After two defeats there's some debate about whether Pellegrini should make changes. Fornals is still struggling with the pace of the Premier League — though the fact he had a couple of efforts at goal at Everton was encouraging — while Anderson and Lanzini didn't create much at Everton, with Felipe subbed at half-time. Anderson has looked much better defensively this season, though perhaps it has been at the expense of his forward play. But my feeling is that if either Felipe or Manuel get a goal then they might go on a goalscoring run. What they should be doing is shooting more though, at the moment West Ham's pretty passes are too predictable and lack variation.
Yarmolenko needs to come back in to provide some beef and shooting ability to the front line while there's also a case for giving Snodgrass some game time. If nothing else Snoddy can take a great corner. He can also whip in a cross which might provide something for Haller to get on the end of. Wilshere still looks like a bench player to me, best used to cause some damage with his passing late on in games. If it's not going well, Pellegrini needs to give substitute Ajeti a run-out in support of Haller so we can gauge how good he is.
We also need Mark Noble to stop predicting that West Ham can challenge for the top four in his Evening Standard column... Pellegrini's team selection for Saturday should be interesting against a promoted side that is bang in form.
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