The news regarding Vladimir Coufal's injury is bad news for David Moyes, He is quoted as saying: “Vladimir has taken an injection, he had a bit of discomfort in his pubis. He has had an injection in there, he got the injury in the Man United cup game, and he has been carrying it for a few weeks.”
This update is extremely worrying as the injury is relatively non specific, Coufal is a key member of the first team and although Ben Johnson has deputised admirably, the sheer weight of impending fixtures risks burning the youngster out. Hopefully Ryan Fredericks can be fit enough, but with games coming up against Tottingham and Man City in quick succession Hammers normally tight defence will really be put to the test!
As we have repeatedly mentioned, Harrison Ashby is going to have to be drafted in to the squad as a back up sooner rather than later. Players of Ashby's age are regularly 'bloodied' on the continent, so why not utilise his undoubted talent, possibly beginning on Thursday evening against Genk? - Ed
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This is bad news! I love Vlad
This is bad news! I love Vlad, been a revelation and an eastern European version of a young Zabaleta! I think Johnson has done a good job and is young and fit enough to play in all the up coming fixtures. Genk is however a great opportunity to blood Ashby, bring it on, looking forward to Thursday!