Andy Morris, Rochester
Kits deserves his chance - whenever he has played for West Ham he
has scored goals - his goals/games ratio is second to none...he was
also the last West Ham player to score a hat-trick before last
night. Kanoute must now wait his turn to play again - this is how
squad competition should work.
Andy Papps, Harold Wood
Kitson should definitley be given his chance in the first team.
Players should be judged on their current performances and Kitson
was outstanding last night, not only for his goals but for his
first touch and distribution.
Andy Marriott, Basildon
I saw Fredi play against Fulham, where apart from one shot which
hit the post he looked sluggish and off the pace. I dont know how
much of that was down to injury, but he certainly looked nowhere
near sharp enough. We don't always have the luxury of having
good enough players fighting for places so it would do Fredi good
to leave him out if Kits is doing the business to let him know
someone was also in line for his shirt.
Stephen Evans, London
No question, Fredi has to come back as soon as he's fit.
He's probably the best player we have at the moment - against
Charlton we really missed his speed, his aerial ability and his
ability to hold up the ball. I'd actually like to see a poacher
such as Kitson or Defoe alongside him to feed off his flicks. I
think that the real question is not whether to leave Fredi out, but
whether to make the braver decision to leave out Paolo or move him
to the wing.
Robert Downes, Sheffield
Yes, he definitely deserves a run in the team. Anybody who gets a
hat-trick should be first name down on the teamsheet for the next
game, even if you've got Owen on the bench waiting to come
back! Okay, so the defending last night was non-existent, but
Kitson's confidence must be sky high. Let's see what he can
do against better defenders on Saturday.
Lee Russon, Hatfield, Herts
This is a very tough question. Paul Kitson without a shadow of
doubt was a different class on Monday night, I would go as far to
say it was his best performance in a West Ham shirt. Every time he
got the ball he looked very dangerous. Roeder now has a selection
problem, considering that we always seemed to have lacked firepower
over the years it is nice to have options in that part of the
field. I don't think you can deny him a place against Spurs and
we will have to see how he does from there.
Dave Witts, Hong Kong
You play the man in form. I would have thought that was obvious to
anyone. Paul Kitson knows where the net is and we are in desperate
need of results as well as 'repairing' our woeful goal
difference.