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Bilic won’t hold Carroll back
- Updated: December 23, 2016
Slaven Bilic says he will not hold back Andy Carroll anymore and admits his cautious approach may have contributed to the West Ham striker’s recent injury troubles.
Carroll was out for three months with a knee injury suffered in their Europa League clash with Romanian side Astra Giurgiu in August but the 27-year-old returned to action with substitute appearances against Arsenal and Liverpool before starts against Burnley and Hull.
Questions over the striker’s involvement in a busy festive period surfaced ahead of their Boxing Day clash at Swansea, but Bilic believes there is no reason to limit Carroll at the Liberty Stadium.
“We are monitoring him but why should I hold him back?” Bilic said. “In training we can tell him to stay in and do some extra work, massages, maybe because before it was always holding him back, ‘don’t do that, don’t do …
