[EPL] Arsenal 1-0 West Ham

• Poignant

  30 Oct 10, 11:37

  Avram Grant: I can make West Ham the new Arsenal... if I'm given the time
  

  West Ham manager Avram Grant thinks he can emulate what Arsene Wenger has done at Arsenal - if he is given the time.

  Grant's side are bottom of the Barclays Premier League and he is under increasing pressure after last week's 2-1 home defeat to Newcastle.

  

  Under pressure: Avram Grant

  West Ham travel to the Emirates to face second-placed Arsenal, and their Israeli boss, 55, will look toward the home dug-out for motivation. Wenger has won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups in his 14 years in England, with the Frenchman inspiring Grant as he bids to succeed at Upton Park.

  He said: 'I don't like to take examples from other teams but we (Grant and Wenger) share the same ideas. On the football side, building a team from the Academy, that will be the vision for West Ham - the same as Arsenal, more or less.

  'I spoke with Arsene about this and he told me a lot about his first year at Arsenal, that it wasn't easy and he had many difficulties. Of course, you need time. You don't just push a button and everything becomes good. Any club need to have a vision, a strategy, when things aren't going well and also when they are going well. You always have to stick with the person that you have.

  'I speak to Arsene all the time, I have known him for more than 10 years. We have a good relationship. He is a great man and a great manager and you have to respect him.

  

  Inspiration: Grant looks up to Arsene Wenger

  'Also Sir Alex Ferguson struggled in his first year at Manchester United. There is no other way when you want to build something good and have the right foundations.

  'Imagine if Arsene and Ferguson hadn't been allowed to carry on after the first year, the history of Arsenal and United would be different - and we wouldn't have such a difficult game tomorrow.'

  Grant is one of the favourites to lose his job with West Ham struggling, but he insists he does not feel under pressure, especially when he remembers what he had to put up with at Portsmouth last season.

  He said: 'I don't read these things. You can't control opinion, you need to accept it. I'll always say to players, focus on your jobs. I know what I need to do at West Ham.

  'I don't think anybody in top-flight football has experienced what I did last year at Portsmouth. It gave me experience, maybe not positive experience. On the football side it was very difficult.'

• Itedino

  30 Oct 10, 11:49

  West Ham. I feel like eat ham, bacon and egg

• omgukilledkenny

  30 Oct 10, 11:53

  Try telling that to your board haha.

  Nowadays they want immediate results.

  Doubt they'll give you time to build up your academy.

  Best of luck Avram!

• Junyang700

  30 Oct 10, 13:22

  Beat Arsenal tonight and I will believe your words. =)
  
  Odds at 14.00 from Singapore Pools.
  
  My feeling for tonight. Arsenal vs West Ham ....
  
  Arsenal 2-1... or Arsenal 2-0... didnt buy though.... odds too low for arsenal..

• Junyang700

  30 Oct 10, 13:22

  Originally posted by Itedino:

  West Ham. I feel like eat ham, bacon and egg

  Wrong liao... Its ham from the West...

• eddiestolemyoriginalname

  30 Oct 10, 19:23

  even arsene is laughing at him

• The man who was death

  30 Oct 10, 20:13

  i hope he don't....arsenal's academy is artificially good only by poaching already promising youngsters from other academies....personally dun want to see an academy capable of producing lampard, ferdinand, cole, noble, tomkins resort to poaching promising youngsters

• Junyang700

  30 Oct 10, 23:41

  Seems like Avram Grant did make a promise and fulfilled it tonight.
  
  10 more mins and a draw is confirmed with Arsenal. =)

• Junyang700

  30 Oct 10, 23:51

  Bad news... 90 min goal by Arsenal....

• omgukilledkenny

  30 Oct 10, 23:52

  1-0 loh.

  Nice goal by Alex Song. Good cross from Clichy.

  Poor Greening made so many saves throughout the match liao. Crossbar and pole did save them a couple of times though.

• Junyang700

  30 Oct 10, 23:54

  Not many balls tonight.. haha..

• gunner77

  30 Oct 10, 23:59

  finally a goal

  well i guess its 3 points that matters

• sg123123

  31 Oct 10, 01:20

  Late Song goal breaks Green resistance

  Watch the highlights here - http://soccertube.net23.net/?p=264

• pasirrisboy

  2 Nov 10, 22:29

  Nasri's free kick cannot tahan lah. Hit post! 

  Aiya Arsenal not enough bullet to shoot the Hammers! 

   

  R Green played quite well though...