Curbishley's steady course

13 April 2012

Alan Curbishley is refusing to take credit for West Ham's great escape last season because he blames himself for putting them in trouble.

And he will only celebrate if he builds a Premier League club at Upton Park who stop yo-yoing between drama and crisis.

The Hammers travel to Newcastle today having lost only once in the league this season to move into the top six and Curbishley believes that a positive result will allow them to claim a good start to the season.

He is, however, not about to get carried away.

He said: 'We need a steady, consolidating season. That might not sound like the sexiest thing, especially with the expectations in football now, but that's what we need.

'People talk about the great escape but I never bought into that because my fingerprints were all over us being in that position in the first place.

'When I arrived I said my first aim was to keep us up and the second to build something in the long term. That's where I'm at.'

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