WEST Ham midfielder Mark Noble hopes the team can keep up their recent prolific form in front of goal and continue to distance themselves from the threat of relegation.

The 21-year-old has been one of the Hammers’ most consistent performers this season, and he even managed to get himself amongst the scorers in the 3-0 FA Cup third round win over Barnsley last week with a well-taken penalty.

After a run of only four goals in 11 games the Irons have struck a purple patch by winning their last three matches, with nine goals arriving from six different players in that time.

And Noble insists the impressive recent record has come as no surprise, given the 'unbelievable' football he feels the team have been producing this year, while he was keen to reserve special praise for striker Carlton Cole, who has scored in each of the last three games.

"We’ve been playing some unbelievable football and passing teams off the pitch, but if you don't score goals you don't win games,” he observed. “But we’ve been doing that the last three games. I’m pleased for Coley to have got himself of the scoresheet lately and he’s getting in the right positions now.

“There was a full range of goalscorers (on Saturday), which is also encouraging.”

While the team have muscled their way up to tenth in the league, Noble warned that a lapse in concentration would see them slip right back into the relegation dogfight.

“We’ve managed to put three wins together now,” he added. “We’ve got some good games coming up but we’ve said this before and then we went on a losing streak, so we just have to keep working hard and get the points on the board.”