David Moyes says he has been impressed with the response of his players since arriving at the Club a couple of months ago.
The Hammers are looking to climb out of the Premier League’s bottom three with victory against West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday, following a December which saw them take eight points from six matches.
That saw them arrest a slide which yielded only three from the previous eight and Moyes believes there is more to come from the team as they head into 2018.
“I've got to say I'm really enjoying it here,” the manager said. “I've not enjoyed bits of the last couple of games but I'm enjoying being at the club.
“The players are good, I'm enjoying working with them, the players are having it. We are laying into them because we want the performances to be better, and behind the scenes we are not letting them get away with anything.
“We are trying to raise the standards, we're trying to raise all the things to give us a chance of getting away from the wrong end of the table.”
One of the elements Moyes wants to see more from his side on Tuesday is a return to the defensive solidity shown at the start of December.
Since keeping three clean sheets in a row against Chelsea, Arsenal and Stoke, the Hammers have conceded three against both Bournemouth and Newcastle and Moyes knows they can’t afford to do so again when they take on the Baggies.
He added: “I've thought we've always had the ability to score but we are still liable to concede goals and that's party down to individual mistakes.
“I wouldn't put it down to the unit not being right, but individual mistakes, that was the case at Bournemouth [and that’s what we need to avoid].”