West Ham United captain Kevin Nolan has urged fans to get behind manager Sam Allardyce.
Nolan played under Big Sam previously at Bolton Wanderers, where the manager guided the Trotters to eighth place, the League Cup final and European qualification in their third season back in the top flight in 2003/04.
A decade on and the No4 is backing his boss to reproduce a similar level of achievement with West Ham in 2014/15.
He told whufc.com: "You want to stick with Sam because you have to look at what he has did at Bolton - he took the club from a Championship side to competing in Europe in five years and his record speaks for itself when he is given the time to develop the team the way he wants it to be.
"We have always been playing for him, without a shadow of a doubt, if you ask any of the lads in our dressing room. The Gaffer has got the full backing of every one of us. He has done a magnificent job here over the last three years.
"I have been a part of that with him, so I have seen the difference of when I first walked into the Club and what he has done. The lads and the staff all recognise the magnificent job he has done, so although it hasn't gone to plan this year in respect of what we expected to do, I don't think many other teams would have dealt with that as we did.
"I honestly believe it is because of the characters Sam has produced inside this Club that is why we have been successful in staying in this league."
