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I, personally, don't think we are that far off being OK. I don't think the fixtures have been too kind to AI either. Newcastle, Chelsea, Arsenal and then West Ham, all of them in the top 6.
No single team in the prem would realistically expect to get much out of them fixtures.

Alan Irvine was always on a hiding to nothing, no supporters wanted him and clearly, still don't. Trouble is, this has been going on now for at least the last 2 years. Last year was the 'get rid of the Manager' campaign at the end of the SC reign, then we had months of the 'get rid of the players' campaign with St Pepe Mel, who could do no wrong, now we are back on another 'get rid of the manager' campaign. There seems to be no end!!

JP may well be looking to replace AI, who knows, (the result v's Villa may be the straw) but as I have said on here before, I'm not joining the lynch mob.