Sam Allardyce has mixed feelings after yesterday’s goalless draw at Swansea City but is ultimately pleased to see his side secure another clean sheet on the road.
Despite being the better side at the Liberty Stadium, the Hammers were unable to come away with all three points.
And Allardyce believes that the result was good but he and his players are disappointed not to have won the game, especially with all the chances they had.
He told whufc.com: “We’re disappointed in the dressing room and the lads know that we should be celebrating a little more than we are.
“It’s another magnificent clean sheet, another snuffing out of the opposition and classic counter-attacking football in the first-half.
“But in the end we failed to put the ball in the back of the net, sadly. It got more difficult in the second-half because we didn’t pass it as well as we did in the first, but yet again that superb defensive quality we’ve got held out for the point.”
And with the Hammers enjoying some decent form away from home, Allardyce now wants his players to begin performing at he same level at the Boleyn Ground.
“Our main concern now is to make sure when we play at home that we don’t lose any more matches,” Allardyce said.
“We’re going to try and win against Aston Villa and settle that score at the minute, because three defeats at home on the trot is just not acceptable for us.
“If we’re going to have a good away record this year, we can’t start faltering at home, we’ve got to be as good as we were last and we haven’t been at the moment in terms of results. Not so much performances, but certainly in terms of results.”
