[Stathemwasthebestever]

There isn't a manager in the world that can legislate for his "star" striker missing two penalties in a game where you lost 1-0!!!  This defeat has to be down to the players surely??

As for Pulis, everyone knows what you will get with him, no relegation!!  His football may not be pretty but it is effective and in the current football climate I personally think that staying in the Prem is worth more to JP than joining Villa in the Championship.  For example, if he is genuinely looking for in vestment or to sell the club, good luck doing that and making a profit without the promise of Premier League football.  I know you guys hate Stoke but when you look at his record there it is a model of consolidation, starting with getting them back to the Prem and then keeping them there.  Sure Mark Hughes has taken them further but Pulis is the one who got them there and stabilized the club as a Premier League team.  As I said, I think JP is thinking along those lines with you as well.

Surely we've done our time of 'consolidation' in the Premier League? Haven't we been there longer than Pulis 'consolidated' Stoke in this league before he was sacked? I suspect we're moving from 'consolidation' to stagnation.

Time to move on. There are better options available. Maybe the chance of relegation might rise marginally but so would the chance of finishing higher, playing creative players, playing younger players, playing left footed players on the left side, playing less than four (or five) centre backs in the team, playing in the FA Cup, playing in the League Cup and playing football.