Former West Ham United fullback Nigel Winterburn concedes his old club are in danger of going down.
The Hammers have dropped back inside the bottom three after Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Tottenham and Winterburn, who suffered relegation with the Irons, says this current team isn't too good to go down.
Asked if West Ham are in trouble, Winterburn, on behalf of OLBG, told Tribalfootball.com: "Yes, they are.
"I was in that West Ham team that went down in 2003 and it's no good thinking you're too good to go down because you're not.
"When you're down there the pressure mounts unbelievably and as the games tick by and you don't get yourself out of that bottom three with a cushion, then you're never quite sure how players are going to react.
"You can talk about it all you like, but you need to get results on the board.
"It's looking as if West Ham would start to pull away a little bit, but the results below them over the weekend and that performance at Tottenham wasn't ideal.
"I just thought for the first time it looked a bit negative.
"David Moyes has done a super job with West Ham, and I've said that on many occasions, but it obviously looks like the confidence has been sucked out of the team.
"They now need to try and dig out a couple of wins very quickly which they're struggling to do.
"Whilst they sit down there, pressure will mount on David Moyes because of what he's achieved in the past couple of seasons.
"But you can never say you're too good to go down because you'll look at it one day and it'll be too late to change things."
On Monday, Flynn Downes declared it was time for West Ham to be realistic and recognise they're in a "relegation fight". The midfielder's comments are supported by Winterburn.
He continued: "At this moment in time, they're in real danger and you can't hide from that fact.
"All the teams down there will be fearing they will be relegated, and you've got to do something about it.
"The onus is on the manager and the players to change things because they're the only ones that can."
