The Chilean needs to quickly start turning his disparate collection of individuals into a team to avoid more unrestIt would be premature, though only a little, to suggest that when the Premier League returns on Saturday it will find West Ham in crisis mode, yet there can be no doubting that Manuel Pellegrini needs a result at Everton. If the fifth fixture of the season seems rather early for a must-win game, Pellegrini has to at least convince fans, board and players that he knows what he is doing and is capable of turning West Ham into a viable team instead of a collection of individuals who look as if they need a word with their agent.Alan Shearer on Match...
The 2014 Premier League winner with Manchester City has to stiffen the defence, rebalance the squad and handle controversial owners Related: West Ham landing Manuel Pellegrini has the look of a managerial coup Continue reading...
Manuel Pellegrini’s old players, a collection Guardiola has spent most of the season trying to move on from, were to the fore with the endgame on the lineAt times during a frazzled, occasionally surly first season Pep Guardiola has looked a little culture-shocked, a man chafing at the edge of things. It has been an uncomfortable embrace, with a sense of a man half-in half-out of the door, pretending to like the tea, smiling politely, but still vaguely scandalised by the raggedness, the physicality, the lack of order.Well, this was a bit more like it. On a tight, bruising night at the Etihad Stadium, with the season’s endgame on the line, Guardiola oversaw what must be the least Pep-ish Manchester...