West Ham will once again be without Niclas Füllkrug’s talents at the weekend, as the centre-forward has failed to regain full fitness.
Manager Julen Lopetegui confirmed during his pre-Ipswich press conference that the 31-year-old had a slight setback during his recovery.
“Regarding injuries, we have the Füllkrug injury – he continues to be out,” said Lopetegui.
“We would like Niclas to be fit now, but he’s having some little problems. They’re not massive, but we’ve lost him for a little while now, and hopefully he’ll be ready after the international break.
“The rest of the players are ready, and working hard for what is an important game on Saturday.”
West Ham have scored only six goals from six games in the Premier League and sit 14th in the table.
West Ham will once again be without Niclas Füllkrug’s talents at the weekend, as the centre-forward has failed to regain full fitness.
Manager Julen Lopetegui confirmed during his pre-Ipswich press conference that the 31-year-old had a slight setback during his recovery.
Füllkrug joined the Hammers in the summer but has missed the last four games in all competitions due to a calf and Achilles injury.
“Regarding injuries, we have the Füllkrug injury – he continues to be out,” said Lopetegui.
“We would like Niclas to be fit now, but he’s having some little problems. They’re not massive, but we’ve lost him for a little while now, and hopefully he’ll be ready after the international break.
“The rest of the players are ready, and working hard for what is an important game on Saturday.”
West Ham have scored only six goals from six games in the Premier League and sit 14th in the table.
What fans wanted was to see a better, more exciting style of football than was often on show under their former boss.
So far there has been little to get behind on that score.
And with just one win from their first six league games, the results aren’t there either to buy Lopetegui time.
His big problem is many fans are also doubting him, adding to the media pressure and noise.
The club’s owners also told Lopetegui in no uncertain terms that Brentford and Ipswich were ‘huge’.
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A draw at Brentford was far from a disaster. But given their injury crisis it was somewhat underwhelming and the performance unconvincing.
West Ham have looked vulnerable at the back all year let alone all season.
But there have been signs a partnership of Jean-Clair Todibo and Max Kilman could be the foundation of a vast improvement with time.
Up front, though, the Hammers are surprisingly toothless. Despite having talents such as Jarrod Bowen, Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Paqueta and Crysencio Summerville, West Ham have created the fewest big chances in the top flight.
So that puts even more onus on players being ruthless and taking their chances when they do come along.
The issue is the man they signed to do just that is fullkrug
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