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	Does Alan Curbishly have a future at West Ham?

The Hammers (West Ham) led 2-0 and then 3-2 but ended up losing 4-3 in a cruel end to the game.

Naive  Naive is the word…it is down to lack of confidence and mental toughness, knowing how to see a game out.   Alan Curbishly, West Ham manager

West Ham boss Alan Curbishly blamed his team for being "naive" 天真的. He means that the team have a lack of knowledge and good judgement. He said they did not know how "to see a game out" 善始善终；坚持到底, in other words: how to complete the game.

Lift-off  Since I have been here we haven't managed to get a lift-off.   Alan Curbishly, West Ham manager

The Hammers are now at the bottom of the Premiership table and have only won one in 12 games since Curbishly took over 接管 in December.

He said they hadn’t managed to get a "lift-off" 起步；开端”. He means in this context that they haven’t been able to make a good start. The phrase 'lift-off' is normally used to describe an aircraft rising into the air.

Determined  We have got to keep going. We can't give up.   Alan Curbishly, West Ham manager

The team now face relegation 降级 but Curbishly still hopes that their luck will improve and they will begin to win. He says they won’t "give up" 放弃 or stop trying and they must "keep going" 坚持下去 or make an effort to continue even though they are in a difficult position.

The manager’s optimism and determination may be rewarded, as the 大象传媒’s sport reporter Garry Richardson was told that the club chairman wants Curbishly to keep his job.