[Slick_Footwork]

Pretty much agree with all of your points.

Like you, I thought Pulis was the best man for the job simply because we were deep in the
doldrums under Irvine and needed someone tough with experience of the league who is
proven at getting the best out of players.

I never thought he was the 'messiah' or perfect. In fact, I thought he showed his limitations
when given money at Stoke - but to keep us up, there didn't seem like a better alternative.

The full backs are a grey area for me. I don't blame TP for picking Dawson this weekend, IMO
he'd done well and contributed to some good results (clean sheets + assists) and when he
was suspended against QPR, we seemed to miss his aerial presence. It made sense for him
to come back in, unfortunately he was badly exposed against a pacy winger. TP definitely
should've changed it when he was getting roasted.

The weekend was the first time he made real glaring mistakes IMO. The QPR was a strange
game where they scored a couple of real wonder goals and we missed sitter after sitter. But
against Leicester, his tactics definitely cost us. Now we'll need to dig in and see if he can get
it right and keep his reputation in tact. Hopefully we will have enough.

It's unfortunate it's come to this because IMO, we could've been comfortable and playing decent
football had we employed a good manager in the summer (Laudrup type). Unfortunately, the
Irvine decision left us a position where it was always going to be scrappy.