Quote Originally Posted by holmleighchris View Post
Spot on Sweeper. He kept us up but ruined us a a spectacle. We would have been better staying with Irvine, getting relegated that season if it came to that. We have had 3 wasted seasons. That said the players should have responded to Pardew better. He gave them the licence to attack if nothing else. How can we play like we did at Liverpool in the cup then be so clueless in other matches? Pardew was a poor appointment but the players need to look at themselves as well.
Pulis was the right man when we were sinking under Irvine. We had a good second half of the season under him. Then we had 2 seasons where we started well and our form dropped off a cliff alarmingly once we'd hit 40 points. Last season we spent weeks on Everton's tail vying with them for 7th spot. Then we lost 3 nil at Goodison and we finished not 8th but 10th. That's when we should have got rid of Pulis.

This season we started with 7 points out of 9 and he gets a new contract. He didn't win another match.