West Ham suffered a 3-0 defeat at newly promoted Sunderland following an abject second-half display. The club completed a quiet transfer window, signing Jean-Clair Todibo, El Hadji Malick Diouf and Mads Hermansen. The manager believes there is sufficient quality within the current squad to succeed and stresses the need to get more from the players. The focus is on collective improvement, accepting criticism, and avoiding reliance on an external 'silver bullet' signing. Support for the squad and increased effort are expected as pressure rises ahead of the upcoming home game with Chelsea.
"We have to get more out of the squad that we have. We also look to improve, we will do that together, as a club, we will do that collectively and try to find the best solution. It's great when you've had a bad result, everyone thinks the silver bullet will come from outside and save us all. History would suggest it doesn't work like that. It's about being a team and accepting the criticism when a bad result comes but to get on with your work and accept responsibility."
"It's a disappointing result, there's no getting away from that. It's a bad result for us. I believe a lot in the players, believe a lot in the team, I believe a lot in the club and my job is to support them and to push and to improve. It's the Premier League, we can't turn up anywhere and think we are going to get three points. We know we need to do more, to improve our performance. The players were gutted after the game. 'It's up to us t"
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