Avram Grant has paid tribute to the supporters who braved sub-zero conditions to cheer West Ham United on to a 1-1 Barclays Premier League draw at Blackburn Rovers.
While every other top-flight game bar Sunderland versus Bolton Wanderers fell victim to the snow and ice over the weekend, Ewood Park was passed fit following a Saturday morning inspection.
Around 1,500 Hammers fans ignored the elements to make the 500-mile round-trip to Lancashire and were rewarded when Junior Stanislas equalised Ryan Nelsen's opener with just 12 minutes remaining.
"It's a good point," said Grant, who lost Zavon Hines (knee) and Valon Behrami (hip) to injury just before kick-off, having seen Robert Green and the ill Radoslav Kovac withdraw from the squad on Friday. It's a draw away from home. We deserved more than this but we had to come back from one-nil down. I'm happy with a point.
"I'm very impressed with the supporters. If I could give them something I would give them the point and they could take it home with them! They were behind us and their support when we were 1-0 down was superb. They respected the effort that we gave and we also respect their effort and if I could give them the point I would because they deserve it.
"I think the last two weeks have been the worst weather since I arrived in England five years ago."
Grant was pleased with his players' efforts in battling back from a goal down to snatch just their fourth away point of the campaign.
The Israeli also lauded the impact made by substitutes Stanislas and Carlton Cole, who both made a positive impressive after arriving from the bench moments after Nelsen's 51st-minute opener. The manager had needed to think again about his attacking options, with Victor Obinna not travelling because of a leg injury.
"The spirit was very good and I was very impressed with this. A lot of the players have given everything even when things were not going well at the beginning of the season. The substitutes did well, too."
While his replacements did well, Grant was also pleased - but not surprised - by the performance of debutant goalkeeper Ruud Boffin.
The Belgian was drafted in for his maiden appearance in English football after Robert Green, who should be back on Boxing Day after only just failing to recover in time from minor surgery, and Marek Stech were ruled out through injury. The 23-year-old responded with an encouraging display.
Indeed, he was hugely unlucky to concede a goal to Nelsen, making a miraculous save, only for the New Zealand defender to divert the rebound into the net with his knee.
"It was a good performance and the save before the goal was a good save. We know from the training that he is a good goalkeeper."