Some West Ham United supporters have had their say on which player should make way for the Felipe Anderson against Watford, with the Brazilian set to return to the team at Vicarage Road on Saturday.
Robert Snodgrass, Jack Wilshere, Manuel Lanzini and Pablo Fornals lined up behind Javier Hernandez in the 1-1 draw at Brighton at the weekend, but both Anderson and Sebastien Haller should regain their places.
Despite scoring the Hammers’ first goal of the season, Chicharito should be replaced by Haller, but we asked our Twitter followers earlier today who they thought Anderson will come in for.
Twitter:
POLL TIME!
#WHUFC fans, it’s likely Felipe Anderson will return for Saturday’s trip to Vicarage Road, so…
Who… https://t.co/f8hRB7FOnn (@ReadWestHam)
A couple of fans were more specific with their responses though; not holding back on their criticism of Wilshere following two lacklustre performances:
Twitter: @ReadWestHam Surely Wilshere not getting another start. Bloke is an embarrassment. Only thing more embarrassing is… https://t.co/ybYkpuFNFZ (@RichardRf020370)
Twitter: @ReadWestHam I think Hernandez, Fornals, Wilshere and Fornals will make way for Haller, Anderson, Antonio & Noble. (@kjohno10)
READ WEST HAM’S VERDICT
At the time of writing, 60% of 170 votes have gone Snodgrass’ way, with 21% for Wilshere in second. These results were admittedly expected, considering Snodgrass was Anderson’s replacement and Wilshere was, well, poor.
I think Haller will start upfront with what should be Lanzini and Andriy Yarmolenko occupying the wings and Fornals and Anderson in the middle – but Manuel Pellegrini’s selections are anyone’s guess.
Wilshere doesn’t deserve a third start, and it’d be surprising to see him get it after being hooked early in both of the Hammers’ games so far this season.
One thing is for certain, Anderson and Haller improve this team and will install plenty of confidence in getting a result at the end of the week.
