UNDERFIRE West Ham boss Alan Curbishley has urged the club to remain patient with him.

The Hammers completed a hat-trick of 4-0 defeats yesterday after they crashed to another heavy loss at Tottenham, following big defeats against Chelsea and Liverpool last week.

Curbishley woke up to reports this morning that he could be shown the exit door at Upton Park, although he has urged the clubs board to take into consideration the east Londoners heavy injury list.

He said: "I think they are realistic about it but we'll have to see on that score because it's a results business.

"Up until this week we hadn't been too bad so we'll have to bounce back.

"We're in football and nothing surprises anybody but I would have thought (they would understand). They are realistic about what has gone on. They get the update every Monday of the injury situation.

"Any other team that has had six or seven out every week would find it difficult. You can see the difference in teams with settled sides."

The Hammers boss was also far from pleased with defender Anton Ferdinand after he gifted Dimitar Berbatov the opening two goals that sent Spurs on their way to a big win at White Hart Lane.

"He was nowhere to be seen," said Curbishley.

"He's got to dig in, he gave a penalty away against Chelsea early in the game and put us on the back foot.

"You can't allow centre-forwards to have free headers.

"Berbatov didn't have to jump. Then straight away there was another one. It's difficult to come back from it."

Curbishley did however sypathise with midfielder Luis Boa Morte, who was dismissed just before half time for two bookings.

"We took two wallopings going into the game and I asked for more aggression and application," he said.

"He was done for persistence.

"Luis put a wholehearted performance in but he's on thin ice and has to make sure he gets to half-time. He hasn't and that has killed us off a bit."

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