As Alex Ferguson used to call it, for West Ham fans it is definitely squeaky bum time tonight as the club travel to Craven Cottage for a must win fixture against Marco Silva’s Fulham side who are flying high in the Premier League with 40 points and their own European Football aspirations alive and well.
Portuguese manager takes on Portuguese manager – with the two having had vastly different seasons: Nuno’s West Ham hope to drag themselves out of the relegation zone tonight with an unlikely win seeing them – probably – overtaking Nottingham Forest, who travel to Manchester City for one of the two toughest encounters in the Premier League calendar.
West Ham will be without striker Pablo who is still recovering from a calf injury: Espírito Santo has to decide who to select in goal and whether Callum Wilson gets a start against one of his more favoured opponents.
The team news is that West Ham make two changes: Magassa and Mavropanos are ‘out’ as West Ham go full – on attack with two central strikers.
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We’ll be live after the game (which is on TNT Sport if you can find it) with ‘Gonzo’s player ratings’, my ‘Three points, three takeaways’ article – and you’ll have an opportunity to pass judgement and make your own comments heard live on our ‘comments; forum. You lucky people.
Come. On .You. Irons!