Having given Ashley Cole a torrid time at Chelsea on Saturday, Freddie Sears is itching to be West Ham United's Barclays Premier League saviour.
The Academy product was at his confident and direct best at Stamford Bridge, repeatedly taking on the England left-back and putting a succession of dangerous crosses into the home penalty area.
For Sears, the joy of returning to the starting XI after a two-month break inspired the No19 to produce a display full of pace, verve and commitment. Drawing confidence from his performance, the 20-year-old is determined to start and shine again in West Ham's final four fixtures as Avram Grant's team battle for survival.
"It was obviously hard today and it is never easy playing against Chelsea or Cole bit it was a good opportunity for me to play as I have not played for a long time.
"I've not been playing and it has been frustrating. My last game was against Burnley [in the FA Cup fifth round] but I feel that I have been doing well and impressed in training and been working on my game and hopefully that was my reward for the gaffer to give me the nod today.
"We have four games to go and I want to play in all of them. I would be lying if I said I didn't. I feel that I have something to give. The gaffer knows what I can do and how I can help out the team and it would be nice to feel that I can."
With Gary O'Neil ruled out for the remainder of the season with a serious ankle injury, Sears believes he is the man to fill the right wing berth, utilising his speed, movement and dribbling ability to cause problems for his opponents.
"I feel that I can stretch teams. The gaffer looks at me as having a bit of pace and I am a young lad and he knows that I have high energy levels and that I will work hard for the team. That is obviously a good thing for me. Gary has been doing very well on the right but he has go injured so this is my chance to get in and stake my place."
Looking at Saturday's 3-0 defeat as a whole, Sears believes West Ham were unfortunate to end up being beaten so heavily, having created a host of chances against Carlo Ancelotti's title-chasers.
Showing a positive attitude from front to back, the Hammers were right in the game until Fernando Torres netted a lucky second goal with six minutes remaining - firing home after the ball had got stuck in a puddle on the rain-soaked pitch.
"You come to places like Chelsea and it can go one of two ways. You either lay down and get beat or you give it a right go and that is what we did. Overall, I think that we had the better chances. But we got a bit tired I think and they nicked two goals which obviously put an unfair per complexion on the game."
Sears is now hoping that the two late goals his side conceded will not cost them dear come the season's end.
"I am not sure that it will come down to goal difference. At the end of the day we need to win the last three days and even the man city game we are looking now to go there and try and get one point or even three points."
"We looked at the results before the game. Sunderland won which puts them away from it all and that does a favour and the best result for us as we face them at in the final game."