ALAN Curbishley has told his players to send Bolton Wanderers down to the Coca-Cola Championship.

A West Ham victory at the Reebok Stadium - where the Irons have never won in six previous visits - tomorrow would leave The Trotters staring down the relegation abyss.

And Curbishley, whose side have lost five of their last seven matches, has ordered the Hammers to show no mercy to Gary Megson's strugglers.

The Irons boss also urged his players to look back to the same stage last season, when the Hammers were themselves putting together a run of seven wins in nine matches to escape the drop on the final day of the season.

"As I have been in similar positions and the opposition really don't take it into consideration," he observed.

"They want to get the result themselves too and win the game.

"When you have not won for three games, like us, the motivation is there.

"We need to get the result as it makes everything else easier."

Ravaged by injuries that have ruled 11 first team squad members out of tomorrow's game, Curbishley's side have struggled in recent weeks, drawing at Everton before losing to Sunderland and Portsmouth - defeats that cost the East Enders the chance of overhauling ninth-placed Manchester City.

And the Irons manager has called for an immediate improvement.

"For me, in the last three games, we were in position to take more points and, had we played better, we could have done," he added.

"In the last couple of weeks, we've gone into a situation where we've managed to produce probably our worst run of the season, coincided with the chance for us to finish in a decent position in the league.

"So it's been unfortunate, but we have still got five games left, and I'm a firm believer that the next game is the chance to pick three points up.

"We know how Bolton are feeling - we've been there before - but we need to go and do our job.

"We need the result for ourselves and our fans."

Curbishley's cause will be helped by the return of England defender Matthew Upson, who is fit again after injuring his calf in the 4-0 defeat at Liverpool on March 9.

However captain Lucas Neill (twisted ankle) and midfielder Mark Noble (hamstring) are unlikely to feature.

"Matty has trained all week. We felt Tuesday was a little bit too early but he is back this weekend," Curbishley confirmed.

West Ham: (from) Green, Walker, Neill, Spector, Pantsil, McCartney, Upson, Ferdinand, Tomkins, Mullins, Parker, Noble, Collison, Solano, Stokes, Boa Morte, Cole, Ashton, Sears, Camara, Zamora.