One of the negative aspects of a "I told you so situation" is that eventually no one emerges victoriously, the point can only be made a few times before it becomes boring itself. So with that in mind analysing the choices available to David Moyes for Thursday evening's crucial game in Spain is more a case of what can he do, as opposed to what will he do?
Passing the blame game Duchy of 'no new players in when there should have been' and moving swiftly on to the injury side, Moyes has to decide how much of a risk to take for the first leg of the Europa League Cup tie against Sevilla. With the return date only seven days away AND a tricky Premier League fixture against in form Aston Villa sandwiched between both fixtures, the Hammers manager is going to have to somehow balance the scales between risk and reward.
Realistically and without wanting to be negative, Hammers chances of qualifying for the Champions League through League position are dead and buried, the club are out of the FA Cup and therefore the best that can be hoped for is to qualify for the Europa League, but even that is going to be really difficult so progressing in this year's tournament represents the club's only chance of a Champions League place.
The problem of course is that putting everything into the Europa League games means a club with a micro USB sized squad, CANNOT then successfully finish high up their domestic league, AS IS THE CASE WITH WEST HAM!
DAMN, WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID THAT, now off the Caps and back to what can be done. Only Jarrod Bowen will know if he is fit enough to take part in the game, pumping him full off analgesics and anti inflammatories will probably get him through the game, but it can come at considerable cost because the player's natural ability to feel pain or it's potential are diminished, thus risking serious injury.
It is to be hoped that Moyes can keep his footing! Balance or fall over? - LN
