West Ham have struggled in front of goal this Premier League season, scoring 8 goals in all 8 games played thus far.
The Hammers’ shortcomings in attack come as a surprise given the number of quality forwards within their ranks.
Manager Slaven Bilic spent £36million recruiting the services of Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez, but there haven’t been results to show for the money spent.
The London Stadium outfit sit just 2 points above relegation zone following 2 victories and draws, and while the Croatian boss continues to solve the puzzle of how to get his frontline firing, former West Ham striker Bobby Zamora offers a solution.
The 2005 Championship Play-Off final hero believes creating a lot of chances will bring out Chicharito’s prolific nature, and that him and Andy Carroll can form a deadly striking combination.
The 6ft ex-England international is of the opinion that the duo are ‘little and large’ strike forces that can end up leaving defenders for dead.
Zamora told West Ham’s official website of the potency a combined striking force between Carroll and Chicharito can come up with.
In his words: “I love ‘little and large’ strike forces and had great understandings with Carlos Tevez at West Ham and Andy Johnson at Fulham, when we did really well.
“Defenders find it really hard because one striker is going to make it difficult for you physically and the other one is going to run in between your legs!
“It’s hard for defenders to go from one extreme to another, so they are the partnership who can do real damage for me.”
West Ham host Brighton & Hove Albion on Friday, but with the English striker suspended for the game, Bilic would have to wait till another time to test out Zamora’s recommendations.
