Stewart Downing believes West Ham United's new-look attack forces them to change their style of play.
Enner Valencia, Diafra Sakho and Mauro Zarate have all arrived over the summer.
He told the London Evening Standard: "I do believe the transfer window was good for us. We have good competition in all places now whereas for large parts of last season the team was basically picking itself.
"The pleasing thing now, although it might be a headache for the manager, is picking the team. He has options in all positions now but I'm sure he would rather have it this way than having to play people out of position, as he was forced to do last season.
"The players, particularly the strikers who have come in, are different to what we've had in the past though and I believe that the team, as a result, has to change the way we play.
