West Ham United No2 Neil McDonald is confident they'll finish in the top eight.

McDonald believes that the East London club can still finish the campaign strongly.

McDonald told the club's official website: "Our progression is trying to get into the top eight if we possibly can. At the start of the season it was top ten and with the points we started off with it was realistic to set the target a little bit higher.

"We just fell short over the last four or five games against the top teams in the league. Hopefully we can pick up a few points now and believe in ourselves as we have done against the top teams."