Source: PA
Upson: We have to look at ourselves
West Ham captain Matthew Upson admits there will be plenty of soul-searching within Avram Grant's squad as they look to turn their season around.
The Irons remain rooted to the foot of the Barclays Premier League following Saturday's home defeat by Newcastle - when the players were booed off with some supporters calling for the manager's dismissal.
Grant's men must now collect themselves to focus on Wednesday's visit of Stoke in the Carling Cup, where victory would go some way to lifting the disaffection from the Upton Park terraces.
Upson, who picked up a slight hamstring problem on Saturday, believes there is plenty for the squad to digest.
"The supporters have every reason to be quite bamboozled how we can play so poorly in the second half, but we have to analyse that as a group," he said "The manager has to figure out the answers and we have to work on it. That is the only way to progress.
"If we do that we have enough to see us through this league campaign. It's just a case of getting it out there on the pitch. We have to go away, analyse and find out the reasons why we unperformed. We know two wins is really going to pick you up out of there and thrust you into mid-table area. I think that is an area we feel we can realistically maintain."
