Source: Team_Talk
McCarthy: Pressure is on Hammers
West Ham trail Wolves by a point after losing their last four games and are the surprise team in this season's relegation battle.[LNB]McCarthy believes all the pressure will be on Gianfranco Zola's side and feels victory would have a real impact on Wolves' survival hopes.[LNB]McCarthy said: "It is their home game and they will be expected to beat us.[LNB]"In this fixture the pressure is on them.[LNB]"You can all do the maths. If we win this it will put a real dent in West Ham and it would certainly put some real daylight between us and Burnley and Hull.[LNB]"What would it do to us psychologically? What would it do to the rest of them psychologically?[LNB]"If we don't lose it would be a hell of a result for us. It is a huge game but more so for West Ham.But it won't be easy, that's for sure."[LNB]McCarthy expects West Ham to have targeted this game as key in their bid to stay up but that does not alarm the former Sunderland boss.[LNB]He added: "That would wind me up if I was going there as a player.[LNB]"I would take it is a personal slight on me that they think they could target us as a victory.[LNB]"Anyone who thinks that we are a soft touch has maybe had to change their opinion.[LNB]"When we were beaten by West Ham on the opening day of the season there was a lot of hollering and hooting going on that we were destined for the drop and they were destined for bigger and better things.[LNB]"It is amazing how, with eight games to play, we are all in the mix for the drop.[LNB]"So there is a damn sight more pressure on them now than there was 30 games ago."[LNB]Wolves head to London in positive mood after moving four points clear of the relegation zone with a win at Burnley and a draw at Aston Villa in their last two games.[LNB]McCarthy continued: "We are playing well away from home.[LNB]"If I had been offered four points from those two games I would have taken them and having got them we are going to West Ham feeling confident and feeling good about ourselves.[LNB]"But the pressure is still on us because we are not safe with the points that we have got.[LNB]"We don't want to suddenly breathe a sigh of relief because we have got four points from two away games and think that is it we can relax now.[LNB]"We want to kick on and pick up more points.[LNB]"I have looked at the fixtures that we have all got, four or five games ago.[LNB]"But as to how many points we need, we need more than three others.[LNB]"The only way we can make things go our way is with our results because with eight games to go it can turn around so quickly.[LNB]"But the players have earned the right to have a spring in their step.[LNB]"It is through their performances.[LNB]"But the Premier League has that disturbing habit of taking the spring out of your step very quickly if you don't manage it properly."[LNB][LNB] West Ham v Wolves. Click here to bet.
