[Zinman]

Because the standard of football and level of entertainment has been, with very few exceptions, dire. I accept that things could be a lot worse but I will no longer waste around £1,000 and many hours of my free time being bored out of my mind watching us set out to get a 0 - 0 draw at home to the likes of Villa. Instead I shall join the armchair fans and enjoy the fact that the only thing that matters to me will be the result.
This after 30 years of having a season ticket and watching us home and away during our 3rd division days. I can honestly say that I've never felt so disillusioned with our football as I do today.

I live in London. I'm on a low wage. I work shifts incl saturdays and sundays I can't even dream of getting a season ticket so excuse me if I have to watch from my armchair Zinman but thats the best it can get for me in my position so before you make sweeping statements about armchair fans. I've played football at league level so I think I know a bit more about it than quite a few of you on here. Our team yes OUR team have been progressing very nicely since 2001 IMO. 

We got out the championship consistently at first time of asking (no mean feat as we all know) we've ditched the yo yo tag and we've established ourselves as a prem club for 8 seasons. 

We don't have a money pit chairmen we don't pay high wages and we don't attract big names so you know what I'll take it anyway it comes right now and look towards another season in the prem and not be chewing that tea towel on final day feels good for me.

 If you must insist on finding fault and point fingers then do some thinking and look at the history a bit more closely instead of banging on about Pulis all the time cos its a complete bore now. 
Megson was not a prem manager and was found out very quickly He did however kick arse (good championship manager at best)
Bryan Robson kept us up but it was his legacy not skill and it turned to sh*t very quickly the season after.
Mowbray he had a go didn't he attack attack oh sh*t we just got thrashed again 
Di Matteo championship manager promotion then a 6-0 thrashing by chelsea welcome back to the prem.  
Pepe saved by the bell with a draw after draw bore fest.Does anyone remember all this??? 6-0 losses to teams like fulham ffs 5-0 liverpool 4-0 blue nose and you're all banging on about shots on target pretty football lol!
Irvine. Oh god help us I actually felt sorry for this guy He was and is a totally honest and very decent character but JHC what a dreadful appointment 
Now lets have a look at this period. 
Hodgson defensive minded manager but arguably despite his liverpool fiasco as manager this was the perfect appointment for us and what happened ladies and gentlemen (say it in an alan rickman voice RIP) I GIVE YOU THE FBA. Hodgson and Ashworth gone to England appointed by Football Bloody Association  equaled kiss of death for albion. 

If you're not happy now lets look at other factors. How about some players? Lets start with Odem wingey shall we. Absolute disgrace totally F****d us over then follow that with Sulky Saido> drink driving on his wages??? he could get a helicopter to a bar in australia FFS but he chooses to drink drive then he turns into billy big nob I'm too sexy for my team. Didn't Mozza have a word with this kid in the DR? Or was it a slap.Yes he did coz we need more like players like Mozza than these sulky brats who think they're too good to play for us. 

So to sum up WBA has very little to offer big time managers or players and yet were still in the prem for 8 consecutive seasons whilst villa newcastle and most likely sunderland will join a host of other so called big clubs next season a division below us. So I'm not negative at all I'm looking forward to a future where we may just see entertaining football and win games regardless of who's in charge because quite simply we still have our toes in the big pond and that means we can yet learn to swim with the dolphins next year.

Oh and Zinman if you prefer to join me in my armchair next season and save yer money for a years subscription to the wine warehouse you're very welcome to join me :-)

I'm sorry if my comments upset you and I wasn't having a go at "arnchair fans" merely pointing out that prioorities are different if you are actually at matches rather than looking at results, but I stand by every word I wrote. The football under Pulis may well be effective but it's more boring than at any of my 40+ years watching Albion. So ,if he remains, I will simply choose to save my time and money