"We expect the same again; every team we are playing is really up for it as Crewe were yesterday - which is why the win was so pleasing," says the skipper.
"We managed to combat that and win 3-0, and Gillingham is going to be the same again, with a fiery battle - but we are ready for it.
"Trevor is definitely not taking the job and it looks as if it is going to be Alan Pardew so I think they are just trying to get it sorted out.
"But we just don't know how long it is going to take and as far as we are concerned Trevor is doing a fantastic job.
"He is doing great, but it is a difficult one to comment on for the players because we don't know what is going on behind the scenes.
"Long may it continue but whoever comes in is going to do it their way."
Christian says there is a real unity about the squad and explains:
"It is a good group of players here with a lot of passion about them now and a lot of fighting spirit so we are on the right tracks.
"It is due to the type of personnel we have got now and the size of the squad - it is a very committed group of players that are here now and anyone that comes in has got to fit in with that.
"There is a lot of togetherness and we socialise a bit together as well which is helping a lot; that is important and it has probably been missing a little bit over the last couple of years.
"But the wins help breed the togetherness and we have got to keep winning."
And Christian dismisses claims that there is any sort of communication problem between David Connolly and Jermain Defoe amidst a story that they don't pass to each other.
"It is rubbish; the thing is, they both love scoring and if they get the chance to shoot they shoot," he insists.
"But we have had a bit of a laugh about it in training, to be honest, when they square it to each other or don't.
"We joke that they should have passed it or that they aren't talking to each other.
"I can't believe it; I read it for the first time in the programme on Saturday and I think the papers have picked up on that but it is just nothing at all.
"They both want to score, of course they do, and shoot when they get a chance - you don't want to take that away from people."
David Connolly is now on six goals for the season to Jermain's four, and the pair have forged a partnership which belies the theory that, since they are both similarly diminutive players, they couldn't play together.
"It is healthy competition going on and there is nothing wrong with that - they are both lively, that's for sure," he says.
Christian, handed the captain's arm band by Glenn Roeder following the departure of Paolo Di Canio and in the continued absence through injury of Steve Lomas, is revelling in the role and adds:
"It is a great honour to have it but you need 11 boys who are trying to lead on the park, and it is obviously good to try and help the younger boys.
"I like the responsibility; I have had it at other clubs I have been at and it suits me."
Christian is hoping West Ham can continue the winning habit on the road at Gillingham on Saturday after the Crewe victory followed the win at Ipswich, also under Trevor Brooking, and sandwiched by that home win over Reading.
"It was a great result to win 3-0 at Crewe and pleasing to win four on the trot; it is never easy because that is the way the league is.
"The win at Ipswich was pleasing as well at the end of a week when we had had bit press during the week and it was a difficult game.
"We battled really well and went to 2-0 but still went for third - that is the way Trevor plays, going for it.
"We dug in really well and it was not a bad win with two great goals. "Matthew Kilgallon did really well on his debut, playing left back where he has never played before, and he gave us good aerial presence.
"He is a good footballer and can be proud of himself; he has settled in no problem - we have shuffled it about a little bit and everyone has done their bit."
Christian, of course scored direct from a corner on Saturday - something that has happened only a couple of times in the last two seasons - and West Ham scored their third at Gresty Road on Tuesday when Matthew Etherington powered home a half volley when a corner was only half cleared.
"There has been good distribution with Jermain on one side and Wayne Quinn on the other and we scored another one on Tuesday when the ball got nodded out and Matt scored a great goal.
"As for myself, I would like to score more goals; it was great to score on Saturday and I was so pleased to do so but we could have got a couple more to make it easier.
"We were pretty solid throughout that game though and Reading didn't cause us many problems really even though they had a bit of possession.
"You have to be up for it, as I said at the start of the season, and you have got to have players who are up for it - we have got that so hopefully we can keep everyone fit and free from suspension to keep it going.
"It is going fine but I think it is important we don't get carried away because it is only seven games; it is pretty tight with other teams winning as well."
As for recent the departure of Glenn Roeder, he adds:
"I wish Glenn all the best and he is a great man."
Meanwhile, Christian has absolved his international manager Bertie Vogts from identifying him live on TV in an interview following Scotland's defeat by Germany.
He was heard swearing in the tunnel and Vogts told Christian, by name, to calm down.
There will be no action from UEFA, however, though there was a worry that that could happen.
"To be fair, you couldn't blame him for that," says Christian.
"It was my own fault and I am a bit like that and there is no point in trying to hide it - I wouldn't kid anyone, that is just the way I am.
"All right, you don't want to swear on TV but I didn't know it was on TV."