Once the Hammers settled against Fulham on Saturday and began playing
a faster brand of football- rather than relying on long balls forward- Ashton looked increasingly dangerous.
Curbishley said: "We feel if we can give Ashton the chances he will take them. (Antti) Niemi
made a fantastic save to deny him.
"He is trying to get fit in the first team and it is a case of him getting a bit sharper
and us playing better to give him the chances."
"We felt if we could get the ball into the box we would cause them problems."
"We had one cleared off the line from Carlton Cole and Niemi has made a couple of saves. I
think we created the better chances."
