Payet is a massive loss - Tomkins

West Ham defender James Tomkins says his side can cope without injured talisman Dimitri Payet, while admitting the absence of the Frenchman comes as a "massive loss" to the club.

Payet has been ruled out for three months with an ankle injury and the Hammers attack is depleted further by Enner Valencia also being injured.

"It's unfortunate Enner and Dimi have got injured because they're two important players for us - they're game-changers," he told Sky Sports.

Tomkins highlighted Manuel Lanzini as another key player for the Hammers, who have hit 23 goals in 12 games to give Slaven Bilic a fine start after replacing Sam Allardyce as the team's manager.

"Manu has done brilliantly for us already this year, and he looks a real spark on the pitch," he said.

"He can change the game in a minute - you saw what he did against Everton, and that's what he does every day in training."

He said: "They're big games, and massive for the fans.

"With the away wins we've had so far, to top it off with a win against Spurs, it wouldn't get much better than that."