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Carroll happy to be part of Slav’s headache

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slaven-bilic-west-ham-andy-carroll_3358382Andy Carroll is a fully paid up member of the Dimitri Payet fan club declaring: “You always think he’s going to score when he puts the ball down (for a free kick).

Payet’s amazing goal from a 30 yard set piece has been the talk of football since the Manchester United game and the striker said: “I think he has done four or five free-kicks now and he’s just incredible. He told www.whufc.com: “After going one up, we felt like in the end we could have held out. Obviously they went up and put the pressure on and got the equaliser.”Carroll has contented himself with the result but was unhappy that his effort from an Aaron Cresswell cross was off target saying: “I could have done a little bit better with it but at the end of the day I’m happy with the draw.”

And he is delighted at the competition for places adding: “I’ve been working hard. I’ve been coming off the bench and it’s been hard not starting when I want to be but I was in and I think I got about 80 minutes, so it was great.

“[The selection choice available] is a great problem for the manager to have. We all have to keep trying and working to our best in training to be part of the starting XI.”

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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