(22-02-2018, 21:32)Lord Snooty Wrote: So, when you came to ours, it was all about Pulis. Seeing as you've gone from mid table to seven points adrift, do any of you regret hounding him out? Or do you still blame him for all that's followed?
Tony Pulis had to go and he should have gone after the Huddersfield defeat instead of after the following match which resulted in a 4-0 defeat. Tony Pulis did good things for the club but when his team can no longer defend properly and is not effective in the minimal attacking that it does, then the time comes for him to leave. The same happened to him at Stoke and it will also eventually happen with Middlesbrough.
When Tony Pulis left we were just outside the relegation zone but we were going to drop into the relegation zone whether he went or stayed and I believe that if he had stayed, we would be in a even worse position with him still at the club. That is how much he lost the plot.
He was replaced with Alan Pardew which I was happy with because he was the best guy in the "Premier League experience" category that John Williams restricted us to. I'd have preferred Óscar García but that would have been a risk. Unfortunately for Alan, it just hasn't worked for him here. He has made mistakes, some glaring, but he has also had player problems (Barca4, injuries to best players and underperforming players) and the same lack of luck that Tony Pulis also suffered from at times. If we lose on Saturday then I expect him to leave.
Overall I don't think even Pep Guardiola would keep us because there are fundamental problems within the club that goes above who the Head Coach is. From the top with the incompetent buffoons who were running the day to day operations to player recruitment (which Tony Pulis is to blame for given he had final say on transfers) to poor coaching, player ill-discipline and poor performances.
If we go down then the club will rebuild and come back up in a stronger postion.