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JP - aided by Terry Burton - is to blame for this whole mess. Irvine's sacking comes 5 years to the day since Preston sacked him, and he followed that up by taking Sheffield Wednesday from the Championship to League One. How on earth could Peace and Burton think Irvine was good enough to succeed in the Premier League? I am convinced their decision was based on (1) taking the cheapest option, someone who could manage a group of players good enough to keep us in the Premier League no matter who was head coach, and (2) choosing someone weak who wouldn't rock the boat. If ever the Peter Principle applied, Alan Irvine is a shining example. He truly is someone promoted to the level of his incompetence. We the fans saw this back in the summer. How in God's name Peace and Burton couldn't is beyond me. A totally wasted season and, given the five-game run-in we've got, we've now got 14 games to get the 20-23 points we need just to survive. Some fans on here are calling for the current coaching team to be dismantled, others for the whole staff to be looked at. Apart from looking at himself after saying he wanted to put right the mistakes made last season, JP also ought to be looking at the DofF position and asking what value Terry Burton's actually brought to this club. The paying fans deserve far better.

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Slick-Footwork
1. Chuffed to bits that he's gone.
2. The good news is, I don't think we can employ anyone as inept as Irvine - so it can't get
any worse.
3. I firmly believe we were going down with Irvine in
charge.
4. I didn't think we had any wins in us.
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I totally agree with all four of these comments, Slick.