BILIC: I DON’T FEAR SACK
Hammers boss vows to keep on fighting
SLAVEN BILIC has laughed off speculation he is set to be sacked.
The West Ham boss is a man under pressure following a lacklustre start to the campaign that sees the Hammers in the bottom three with just four points on the board. Carlo Ancelotti is the latest to be linked with his job, after he was axed yesterday by Bayern Munich. The former Chelsea boss expressed an interest in the post in 2011 when the Hammers were in the Championship. Bilic is used to seeing his job linked with others, with Newcastle’s Rafa Benitez touted to replace him last month. The Croatian is in his third season in charge of the Hammers and said the constant speculation feels like an emotional rollercoaster. “Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you are angry, sometimes you are down and other times it makes you more motivated,” he said. “It affects you, of course it does, you are human. “Sometimes it makes you ® more p **** d off when it happens to your colleagues.
“I can’t moan about my job. I am only fed-up talking about it. When you are doing good, average or bad, you can’t switch off.
“It’s nicer when it is going well. It is part of the job, of course.
“I want to get out of this situation and the only way to do it is to have more good days than bad days.”
The Hammers host Swansea tomorrow having been given a double fitness boost.
Michail Antonio is available after being forced off early in last week’s derby defeat by Tottenham with a groin problem.
And playmaker Manuel Lanzini is in line to make his first start of the season following a knee injury.