[HRK]

Regarding Pulis, I've felt for some time that we're in danger of becoming like West Ham fans did with Big Sam a couple of years back.  Nothing he did for them was ever good enough.  They got their wish, he got the boot, and now look at them.  Shipped five at home today and the Taxpayers Stadium is half-empty.

Not that I'm absolving Pulis for some of the worse performances and results we've had, but I do wonder how it is that there's such a gulf between how our fans view him compared to Roy Hodgson; who, let's be honest, employed much the same approach to the majority of games.  I suspect the major differences are simply that a) we have a negative history with Pulis due to his Stoke years, and b) Hodgson as a man comes across as a likeable, old-fashioned gent - the sort of bloke you're proud to have representing your club in the media - whereas Pulis, as this week's court verdict illustrated, just doesn't have that same honourable exterior.

How much you personally like someone really shouldn't matter in football management as long as they're getting the results (and ideally bringing the performances to match), and at the moment, with a good few pints in me, I think Pulis has earned some renewed faith from us.  But I'm still not sure that the fanbase as a whole will ever really warm to him.  And so the good work he's done here will probably only really sink in once he's gone, and someone far less competent is at the helm.

Couldn't have put it better myself Ska'd. I've never really been fond of Pulis and that's solely because he always beat us when at Stoke. We've had several poor performances (particularly Villa and Southampton at home last season, Stoke away also to an extent) but we've equally had some very impressive results - our current run included.

He must only leave when there is a well thought out and planned transition to another manager who must be an improvement on what we have. For now he's certainly earned renewed faith and I'm really looking forward to Chelsea away despite having to get up earlier on that Sunday than I do for work! 

We rode our luck massively yesterday though - I don't think Watford played that well but 3-1 flattered us a bit. Phillips, McAuley, Evans, Nyom & Yacob all had fantastic games, and a special mention to Foster for a world class save to prevent the OG and what would have been a turning point in the game.

Nyom celebrating infront of the Watford fans on the third goal made my day though, their fans general reaction on Twitter was quite funny to read as well. Obviously like Sunderland fans when they were giving McClean stick, they can dish it out but not take it back 

COYB!