Sam Allardyce spoke to the media this morning ahead of Sunday’s Premier League trip to Swansea City.
The Hammers manager confirmed that there are no fresh injuries to worry about since last weekend’s loss to Manchester City.
And Allardyce was also tight lipped about how he’ll line up at the Liberty Stadium, with many fans guessing at whether he’ll stick with his new 4-6-0 formation.
He told whufc.com: “We’ve got no new injuries from what we had last week.
“We’ve still got Alou Diarra, James Collins and George McCartney out with injury and of course Andy Carroll who everyone knows is our long term injury.
“We’ve got games Sunday, Tuesday and Saturday so we’ve got a big week ahead of us. The players that are available are in good spirits but we could do with the other players being back fit as quick as possible.
“It worked very, very well in the first game [the 4-6-0 formation] and didn’t work quite so well in the second. It’ll be our choice in the next two days on whether we do change the system or we don’t.”
Allardyce also admitted that Carlton Cole will again be in the squad against Swansea on Sunday, but is unlikely to start while he remains not quite match fit.
“Cole is ready to be involved with the squad but I don’t think he’s ready to start from a match fitness point of view,” Allardyce said.
“Carlton’s experience, if needed off the subs bench, could be invaluable at the moment so he’ll be in the squad for Sunday.”
