West Ham United mocked by talkSPORT pundit ahead of FCSB clash
West Ham United are in Romania for their final Europa Conference League group stage game hoping to secure a sixth win in six matches.
FCSB stand in the way of that feat on Thursday (3 November) with David Moyes taking a number of unproven youth players to Eastern Europe so he can rest many of his senior players.
Despite an inexperienced contingent with the first-team squad, talkSPORT pundit Gabby Agbonlahor thinks they should win easily while also getting in a cheeky dig on the Irons.
“The Mickey Mouse West Ham Cup, FC what? I think West Ham should have enough against FCWKSB United,” Agbonlahor joked.
I think West Ham should win that game three goals to nil. There’s enough quality in their squad there are enough players who need some game time to come in and get the job done.”
No pressure
The beauty of winning the first five games in the group means that Moyes can sit back and relax in Bucharest knowing that they will qualify as group winners regardless of what happens.
It is the ideal opportunity to give some of the Under-21s who have been working very hard on the training ground a chance on the big senior team stage.
The opposition are not overly scary and at a level where they should get a good test without being overwhelmed although the atmosphere may well be unlike anything they have experienced before.
Players like Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Gianluca Scamacca and Kurt Zouma don’t need to be risked at all and with Nayef Aguerd coming back to fitness, he has to be one of those to start the game.
Things should be simple for the Hamemrs to go out and win this game regardless of the side Moyes selects but even if defeat occurs, it really isn’t the end of the world.