Robbie: I Want To Stay

Robbie Stockdale says he hopes to extend his loan spell at Upton Park after unexpectedly becoming available again ahead of the Wigan match following a hamstring injury.

Robbie gives Alan Pardew another option and the Middlesbrough right back says:

"I have only had two days' training so obviously this game may have come too soon but it is nice to be back; I have been out for four weeks now so obviously I am not going to get back to peak fitness - but at least I can actually get out there, run around and kick a ball around."

But he is in the dark about what happens next and adds:

"I would like to stay if I could but I don't know what the two clubs have in mind; I have been injured for the majority of the loan spell so the people around here haven't had the chance to look at me properly.

"But I would like to think that my record does speak well and it is very unusual for me to have an injury like this.

"I am not just a young lad who has just come through; I have played a lot of games and hopefully that will stand me in good stead.

"Initially I was ruled out for this whole week but after the treatment I have had from the physios at West Ham and Middlesbrough, who have all worked very hard, I am available again.

"I am taking every day as it comes and we will see what happens."