Quote Originally Posted by animallittle3 View Post
You were doing alright in the PL under Pullis but that wasn't good enough because you weren't playing like the 1970 Brazil team .

You got him out and were relegated the season after .

That worked well didn't it ? .

It's laughable you get rid of Val because of his style of football and then hire hmmm Steve Bruce !!!!!!

Paid us £2m for Val , bring Mowatt in and then pay another £8m for Dike and then get shut of Val .

So that's £10m plus and wages plus Mowatt's signing on fee plus wages only to sack him after 6 months .

It makes no sense .
The Pulis era was one of the darkest in our recent history, IMO. I'm sure most outside our club will disagree but they didn't experience it. When you turn up week in week out to see a side setup at home with 10 men behind the ball with the aim of knicking a goal off a set piece, it's not entertainment. It's not really the football we all fell in love with. We were on the slide with him anyway as sides had figured out how to combat his style, which is exactly why he hasn't done well since he was sacked by us.

Val-ball wasn't as bad as Pulis to be fair. But he just couldn't figure out how to get us breaking down sides that park against us. We saw no change each week. He's highly effective at keeping it tight and would no doubt be good for a club with low expectations but he didn't have a clue how to break sides down. He was as found out as Pulis was. If he'd have had a more tactical brain and tried new things, we would probably all still be on board with the project, regardless of the results.

You realise we still have Mowatt and Dike for the next manager? And the one after that...?