West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen has stated West Ham are “to not be taken frivolously” as they head into Sunday’s derby with Tottenham sitting in fifth place and 6 factors away from their London rivals.
Chatting with Jim White on talkSport Bowen was respectful of Spurs saying that the gamers know “they’re crew,” however he added:
“However, we’re additionally an excellent crew which can be doing rather well. So we are able to’t worry them, we wish them to worry us. We’ve to play our recreation.
“It’s a recreation of intent the place we are able to actually present what we’re about this season.”
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West Ham are degree on factors with fourth-placed Chelsea and are solely exterior of the Champions League spots on objective distinction.
Fairly the turnaround from when Bowen joined The Hammers in January 2020 with the membership concerned in a relegation battle however the 24-year-old just isn’t shocked by the place the membership are.
“Final season was about ensuring we stayed within the division,” Bowen stated. Including “We aren’t too shocked about it [being in fifth place] as a result of we all know our high quality and we all know what the supervisor desires. We’ve all purchased into his philosophy of wanting European soccer.”
The midfielder added that the present goal is “to maintain successful and sniffing across the prime six and prime 5 areas”
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The gamers are clearly listening to what their supervisor says in public as Bowen repeated one thing David Moyes stated earlier within the week following West Ham’s 3-0 win over Sheffield United:
“The supervisor stated the opposite day when it will get to single-digit video games we might be beginning to look an increasing number of in direction of these European locations however proper now it is about successful as many video games as we are able to and maintaining the efficiency ranges excessive. This group we’ve right here is such a tight-knit group, when issues do not go effectively we’re all right here collectively and when issues are going nice we’re loving it”
Issues are positively going effectively for West Ham proper now with a change of mindset serving to the membership to fifth place with 42 factors on the board, greater than they managed in complete final season, and the prospect to go 9 forward of Spurs on Sunday.
“We’re simply resilient,” Bowen added. “Through the first lockdown when every little thing was on maintain for a few months the situation we got here again in, we had been so match.
“We really feel match as a bunch going into video games, in video games we really feel like we are able to outrun groups and that may be a large a part of the success we’re having. Our high quality speaks for itself, it was simply the ultimate tweak of including that sturdy resilient mindset of being onerous to beat and being an enormous menace going ahead as effectively.”
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The boss may be taking attempting to maintain issues centered on the short-term however Bowen did let slip he and a few gamers get pleasure from taking a look at their place within the league.
“After we got here into the altering room [after Sheffield United] we had been trying up the desk to see we had been fourth within the Premier League which is the place we wish to be.
“We wish to be within the prime half of the desk relatively than simply being proud of staying within the division annually so the goal now could be to maintain successful video games, maintain coming in from video games to have a look at the desk and being within the prime 4 and seeing the place we find yourself on the finish of the season.”
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Bowen performed because the centre-forward towards Sheffield United, attributable to an damage to Michail Antonio, a task he’s unaccustomed to however one he relished:
“The opposite evening attributable to accidents I performed because the No.9 and I actually loved it up there. It was totally different and the final time I performed that was at Hull, however I’ve solely performed one or two video games up there.
“I did really feel actually good taking part in No.9. I feel it’s good to have that kind of flexibility in your recreation. I really feel like I can play throughout all of the entrance three positions, which is nice for my recreation. However upfront was extra operating for me which I in all probability did not get pleasure from as a lot nevertheless it was nonetheless good enjoyable for me, I actually loved it.”
Tottenham might be a more durable problem to bottom-placed Sheffield United however one which Bowen and the crew are up for:
“We all know is an enormous one for the followers,” he stated. “It could be one other large assertion from us, we knew Monday was a recreation that we would have liked to win however that is one other alternative to get most factors and keep within the prime 5 positions. We will present the intent from this group and what we’re all about and that we aren’t to be taken frivolously.”
