WEST HAM are stronger now than when the team beat Manchester Utd to seal Premier League survival, four years ago.

That is according to Jonathan Spector, who said: "It is a very different team from the one we had that stayed up then.

"It is a strong team that we have right now, probably stronger than we had back then. But it hasn't happened for us this season but now we have to come together as a group and get some points."

But the players should not seek any miracle cure for the current woes, insisted Spector.

“I am not sure there is a secret," he said. "It is about hard work and determination and the guts to want the ball, to want to play and to stick to your gameplan even if it is not going well for you."