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With the preceding game to West Ham's 'murder month' being an away fixture against League Champions Manchester City, David Moyes knows now, more than ever, that his squad is going to be stretched to the limit. It is well known how paper thin Hammers squad is, especially for a side fighting on four fronts, so fans will be looking to see how Moyes copes with the deluge of games that are about to descend on the club.

Elite football managers have always been notoriously economical with the truth during their prearranged Press conferences, the higher up the management echelon you go, the more 'vague' the communication often is. Manchester's leading newspaper, The Manchester Evening News asked the following question as a result of what their City's best football club manager had said.

Last season's Hammer of the Year Tomas Soucek has played non stop domestic and International football for the last couple of years, the effects of which are definitely showing signs of catching up with him! Both Soucek and his Czech colleague Vladimir Coufal impressed with their almost super human energy after joining the club, but it appears that commitment came at a collateral cost, essentially both players have look knackered since the start of the season and in need of a 'proper' rest.