Injury hit Hammers promise Spurs ‘full blooded’ battle

WEST HAM manager Alan Pardew vowed Champions League-chasing Tottenham will be given no easy ride tomorrow despite the Hammers suffering a major injury blow just eight days ahead of the FA Cup final.

Winger Matthew Etherington was taken to hospital for an X-ray after rolling his ankle in training and Pardew rates him “really doubtful” for next Saturday’s final against Liverpool.

West Ham have already lost influential midfielder Hayden Mullins to suspension while £7.25million striker Dean Ashton will spend the week undergoing treatment in an oxygen tent as he battles to overcome a hamstring injury.