David Moyes has stated his squad are enjoying the scenario they discover themselves in as his crew put together to tackle Newcastle United figuring out a win will transfer them into third place with six video games remaining.
The reverse fixture got here on the opening day of the season, with the Hammers shedding 2-0 – a end result Moyes described as an ‘anomaly’.
The Hammers misplaced their subsequent league recreation after they took on Arsenal however after a much-improved efficiency, the crew took confidence into their third fixture of the season and acquired a win below their belts, a 4-0 thrashing in opposition to Leicester City.
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It is the Foxes West Ham can leapfrog this weekend, however after a relegation battle final 12 months Moyes insists his crew are thriving below the stress of being at the high finish of the desk.
“If something I feel we’re turning into extra relaxed,” he stated. “When we had been coming to the enterprise finish final 12 months and the 12 months earlier than we had been needing to attain targets and get factors to remain up or avoid the backside three.
“So we’re enjoying this new scenario, we’re enjoying coaching, all people is working exhausting and it’s been good enjoyable on the coaching floor. We’ve constructed a superb spirit and we’re hoping we will hold it going.
“I don’t assume we have to add any extra stress. The place we have now put ourselves in is unimaginable. I don’t know the place we’re going to end. But the truth we’ve gained two very tough back-to-back video games in opposition to Wolves and Leicester offers you an thought of our intent and what we’re making an attempt to do.”
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Moyes is properly conscious that for his crew to be on this place has shocked many, together with himself, however that even when their Champions League challenge falls brief it shouldn’t be thought-about a catastrophe after what has been an excellent season up to now.
“If you’d have stated West Ham would have been difficult round the high come April time, I do not assume anybody would have believed it and I do not assume I might have achieved both,” he stated.
“We’ve gone on and acquired higher. The gamers have continued to enhance, our physicality has acquired higher as the 12 months has gone on – we’re not dipping at the second.
“The solely difficulty we have now acquired at the second is that we have now misplaced a few actually good gamers by means of damage which may have an impact. We have been very in keeping with our crew choice largely due to no accidents. We have gotten ourselves in a very robust place.”
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The accidents to Declan Rice and Michail Antonio have come at a foul time for West Ham however with out each, his crew had been in a position to declare all three factors in opposition to Leicester and there’s hope the duo will return earlier than the finish of the season to assist push the Hammers over the line. An accomplishment Moyes thinks can be the biggest of his managerial profession.
“This can be an even bigger achievement [than taking Everton to fourth] as a result of I’ve solely been at West Ham for a 12 months – that is my first full season. Last 12 months after I got here it was to keep away from relegation. And even the time earlier than it was to keep away from relegation. So this was actually the first time I’ve been given the likelihood to take the membership from a pre-season to the finish of the season. And I’ve acquired them difficult round the high,” he stated.
The supervisor added: “We didn’t at all times play in Europe and make the Champions League, that is for positive. But we tended to be difficult at the high and that’s my purpose with West Ham. We can attempt to challenge up round the high eight locations if potential.”
