This is the West Ham team David Moyes should start against Brentford ahead of the huge Euro semi-final second leg.
West Ham head to west London to face Brentford on Sunday afternoon with all eyes on the starting XI.
Supporters have urged David Moyes to rest most of the players who will start in Holland.
The Hammers have expended a lot of energy of late, particularly in the last week.
West Ham beat Man United 1-0 last weekend to all but officially secure Premier League survival.
And they came from behind on Thursday night to beat AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final.
The tie is still very much in the balance after a string of missed chances from West Ham.
The West Ham team David Moyes should start against Brentford ahead of huge Euro semi-final second leg
And the second leg in Holland on Thursday night is one of the biggest games in the club’s modern history.
Moyes will need all his key players fit, fresh and firing for the match against that young, energetic AZ team.
Video footage from West Ham training ahead of the trip to face the Bees suggests a number of changes are on the cards.
This is the West Ham team Moyes should start against Brentford ahead of huge Euro semi-final second leg.
It may seem harsh but Lukasz Fabianski should actually start the game against Alkmaar.
With Hammers all but safe, Euro semi-final is simply far too important to take any risks
At this stage of European competition, West Ham should be playing their absolute first choice XI from those available.
There is no room to worry about the feelings of individual players. And Alphonse Areola showed with the terrible goal West Ham conceded that suddenly being thrust into the action once a month can lead to serious rustiness.
West Ham need all of Fabianski’s experience in Holland. The Hammers’ number one does all the basics so well and is rarely flustered.
So Moyes should put Areola in goal for Brentford and save Fabianski for Thursday night.
With Angelo Ogbonna a doubt and Vladimir Coufal still out, Moyes will have to keep some players in and tinker with his defence.
We think the Scot should make eight changes from the side which started the Alkmaar clash.
Moyes must make eight changes for Brentford
The European game is simply far too important to risk anything. Even if West Ham lose to Brentford, an expected Liverpool win over Leicester under the lights at Anfield effectively seals safety.
Areola, Nayef Aguerd and Thilo Kehrer are the only players who started against Alkmaar who should line-up in the first XI this weekend.
Ben Johnson, Emerson, Flynn Downes, Manuel Lanzini, Pablo Fornals, Maxwel Cornet, Freddie Potts and Danny Ings should come into the side.
And young striker Divin Mubama should be given at least 45 minutes coming on for Ings too.
That team still boasts plenty of Premier League and international experience. But it also has some youthful exuberance about it too.
And it would be a fantastic chance for young Potts to get a first Premier League start alongside Downes with Declan Rice in need of a rest and on his way out this summer.
Cornet desperately needs a proper chance too.
West Ham finishing 14th, 15th or 16th won’t decide Moyes’ future. But winning the Conference League very much could.
The West Ham team Moyes should start against Brentford:
Areola, Johnson, Kehrer, Aguerd, Emerson, Downes, Potts, Lanzini, Fornals, Cornet, Ings.
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