**West Ham striker Taty Castellanos was poor vs Aston Villa, is he good enough to help keep the Hammers up?**
When Taty Castellanos arrived at West Ham in January, much like Pablo Felipe, no one thought he was going to be our saviour.
They have probably both been better than anyone assumed? But Taty, as the main striker at the club right now who has featured in every match since arriving, has he been good enough?
He hasn’t been bad at all, but he’s currently not making enough of an impact in my opinion.
It hasn’t really been a problem up until recently, Taty has been fine, he has 3 goals in 14 appearances in claret and blue. Not great but not bad.
However, Crysencio Summerville was making up for Taty being ‘not great’, the Dutchman was scoring almost every game, and we were scoring multiple goals a game.
However, now Summerville has injured over the past couple of matches, Taty being ‘not great’ is starting to become a problem.
We didn’t end up needing a bit of magic against City, we managed to get a draw, despite only having one shot, a header from a corner. But against Villa, we needed it, and we didn’t get it. With no Summerville and a poor Bowen performance, we really could have done with Taty stepping up, but he was awful.
He was so bad he was withdrawn at half-time for Callum Wilson. It feels harsh almost ripping into the Argentinian because he is better than most people thought he would be, he works so hard, but we need more from him.
Putting it all on Taty when Pablo hasn’t managed even one goal yet is also harsh, however, Nuno isn’t using Pablo as a striker with him doing shifts on the left wing and even in midfield in the last couple of games, you can’t expect him to score goals there.
It isn’t just Taty Castellanos that needs to step up, everyone does. But if we could get a few more goals and better all round performances out of the Argentina international between now and the end of the season it would certainly help us out.