{"id":60799,"date":"2025-08-11T06:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/60799\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T06:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:15:08","slug":"teen-talent-surely-forces-his-way-into-potters-reckoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/60799\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen talent surely forces his way into Potter\u2019s reckoning"},"content":{"rendered":"

With so much emphasis on yesterdays occasionally pedestrian performance against Lille, there is, still, definitely a need for genuine pace in this West Ham side In the absence of Crysencio Summerville, West Ham suffered on the pitch from the same old issues which dogged the side last year. Fortunately, Summerville<\/a> appears to be on the mend and is still scheduled for a September comeback.<\/p>\n

In the \u2018secret\u2019 second of two friendlies- this one behind closed doors, unused players from the main event yesterday again took to the pitch against a second string Lille side today: The Irons came out winners and by all intents and purposes there was a top-tier performance by Luis Guilherme who scored once and hit the bar.<\/p>\n

Couldn\u2019t have come at a better time, with the Hammers searching for pace and goal scoring talent without buying-in: Perhaps the very solution they seek is right under Graham Potters\u2019 nose. The young talented Brazilian surely offers something different and deserves to feature in Potter\u2019s plans next season. Niclas Fullkrug was criticised by Potter yesterday and is unlikely to be the answer for every minute of every game. Guilherme coming on at 70 minutes would scare the pants off most flagging defenders and could finally start to live upto the hype that accompanied his \u00a320 million plus purchase in the Tim Steidten splurge of last summer.<\/p>\n

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It is not through lack of ambition: The young Brazilian clearly wants to play:<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope I can play some great games in pre-season and throughout the season ahead. I\u2019m very happy with the opportunity the coach is giving me. I\u2019m getting better and better, feeling better and better on the field.\u201d He told whufc.com<\/a> after the USA summer tour.<\/p>\n

Potter\u2019s squad selection against Sunderland will be telling. As he showed yesterday, West Ham\u2019s manager does have a propensity towards dull, safe selections but with Guilherme having served up a timely reminder of his potential, surely deserves his chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With so much emphasis on yesterdays occasionally pedestrian performance against Lille, there is, still, definitely a need for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-60799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}