No alarms for Carroll

Andy Carroll suffered no further alarms as he continued his comeback from injury when featuring  in a behind-closed-doors meeting with Southend United this morning.

The 60-minute training match  saw the striker complete the hour watched by manager Sam Allardyce and his staff.

Carroll was joined in the Hammers side by Joey O’Brien, Matt Jarvis, Kevin Nolan and Ricardo Vaz Te.

All five came through unscathed according to the report at www.whufc.com against an “energetic ” Southend outfit, with winger Matt Jarvis getting his name on the scoresheet.

The news comes as a further boost to the squad where is expected to include Diafra Sakho (shoulder) and Winston Reid (dead leg) for the Aston Villa match on Saturday.