can it get any worse

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WEST HAM are ready to make an audacious move for Neil Warnock.
Boss Avram Grant is running out of time with the team bottom of the Premier League and only three games remaining.

Warnock has just taken QPR back into the big-time by clinching the Championship title but Hammers insiders still reckon a deal could be done to lure the controversial Yorkshireman from West to East London.

QPR's promotion is still undecided with the outcome of the FA disciplinary hearing into illegal third-party dealings over the signing of Alejandro Faurlin not expected until Friday.

Warnock is a hate figure among West Ham fans after he considered a personal lawsuit against the club in the wake of the Carlos Tevez affair.

But an Upton Park source said: "Even if QPR did make it into the Premier League, Warnock's still a target.

"He has a fabulous track record of getting teams promoted and the view is that he'd stand a better chance long-term of managing in the top flight with West Ham than with Rangers, because of the relative sizes of the clubs.

"The fans hate Warnock but if he won a few matches and knocked the team into shape would they still hate him or swallow it and back the team?"

Norwich boss Paul Lambert is also on the West Ham wishlist with Grant looking doomed after just one season.

An official move for Warnock would probably have to wait until the summer should West Ham go down.



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[Dutch HAMMER]

FFS, get O'Neil in!!

What do you think, will we stay up or go down?

[Dutch HAMMER]

West Ham boss Avram Grant took full responsibility for his club's struggles as the Hammers teeter on the brink of relegation from the Barclays Premier League.Thomas Hitzlsperger's equaliser earned a 1-1 draw against fellow strugglers Blackburn but Grant's side remain at the foot of the table with just two games to play.The trip to Wigan next Saturday looks likely to be a make or break clash for both sides as they fight for survival and a win at the DW Stadium could yet keep the Hammers in the top flight for a seventh successive season.Whether or not Grant - who was roundly booed by the Upton Park crowd when he appeared on the big screen during the first half - will still be in his post if they do remains unclear but the Israeli refused to shy away from the pressure he is under.He said: "It's my responsibility. My responsibility. All the professional things that happen in the club. I cannot argue with the position."I can argue about the football that we play, which is positive and good. We are missing the player of the year in Scott Parker and we're bottom of the league, and other players, and we're dealing with it as well as we can. I want the results to be better. I'm not looking for excuses or saying we have no luck, but we need a bit of this. It could help. You need to wait and see about my position. My position is not important."