Gold and Sullivan: Quietly optimistic...

Like me, many of you may have had a bad year last year. You might have lost your job, had health worries, had marital problems... It happens, but the key thing is to use the start of a new year as the impetus to move on and enjoy better fortunes. So it is for West Ham too.

During 2009, barely a week went by when we weren't being told about The Hammers' escalating financial deficit.