Kevin Nolan has offered no excuses and apologised to West Ham United supporters following Tuesday's 5-1 npower Championship defeat at Ipswich Town.

The captain admitted the Hammers had simply not performed on the night at Portman Road and needed to put things right straight away when Millwall visit the Boleyn Ground on Saturday.

On a more positive note, Nolan welcomed new signings Ricardo Vaz Te - a former team-mate at Bolton Wanderers - Ravel Morrison and Nicky Maynard to the club.

Kevin, what went wrong at Ipswich Town?

"Well, eleven players didn't turn up for one. Two, we didn't do what we were supposed to do and three, Ipswich were good. Their gameplan worked better than ours and we were very poor. We can't get away from that.

"There were words said in the dressing room but one thing we have is togetherness and we're going to stick together through the good, the bad and the ugly - and that was ugly.

"We've got to get on with it now and look forward because we can't stew over it because we've got a big game on Saturday. Every game is a big game, but obviously with it being a derby it's going to be tough. We've got to make sure we're focused for that and give the fans what they deserve after Tuesday night.

"It must have been very disappointing for them and all we can do is apologise for the performance and thank them for sticking with us and we hope they continue to do so. Hopefully we will give them what they deserve on Saturday."

When you prepare as dilligently as you do for matches, what contributes to a result like we saw on Tuesday?

"It's very rare you get eleven players who just don't perform on the night. We didn't and we've got to hold our hands up. We're all big enough to say we didn't perform and Ipswich probably played the best game of their season.

"We've got to take it on the chin, bounce back from it and there's no better way than by doing it against Millwall in a derby at home on Saturday in front of 30,000 fans."

Saturday's visit of Millwall should provide you with the perfect incentive to bounce back to winning ways?

"Yes, but it's going to be tough. Ipswich were around the bottom and Millwall are around there, but there are no easy games in this league and that's what we've got to learn.

"As a squad we are still learning because we've got a lot of young boys who have done fantastically well. After 28 games we're top of the league and where we wanted to be - albeit after a very disappointing night.

"We've got to take the positives over the season and we can't dwell on just one game. Twenty-eight games in, if you asked any fan where they wanted to be, they'd all say 'Top of the league' and we have a two-point cushion, so it's nice.

"We've got to look at it positively after a very bad night at Ipswich and look forward to the next game. That's all we can do - put this to bed as quick as we can and get back on that training field and work our socks off to put it right on Saturday."

We have signed Ricardo Vaz Te - who you will know well - and Ravel Morrison. What are your thoughts on their arrival?

"Obviously, I worked with Vaz for years at Bolton. We had him from a young age, I think 16, up until when I left. He has undoubted ability and one who excites the fans when he gets going. He'll score goals as we've seen in the Championship with Barnsley this year.

"I don't know much about Ravel Morrison but I've heard a lot about him. He's an exciting young talent and I know a few players at Manchester United who speak very highly of him so hopefully he'll come here and give us something that we haven't got and will add to the squad and excite the fans."