The Ginger Pele reckons the West Ham board will keep Manuel Pellegrini as manager until Christmas at least.

With the next few games absolutely massive, cult hero Collins reckons the Christmas boot is in prospect if we are hovering around the foot of the table.

“I think they’ve got to give him time, obviously his pedigree speaks for itself,” said Ginge on talkSPORT (8:48, Wednesday, November 11th).

“Look what he did at Man City, you don’t just turn bad in seven games, he’s got the squad there and their next two games are huge.

“If you’re getting into Christmas and you’re seeing themselves around the bottom of the league, it does get tough.

“I’ve been there at West Ham, every game is a pressure game, I certainly think he will have up until Christmas then they’ll look at it again.”