West Ham United keeper Adrian is hoping his team-mates can produce their best form to make it a memorable final year at the Boleyn Ground.
Adrian has many fond memories of his time playing in east London following his move back in 2013 and knows this is going to be an emotional period for everyone connected with the Club as we countdown to the final ever Premier League game against Swansea on May 8.
The Hammers could not have asked for a better start to the campaign as they recorded a thrilling 2-0 win over Arsenal on the opening day last Sunday.
Slaven Bilic marked his first Premier League game in charge of the Club in style after seeing Cheikhou Kouyate and Mauro Zarate score the goals to record the first victory at Emirates Stadium since 2007.
With nine new signings coming into the squad during the summer, Adrian has no doubts that the squad has the strength-in-depth to compete with the big teams and hopes the team can maintain their position in the top half of the table.
Adrian said: “With all the new signings we are a stronger squad and we know this is going to be an emotional final season for everyone at the Club.
“The mentality has changed. Slaven wants us to play more with the ball from the keeper and the defence and keep the possession. We are attacking a lot which is dangerous for the other teams.
“It was a very good start for us against Arsenal but we now have another big match against Leicester on Saturday and we will be working hard towards that game.
“We now play our first game at home in front of our own fans and you never have an easy game in the Premier League but we will be doing everything to get the three points.”
Adrian had special praise for big summer signing Dimitri Payet who showed straight away why he is going to be such an influential player for the Club this season.
Payet helped set up the first goal for Kouyate and was a constant threat to the Arsenal defence throughout the game.
The West Ham keeper believes he will only grow stronger in the coming months and could be one of the star performers in the Premier League this season.
Adrian added: “Dimitri is a top class player and showed straight away in the first game what he can do with a great debut.
“He is adapting so well to the Premier League and is going to help us a lot.”