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The relegation circus rolls on this weekend with a visit to the south coast, and against all odds, Alan Pardew will still be the ringmaster. Having a manager that wants to leave but won't resign and a board that wants him out but won't sack him is, to be honest, a farce that would put 1990s Albion to shame; but then, what would football be without a bit of nostalgia every now and then?

It'd be nice to think that before he takes his inevitable leave, Alan would rally the troops enough to put a few more points on the board and beat our previous lowest tally, but neither he nor the players have shown any threat or inclination to do so in recent weeks. In which case, Bournemouth, it's over to you. Show us a bit of charity, eh? God knows we've done it for enough teams through the years...