West Ham manager Sam Allardyce told co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan he has nothing to prove ahead of the visit of Sunderland . Allardyce ’ s future remains uncertain as he goes into Saturday ’ s match having not won in the Barclays Premier League since January 18 against Hull City . The 60-year-old ’ s contract expires at the end of the season and Allardyce is prepared to fight for his job as he declared anything less than 10th is unacceptable . West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has told co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan he has nothing to prove . Allardyce ’ s future remains uncertain as he goes into Saturday ’ s match with struggling club Sunderland . West Ham co-oweners Gold ( right ) and Sullivan ( left ) look on during a Premier League match . ‘ Win all nine , I ’ m doing great . Lose all nine , get rid of him , ’ he said . ‘ That ’ s a bit of tongue in cheek , but it ’ s true . Everybody would go away and say what a bad season it ’ s been . If we turn it around , what a great season . ‘ I don ’ t have to defend myself to the owners . We all know in terms of where we are . I ’ m disappointed . The players are disappointed . ‘ David Sullivan and David Gold are very disappointed in the run we ’ ve had up to now . At the end of the day we ’ re still 10th . We ’ ve still got 39 points . We ’ ve still got nine games to go . ‘ Anything less than 10th is going to end up being hugely disappointing , and around eighth is massive progress for us . Anything more than that would be a massive over-achievement for this squad. ’ Allardyce confirmed he will be without James Tomkins for the remainder of the season after the defender needed surgery on a dislocated shoulder suffered in training . Allardyce will be without James Tomkins for the rest of the season after surgery on a dislocated shoulder .
West Ham face struggling side Sunderland on January 18 at home . Sam Allardyce has come under pressure after a poor run of results . West Ham have not won in the Premier League since Saturday . Big Sam : ' I don ’ t have to defend myself to the owners '