Sam pleased with fixtures

Last updated : 23 June 2013 By Plymouth_hammer

“The fixtures have been kind to us at the start of the season as they were last season,” Big Sam told whufc.com

“It will be important to challenge the players to try to achieve the same amount - 14 points from our first eight games - as they did last season.  The ones that are important are the newly promoted sides and we’ve got Cardiff first game, which I think is the toughest time to get them in the whole season.

“I’m pleased that at least we are playing them at home and not away.  It casts my mind back to the start of my career at West Ham and a 1-0 defeat to them in my first game and I want to make sure we don’t repeat that.

“The other games will be about us maintaining our home form and making people aware that when they come to West Ham they will be in for a tough afternoon because we play attacking football against the opposition and create chances.”