da blaze casino： West Ham United’s Robert Snodgrass offered a reminder of his refusal to fade into the background, putting in a Man of the Match performance against Brighton & Hove Albion.
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da dobrowin： The Scotsman has shown real resilience since moving to West Ham, and is still in the team despite having various points where it looked as though he wouldn’t be.
After an underwhelming first half-season, he was loaned out to Aston Villa for a season, which made his position at the club fairly clear.
However, he came back to establish himself at London Stadium the following campaign – Manuel Pellegrini’s first with West Ham – playing 38 games across all competitions, scoring four goals and providing nine assists. This indicated that he had forced his way back into the setup.
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Even this season, having gone seven games without a start, the 32-year-old came back into the team against Sheffield United and scored in consecutive matches.
With Jarrod Bowen signing on deadline day, it seemed as though the Scotsman’s place would be under threat again, but he put in a performance that has made him almost impossible to drop.
Undroppable
There isn’t much doubt that Bowen will be included in the team after being signed for over £20m, but it now seems highly unlikely that Snodgrass will be the man to make way.
The most obvious sign of his impressive performance against Brighton is the fact that he scored two goals and registered an assist – which came via two deflected efforts and one of his trademark free-kick deliveries.
He also produced two key passes, which is pretty impressive considering the whole team’s combined total was nine.
In addition to that, there was precision in Snodgrass’ tackling, as he was successful in both of his attempts to win the ball back.
Who is that?! Nobody has been able to name the teams all of these obscure managers were once in charge of…
All of this led to the Scotsman being named Man of the Match by WhoScored, with an overall rating of 9.2.
This is another example of how Snodgrass refuses to fade into the background, as it’s pretty hard to see how David Moyes could then go and drop him after a performance like that, even with Bowen coming in.
Meanwhile, one man was slated by Roshane Thomas for their performance against Brighton.