The Irons are facing a battle for top-flight survival, currently four points adrift of safety, after just one win from the previous 11 in the Premier League. However, Grant has nevertheless guided his injury-hit side into the semi-finals of the Carling Cup, where they will face Birmingham. Whether or not the former Chelsea and Portsmouth boss will still be around for those ties in early 2011 has been the subject of intense media speculation. West Ham start a run of potentially season-defining fixtures against the sides around them in the table at Blackburn tomorrow, with the new owners at Ewood Park having axed Sam Allardyce - in turn linked to any potential vacancy which may crop up at the Boleyn Ground. Reports suggested the board - who only appointed the Israeli during the summer - have demanded at least one victory from the hectic festive schedule, or will be ready to make a change in the dugout, which could cost the debt-laden East End club around £5million to dispense with Grant's services. However, the West Ham manager - who has already had one 'Save our Season' match already - insists those rumours have no foundation. "This is not true. Nobody from the board spoke with me about it," Grant declared. "I speak with the owners all the time, but I didn't speak with them about this specifically." Grant quipped: "I will make it more simple for you - I approach every game like it's the last game of my job in football. "When you are in the football business, especially when you are a manager, you never know what is around the corner. "The first priority is always the next 90 minutes and that's what we are focusing on, nothing else." Grant insists he remains fully focused on dragging the Irons off the bottom. "I have a job to do and I never felt differently," he said. "I am thinking about how I can succeed with my team. "If I thought I didn't believe in this team then maybe I need to think about other things, but I believe in this team." The Hammers boss remains convinced his team can pick up the points they need to beat the drop. "They showed good spirit last week against Manchester City and that is what I need to focus on," he said. "I don't need to think about what is happening in one week or one month because I need to think about things that I can control and not things I cannot control. "I think we have a good chance to stay in the league, and that we have a good chance of following our vision for the club, being a very good club next year. "We know what we want from ourselves, but for the moment, we need to take points to do it. "It's not a good situation, but it is something that is possible. It's hard, but we can do it." Grant was less than impressed by the decision of Blackburn's new owners to remove Allardyce, who had helped stabilise the club. "Personally I don't like it because we're not even in the middle of the season," he said. "Even if the owners have a different vision, which we need to respect because they are new owners and sometimes they have different visions and can do what they want, I don't think this was the right time to do it." Grant continued: "I never know when it is a good time to play against a team like Blackburn because they are a good side. "They are playing well at home, but we have other ambitions. "We want to do our business and not focus on other people's troubles." Grant is keen to bring in some fresh faces during January, and has been linked with Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara, whom he had on loan at Portsmouth. "We will analyse everything and are thinking about how we can make the squad stronger in certain areas," Grant said. "We know what positions we can be stronger and better in and we are looking for players. "We have some names, but for the moment nothing is done. "We are not thinking about players leaving - but anything is possible."
