Those injuries leave Danny Ings, a spritely 32 years young, as the club’s only fit striker. Ings is no doubt braced for plenty of game time in the coming weeks, but will Potter pick him from the start and stick to the 4-2-3-1 system he used against Villa and which Julen Lopetegui deployed before him? Or is it time to roll the dice?
While Monday night’s news that Jarrod Bowen is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a fractured foot was welcomed at West Ham, it does nothing to relieve Graham Potter of the immediate conundrum of how to set up his makeshift attack.
