Allardyce: West Ham have to keep winning

 
8 December 2012

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is realistic about what he has to do if he is to still be in charge when they move to the Olympic Stadium.

The Hammers were named as the preferred bidder to fill the vacant stadium although the deal is still far from complete.

Allardyce has guided the club back to the Barclays Premier League and West Ham now sit eighth in the table after last weekend's 3-1 win over European champions Chelsea.

But the 58-year-old knows he must continue to succeed and appease the club's supporters if he is to lead the move across east London from Upton Park to the Olympic Stadium.

"The only way I can continue to be the long-term future of West Ham United is to win football matches," he said.

"Around the corner you are always aware of how this game might change.

"You never know what is around the corner. It happened to me at Newcastle, it has happened to me at Blackburn, so you never ever know.

"For me it is about winning football matches and the future will be rosy for me and the football club if we continue to win.

"I'll be here a long time if we continue to win, if we don't then my job will come under scrutiny like everyone else."

West Ham's immediate future sees them host Liverpool tomorrow, with Allardyce keen not to let his players suffer a hangover following the victory over Chelsea.

He said: "We all felt the euphoria of what we achieved last Saturday. Our second-half performance was full of outstanding ability and we over-ran one of the top teams in Europe.

"We hit such levels of performance in the second half that it's now my job to sustain that because sustainability is the most difficult thing to do in the Barclays Premier League.

"After performances like that you can get a dip, so it's my job to make sure we don't have a dip after that type of performance because we'll need to be up there again to beat a team like Liverpool.

"It's about the lads trying to maintain their outstanding level from last weekend."

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