The Hammers manager says it is too early to know where the limits are for his third-placed team but sees no reason why they should drop dramaticallySlaven Bilic holds up a finger and flicks it like the rev counter in a car. The calibration of a high-performance engine is not unlike that of a top-level footballer. The margins between purring and stalling,the West Ham United manager explains, arrive down to percentage points; to details that he refers to as practically “invisible”.This time final season, or under his predecessor Sam Allardyce,West Ham sat fourth in the Premier League, on the back of a domestic win over Manchester City and they were still in fourth before the Boxing Day fixtures, or after another domestic win against Leicester City.
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Source: theguardian.com