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Hammers spirited but eventually pointless visit to the GTech Stadium in West London raised certain issues that just won't go away! Primarily the club or its manager's inability to 'find' a striker has come back to haunt the club in a massive way. It is not as if it is a new scenario, having failed to sign a replacement for Gianluca Scammaca following hot on the heels of not signing a replacement for Sebastien Haller, somehow somewhere there is a serial offender at large!

Brentford: Flekken, Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Janelt, Norgaard (c), Jensen, Onyeka; Mbeumo, Wissa, Maupay. Subs: Strakosha, Zanka, Ghoddos, Mee, Roerslev, Yarmolyuk, Olakigbe, Brierley, Mayowa.
West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Mavropanos, Aguerd, Emerson, Soucek, Ward-Prowse (c), Bowen, Kudus, Benrahma, Antonio. Subs: Fabianski, Johnson, Cresswell, Fornals, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna, Kehrer, Mubama.

Brentford have done incredibly well since gaining their promotion to the Premier League three seasons ago, many teams go down after just one season so they and their manager deserve full credit for their success. That said, the way that they have achieved it is somewhat less than attractive.