Deano Wants 90 Mins!
December 11th, 2007 | 
Author: Dean Ashton is feeling good and is ready to fire West Ham United into the
Carling Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.
 
Having come on as a half-time substitute to score the only goal in Sunday’s
1-0 victory at Blackburn Rovers, Ashton is looking to do the same again
against Everton and add to his four goals this season. “It’s great to get 45
minutes and I feel like I’m back to what I was before so it’s really nice.”
Although eager to start matches and “repay the fans” for their support,
Ashton admitted it benefited him at the weekend to enter the fray later in
the game. “The first half was very tight – two evenly matched teams but the
second halves do tend to open up and that was good for me. I managed to get
some good touches and it was a good 45 minutes for me.”
Ashton has previously spoken of his hunger to get to another major showpiece
with West Ham United after his FA Cup memories from 2006 but he knows the
club is in the middle of a busy and tricky run. “The Christmas period is
very tough for all of us and to get a win this weekend will put everybody in
a good frame of mind for Wednesday because we want to get to a final.
It will be a tough time, perhaps we’ll pick up a few injuries and players
will have to play out of position but we’ve shown we’re capable of coping
with that.
Alan Curbishley is spoilt for choice in forward positions with Luis Boa
Morte and Carlton Cole impressing in the forward positions of late – while
Henri Camara, cup-tied in midweek, is waiting patiently. Cole, however, will
have to sit out the 22 December trip to Middlesbrough because of suspension,
something Ashton described as a “big blow”.
He’s been playing really well for us,” he added. “It’s a shame for him
because he has hit a good bit of form but I’m sure he’ll come back raring to
go the next game after that because there are a lot of games.
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