Players Owe It To Pardew

Alan Curbishley has informed the West Ham team that they need to put in a performance on Sunday for Alan Pardew,

"They have taken even more criticism after Pards left and if they want to do something, let’s have a performance for Alan Pardew.

I’ve told the players ‘Let’s not hide’. Don’t avoid dropping the kids off at school just because there might be a West Ham fan there asking what is going on — and don’t not go out shopping with the wife because results haven’t been good.

We’ve got four games before the transfer window and it won’t be easy to attract people if we are still in this position. Everybody knows we have money to spend but on Monday afternoon I was still sitting at home and not thinking about management."