West Ham United seem to have turned a corner and co-owner David Gold has been discussing what it would mean to beat Hull City on Saturday.
The Hammers ended a run of seven games without a victory against Burnley on Wednesday night.
Mark Noble’s goal on the stroke of half-time sealed a nervy win for Slaven Bilic’s side over the Clarets at the London Stadium.
West Ham United’s Mark Noble scores against Burnley
The Hammers went into the game just one place and one point off the bottom three so a win was all that mattered.
It lifted West Ham up to 15th in the Premier League table with another home game against Hull on the horizon on Saturday.
And co-owner David Gold has spelled out just what back-to-back wins would mean for the club in a post on Twitter.
West Ham co-owner David Gold
“A win against Hull would remove the fear and allow us to play with more flair,” Gold said.
While the game against Burnley was hard to watch at times, to be fair to Bilic there was only one team interested in playing any football.
The Hammers huffed and puffed and put the occasional nice move together but never really found any true momentum.
It is in games like that, and given the situation the club finds itself in, that a win is more important than performance.
West Ham fans were spoiled with some champagne football last season.
But the failings of the club in the summer transfer window has left Bilic with no fresh attacking options to call upon now the likes of Dimitri Payet and Manuel Lanzini are marked men.
That is something which must be addressed in January if West Ham are serious about truly salvaging their season.
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