(03-10-2015, 19:09)Slick_Footwork Wrote:

(03-10-2015, 18:50)TheBaggieMan Wrote: Whilst no means an Irvine fan, we are worse off now under Pulis than we were after 8 games last season and the football is even worse, and that's not easy to do. JP, get rid now and save our club from the real threat of relegation and the derision it is suffering from the likes of Savage and Ian Wright. 

Nigel Pearson would be a good shout especially when you look at what he achieved at Lesta and the team that sits 4th in the league is basically his.

Ska'd, there may have been one or two others who were concerned over Pulis' appointment but perhaps not as voracious as The Baggie Man !!!

You need to realise that the majority of people who were pro Pulis, were pro Pulis because we needed a manager with experience at handling the dog fight, getting the best out of garbage squad and keeping us up. Pulis did a damn good job of that. He got us winning at home again and made us hard to beat to boot.

However, that doesn't mean every person who was pro Pulis back then, a year ago, wanted him to be in charge of us forever. Football evolves and expectations change. In an ideal world, if you had a Chairman with an understanding of the game and a set of stones on him, Pulis would've been pulled in as a short term to keep us up and then ditched when we had £30m to spend (Based on the fact he failed at Stoke when they started spending big).

Unfortunately very few Chairmen have that understanding and the balls to ditch someone on the back of 'success'. In the rare occasion when it does happen (Southampton ditching Adkins for Pochettino), the chairman is usually slagged off for it.

Ultimately, the blame has to go with Peace and board for a succession of poor recruitment decisions. If we'd employed someone with a decent track record last summer, instead of Irvine, who was out of his depth in the lower league - we probably would never have been in this mess.

(03-10-2015, 18:41)Worldclassalbion Wrote: Ska'd I know what you're saying but we just need a manager/coach who wants to play attacking football as this is absolute dross, and one who plays players in their respective correct positions.

De Boer's looking to get into the premier league isn't he

Pearson is a good shout as when Robbo was sacked didn't we win 4 and draw 1 under his leadership before Mowbray was given the Job?

(03-10-2015, 21:23)May68 Wrote: The only plus point is that Newcastle, Sunderland and Villa are even worse than us.  However there is a danger that they might get their act together at some point.
I sort of felt sorry for the players today. Particularly Brunt who got tormented by Zaha, played out of position, and got a nasty blow to the nose for his troubles. Brunt is one of many technically gifted players in this team who are having all of the football coached out of them. Berahino needs to get out soon for the sake of his career. He will struggle to get more than 8-10 goals a season with this style of play. It wouldn't surprise me if Pulis loses the dressing room at some point soon. The players look fed up.