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Lineup Prediction: Watford v West Ham

We could be facing Mauro Zarate and Valon Behrami this afternoon. Zarate in particular will be looking to make a point to West Ham, as he feels he was never really given enough game time to prove himself at Upton Park. He had some very good games with us but Sam Allardyce was never a fan. He wasn’t an Allardyce type of player and he never wanted him at the club in the first place. He only played 22 games, scoring a more than creditable five goals. If I recall correctly, all five were gems.

On 23 July 2008, West Ham signed Valon Behrami from Lazio, with the player signing a five-year contract for a fee of £5 million.I thought he was a brilliant player and was gutted when he moved to Fiorentina in January 2011. He played 58 games for us, scoring four goals but he suffered a couple of bad injuries. Since he left us he has played for Fiorentina, Napoli and Hamburg, and hasn’t scored a single goal for any of them. I remain a fan, though.

In terms of our lineup, I covered the options earlier in the week. Andy Carroll, it seems, won’t figure and will be lucky to make the Chelsea game. Andre Ayew is back in contention and Bilic now has some big selection headached with Ayew, Feghouli, Lanzini and Snodgrass competing for two positions. This is my predicted lineup…

Randolph, Cresswell, Byram, Reid, Fonte, Obiang, Kouyate, Noble, Lanzini, Antonio, Snodgrass

And the bench…

Adrian, Collins, Ayew, Fletcher, Calleri, Feghouli, Fernandes

Feghouli would be very unhappy if he is left out of the starting eleven, given that he has improved with every game and has chipped in with a couple of goals.

Watford have some terrible injury problems, with seven first teamers doubtful for this afternoon.

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