Irons back on track after vital victory

He said: "It's the obvious thing to say but they (the players) have shown in the last three games more determination, more work-rate, and sometimes that's what you need to spark yourselves off.
"I think the work rate against Spurs, Blackburn and today matches the work rate against Man United but in between it's never been the same. I think the penny's dropped.
"We now know we have to work that hard in the Premiership and hopefully this is the little bit of lift-off we've been looking for."
The Boleyn faithful will be praying that this will indeed be the lift-off for unlikely escape from relegation and, if the players put in the same level of effort in the remaining seven games, they might just have a chance.
Carlos Tevez was inspirational. The livewire Argentinian, playing in his favourite striker role, ran the show in the first half as he tormented a Middlesbrough back-line shaken by Bobby Zamora's second-minute goal.
Time and again he coaxed hapless Boro defenders out of position and his direct dribbling posed problems for his markers. Curbishley acknowledged Tevez's crucial contribution.
He said: "Every now and then he overindulges but that's what West Ham fans are used to, one or two of those sort of players, and hopefully he's given us a bit of a spur and we can take it on from there."
The manager was not getting carried away but at least there is now a more positive mood around the club.
"What we've done is get ourselves back on track a little bit," he said. "All we can do is try to win the majority of our games. We are looking at other results but we've got to get ours first. It doesn't matter if it's us or Charlton, we're still chasing that fourth from bottom spot.
"I think Charlton have got some of the teams around us. We've got Sheffield United and Wigan so it could be an exciting end to the season. One or two of those clubs have been outside the bottom three and perhaps they are starting to feel the pressure now."
The pressure will be back on the Irons this Saturday (April 7) when they visit Arsenal but with Tevez at last hitting top form they could just spring a surprise in north London.
As Curbishley said: "We've just got to keep going and try to get the results, but we might just win games nobody expects us to win."
And it would be typical in this topsy-turvy season if the Hammers became the first club to take three points at the Emirates Stadium, giving their fans just a little hope in the process.
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