The Hammers had an excellent start to the season and were in the top-four frame at Christmas but have fallen away and their manager feels that they "should have done a lot better".West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has revealed his frustration at the club's season and believes they have wasted an opportunity to "nail their best finish for years".
When the Hammers beat Leicester City 2-0 on December 20 last year, they sat fourth in the table and looked well on course to better the seventh place they achieved in 2001-02.However, Allardyce has overseen just two league wins since then - against relegation-threatened Hull City and Sunderland - to leave his side in the bottom half ahead of Saturday's visit of Burnley."The true fact of the matter is that we should have nailed our best finish for many years a long time ago," he told the press."We don't want to be disappointed at the end of the season."We're in a run that we know we should have done a lot better from but we want to enjoy the next four games by performing well and winning."Despite the season promising so much at one stage, West Ham need to win three of their remaining matches just to equal the 51 points they recorded last term.Allardyce's future has been the subject of much speculation, with his contract due to expire at the end of the season.
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