Sam Allardyce could be set to ring the changes for tomorrow night's visit of Ipswich Town.
The Hammers boss, who watched his side beat Peterborough 1-0 at the Boleyn on Saturday - albeit in rather disappointing fashion - could be without both Matt Taylor and Joey O'Brien who sustained slight knocks during Saturday's game.Meanwhile Carlton Cole, who spent last week with a cold hence his early substitution on Saturday could be left out in order to make a full recovery in time for this weekend's trip south of the river to Crystal Palace.
Speaking after Saturday's narrow win, Allardyce said: "We've got a big three-game week now and we've got three points to boost the confidence for another difficult game on Tuesday, which will be Ipswich.
"For me, it's to assess what team to play. There's Matt Taylor with a slight calf problem today [and] Joey O'Brien with a bit of a tight hamstring. Other than that I don't see any problems.
"Other members of the squad that weren't even on the bench today are even more desperate and eager to get into the fray, so we'll have a look at that situation and see whether we should be using the squad and make one or two changes for Tuesday night."
That could mean a first start for Sam Baldock, John Carew and/or Papa Boupa Diop - all of whom are yet to begin a game since moving to east London (Diop is yet to play at all).
Meanwhile James Tomkins could return to the starting XI - although that would be harsh on Abdoulaye Faye, were he to be dropped, following his man of the match performance against Peterborough.
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