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West Ham Strikers Half Term Report

Andy Carroll 6
Only two goals to show so far in what has to be said has been a disappointing season for the big man. Once again he has been plagued by injury and has made only eleven appearances this season, many of them as a substitute. He’s shown flashes of form, though, and one has to hope that he will improve as he gets more game time. Assuming he stays fit he has got five or six games to cement a starting place before Diafra Sakho returns.

Diafra Sakho 7
Sakho hasn’t quite hit the form he achieved last season, scoring just three times in eleven appearances. His long term injury came just as he seemed to be running into a vein of form, and it would have been nice to see him play alongside Enner Valencia to see if they could replicate the understanding they formed at the beginning of last season. So far in his West Ham career Sakho has hit 17 goals in 39 appearances in all competitions, which is a phenomenal record.

Enner Valencia 6
Having had a very impressive pre-season it was bad luck for Enner Valencia that he got injured in our final Europa League match. Since his return earlier this month he has looked much more impressive than he did in the second half of last season. He seems to be coping with the pace of the Premier League much better and has been unlucky not to hit the net. He needs a good run in the side, but will he get it with Payet and Lanzini returning?

Nikica Jelavic 5
A total disappointment, although it has to be said he has had precious few opportunities to show what he can do, with only one start (against Swansea). But he has looked slow, leggy and totally off the pace. He has an impressive goals to appearances ratio in his career so far, but that’s looking unlikely to improve during his sojourn at Upton Park.

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