Pellegrini’s seven little words tell the full Irons story
Most of what the manager and his backroom team do is done quietly and without the first sign of fuss and bother.
Pellegrini made it clear during those opening games that he had suffered series of poor results previously in his career and the word ‘gel’ had never been used more often!
But this is West Ham and therefore a drama became a crisis.
Everybody from former pros to lazy red top journos and a few worried fans were either calling for the return of David Moyes or claiming this obviously highly talented man hadn’t the stuff required to turn things around.
In fact, he has shown himself to be exactly the person this particular club needs more than any other – a calm and composed operator a million miles from Slaven’s excitable personality and the dour image developed over the years by Mr Moyes.
We won’t mention their predecessor – you will know where I’m coming from.
It would have been ridiculous not to feel concerned after those first four games but the reality is that after six we are starting to look a very good team even with Marko Arnautovic absent. That by the way was a real bonus from yesterday.
But just as it was wrong to go totally OTT in the bad times, let’s remain calm like him during the current good. Over reaction is not good but has become a sympton of life at West Ham for perhaps a little too long.
The Everton and Chelsea results were great – there was so much to admire – and once Felipe Anderson starts really firing there will be a lot more to come.
In the meantime I’m as pleased as punch that the club has a manager whose character and attitude is introducing an era of reflection, certainty and stability to a club which at times has resembled a madhouse of emotion.
Ranting, raving and ‘all about me’ managers leave me cold.
I’m enjoying Pellegrini very much indeed and those seven words at the height of trouble are precisely what I wanted to hear.
No, he will not fail this club. Of that I am certain.
COYI