Source: Team_Talk
Zat hopes Hammers fans turn on team
Defender Zat Knight believes Bolton will reap the reward if they can turn West Ham's supporters against their own team.[LNB] The Trotters travel to Upton Park tomorrow hoping to register their third successive Premier League victory in east London.[LNB]Avram Grant's West Ham crashed to a 3-0 defeat at Aston Villa last Saturday and Knight knows their fans will grow restless if they struggle again.[LNB]"The crowd will get behind them but their fans demand a lot," Knight told Bolton's official website.[LNB]"If we can play our type of football, press them and get them on the back foot, then hopefully we can make the crowd turn.[LNB]"Maybe then one or two their players' heads will drop and we can capitalise by getting one or two goals.[LNB]"West Ham will obviously want to do better than they did last week as they made a poor start against Villa.[LNB]"For us we want to do better than our draw against last weekend and I don't see why we can't come away with the points we want.[LNB]"Although we believe it was a good performance against Fulham you always want to better yourself.[LNB]"If we do that against West Ham then we believe we'll come out on top."[LNB]Bolton have lost just twice at Upton Park in the last decade and the ground gave manager Owen Coyle his first away win as manager, a 2-1 triumph in March.[LNB]Former Fulham centre back Knight, however, refuses to be swayed by that record.[LNB]"At times it's not good to look at previous form because it's about what happens on the day," he said.[LNB]"Sometimes form can go out of the window and we know it will be a tough match because it's West Ham's first game of the season.[LNB]"We did everything right there last season. We defended well and scored a good couple of goals.[LNB]"Maybe they could have got something right at the end but they didn't and we showed good fighting spirit.[LNB]"We need to have that throughout this season, and not just against the teams in and around us but in the big games as well."[LNB]Bolton kicked off the new Premier League campaign with a goalless draw with Fulham at the Reebok Stadium and Knight was delighted with his team's defensive display.[LNB]"It was a good start to the season for us against Fulham, every player did their bit," he said.[LNB]"We kept a clean sheet - last season we didn't do that until the second half of the season, so that was pleasing.[LNB]"It would have been nice to win our first game of the season. It wasn't meant to be but it's a great platform to carry on.[LNB]"Pre-season went well and we have two players in every position so the boys know they have to play well to keep the shirt."[LNB]
