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West Ham star Jose Fonte insists Hammers are growing in confidence after West Brom draw
JOSE FONTE is convinced West Ham are up off the canvas and ready to start packing a punch.
Jose Fonte thinks West Ham have turned the corner on their season
Victory over Huddersfield on Monday and this hard-fought draw adds up to a tasty four points in a week.
“We have most definitely got some momentum now and the results will come,” said Hammers defender Fonte. “The confidence is coming. We’ve had two good results. Now we have to grab on to that, keep winning and climb the table.
“Unfortunately we didn’t start the season well but four points from two games – we have to take that. We’re not in the position that we want to be but it’s only five games. And we’re taking the right steps.”
Four of their next six games are at home and suddenly things are looking a whole lot brighter for West Ham boss Slaven Bilic.
West Brom manager Tony Pulis said that summer signing Jake Livermore was missing from action because he’s ‘mentally tired’ and needed a break.
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Unfortunately we didn’t start the season well but four points from two games – we have to take that
He said: “We had a chat with Jake at the beginning of the week. Jake came to see me. He has felt a little bit jaded, mentally more than anything else.
“We check all of his running stats, and his data and he had dropped off a bit. So we are going to give him a couple of days off. We could have done with his energy today with the way the game went.
“Physically he is fine. But mentally he just feels a little bit tired. I think for the first time going away with England during the summer and then having these two call-ups...playing all the time has really, really taken it out of the boy.”