[Slick_Footwork]

To be honest, staying in the league was the priority and TP has performed miracles getting
a side that could barely win at home to beat the likes of Swansea and Southampton. Bar a
miracle collapse, we've achieved that. Anything above and beyond was always going to be
a bonus.

However the Villa games have highlighted our genuine lack of quality. We could say we were
unlucky with the sending off, with Foster throwing the ball in his own net and so on. But the
fact is in both games we competed well, perhaps even has the better openings, but didn't
have the quality to take them.

It's a wake up call. But at least helps to illustrate what we need to do in the summer.

IMO we're carrying a few players....

Brown, despite his performance at West Ham, just doesn't do it consistently enough to be a
Premier League player. He doesn't influence the game, his shots are like back passes and I
don't think he's scored anything bar a tap in with his feet yet. At this level, you have to be
taking chances like today and it's not the first time he's looked devoid of any technique when
having to take a chance with his feet from beyond 2 yards.

As for Craig Gardner, I have no idea how he can keep the likes of Mulumbu, Sess or
McManaman out of the team. How someone can be so bog standard for their whole career
and keep playing in the Premier League is beyond me. His pass to Saido in the first half
when it was the two of them on Lowton was criminally bad and he had all the time in the
world to put the ball on a plate for Saido.

Although Pulis' can be a bit negative away from home, I don't think it was his fault today
that we didn't score when we were on the front foot. I'm just happy that the rebuild will
be for a season in the Premiership rather than one in the Championship. Sometimes weeks
like this can be the wake up call that the club needs.