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.

sbo login : O’Neil Experience crucial

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.”

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Skipper Jobi McAnuff insists Reading can still escape sbo login relegation despite going into the final seven matches of the Premier League season bottom of the table.

The 4-1 defeat at Arsenal on Saturday saw Reading drop to the foot of the table behind QPR on goal difference.

More importantly they are seven points off 17th place and safety, but with home sbo login games against Southampton – the former club of new boss Nigel Adkins – and QPR to come, McAnuff says they are still in with a chance.

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Jobi McAnuff says Reading can still avoid relegation sbo login from Premier League

“We have got games there that we think we winnable between now and the end of the sbo login season and we have got to move on as quickly as possible from this and make sure we are right come Saturday,” the midfielder said.

“It changes from year to year, but historically there’s obviously a (points) mark teams need to get to.

“We know we’re going to need a good few wins between now and the end of the sbo login season to reach that target.

Jobi McAnuff: We can still avoid sbo login relegation

“We have got to start getting that first win on the board as quickly as possible.

“We feel we’ve got the games to do it, we’ve still got some sbo login teams in and around us and it’s important not to get too down. We will make sure we learn from this defeat and move forward.

“We have got to really focus on ourselves, we have got a new sbo login manager now and everyone is working together to try and stay up.”

“We have been through some rough times before and we have achieved a lot as a group of players and from our point of view that spirit will keep us moving forward.”

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Brighton have given Gus Poyet permission to speak to sbo online Reading over their managerial vacancy, Sky sources understand.

The Premier League’s joint-bottom side are seeking a replacement for Brian McDermott, who was sacked earlier this month after a run of four straight defeats.

Neither club has commented on the speculation but Poyet has been backed in to odds-on favourite with several sbo online bookmakers.

sbo online : Brighton Poyet set for Reading talks

Brighton give Reading permission to speak to Gus Poyet

The former Uruguay international took the Brighton reins in November 2009 and in his first full sbo online season in charge led the club to promotion as League One champions.

Reading striker Jason Roberts can understand why Poyet, who is under contract at Brighton until 2016, might be a target for his sbo online club’s board.

He told Sky Sports News: “Gus Poyet’s a good manager, he’s done very well at Brighton so we’ll have to wait and see what happens.

“Whoever comes in, we’ve got a good bunch of guys with the right motivation to achieve things in the sbo online future.”

Gus Poyet: Started his managerial career with sbo online Brighton in November 2009

Nigel Adkins started the day at the head of the sbo online market but has now drifted out to 11/2, while caretaker boss Eamonn Dolan and Bradford manager Phil Parkinson are both 12/1, with initial favourite Paolo Di Canio now 25/1.

After seeing the new favourite cut to 1/7 from 7/2 this morning, Sky Bet’s Chris Spicer said: “The money has poured in across the sbo online industry for Poyet to take the job, promoting us to significantly cut his price.

“While a Premier League job initially appears an ideal step up for the highly-rated Brighton boss, it might be considered a questionable move with the Royals 1/16 for relegation, while his current club are 9/2 to reach the top flight as they sit just outside the sbo online Championship play-off places.”

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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.”

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