West Ham: Graham Potter ready to get ‘creative’ as he considers Mohammed Kudus switch to solve striker crisis
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Those injuries leave Danny Ings, a spritely 32 years young, as the club’s only fit striker. Ings is no doubt braced for plenty of game time in the coming weeks, but will Potter pick him from the start and stick to the 4-2-3-1 system he used against Villa and which Julen Lopetegui deployed before him? Or is it time to roll the dice?.
While Monday night’s news that Jarrod Bowen is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a fractured foot was welcomed at West Ham, it does nothing to relieve Graham Potter of the immediate conundrum of how to set up his makeshift attack. Bowen is still weeks away from returning and in the meantime the Hammers must find solutions - both initially from within their squad and in final two weeks of the January transfer window.
Besides Bowen, Michail Antonio is out for the season after his car accident in December, Niclas Fullkrug is out for months with a hamstring injury suffered 15 minutes into Potter’s first game in charge against Aston Villa last Friday, and Crysencio Summerville’s minor injury looks set to keep him out of Tuesday’s visit of Fulham.
With his hands tied, Potter must come up with solutions. Those injuries leave 32-year-old Danny Ings as the only fit striker at West Ham. Ings is no doubt braced for plenty of game time in the coming weeks, but will Potter pick him from the start and stick to the 4-2-3-1 system he used against Villa and which Julen Lopetegui deployed before him? Or is it time to roll the dice?.
