West Ham forward Andy Carroll could be fit again by the end of the month

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is hopeful of having Andy Carroll back in full training in the next few weeks.

Problems

Joe Cole is another arrival from Liverpool who has had his injury problems and his new manager is keen not to push the midfielder too hard despite his starring role against United on Saturday. "We'll take that game by game," added Allardyce. "A part of everybody's management is about managing your players for their sake. It's not always about joining in training every day of every week for me and it hasn't been for many years now. "Lots of players don't come together in our squad till Thursday or Friday then play on the Saturday because they need to do other things in the week to make sure they maintain their level of fitness. "We try to have a prevention policy rather than a cure policy."