Reid enjoying Hammers’ improved form

West Ham are in good spirits according to defender Winston Reid after they moved into the top half of the Premier League table.

The Hammers made a disastrous start to the season with Slaven Bilic coming under real pressure as they looked set to be dragged into a relegation battle.

But they have turned that around and victory over Middlesbrough at the weekend was enough to move them up to tenth in the table.

They have now won five of their last seven matches in the league and according to Reid the key factor has been hard work in training.

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He said: “It was important for us to beat teams around us like Palace and now Boro and it’s a boost to be in the top ten.

“We started the season poorly and weren’t playing the best, so we had to work harder for each other and the results have come – it’s not rocket science.

“I thought we could get a win from the game, so we tried to attack from the beginning and tried to get at them and they were at home, so they wanted to win as well.

“They probably thought they could get a win as well so that’s why it was end-to-end. It was a good game to be part of. The most important thing was that we got the victory.”