxwel Cornet starting on the left wing. I hope I’m wrong, but it just can’t see Moyes setting up this way – what a shame.
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