WEST Ham manager Alan Curbishley has brushed off talk of an injury crisis ahead of the trip to Aston Villa on Saturday.

Scott Parker (knee) and Anton Ferdinand (hamstring) both limped off against Arsenal on Saturday, Craig Bellamy is in Germany undergoing an assessment of his groin injury, while Matthew Etherington was struck down by a stomach bug before the Gunners defeat and Bobby Zamora remains out for another three weeks after a knee operation.

But the boss is adamant his players will not let it affect them as the side look to bounce back from two League defeats on the trot.

"The squad's just going to have to cope with it," he said.

"It's very difficult. If you look at Lucas Neill, Matty Upson, Scott Parker, Julien Faubert, Freddie Ljungberg and Kieron Dyer. They have all been injured.

"All the people we brought in don't seem to have had that free-flowing introduction into the side that you'd want.

"In fact most of them have been chasing their form and their games and chasing their fitness.

"But it's not new, it's something we've had since I've been at the club, and certainly this season. We will get on with it."