West Ham United midfielder Mark Noble is convinced they can finish in the European places this season.

Noble is confident about achieving that target, especially as Gianfranco Zola has the club playing attractive, attacking football.

"If you see the way we are playing, the football we are playing, even if we go 1-0 or 2-0 down we still play the right way and I think that's the only way he wants us to play," said the England U21 international.

"Some of the goals we have scored lately, the movement and the passing, have been fantastic and at the moment it's a pleasure to play in this team.

"The last two games (against West Brom and Blackburn), even though we haven't lost them, six months ago we might have lost them. But we didn't, we have drawn them.

"We have got so many injury problems at the minute, but we have got on with it and dealt with it. I think we had six youth team players on the bench last weekend and we managed to come away with a draw, so I think that's credit to the manager.

"As players we are sticking by him and hopefully when we get a few players back we can have another go at securing seventh place."