Darren Randolph will play his first league game for West Ham since September against at the weekend.
Slaven Bilic revealed in Friday’s press conference that first choice shot-stopper Adrian is out of the clash against Swansea with a minor calf injury, meaning the Irish international will be given some much needed game time.
“We’ve got one player injured and that’s Adrian. He felt his calf in the WBA game and it’s a minor injury so he’s out tomorrow.”
“We’ve got a great deputy in Randolph. He’s one of the biggest reasons we went far in the FA Cup and we are happy to have him.”
Although Randolph hasn’t played much for the Hammers this season, when he has been between the posts he has generally been a force to be reckoned with. The Bray man had particularly impressive performances in the FA Cup for his side.
VIDEO: Darren Randolph doing what he does best, breaking Liverpool hearts with cool triple save https://t.co/iMzCQE6NUV #LFC
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) January 30, 2016
Despite losing Adrian for a crucial league game as they try to secure European football next season, the Hammers don’t seem to be bothered at all. The consensus is that Randolph is a more than adequate stand-in, with some fans expecting Randoplh to pull off some trademark heroics against the Swans.
Super Darren Randolph filling in for Adrian tomorrow 👀
— webster (@wxbstxrr) May 6, 2016
I generally don't feel fazed by Adrians injury, @Randz587 has been quality every time he's puts the shirt on, deserves more game time imo.
— Ironside ⚒ (@kaz7289) May 6, 2016
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Quite happy we have Darren Randolph for tomorrow 👏🏼
— Theo (@_1Theo) May 6, 2016
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Darren Randolph 👍🏻👍🏻 https://t.co/U3Rrz9lTPx
— Charlie Florey (@charlieflorey) May 6, 2016
Darren Randolph to the rescue tomorrow then.
— Mark Harrison (@MarkHarrison23) May 6, 2016
