The England Under 19 and Under 20 international bagged his first senior goal for the club against Sunderland earlier this month, which was his first full start for the club.
Stanislas has made a habit of scoring goals on his debuts as he netted two for Southend whilst on loan this season against Luton in the FA Cup.
He has exploded onto the scene this year along with teammates James Tomkins and Freddie Sears as West Ham have pushed themselves into the top half of the table under Gianfranco Zola.
The jet-heeled wide player will terrorise defenders and his introduction played a huge part in England Under 19s 2-0 victory over Italy last month.
England’s assistant manager Noel Blake praised the impact of Stanislas and predicted a bright future for the prodigious talent. “Junior came on for the second half at a time when we needed to quicken up a little bit and Junior added a new dimension to the team,” said Blake.
“He can play centrally or he can play wide and give that little bit of spark. He got into good scoring positions and only a last ditch tackle stopped him scoring.”
"Junior has been a surprise. I knew about his technical skills but I didn't know about his mental strength."
He made his Hammers debut coming off the bench against West Bromwich Albion in March and speaking after that game insisted he wanted that experience to be the first of many as he attempts to become a first team regular
He told whufc.com: "It was a good experience. I was glad to get on for 20 or 25 minutes and show what I can do. Obviously it wasn't long enough for me to do everything but hopefully I did a little bit and showed a few people that.
"I have put in a lot of hard work over years and years and it was an amazing night for me. All that hard work paid off. Obviously I now have to keep working hard to achieve my dreams.
"To start a game would be nice, but I'd be happy just to get some more game-time in the first-team under my belt. I just want to keep learning and taking things from the other boys in training and keep pushing on."
A goal on his first full start against Sunderland ensured that Stanislas’ dream has come true and penning a new deal that will tie him to the club until 2013 means that he will complete ten years after linking up at the age of 11.
"It's good to have signed. I've been working hard and doing well on the training ground so the new contract is a bonus,” he told whufc.com. "It's a great show of faith and I've just got to keep working hard."
Hard work has obviously paid off thus far for Stanislas and who knows what he can achieve in his career but the early signs are extremely promising. Just ask Franco.
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