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“But you’re going to have to defend really well because of the quality of players they’ve got. We’re aware of what they’re capable of. It’s stopping them that’s the hard bit.”
Will Bowen bring goals?
Perhaps Jarrod Bowen could make the difference for West Ham. The £20m January signing from Hull City made his West Ham debut as a late substitute against Man City and, according to Moyes, has settled in impressively.
What can he bring to West Ham’s attack? “I hope it’s goals,” said Moyes, whose side have scored just five times in six games since his opening 4-0 win over Bournemouth. “In training I’ve seen someone who looks very sharp, who looks match fit, who is ready to play.
“We’ve all been really impressed by his sharpness and his work and his ability to score goals has been noticed already. But what I don’t want to do is heap a load of pressure on a young boy who has come from the Championship to be the saviour of what we’re doing here.
“I have to make sure I use him in the right way, at the right times, when I feel it’s correct. But I have to say, he’s looked good, he’s not looked out of place in training and that’s great credit to him.”
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Instead of one individual player – be it Rice or Bowen – Moyes says the key to Premier League survival lays with the whole group at West Ham – fans included.
“Team spirit, the togetherness we had from everybody,” were the key ingredients to West Ham’s survival during his previous tenure, says Moyes. “I remember we had a disappointing spell, we didn’t think the crowd was with us, and we came back and we galvanised the crowd, and they galvanised with us.
“In the end, I remember my last three games we beat Leicester away, we drew with Manchester United and we beat Everton. It might need something like that again this year.
“But we need the crowd with us, the supporters with us and hopefully we can give them something to shout about.”
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