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Slav: “It’s a really good night for the fans “

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bilicsmilesManager Slaven Bilic could hardly be any happier tonight and is equally thrilled for the Irons fans.
Speaking to the official site immediately after the game he said: “It’s three massive points for us. We needed it and now we can talk about a positive series, because we are six unbeaten and we ended up with a win.”Otherwise it would be eight without a win and it’s not spinning words, it’s fact. It’s really good, considering everything that happened in the first half.

“We showed a change in character, a change in determination and a change in attitude. To be fair they could have been two up at half time, but they weren’t, and nobody can say we didn’t deserve it in the end.

“We deserved it with the hard work, the approach and, at the end of the day, the quality we showed in the second half.

“We turned the game around which is very difficult to do in the Premier League and it’s great for belief.

“It’s great for the players who came back and it’s good motivation because we are expecting even more players to come back.”It’s a really good night for West Ham fans and I’m especially pleased for them as they were the ones who lifted us in the second half. They were behind us and we felt that.”

He added: “Andy is like that, he’s that kind of a player. He needs to stay regular in training without any injuries and his quality was never a question.

“Michail deserves it. He is one of those examples which is important for new players, for young players and for players who are changing levels like he did.

“He didn’t play at the start of the season because we had some players who played really well in those positions.”

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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3 comments

  • slaven a laugh says:

    Slav is a clever man. He is so right about how important that win was. It is the difference between the media saying 8 games without a win and now saying 6 games unbeaten. Very astute. Great manager.

  • Roman says:

    Great comments bubs as usual.The first half was worrying though.What a difference a Lanzini makes?Antonio was great with his pace and bulk breaking the defensive lines. Things are looking up.By Gooners I assume you mean Liverpool?

  • bubs says:

    Great half time management,
    You deserve this as well,
    The fans were brilliant as usual
    Bring on Gooners their defence is rubbish and we need to out score them
    Attack Attack Attack
    Happy new year

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