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"We're in Europe going into April after starting with a qualifier [in August]" he says. Then West Ham's attentions turn to a Europa Conference League quarter-final against Gent. It has certainly been a welcome distraction for Moyes. They can't all be running forward so it's part of the job. "We wanted to involve him in getting forward quicker, more often. But ultimately that's the next stage, we've got to try and get that, we've got to get them all blended in." "Well, I hope that is the case," he says. "Maybe we don't have Craig Dawson," says Moyes when quizzed about their set-piece woes. It really is a so-called 'six-pointer'. "In the summer, we brought in two Italian internationals [Scamacca and Emerson Palmieri]. "Are we playing as well as a team this year? Only Chelsea and Manchester United spent more in Europe.