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Bilic: Hard work is needed
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has warned his players that they will have to work hard if they are to avoid being dragged into a relegation battle.
Saturday's 5-1 defeat to Arsenal was the Hammers eight loss in the Premier League this season to leave them just a point above the relegation zone.
Bilic is confident his side will improve but he admits they will have to work hard to ensure their fortunes improve in the coming weeks.
"We have to work hard. There is no secret. You can ask me to say words and a secret formula but you have to work hard," Bilic told the club's official website.
"We changed the system, we changed the personnel, we turned things around at the club, we used a lot of players. Some of the players are back from injury, some of the players are new. {You have} to try to provoke and force something new.
"I am positive that we aren't going to be in this situation in one month, two months, three months. Especially not in May. But we are talking about now and now we are.
"The situation is like this. I’m positive, I’m brave, I’m optimistic but it is time to say what it is really is openly without pointing fingers and all that. [I have] no problem that the responsibility is all mine. We can’t continue like this. We can’t."
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