Mladen Petric hopes to get himself on the Hammers’ score sheet as quickly as possible after making his debut against Everton on Saturday.
The Croatian came off the bench and played a huge part in winning a penalty, which Mark Noble cooly slotted home to put the Hammers 2-1 up.
But after seeing the team throw away their second lead of the game and lose 3-2, Petric believes getting in amongst the goals quickly will help his teammates put the loss behind them.
He told whufc.com: “I hope to score as soon as possible, and the most important thing is that the team wins.
“I’m doing intensive training, it’s hard but you get used to it, and i want to get really fit and help the team. I’m very happy to be playing again. It’s been a long break for me, so every day I’m feeling better and better.
“For Tuesday we’ll see. I don’t know what the manager has in his mind, but I hope to be involved and get some time on the pitch.”
And Petric also explained how tough it was to lose in the manner in which the Hammers did to Everton at the Boleyn Ground, but insists the two goals scored will boost the confidence of the players.
“The positive is that we scored two goals in the game,” he added.
“The first-half was very good from our side, we had a lot of ball possession and scored the goal, so we will try and move on with that.
“We were a bit unlucky in the end with the red card and the two goals in the last ten minutes, so it was disappointing. It was a really tough loss. When you go in front twice you shouldn’t give it away.”
