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title: "Hammers fans calling for Cresswell to start over Masuaku"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2019/09/28/hammers-fans-calling-for-cresswell-to-start-over-masuaku/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Turk"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2019-09-28T07:00:24Z"
modified: "2019-09-28T07:00:24Z"
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# Hammers fans calling for Cresswell to start over Masuaku

Plenty of West Ham United fans are calling for Aaron Cresswell to return to the team after his fine showing against Manchester United last weekend.

The Englishmen helped West Ham keep a clean sheet and scored a wonderful free-kick to top off the 2-0 triumph, whilst Arthur Masuaku’s recent fortunes couldn’t be more of a comparison.

After his sending off against Aston Villa, he was outclassed by Oxford United in the 4-0 defeat in midweek and now these supporters are calling for him to lose his place…

> Twitter: @Mr\_BA6 Cresswell for masuaku other than that it’s the right team (@willearle\_)

> Twitter: @Mr\_BA6 Cresswell over Masuaku as he earned it on Sunday (even before last nights performance from Masuaku) & would… https://t.co/vQiFvW8zlg (@hammersmikey)

> Twitter: @Mr\_BA6 Cress keeps his place imo ![⚒](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/2692.svg) (@DeanoTy)

> Twitter: @Mr\_BA6 I’d go Cresswell after his performance against United\
> Wilshere fo Fornals as Fornals has been poor so far (@AlfieJohnson7)

> Twitter: @Mr\_BA6 I couldn’t drop cres after sat. Yes mas 2nd yellow was unfair but cres took his chance, can’t say mas did last night (@lewechew)

### Read West Ham’s verdict

Cresswell’s display against Man United would certainly justify him coming back into the team against Bournemouth.

Masuaku was not at the races whatsoever against Oxford, which is a very worrying prospect considering he’s meant to be first-choice in that area.

A month ago you’d never have thought fans would be calling for Cresswell to start such an important game, but he’s now a man in demand.