Avram Grant has refused to set West Ham a points target to avoid the drop but predicts teams will need more than 40 points to stay in the Barclays Premier League. But the Hammers boss insists that consistency rather than a points target will be most important in the run-in.
"We have spoken about being more consistent in our games and making a good balance between defence and offence," he said.
"We have also talked about scoring more goals and conceding less goals and about how we do it. We train different too.
"But I don't believe in [having a points target] so much because last year West Ham stayed in the league with 35 points.
"The year before it was 35, two years before it was 38 and this season I think it will be 40 and more.
"We want to take as many points as we can and then who knows, nobody knows.
"I don't think one manager knows how many points will be enough to stay in the league."
Just eight points separate Bolton in seventh spot and the final relegation berth in one of the tightest relegation run-ins of recent years.
"We have thought about this but I am sure other teams are thinking the same thing," he said.
"Every team can be relegated and every team can be in 11th place at the end of the season, but we are only thinking about ourselves.
"I think we showed many good things even in the first half of the season and now things are better, we are more consistent.
"If we only think about ourselves we can do it. It will be tough, it is not easy and we don't have easy games but also if you look at our games we are not an easy team to beat."
