The goalkeeper may have kept his manager in a job, but the jury remains out on Pellegrini despite a morale-boosting winSometimes it takes a third-choice goalkeeper to change a season. After refusing to accept the glaringly obvious for two wretched months, Manuel Pellegrini finally saw sense and made the change that could save his job as West Ham’s manager.
Out went Roberto, one of the worst goalkeepers ever to play in the
Premier League, and in came David Martin, a 33-year-old journeyman who never imagined that his West Ham debut would come in a 1-0 victory over
Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.