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Slaven Bilic’s decision to field an inexperienced side for the second leg of West Ham’s Europa League third qualifying round tie away to Astra Giurgiu backfired after they lost 2-1 to the Romanians.

However, whilst such a romanticised view will likely be one strongly circulating in and around Upton Park at the moment, top-flight English football very rarely proves so accommodating for the somewhat “smaller” clubs wanting to make that all important step up in...