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Slaven Bilic admits West Ham’s “roller coaster” season has taken its toll – on the club’s furniture. <\/p>\n
The Hammers have taken some hammerings this term and fiery boss Bilic has had to dish out some harsh half-time truths, some of which have come at a cost. <\/p>\n
“Everything I do, whether before a game or half-time, I do it deliberately,” he revealed. <\/p>\n
“Even if I want to smash a table a little bit or whatever, I do it with a plan. Sometimes they are calm, sometimes they are less calm. But that’s the way I do it. So yes, I’ve had my moments.<\/p>\n
“How many tables have I got through? We have to go to IKEA!”<\/p>\n
West Ham head to rock-bottom Sunderland on Saturday knowing victory should be enough to banish any lingering relegation fears.<\/p>\n
The Hammers have been as high as ninth this term but a horror run of five straight defeats left them just five points above the drop zone until last weekend’s win over Swansea.<\/p>\n
“It has been a roller coaster,” added Bilic. “Not a steady season, but up and down. Bad runs, good runs, and now hopefully it’s time for a good run. <\/p>\n
“We have to finish well and then, hopefully, be in a situation to look at the season and say, ‘Yeah, we’ve been through a lot’ and gain from the experience. It’s a great thing for the next one.” <\/p>\n
West Ham will come up against England striker Jermain Defoe, who they tried to sign from Sunderland in January.<\/p>\n
Bilic was desperate to land the 34-year-old in a bid to solve his side’s goalscoring problems, but was given short shrift by the Black Cats.<\/p>\n
“He was not for sale,” said Bilic. “Sunderland made it very very clear that no money, no way, he had signed a contract and wants to help the club. <\/p>\n
“Basically it was Sunderland who said no. W e pushed, we tried, but as soon as they said no that was it.” <\/p>\n
West Ham will be without suspended captain Mark Noble at the Stadium of Light, while top scorer Michail Antonio has been ruled out for the season with a hamstring injury. <\/p>\n
But former Newcastle striker Andy Carroll is expected to start on Wearside after shaking off a groin problem. <\/p>\n
Source: PA<\/p>\n
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![\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Slaven Bilic admits West Ham’s “roller coaster” season has taken its toll – on the club’s furniture. <\/p>\nThe Hammers have taken some hammerings this term and fiery boss Bilic has had to dish out some harsh half-time truths, some of which have come at a cost. <\/p>\n “Everything I do, whether before a game or half-time, I do it deliberately,” he revealed. <\/p>\n“Even if I want to smash a table a little bit or whatever, I do it with a plan. Sometimes they are calm, sometimes they are less calm. But that’s the way I do it. So yes, I’ve had my moments.<\/p>\n“How many tables have I got through? We have to go to IKEA!”<\/p>\nWest Ham head to rock-bottom Sunderland on Saturday knowing victory should be enough to banish any lingering relegation fears.<\/p>\nThe Hammers have been as high as ninth this term but a horror run of five straight defeats left them just five points above the drop zone until last weekend’s win over Swansea.<\/p>\n “It has been a roller coaster,” added Bilic. “Not a steady season, but up and down. Bad runs, good runs, and now hopefully it’s time for a good run. <\/p>\n “We have to finish well and then, hopefully, be in a situation to look at the season and say, ‘Yeah, we’ve been through a lot’ and gain from the experience. It’s a great thing for the next one.” <\/p>\nWest Ham will come up against England striker Jermain Defoe, who they tried to sign from Sunderland in January.<\/p>\nBilic was desperate to land the 34-year-old in a bid to solve his side’s goalscoring problems, but was given short shrift by the Black Cats.<\/p>\n “He was not for sale,” said Bilic. “Sunderland made it very very clear that no money, no way, he had signed a contract and wants to help the club. <\/p>\n “Basically it was Sunderland who said no. W e pushed, we tried, but as soon as they said no that was it.” <\/p>\n West Ham will be without suspended captain Mark Noble at the Stadium of Light, while top scorer Michail Antonio has been ruled out for the season with a hamstring injury. <\/p>\n But former Newcastle striker Andy Carroll is expected to start on Wearside after shaking off a groin problem. <\/p>\nSource: PA<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\tPlease enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\nFrom Football.co.uk<\/a>\nSouth Africa Today Sport \u2013 Sport News Football<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Slaven Bilic admits West Ham’s “roller coaster” season has taken its toll – on the club’s furniture. The Hammers have taken some hammerings this term and fiery boss Bilic has had to dish out some harsh half-time truths, some of which have come at a cost. “Everything I do, whether before a game or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[371,30,120,80,188],"class_list":["post-4174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-premier-league","tag-football-news","tag-news","tag-south-africa-today-sport","tag-sport","tag-sport-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/8c92e7ef38c669a72b602f3227e2a177.jpg\"){kind=link}