Striker light

It's a bit early to be down to Harry Redknapp's bare bones… West Ham face a striker crisis against Brighton tonight. Andy Carroll is suspended for idiotic elbowing while Javier Hernandez pulled up in training with a tight hamstring and is a doubt. While Diafra Sakho is apparently out with his back problem again — does this mean the operation on his back last season was unsuccessful? 

So it looks like the Irons might have to play Ayew and Antonio up front, unless Toni Martinez, who has just scored a hat-trick at the London Stadium for the Under-23s, gets a chance, though Bilic appears to have ruled this out. There is one other option. Mark Noble has just presented young royals Prince George and Princess Charlotte with West Ham shirts when Wills, Kate and Harry visited the London Stadium, so there could be a chance one of them might get a game.