West Ham: Coufal must be scared over Kehrer

West Ham picked up a much-needed win and clear sheet towards Wolves on Saturday afternoon, as objectives from Gianluca Scamacca and Jarrod Bowen proved sufficient for 3 factors.

Followers have been calling for David Moyes to make modifications to his staff and the Scottish supervisor opted for a giant tactical change in defence, which paid off because the Hammers earned simply their second shutout of the season.

Thilo Kehrer, who has achieved nicely at centre-back since his summer time swap from PSG, was moved to right-back as a way to accommodate the return of Craig Dawson to the beginning line-up.

This meant that Vladimir Coufal would drop to the bench after some lacklustre performances in latest weeks, and the change actually paid off because the Hammers moved out of the relegation zone.

Coufal, who reportedly earns £35k-per-week on the London Stadium, had averaged a disappointing 6.36 ranking from WhoScored for his performances within the prime flight thus far this season, with no objectives and assists to his identify, so he was rightfully dropped from the beginning XI.

With that shoddy type thoughts, it’s hardly shocking that journalist Alan Rzepa determined upon some alternative words to explain his defending final month – “completely stunning.”

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Taking him out of the staff was considerably of a masterstroke from the Hammers boss who struck gold with the Czech full-back’s substitute.

Kehrer has featured at full-back for the Germany nationwide staff previously and seemed assured in that very function on Saturday, even registering an help for Bowen’s aim,

The 26-year-old would earn a robust 7.3/10 ranking from SofaScore for his efficiency, contributing a whopping 5 tackles and 4 clearances as he greater than performed his half within the Hammers incomes a uncommon clear sheet.

He additionally impressed going forwards, registering a 93% go success fee, which is considerably higher than the stunning 66.4% go success fee averaged by Coufal thus far this marketing campaign.

The Hammers seemed much more assured with Kehrer as a right-back and Dawson reigniting his partnership from final season with Kurt Zouma, so Moyes deserves a whole lot of credit score for altering issues up searching for a much-needed victory.

Contemplating his woeful begin to the brand new marketing campaign, Hammers followers should be hoping that Coufal can keep benched for some time with Moyes probably ditching him from his plans with Kehrer having proven his qualities in that place.