GARY Megson has pleaded with Wanderers fans not to hand West Ham an advantage when they come to the Reebok on Tuesday night.

The manager is hoping that differences will be put aside for 90 minutes as the Whites head into one of their most crucial games of recent times.

Speaking after his side’s thrilling 3-3 draw with Manchester City, Megson knows his own fractious relationship with the Wanderers supporters could hand the Hammers an incentive as both sides look to climb out of the bottom three.

“We need absolutely everyone that comes to this place on board on Tuesday night,” he said.

“I won’t make any bones about it, if I was manager of West Ham I would say keep it quiet, get the fans on their back moaning at the silly bloke on the touchline and try to create an atmosphere that suits us.

“I would also say that when Davies comes around you, throw yourself over and try to negate the strengths that he has got. But, hopefully, we can use that in reverse and really put West Ham under pressure both mentally and physically.”

Saturday’s draw against City gave the under-pressure boss both reason for optimism and more food for thought.

Ivan Klasnic scored twice as Wanderers matched their expensively-assembled opponents stride for stride.

But their defensive problems again came to the fore, losing the lead on three occasions against a side who played the last half an hour with 10 men following the dismissal of Craig Bellamy.

“There is disappointment in there, but we have to use it as a spur,” Megson said.

“I would have thought it was one of the best games Bolton have been involved in for donkeys years.

“We should have won the game, Mark Hughes might have a different view because they had one or two decent opportunities themselves.

“If we’d have had City’s quality in the same positions that we were in, we could have been looking at a six or seven goals there. We had fantastic opportunities at 3-2 to put our foot on it, settle down and work our way through City’s back two at the end.”

And Megson does not think his side’s physical exertions against their North West rivals will have any bearing on tomorrow night’s game.

“I have got absolutely no worries at all,” he said. “We need to play football at that pace.

“We were asking for the tempo and we asked for the first goal — and we got it. That’s the 22nd time since August 2008 that we have scored the first goal and on those occasions we lost three of the games, to Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa.

“We need to play like that.”