Pellegrini: Nothing’s changed but humble pie can be good
And it came to a head last weekend under a headline suggesting he should be sacked or that he should walk.
Nothing has changed of course and won’t until tomorrow at the earliest when all the hopes are that he will somehow conjure what looks like an impossible win from the most difficult of games.
My opinion hasn’t changed on anything but I want it to. I’d love to eat humble pie. I want to celebrate and I want to wake up on Sunday morning relieved and happy like everybody else.
Bitterness and hatred form no part of my nature as far as West Ham’s fortunes are concerned because down the years I have become entirely used to disappointment and grief.
Never was a club theme more appropriate – fortune is indeed always hiding – and it’s at the moments of peak optimism that the cloud covers it.
It would be ridiculous to start talking about uniting behind the team tomorrow because everybody with Hammers in their hearts will be doing so.
I read last weekend a couple of comments from fans where they claimed that they wanted a 4-0 beating so the manager would be sacked.
Sorry, I don’t understand any of that and whilst I have the most serious doubts I hope Pellegrini can turn things around and restore a sense of stability!
None of the candidates being mentioned seem particularly interesting to me but of them all Sean Dyche – as a tough talking, and probably over-achieving boss – would be my personal choice.
Tomorrow (Saturday) is a key day in our history – we have had poor bosses, reasonable bosses, now a big name boss and John Lyall as a great boss.
Should Pellegrini fail I have real worries about where we go from here!