McCartney Hopes to be Fit for Pompey

George McCartney has revealed that he has been carrying a hamstring problem for a number of weeks but hopes he will be fit for West Ham's game against Portsmouth,

"To miss out now would be very disappointing," he said. "I want to play in every game. I've been carrying the injury for the last four or five weeks but things just came to a head on Saturday.

"It (hamstring) is not that bad once it is warmed up and that but at Sunderland it was a bit worse than what it has been. But fingers crossed, with a few days with the physio, I should hopefully be back in training by the weekend and fit enough to play Portsmouth."