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West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce says a top ten finish remains their target this season.
Allardyce, who takes West Ham to Sunderland on Saturday looking to build on last weekend's 3-1 win over Swansea, spoke of aiming for a top-half finish before a ball had been kicked and is eager to get into February before potentially readdressing his goals.
"If we're still here towards the end of January then we'll reassess our aims," he said.
"By that point we'll have played 20 games, we'll have played everybody once so we should have a good indicator of where we are. So we'll see what everybody has got in their locker, everybody would've seen what we have in ours so it'll be a question of whether we can carry it on.
"We might have a little worrying spell during the Africa Cup of Nations in January, that's why I'm not prepared to do any more predictions until they come back.
"We don't want to get carried away. We just want to keep on playing the football we're playing at the moment. Everyone is enjoying themselves, there's a good buzz around the training ground which is always a good sign.
"I think competition for places keeps everyone hungry, there's quite a few disappointed players because they haven't played as much as they wanted and that is very healthy from my point of view. It keeps them on their toes and gets the best performances out of them."
-Tribal Football