"It's not easy to prove to the people what I can do on the pitch when I only play for ten minutes," Diafra Sakho told the Daily Mirror after Saturday's win, when he, erm, proved what he could do in ten minutes. Sakho did show some welcome signs of maturity by adding, "I don't need to knock on the manager's door, he knows what i can do. Now I have to force my way back into the team. I just want to enjoy being part of the team and we will see what happens in January."
What Sakho needs to realise is that he would probably have been in the team already had he not decided to have a private medical in Rennes on deadline day and tried to engineer a move for 'personal reasons'. It's very hard for Bilic to select a player who doesn't want to play for West Ham. It would help if Diafra looked like he enjoyed scoring, which is his job. He's scored three goals this season and not exactly celebrated any of them. And what did removing his shirt against Swansea mean? If he ran to the fans and looked excited when he scored he'd win the crowd over.
The lad's got great ability and will get game time every week if he can improve his attitude. He needs to realise that he's up against Hernandez and Carroll so it's not a slight to be on the bench. And if he commits himself to being professional and playing his heart out for West Ham whatever his problems are he'll get games.
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