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David Moyes “hopes” Eddie Howe’s side have “been drinking a lot of Newcastle Brown Ale” ahead of Saturday’s trip to St James’ Park, admitting it’s good news for West Ham that Bruno Guimaraes is banned and insisting on that “he’s a really good player.”
- David Moyes hopes Eddie Howe’s side have ‘been drinking Newcastle stout’
- West Ham travel to Northumberland to play the In-Form Geordies on Saturday
- Hammers boss hopes Lucas Paquetá can play for his side
- Moyes praised Bruno Guimaraes who will be absent from the game serving a suspension
David Moyes hopes West Ham’s opponents on Saturday have drunk plenty of Newcastle Brown Ale as they aim to inflict a first Premier League defeat on Eddie Howe’s side since August.
Newcastle have been celebrating reaching the Carabao Cup final and now host West Ham at St James’ Park. The locals do not have the suspended Bruno Guimaraes but Moyes wants to see Lucas Paquetá take the ‘Brazilian’ out of himself after signing him to score and create goals.
I hope you’ve all been drinking… Newcastle Brown Ale, right? I hope you had a lot of that! Moyes said yesterday.
David Moyes is “hopeful” Eddie Howe’s side “have been drinking Newcastle brown ale”
That comes as West Ham travel to St James’ Park to take on an in-form Newcastle side on Saturday.
‘It’s good news (that Guimaraes is banned). He is a very good player. But they have a team full of good players. That is a sign of good management. Paquetá was a player that Newcastle was interested in.
On West Ham’s £51m summer signing being used alongside Declan Rice in deep midfield, Moyes continued: “His feeling is, if you look at where he’s played for Brazil, it tends to be Casemiro and Paquetá. , and Neymar in the number 10 role.
The Hammers coach hopes that Lucas Paquetá will bring out the ‘Brazilian’ in himself to act
Moyes also praised Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaeres and suggested West Ham are lucky he’s banned.
“So we’ve tried to give him a chance to play a little deeper. I’ll be honest, we bought Lucas for eight to 10 goals, for eight to 10 assists. We’re playing it more like a No 8 if you want to call it that.
‘If you remove the word “Brazilian” and take the other side, his effort, his commitment, his application to move, is very, very good. Now what we want is a bit of Brazilian: score the goals, score the goals, make the difference when we need it.
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If you ask me how he’s doing, he’s adjusting much better. He is a very good character. We like it a lot. He trains well.
Danny Ings is in line to return to the West Ham squad after recovering from his knee injury, although Moyes says he is unlikely to start. Michail Antonio is expected to start up front while Ings regains his fitness.