Sam Allardyce says Andy Carroll can help West Ham to finish in the top 10
Monday 3 September 2012 15:44, UK
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce believes Andy Carroll can fire his side to a top-half finish this season.
West Ham skipper Kevin Nolan, who opened the scoring in the first minute, played alongside Carroll during their time together at Newcastle and Allardyce is hoping the friends can rekindle their on-field understanding for the Hammers. "You can look at what happened at Newcastle in the first year when Kevin Nolan could feed off Andy," he said. "By the time Andy had been transferred to Liverpool, he had scored 11 goals and by the time Kevin had finished the season, he had scored 13 and they were really comfortable in the division."
