West Ham midfielder Gary O’Neil believes the experience crucial in the sbo login squad and backroom staff has helped them as they bid to retain their Premier League status.

Sam Allardyce’s side were only promoted to the top-flight last season but they lie 12th in the sbo login table, six points clear of the relegation zone.

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West Ham midfielder Gary O’Neil convinced experience has been key this sbo login season

O’Neil is convinced the experience in the sbo login camp has aided their cause following their return to the Premier League via the play-offs last season after they were relegated in 2010/11.

“We maybe had the edge because we have got a lot of sbo login players and the manager and staff who have played and worked in the Premier League before,” he said.

“We were only down for a sbo login season as well so the lads are used to playing in the PL so we maybe took to it quicker than they did.

“We also we had a slightly easier run of fixtures at the start that helped us build up some sbo login momentum.”

Following a strong start to the sbo login season that saw that saw the Hammers settle into the top half of the table they began to struggle after the turn of the year.

But recent victories over Stoke and West Brom, as well as a battling point at Liverpool on Sunday, have left Allardyce’s side in a strong sbo login position to play top-flight football next season.

Gary O’Neil: Experience in squad crucial to West Ham this sbo login season

When asked if the team struggled to rediscover their early sbo login season form, O’Neil added: “I think it took us a little while, it does hit you confidence-wise as a squad.

“Even if you are losing to the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United, it does dent the sbo login confidence. It was hard to get another run going.

“But fortunately we’ve got a little one going now and have picked up seven points sbo login from our last four games which is good and can hopefully be added to this weekend.

“We’ve always said we want to finish as high as we can, we weren’t just focusing on avoiding relegation.

“Our aim was always to finish as high up as possible, we want to get to 40 (points) first to make well and truly sbo login sure we are safe but then by no means will we stop there.”

source : skysports

Former Chelsea caretaker manager Guus Hiddink is keeping an open mind sbo online regarding a return to the Premier League, but insists he is enjoying his current role with Anzhi Makhachkala.

Hiddink spent a few months in charge at Stamford Bridge during the 2008/09 season and the 66-year-old has been mooted as a contender to replace Chelsea’s current interim sbo online boss Rafa Benitez in the summer.

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Anzhi Makhachkala coach Guus Hiddink sbo online open to Premier League return

The Dutchman is back in England for Anzhi’s Europa League tie against Newcastle United on sbo online Thursday night and Hiddink says he has got the energy for another big challenge.

Hiddink said: “I don’t know because I’m not the youngest anymore, although I feel still very energetic and I love to be on the pitch almost every day with the guys.

“There is energy left, but I never can predict my sbo online future because a big part of the future is already behind me.

“I’d like to add a little sentence to that because it does seem in my answer that I’m not having a lot of joy in my current job, which is not true, I love the job which I am doing now.

“Anzhi are coming internationally from a small club. Within one year, the sbo online club image has increased a lot, the seriousness within the club and the way we are trying to play has given me also a lot of energy.”

Asked if he missed English sbo online football, he said: “Of course. I enjoyed very much the Premier League, of course and in my Chelsea time, we played here (at Newcastle) and had a good result here, I remember

“I enjoyed very much playing here. Overall, the Premier League is what every player likes to do and also the managers and coaches, they like to work in the big leagues, of course.

“I like very much the attitude of the players I had at Chelsea in my sbo online time. I liked very much the atmosphere in the stadiums, the public who enjoy very much and respect very much the way of playing.”

Meanwhile, Hiddink played down suggestions that Anzhi have attempted to lure Chelsea’s £50million misfit Fernando Torres to Russia this sbo online summer.

He said: “Officially, I can assure you there is no single approach to any player at this moment.”

Guus Hiddink: Anzhi Makhachkala sbo online coach not ruling out Premier League return

Anzhi head to Newcastle on the back of a 0-0 draw in sbo online Moscow last week, but Hiddink is unsure if the winner on Thursday night will be genuine candidates to lift the Europa League trophy.

He said: “Well, if you see now the teams who are going into this pyramid to the final on May 15 in Amsterdam, those are big teams, they are all big teams now.

“We are happy to be in the last 16 and it would be a tremendous achievement for us to be in the sbo online last eight.

“If you see which teams could be playing in the last eight, that’s Champions League level.

“It’s difficult and unpredictable to say whether the sbo online teams can go all the way. We like to go step by step and not think too much ahead, but if we could make the next step, it would give a lot of prestige.

“Newcastle, I know they have also, from what I have heard, the ambition to play in the final in Amsterdam, so it will be a nice clash tomorrow.

“But I cannot predict the sbo online future. If I could, I wouldn’t have been a coach.”

source : skysportzeed