""You have to keep it going; a lot of seasons are determined on how you finish the previous one and I hope we finish well and take it on to the start of next season," he stresses.
"If we get a bright start to that you get rid of your fears straight away and can then aim higher.
"The preparing for it starts now; Glenn will be looking at what he needs, who he can get rid of if anyone comes in for the players that he feels he doesn't need.
"Then him and Sarge have got to start planning on who they want to keep, let go, and the players that they might be able to get a few quid for so they can do a bit of ducking and diving on the transfer market.
"I think what Glenn wants is to get rid of a few players but it is easier said than done because players sit on fat contracts and you can't move them.
"He wasn't left with the healthiest of positions when he took over, and I think he has done extremely well - and it is important now that people who doubted him hold their hands up and say 'he is doing the job well'.
"I think behind the scenes it's a much more professional outfit; he leaves nothing to chance, we have grown up into the new century after being a little behind off the pitch because our way of thinking was behind the times.
"Glenn Roeder is up with it, he is a young coach who knows how to prepare everyone and it doesn't give players an excuse, because everything is there for them.
"All of a sudden it is good off the pitch as well as on."
Tony has a theory that seventh place could still be enough for Europe, and he explains:
"We don't know yet; there are so many permutations after that fifth spot - it might go down to seventh because of the Fair Play award.
"They look at the co-efficiency of the teams in Europe so if Liverpool and Manchester United have clean semi-finals, and a clean final perhaps, then it may go to seventh, dependent on who wins the FA Cup.
"If it is a team that has already qualified for Europe through the league, and we got a place from the Fair Play league by virtue of it going to the next place down the division, rather than having to top the Fair Play league ourselves.
"We are talking about Charlton, Aston Villa, and Spurs round about the spots that West Ham are and if we finish above those three or four sides it could be around £2m extra in the kitty."
Tony is delighted the way the Easter programme went and says:
"You can see points just slip away at Easter or you can get a great haul, as we did; we have got safety now and I think we need to look realistically at seventh place.
"It was a case of 'job done' at Fulham; I had a chat with Billy Bonds about it as he was at the game, and as he rightfully says, not every game is pretty.
"But it is three points in the bag and you would have settled for the two wins before the holiday; it is a great haul and we have got to say it is looking really good."
He doesn't anticipate a repeat of the 4-4 draw at the Valley earlier in the season, and adds:
"I don't think it is going to be like that; it will give Curbs and Glenn a heart attack if it is - but I'm sure that these two clubs would like to finish above each other."
The game has the added poignancy of being a reminder that Alan Curbishley was a contender to get the West Ham manager's job in the summer, and Tony adds:
"It is no secret that West Ham were interested in Curbs coming to West Ham as boss, and I still think, despite the noises Charlton made, that West Ham are the bigger club - there is no doubt about that.
"I think it was 'better the devil he knew', but I think it is a more talented bunch of players at West Ham; looking on it now, though, could he have done much better than Glenn? I doubt it.
"No one could moan about the way he has conducted himself."
As for the substitution of Paolo Di Canio on Monday, he concludes:
"It is not a subject you want to get on too much but West Ham needed the points, we went to a five man midfield, we got the points, and I think he should have been happy.
"If we had lost the points Glenn would have held his hands up but if Glenn has to make the decision again I hope he doesn't hesitate.
"No one is bigger than the club; you have to do what you have to do to get the points, and it will be crunch time next season as far as selection goes with Fredi, Paolo, and Jermain.
"But sometimes your decisions are made for you as a manager; whoever starts next season, if they do well, can't be left out.
"Sometimes it takes its own shape for you."