West Ham's Avram Grant on emotional high for visit of Everton FC

28 December 2010 00:00
AVRAM GRANT is confident the emotional high of West Ham's win over Fulham will trump any physical advantage Everton may have in tonight's Premier League clash at Upton Park.[LNB]Hammers boss Grant accepts the visitors will be 'more fresh' than his side after their game against Birmingham was postponed due to the frozen and burst pipes at Goodison Park.[LNB]But West Ham go into tonight's match in east London having hauled themselves off the foot of the table courtesy of a 3-1 Boxing Day success at fellow strugglers Fulham.[LNB]There was also the added boost of it being their first league victory away from home since the opening day of last season - 28 matches earlier - as well as the fact it was achieved after they fell behind.[LNB] 'Sometimes, when you win, it's also better than good training, so there's a psychological side,' said Grant, who nevertheless admitted he would rather Everton had played on Sunday.[LNB]'I would have preferred that they had played and we had come with an equal situation.

Source: Liverpool_Echo