West Ham ace Scott Parker insists the players are completely behind under-fire boss Avram Grant.
Players support Hammers boss
West Ham ace Scott Parker insists the players are completely behind under-fire boss Avram Grant.
Grant is the subject of continued speculation about his future and he appears to have survived following a board meeting at Upton Park on Wednesday.
Despite the pressure, West Ham have lost just one of their last seven matches and are just one game away from Wembley as they lead Birmingham 2-1 following the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final earlier this week.
And Parker insists that he and his team-mates are fully committed in their support of Grant.
Asked if the players were united behind him, he replied: "Yes, definitely.
"The lads are fighting as much as the gaffer is fighting. We're all in the same corner.
"We're all trying to do our best for ourselves, for the manager, for the club. The manager's got tons and tons of experience and he's doing a good job.
"If you believed everything you heard about this club, you'd be rather a stressed man.
"Avram's demeanour seems quite relaxed and chilled out and I think that filters down to the players.
"Obviously we're feeling positive. We have been on a run of good form, if you take the 5-0 defeat at Newcastle out of it.
"We have picked up some good results and we will go into the Arsenal game confident.
"It's a London derby and hopefully we can pick up some more points."
