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Sunday's surrender to Brentford was a sanguine experience in several ways, firstly the '2nd' team selected contained nine changes from midweek and it showed! Secondly and perhaps more importantly, rumblings about David Moyes being retained beyond this season might be heard less now his 'new trick' abysmally failed when called upon.

Brentfrod: Raya (c); Hickey, Pinnock, Mee, Henry; Janelt, Jensen, Damsgaard; Mbeumo, Wissa, Schade. Subs: Cox, Zanka, Ajer, Roerslev, Baptiste, Onyeka, Ghoddos, Dasilva, Stevens.
West Ham: Fabianksi; Johnson, Aguerd, Ogbonna (c), Emerson; Soucek, Downes; Cornet, Lanzini, Fornals; Ings. Subs: Areola, Creswell, Zouma, Kehrer, Rice, Paqueta, Benrahma, Mubama, Bowen.

Football is still played on a pitch as far as we can make out and yet there are certain clubs who have taken their 'digital philosophy' to a new level whereby everything is looked at in 'AI' detail to determine the best way to get a result, irrespective of what it entails.