Pardew goes back to basics
Alan Pardew will revert back to West Ham’s tried-and-trusted line-up for tomorrow’s FA Cup fifth round replay against Bolton.
Pardew experimented at the weekend and West Ham crashed to a 4-1 Barclays Premiership defeat to Wanderers – but Anton Ferdinand is set to move from midfield back into the heart of West Ham’s defence, while rested trio Yossi Benayoun, Dean Ashton and Marlon Harewood are all in line to start.
Captain Nigel Reo-Coker has returned to training and is available in midfield after shaking off the effects of a bug.
Provisional squad: Hislop, Bywater, Scaloni, Dailly, Gabbidon, Ferdinand, Ward, Collins, Konchesky, Reo-Coker, Benayoun, Newton, Mullins, Etherington, Ashton, Sheringham, Harewood, Zamora, Katan.
