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Barring catastrophic injury the vast majority of West Ham fans know exactly who should be in goal for the weekend London derby against Chelsea at the London Stadium, the man who performed so well against Manchester City Adrian San Miguel!

No one gave Hammers' a prayer ahead of the match at the Etihad, but despite relentless pressure Adrian stood firm, admittedly he eventually conceded two goals to perhaps the best team in Europe but what would the score have been if England's current number one goalkeeper Joe Hart had been eligible to play against his parent club? Indeed West Ham nearly pulled off what would have been the biggest result of the season in the Premier League had they managed to hold on to the lead given to them courtesy of Manchester City's Achilles heal, the set piece. A short corner swept in by Aaron Cresswell was headed firmly in to the goal by Angelo Ogbonna much to the consternation of the home crowd and their animated manager. He must have given them quite a Pep Talk at half time because they came out guns blazing and few doubted that they would go on to equalise and more than likely win by a hat full of goals. Before the match you could have got 75 - 1 on City to win by five goals, the odds with most betting sites had West Ham at 80 - 1 to win 1 - 0, alas it wasn't to be, but the spirit and determination that the players selected by new Hammers manager David Moyes showed bodes well for the future. There will be a few 'senior' players who have seen the writing on the wall as it is obvious that Moyes' style of play demands maximum physical effort, a complete juxtaposition of the regime players had got used to under Slaven Billic, younger players like Rice, Fernandez and Martinez will feature more and more, and what's the betting that he recalls Reece Oxford back from his loan spell in Germany?

David Moyes has been around the managerial block long enough to know the value of the '12th' man, and what better way to get the crowd at the London Stadium on board than to include the immensely popular Adrian in goal? It is not as if he is going to do a whole lot worse than the man he replaced for the City game, Hart has let in an average of over two goals for every game, a bundle more than Adrian has conceded and it's not just conceding goals that is Hart's problem. The crowd at the London Stadium have been quick to target Joe Hart, so that every time there is a back pass there is more negativity than there would usually be, this of course influences the players' decisions so that on the occasions where a back pass is full justified they may not make the correct decision in order to appease the crowd. Manchester City made plenty of back passes in the closing stages of the match, incidentally they also played for the corner flag for the last four minutes, a sequence of play that those incredibly biased and annoying Sky commentators conveniently conspired to have collective amnesia about!

Chelsea Next, bring it on - Ed