Gianfranco Zola"s pursuit at West Ham is protected for now, says his authority David Gold Photograph: Scott Heavey/Action Images
West Ham United"s chairman, David Gold, says Gianfranco Zola"s pursuit is protected for right afar but refused to suggest his physical education instructor any assurances for the future. Last night"s 3-1 better at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers was the club"s fifth uninterrupted Premier League loss and there was ire between the side"s supporters. The England striker Carlton Cole had to be dragged afar from one indignant fan at the mouth of the tunnel.
Gold was asked on TalkSport if Zola"s pursuit was right away safe. "That is still the case," he said. "I had a discuss with Franco after the game. Of march he"s disappointed, we"re all disappointed, the fans are disappointed, of march they are. We"re in genuine difficulties right now."
However, Gold did not give any long-term guarantees over Zola"s prospects and his pursuit might well come underneath examination if West Ham lose to Stoke City at the weekend. The bar additionally face a little severe games over the subsequent couple of weeks, together with trips to Everton and Liverpool.
Zola came in for critique from the club"s fans last night, with a outspoken minority chanting "you"re removing sacked in the morning". The players, too, were a aim for annoy from stands. "It was a really formidable diversion for all of us fans and I sympathise with them since the expectations were so high," pronounced Gold. "It was a must-not-lose diversion and sadly we did [lose it]."
The club"s England defender Matthew Upson has called on the physical education instructor and the players to find a approach to retreat their bad form.
"We need to have a long, tough see and shift something about what we are doing," he said. "It is up to us, the government and the players, to do something."
He blamed a miss of togetherness on the representation for the team"s opening and pronounced the bar contingency residence the issues in training.
"It usually looks similar to we have lost that capability to work as a organisation at the moment," he said. "We need to go at the behind of to basis on that front and realize what we"ve got to do tactically to get the 3 points. We need to work on that on the precision pitch, and probably off it as well, and be some-more of a group. Hopefully, that will shift the opening opposite Stoke for Saturday."
Gold called on West Ham"s supporters to stay at the behind of the club, whilst acknowledging that they had a right to feel dissapoint by the team"s form. "The key to all this is we have to rebound back," he added. "The fans will rebound back. I"ve been here prior to and they will since it"s their football club. For all that you ever review about "new owners entrance in," the loyal owners of any bar are the supporters, their fathers and their grandfathers prior to them. They are entitled to be discontented when their organisation are knocked about 3-1 at home. But they know they need to rebound at the behind of and await their organisation in the hour of need."
He added: "I felt that the players did give their all. I think it was one of those nights where things didn"t go right for us, but went right for Wolves. Everything that Wolves did came off and all that we did didn"t."
Gold challenged the club"s players to rebound at the behind of opposite Stoke on Saturday – a compare he alike to a crater final.
"On Saturday we have a outrageous diversion and we cannot lift that negativity in to that game," he added. "I"m sounding awful, but come Saturday sunrise I"ll be at the behind of up for it and I"ll be in the sauce room, rooting for the guys, ancillary and enlivening them. That"s what we do."
Gold pronounced it was critical that the bar didn"t "grieve" over the better and, instead, strong on securing their Premier League destiny in their superfluous 7 games of the season.
"You"re seeking at the abyss," he pronounced of the club"s relegation battle. "But what I would contend is that I"d rather be West Ham than Portsmouth. I"d rather be West Ham than Hull and I"d rather be West Ham than Burnley. But it"s marginal. You usually have to see at the table, there"s no denying that. We"re 3 points clear. Hull have got a diversion in hand, but we have a higher idea disproportion so that gives us an edge. Our run-ins are not dissimilar; I would contend that we still have a extrinsic corner over the competitors. But yes, I think we will stay up."
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