Bilic should give these 3 West Ham players a chance against Chelsea

Reece Oxford

For all of West Ham’s defensive concerns this season, it’s slightly surprising that starlet Reece Oxford has not got much game time.

The 17-year-old has been widely tipped to go on and become an excellent defender, but clearly Bilic doesn’t rate him as good enough just yet, despite their defensive frailties at the start of the season.

He has only played twice for the Hammers this campaign, and that was in their Europa League home game against Domzale and their trip to Astra Giurgiu, both of which were back in August.

The youngster made the bench on Saturday, although was an unused substitute, and deserves to go at least one better and make an appearance against Chelsea.