Hull City boss Steve Bruce has hailed the work of Sam Allardyce at West Ham United.

Bruce says Allardyce has now assembled the BEST West Ham side he can ever remember.

He said: "Sam has proven himself - if he ever had anything to prove - by doing it for so long and by the way he has done it.

"He had Bolton sixth for three years - that's a remarkable achievement. Within four years he has taken West Ham on a remarkable journey.

"He brought them up, kept them up and they look as good a West Ham team as I have seen for years.

"They have a little bit of everything in them.

"He's wrongly pigeon-holed as a manager who plays this so-called long ball - but Everton played as many as West Ham did from what I could see in a fantastic game of football the other night."

Bruce added: "It's certainly the best West Ham team I can remember and fair play to him for assembling it because they look a very good side."