Hutchison - Hammers are heading in right direction

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Don Hutchison knows a thing or too about West Ham and Everton having made over 150 appearances for both Clubs and is expecting a great game at Goodison Park on Sunday.


Hutchison is thrilled that his former team-mate Slaven Bilic has managed to turn the Club's season around and believes the team will be brimming with confidence as they look to make it four wins in a row....



This is obviously a hard game for me as I captained Everton and had two spells at West Ham.

I hope Everton put on a good show but at the same time want West Ham to continue this good run of form they are showing.


I thought the victory over Crystal Palace was superb and really set the lads on their way. Getting an away win is great and brings back the confidence.


They needed to follow that up with a home win and managed to get the last minute victory over Sunderland.


I was looking at the league table the other day and another win over Everton could see the Hammers move up to eighth and that is incredible.


I know Slaven would love to see his team repeat the performance they showed at Goodison Park last season when they came from two goals down to win 3-2.


Everton is always a hard place to go and I can remember playing for Everton and thinking West Ham were a soft touch back in the day.


I was then playing for the Hammers and I don't recall us getting much from our visits to Goodison Park. It is a hard place to go and there is always a great atmosphere.


I think if the Hammers can take a point, it would be a plus and if Slaven could take all three it would be wonderful.


I played at West Ham and Everton with Slaven and when you play for both teams you get a great association with both Clubs and former players love going back.


I am delighted that Slaven has managed to turn things around and send him a few text messages to say I am right behind him like most of the fans are.


If you are knowledgable about football, you will know that West Ham have suffered a lot of injuries.


Cresswell has been badly missed but he showed what he can bring to the team when he came back against Crystal Palace and a number of the injured players are now back so it all looks good.


Slaven has always wanted a fully fit squad and that is when he should be judged. The players who have been missing are not squad guys, they have been bought to play in the first-team so when you get them back I can see West Ham moving right up the table.


Crystal Palace showed with a couple of wins how quickly you can move up the table and it is the same with West Ham.


We need to get a few more home wins and I am still convinced that London Stadium is a magnificent Stadium.


I played at Upton Park when there were 35,000 fans getting behind you. I can't imagine what it is like when you have nearly 60,000 fans so we need the fans to get behind the team and generate a great season.


Who would not want to perform in such a great arena and that is why opposing players want to play here as well because it is a beautiful surface and a magnificent Stadium.


I have been down to the training ground and you have got people like Mark Noble and James Collins and you have guys who know how to train and are down to earth. More importantly on the pitch they know how to put a shift in.


If you are asking me for a prediction for the game I will go for a 3-3 thriller! I am sitting right on the fence.