Pundit predicts ‘huge’ West Ham United clash v Wolves as ‘awful’ verdict shared after Fulham loss

Frank McAvennie, a former striker for West Ham United, is a welcome addition to our exclusive writer lineup. He will provide his opinions on the most talked-about topics at the London Stadium every week.

Frank McAvennie exhorts David Moyes to field the best West Ham United team possible for Sunday’s “huge” matchup against Wolves, given their “awful” performance against Fulham the previous time around.

On Sunday, December 10, Fulham crushed a lackluster West Ham 5-0; as a result, the Hammers were knocked out of the top six spots in the Premier League rankings.

And Moyes’ team will have the opportunity to make amends when they play Gary O’Neil’s team at the London Stadium on Sunday, December 17. A victory would tie them for sixth place with Manchester United, who play Liverpool later in the day.

“Hopefully the Fulham defeat was just a blip, a one-off because it was awful to watch, it was really awful,” McAvennie remarked in an interview with West Ham Zone.

It appeared as though Fulham would score every time they advanced, which is bad news for West Ham United. Hopefully, they will address this in midweek and against Wolves.

It will be a big game, therefore Moyes needs to have his best players against Wolves on Sunday if he wants to win.

“I mean, they can’t really complain because they have two home games coming up and two away games at Fulham and Tottenham that were close by.”

After what had appeared to be some promising results earlier in the month—late victories against Burnley and Nottingham Forest, as well as a thrilling victory at Tottenham—the Fulham match was utterly awful.

Soon after, word spread that an illness bug was circulating through the West Ham United camp before the match, but if it was that serious, Moyes ought to have called up the younger players. They would have at least shown some spirit and a fight.

Despite the 5-0 loss at Craven Cottage, the board isn’t inclined to switch managers for the remainder of the campaign. Nevertheless, Moyes must make sure his team bounces back nonetheless, considering the harm the loss will have done to morale at the London Stadium.

West Ham’s inconsistent performance notwithstanding, they are only one victory away from qualifying for Europe once more in the Premier League standings, thus they truly cannot take Sunday’s match against Wolves lightly.

Moyes will undoubtedly be going above and above for this game because Wolves have been a little erratic lately despite having moments of brilliance.

In other West Ham news, the team is now conducting searches ahead of the January transfer window in a number of locations, with one identified target still pending a decision on a potential move.