Hammers win proves costly for Pardew
Matthew Etherington failed to make it past the warm-up with a groin problem while Dean Ashton limped off with a hamstring strain with the Cardiff showpiece just 12 days away.
Captain Nigel Reo-Coker struck a 41st-minute winner for the Hammers but the injury problems were the least Pardew needed with Hayden Mullins’ suspension appeal having failed.