Many West Ham United fans believe Arthur Masuaku and Felipe Anderson need tactical changes to increase their chances of winning matches.
The suggestion of moving left-back Masuaku to left-wing, and for the Brazilian winger Felipe Anderson to become a centre-attacking-midfielder was met with excitement by the fans.
This bold change may be unlikely but is a possible solution to the Sebastien Haller isolation issue as having a pacey and creative attacking-midfielder could definitely help bring the Frenchman into games.
In the Hammers’ last game against Sheffield United, Anderson managed a pass success rate of 83% – as per WhoScored.
Would anyone else like to see Masuaku LW and Anderson CAM? I would….
— Dave Walker (@DaveWalkerWHU) October 27, 2019
Absolutely.
— IronsmanJP (@IronsManJP) October 27, 2019
Ready to try it. What we are doing right now isn’t working
— WestHamWayUSA (@USA_WestHamWay) October 27, 2019
Anderson could be a brilliant CAM with his vision he could be extremely effective. Arthur needs a chance on thr LW wen him and Cresswell run the left i thought they was really effective
— James (@essexhammerjb) October 27, 2019
I would we have no pace in our team at all without Antonio think it would get the best out of Anderson Aswell as he would have less defensive responsibility
— will earle (@willearle_) October 27, 2019
Arthur Masuaku didn’t feature in the 1-1 draw on Saturday, as he was replaced by Aaron Cresswell.
100 % Dave !! Anderson as a second striker to help Haller and Arthur bombing down the wing where he is best !
Absolutely no chance of pellegrini thinking of this tho— Paolo (@ellingford_paul) October 27, 2019
Sounds very tempting to try this, or at least to play Anderson in thr middle. #COYI
— West Ham Fans Sweden (@SwedishWestHam) October 29, 2019
What Do We Think?
West Ham needs to change something if they’re going to get back to winning ways and positional changes are probably the easiest way to do this.
The Hammers could potentially use a 3-5-2, with Masuaku playing as a wing-back.
This is how they could lineup:
GK: J. Roberto
LWB: A. Masuaku
CB’s: A. Ogbonna, I. Diop and F. Balbuena
RWB: R. Fredericks
CDM’s: D. Rice and M. Noble
CAM: F. Anderson
ST’s: S. Haller and A. Ajeti
This would give both wing-backs permission to go forward, but because they are natural defenders, the claret and blues would still be able to maintain the wings.
It could also solve the Haller issue, with him being surrounded by options either out wide or with his new strike partner.