Some West Ham fans want Andriy Yarmolenko to start v Arsenal

West Ham United’s start to the Premier League season has not exactly gone to plan. After an impressive summer of spending and appointing Manuel Pellegrini as manager, big things are expected at the London Stadium.

However, an opening day defeat to Liverpool might have been tolerated, the loss to Bournemouth will not. The Cherries won 2-1 in London yesterday as West Ham struggled to get into any sort of rhythm.

It led to plenty of criticism of the team selection online. West Ham fans would like to see new signings Issa Diop and Lucas Perez get a chance. Others would also like to see Mark Noble dropped.

But the most common theme revolves around their Ukrainian winger.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 12: Andriy Yarmolenko of West Ham United during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and West Ham United at Anfield on August 12, 2018 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)

Plenty of West Ham fans would like to see Andriy Yarmolenko given a chance in the West Ham starting XI next weekend.

The Hammers paid Borussia Dortmund £22 million for the player this summer. It looks a great signing, considering his previous form with the Ukrainian national team and Dynamo Kiev.

But hip trouble has been bothering him, leaving him behind Robert Snodgrass, Michail Antonio and Felipe Anderson in the pecking order.

But with West Ham struggling, many fans on Twitter are calling for the 28-year-old to be moved into the starting XI for the clash with Arsenal next week…

Anderson conceded possession every time he passed forwards – Yarmolenko threatened far more when he came on.
— FromnearMoscow (@FromnearM) August 18, 2018

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“Yarmolenko needs to start though, he was taking it to them and I never saw him give away the ball” #WHUFC #COYI
— SCRU LOVE (@SCRULOVE) August 18, 2018

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The year is 2018 and new West Ham signing Andriy Yarmolenko has signed and has a class pedigree in countries all around the world. He now sits on the bench to watch Robert Snodgrass pass it back to the defense. What. A. Year.
— Victor ???? (@VictorWHUFC) August 18, 2018

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Yarmolenko and diop have to start, Yarmo’s looked good, Ogbonna and balbuena can’t play together
— Dom ? (@Dom_WHUFC1995) August 18, 2018

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Bench Anderson and start Yarmolenko next game, Anderson has looked awful #WHUFC
— Tom Guy (@TomGuy93) August 18, 2018

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3 things we learned from today’s game:
1. Yarmolenko should be starting.
2. Anderson is not worth 40 million pounds
3: Balbuena should not be starting
But let’s be positive and let the new players adapt to the premier league and get a solid team together, on tk Arsenal #COYI
— FrancoGD (@FrancoGD16) August 18, 2018

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Yeah I think Pellegrini got it all wrong today imo. Should kept a defensive midfielder in there, I have no idea why Yarmolenko didn’t start. This was a game we needed to win and Pellegrini really was poor
— Rob2018 (@Westham2018) August 18, 2018

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Watching replays of #WHUBOU and:
Noble and Ogbonna must be dropped. Yarmolenko is our best winger. Sanchez is x100 what Wilshere and Noble offer us.
Anderson is so slow.
Snodgrass is championship material.
Our defence is terrible at offside trap
Our defence is the worst in PL
— West Ham Mania (@westham_mo) August 19, 2018

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I don’t think we have the personnel to play a flat back 4. Bilic and Moyes struggled to play it hence why we’ve always reverted to 3 centre halves. For me, Yarmolenko needs to start, Clearly a top drawer player. Time for Diop to come in too.
— ??Is Snodgrass your Dad??? (@LVirons79) August 18, 2018

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