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Slaven Bilic has admitted that he smelled complacency at West Ham ahead of the clubs disappointing start to the new campaign. Nick Jensen Jersey . The Croatians first season in charge was a successful one with the club qualifying for Europe after a seventh-place finish in the Premier League.But following the move from Upton Park to the London Stadium last summer, results suffered as West Ham lost five of their first six league matches. Slaven Bilic explains why West Ham have had a poor start to the Premier League season The slide has been arrested as they have gone unbeaten in October and reached the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, but Bilic said expectations were too high at the start of this season and focus slightly slipped as a result.We got a bit of that complacency, he told Sky Sports Geoff Shreeves.I smelled it. I didnt know and at the end of the day I am the first to say that it is my responsibility, always, because I am the manager here.I smelled it during the pre-season when I spoke to the press. You have press conferences even in pre-season and before our qualification games for Europa League and 70 per cent of the questions were about Champions League.What are you talking about? was in my head. On one hand you dont want to be pessimistic, but on the other hand - and I was talking about it to my staff - if they are asking me those kind of questions they are asking the players the same kind of questions.What is the reason? We are not afraid of anyone, but why are we talking about Champions League? Highlights of the EFL Cup match between West Ham and Chelsea in midweek We played at home against Watford and in a pre-match interview I was asked are you thinking of an easy 3-0 win? and I was like What are you talking about?This is the Premier League and we are West Ham. Nobody can talk about an easy 3-0 win. We are hoping and sometimes you are expecting if everything goes well, but those kind of things got us in a state of a little bit of complacency.You dont do it deliberately. You dont even notice, but it comes. Just five per cent is enough here, with a little bit of bad luck… to get you in serious problems.Thank god we reacted well and on time. West Ham travel to Everton on Super Sunday on the back of Premier League victories over Crystal Palace and Sunderland and a midweek EFL Cup win over Chelsea.Bilic is hoping for three points to see them continue their rise up the table and agreed with the suggestion that they exceeded expectations last year.On one hand I agree with you, he added.We are the victims of our own success, but what should we have done? Highlights of West Hams 1-0 win over Sunderland Lose a few games once we are safe? Then it wouldnt be a great season, it would be ok, and we would be on our toes? No.We are not the first and we are not the last team to be a victim of its own success.We are a club that is moving places. We have a new stadium. The board and the whole West Ham family is trying to move this club to another level.For more from Geoff Shreeves interview with Slaven Bilic, tune in to Nissan Super Sunday: Everton v West Ham from 12.30pm on Sky Sports 1. Also See: Bilic on fan trouble Everton v West Ham Your clubs lucky ref Man Utd v West Ham on SkyGordie Howe Jersey .C. -- Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Bobcats got off to a fast start, and the Sacramento Kings were never quite able to catch up. Terry Sawchuk Jersey . The head of USA Boxing came out swinging Tuesday with an open letter to Tyson -- a former Olympic hopeful himself -- that accuses the former heavyweight champion of trying to poach fighters who might be candidates for the U. http://www.cheapredwingsjerseys.com/?tag=adidas-luke-glendening-jersey . Meanwhile, there were huge victories for Sunderland and West Ham over fellow relegation rivals, leaving the battle to avoid the drop up for grabs with the bottom 11 teams separated by just six points. Eden Hazard and Fernando Torres scored second-half goals to seal a fourth straight victory for Chelsea, which climbed above Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings ahead of their games on Monday and Sunday respectively. NEW YORK -- Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki said Monday that he is getting closer to returning from a sore right Achilles.Nowitzki missed his fourth straight game with the Mavericks 93-77 loss to the New York Knicks. He had a lengthy pregame workout, but by then, it was already decided that he wouldnt play.The biggest issue is still running, Nowitzki said after the game. Im not a big runner at this stage in my career, but I cant really go up and down yet. I havent run in full practice. So its not quite there yet, but the good thing is its getting better. I dont have the soreness I had last week, obviously. Ill be doing more and more.Nowitzki sat out the second half of Dallas loss in Portland on Nov. 4 and hasnt played since. Although the Mavericks are 2-7, they dont want the 38-year-old forward back until hes ready.I think hes reallly close. Jimmy Howard Jersey. Hes feeling a lot better, and we just dont want to rush anything, owner Mark Cuban said. Theres no reason to rush anything with him.The Mavericks are playing without injured guards Deron Williams and Devin Harris. On Monday, they shot under 39 percent against a Knicks team that had been struggling defensively. Nowitzki, the No. 6 scorer in NBA history, knows the offense will return once he does.We cant score enough. Obviously, thats the one thing I can sort of do, Nowitzki said. I might not be any good at any other thing anymore, but I can still score a little bit and help the team score, just helping offensively as much as I can. So its tough. 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