......... we had played the rest of the season as we have in the last three games. If we had, we would be comfortably in mid-table. Phillips gave Mourinho a nightmare of an afternoon and I thought Livermore was excellent. These two have typified the problem as they have been poor most of the time. In my opinion we are going down because of Pulis' negative tactics and the lack of respect that the players have obviously shown to Pardew. This does not excuse the players but it must be difficult to play for a manager who they don't rate or respect. A great shame, as we looked a decent side today and were enjoyable to watch.