[BaggieSteve]

Sadly, 4eva, I'm sure Pulis and his coterie of fans who seem to adore him, will claim he's never been relegated because, technically, he hasn't. What he'll refuse to acknowledge is that, as you say, under him it was inevitable we would be relegated and, as Paul Scharner rightly says, he ripped the heart out of the club.

You're spot on: even allowing for Pardew's incompetence, this is Pulis' relegation