Most West Ham fans voting in an exclusive ClaretandHugh poll believe that for all the huge expectations, the team will remain a mid-table team this season.
Two hundred and thirty seven of them (43,32 pc) reckoned the team would finish between eighth and tenth in the Premier League this season although a sizeable 38.04 per cent (213) believe they could finish between sixth and eighth
A pessimistic 55 (9.82) sees them finishing between 11th – 14th with just three (0.54 pc ) seeing an even worse season than last year ahead with the team finishing between 15-17th. Not one voter saw them going down.
At the other end of the table 37 (6.61 pc) see a fourth to sixth place finish with 13 (2.32pc) believing they could be at the top of the tree between first and fourth place.