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West Ham ace just isn’t offering enough

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Kevin NolanThe story of the season so far is that West Ham are defending well but finding it very hard to score. With record signing Andy Carroll still on the sidelines, Kevin Nolan in my opinion is really struggling to get involved in games.

His goal tally does speak for itself and his captaincy is very good, but when playing 4-6-0 I am starting to wonder whether he still has a role in the side.

Nolan is brilliant at playing off Carroll’s knockdowns and feeding off his scraps, but he seems to be a bit lost with no big striker to link up with.

There has been a lot of criticism from Irons fans directed at Nolan and I thought it was harsh at the time, however, recent performances have made me doubt his place in the team.

When there is no striker on the pitch we need lots of creativity in the midfield so I would be tempted to maybe play Joe Cole centrally with Mohamed Diame, Mark Noble and Ravel Morrison. Nolan coming off the bench could have a great impact as well, like we seen against Burnley in the Capital One Cup.

When Carroll is back or if we opt to play Carlton Cole then Nolan has a very important job to do, he pops up in areas that defenders hate and will score goals. He just seems a little off the pace compared to the rest of the midfield and a place on the bench might make him come back stronger.

Dropping the captain seems to be a route that Sam Allardyce doesn’t want to take and it would be a bold move to do so, what would you Hammers fans like to see?

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  • Dave the happy hammer says:

    Always a drama at west ham. Jussi dropped the ball and gave away a penalty it turned the game. We were bossing the game and looking good. Norwich were always gonna come on strong they had to after losing 7-0. I believe without the very costly fumble by jussi we would have hung on for 1-1. Get real fans and keep the faith. It hurts losing 3-1 but it was bad luck and jussi mistake. Not not having a fit strker, not cos nolan is a fish out of water without the big man feeding him. Not cos sam plays 4 6 0 but because its football. ! COYI.

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