[Blue Baggie]

Bilic we all love him, but far to many repeated mistakes, he caused his own downfall. Ironically after his best result as our manager he is dismissed. That's the baggies all over. Obviously the results against Palace and Newcastle were the end and the idiots who are running the show expected a landslide at MC.

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Honestly don't understand why people are so against Sam Allardyce. I mean if there is a better CV for keeping struggling teams up, I'd like to see it.

There seems to be a stigma around older English coaches that makes them less popular than younger foreign counterparts, even with a superior CV.

The negativity is bizarre given his record. It's imperative we stay in this league, especially with the financial implications of covid. Relegation can mean freefall.

Allardyce is, based on history, hands down the best choice to keep us up.

Of course we could go down with him in charge. Any manager will have their work cut out with this set of players and a lack of balance within the squad. But at least he gives us a shout.

Look what he did with Sunderland, Blackburn, Bolton and where they are now. Bolton were in the top 6 in the Premier League when he left. Where are they now?

The comparisons with Pulis are based on what exactly? The fact they are both British and in their 60s? Because it's not based on the CV...

Pulis managed 3 teams in the top flight, Allardyce has managed 7. Pulis flopped when given money, Allardyce took Bolton to Europe with some of the most exciting players in the history of the Premier League like Jay Jay Okocha and Youri Djorkaef. Apart from the fact they both kept Palace up - which I'd be happy with a similar result for us - I simply fail to see the comparison. Allardyce is more of a Hogdson in than Pulis, he's pragmatic, but he can also add a touch of flair to the team which Tony Pulis was totally opposed to.

We sit here today lauding a 1-1 draw with Man City simply because we showed determination, pride and organisation. The fact that we didn't have a shot 2nd half is irrelevant (or even a corner), because we were simply happy to see the lads trying after an array of embarrassing, meak performances. I believe Allardyce will give us that kind of effort week in and week out. If he fails to, it will be the first time that he has.

We're not playing exciting free flowing football under Bilic. Frankly, we rarely look like scoring. We average less than 1 goal per game and ship 2. IMO we should be in favour of employing a manager with a track record of success, that builds from a solid spine and will give us more of the battling displays that we lauded today. The result showed today that we can do the unexpected if we are actually setup correctly and are dogged. With a bit more work on our counter attacking, we could pick up points on the road with this mentality. Allardyce will guide us to those points like Hodgson did. And to alleviate the worry of him perhaps making us more defensive, never in his Premier League managerial career has an Allardyce team averaged less than 1 goal per game.

You forgot Sam can influence people off the pitch it's a known tactic of his. No more issues with VAR in the future.