‘Twice the player’: West Ham fans want defensive change for Leicester clash

West Ham face a stern battle ahead of them as they seek to force their way out of the Premier League’s bottom three, after a poor campaign so far.

The Hammers sacked manager Slaven Bilic during the recent international break, replacing him with David Moyes, but the Scottish manager couldn’t oversee an instant improvement as his side lost 2-0 against Watford.

Marco Silva’s high-flying side were too much for the East London strugglers on Sunday afternoon and it’s raised the stakes ahead of Friday night’s huge clash against Leicester City, where both under-performing sides will look to improve their form.

Fans will hope that Moyes will show improvements on Bilic in the coming weeks but they’ve taken to social media to give him some advice on his team selection, as they’re convinced that Arthur Masuaku should be ahead of Aaron Cresswell.

Masuaku featured for the final 15 minutes off the bench in the defeat to Watford, with many claiming his showing in his short cameo was better than Cresswell’s performance across the entire match.

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Cresswell surely can't play Friday.

— West Ham (C)entral 🏆 (@WestHam_Central) November 20, 2017

I would like to see masuka play left wing instead of lb

— Everythingcrypto-XRP🚀 (@claretandblue24) November 21, 2017

Too much blame on Cressy and not enough blame on Manu who did literally nothing defensively and left Cress exposed for the entire game. Also, Masuaku is just not a defender, he can't defend at all as proved by the Brighton game.

— Jack Elderton (@jackelderton) November 21, 2017

He might have to if Arnautovic is out, Carroll was atrocious and looks a red card waiting to happen every game. I’d put Masuaku on the left infront of Cress, Antonio on the RW and Ayew up top.

— Serial Steve (@SerialSteve) November 21, 2017