6:21pm Friday 5th February 2010
SCOTT PARKER claims the mood in the West Ham camp is buoyant following the takeover of David Sullivan and David Gold last month.
The pair bought a controlling 50 per cent stake in the club and moved quickly to bring in three new players in the January transfer window in Benni McCarthy, Mido and Brazilian Ilan Araujo.
Parker admitted the team was pleased to have seen the situation resolved, with a few wins to distance themselves from the relegation zone the next goal.
“It (the takeover) can only be good for the team,” said Parker. “The negativity surrounding the club the last few months has never helped. As a player you are always the last to know, but you read what you read and it isn't good. But things have settled down and it seems more stable now, so I'm sure we can push on.
"We just need to win some games now. We're in a relegation fight and we need to win games."
The midfielder also revealed manager Gianfranco Zola has encouraged the middle men to start contributing in the goals column.
“I think we all need to chip in. We need to chip in, midfielders, forwards, everyone. We need to turn the draws into wins. We've had a lot of draws. We're unbeaten in six in the league now and we are doing well and we have got a little bit of solid about us. But we really need to turn those one points into three."
The Hammers will be hoping for three vital points when they make the trip to Burnley on Saturday for what is a crunch clash at the foot of the table.
He added: “We've got some massive games coming up with teams around us and they are winnable games. We really need to go out and get three points in them.”
Parker made his first appearance for several weeks in the goalless draw with Blackburn Rovers at Upton Park last week, and he admitted he was glad to be back.
"Yeah, it was okay. I wasn't quite right to start and I've been out for a little bit now so I was pleased to be involved and try to help the team. It was a shame we couldn't get the three points but we have to take the positives. It was another clean sheet and we got a draw so it's pleasing."
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