Clarke confident West Ham win around corner

West Ham United management are confident a win is around the corner.

Hammers No2 Steve Clarke believes his team will get their campaign back on track this week, with another home match - against Everton - in the offing this weekend.

"We are going to give the fans our first home win," the former Scotland and Chelsea full-back vowed. "We are gong to give them the win they want. They have a good memory of the finish of the Arsenal game where we finished strongly (to draw 2-2 from 2-0 down).

"They are going to take us into those two matches and they are going to push us to the win that we need. It's important we get a win sooner rather than later so tomorrow night is a terrific chance for us."

As a former defender of some repute, Clarke knows his team cannot keep conceding goals at the rate they are.

"We have conceded 14 goals in the last six games - that's too many and we know that," he added. "We are working as hard as we can to address that. Confidence is one of the reasons. If you aren't winning matches, confidence goes.

"You become over-anxious to win, and you can leave yourself a little bit open. Last year, we maybe didn't score as many goals as we should have done but we had a more solid foundation. You have to find the balance."