Though his squad are suffering from a few injury issues, West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is looking forward to booking a place in the last eight of the FA Cup against West Brom tomorrow.
Andy Carroll is the latest casualty in the West Ham squad and the striker is expected to be out of action with a knee injury for four to six weeks.
Though his squad have suffered from a series of injuries in the last few weeks, Allardyce is upbeat about their chances in the FA Cup and believes their cup run has brought a lot of joy to the West Ham faithful.
Allardyce stressed that he has to work with the players that are available and is optimistic about getting a result against West Brom tomorrow in their FA Cup fifth round tie.
"Our run in the FA Cup up to now has been very good, it's given us a lot of joy”, Allardyce said in a press conference.
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“We'd hope to be in a better position squad-wise, but players will have to get through the games as best we can. We're still producing good performances.
"The West Brom game is about winning, so we have to go there and try to win."
Allardyce did confirm that Kevin Nolan and Mark Noble are fit and are back in training.
West Ham are three-time FA Cup winners, but they last managed to win the trophy in 1980 and lost the final to Liverpool in 2006 on penalties. Allardyce will be hoping to cap off what has been a good season for far for the Hammers by making continued cup progress.
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