West Ham assistant manager Neil McDonald has hailed the work of his boss Sam Allardyce this season and called for the 59 year old to be named manager of the season.
Speaking after Saturday's 0-0 draw at home to Newcastle that leaves the Hammers just one win away from mathematical Premier League safety, McDonald praised Allardyce's achievements this season and backed him to walk away with the award at the end of the campaign.
"At the start of the season, publicly we were talking about survival, but privately we were targeting the top ten," McDonald told whufc.com.
"We broke the season down into small goals and most of the time we achieved those goals. If we set a target for top ten and we achieve that, I don't see why Sam shouldn't be a contender for manager of the season."
Defensive consistency has been the key to the Irons' success this season, and Saturday's shut-out against the Magpies was the side's twelfth clean sheet of the season- the club's best defensive top flight season since achieving the same numebr of clean sheets in the 2008/2009 season.
Manager of the year might be a bit much, but Allardyce certainly deserves credit for the organisation and consistency he has brought to the club, and fully deserves the new contract which should be coming his way any day now.
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
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