I don't think any reasonable Board would fire a manager after one single game, no matter how bad the performance. He was given a chance to sort his s*** out. You do seem to have forgotten also that Zaha was injured in that match.

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I agree Zaha was injured for the following games and that was clearly a factor.But de Boer did hang him out to dry leaving him our sole attacking outlet,playing Townsend in a defensive role so Huddersfield took the opportunity to go in gang handed to kick him off the park,thus the injury

I thought you was a mug at the start of the season to be honest.
We tried something, didn’t work and was changed within 4 games, can’t remember a new manager going so quick.
We’d have been in a relegation either way.
Still think you are a mug though.

I also called for FDB to be sacked after the first game!
It was obvious that the man was clueless - his team selection was a joke and his so called stylish play was never going to work with the squad we had. Huddersfield did a job in us with Wilf a target to be stopped at all costs which resulted in his injury. I called for SP to be bold, acknowledge his mistake and cut his losses immediately - unfortunately it took him 3 more games to come to that decision.

We talk about the first 7 games being lost but when you consider that 3 of them were away to the current top 3 teams in the league we should consider the problem as only 4 games all of which were winnable but at least drawable - what a difference just 1 win or 3 draws would’ve made now ?

I understand how difficult it must’ve been for SP to admit his mistake and sack his chosen manager after just 4 games but give him credit for doing so. It looked like Roy’s appointment was genius as he took us clear of the relegation zone but then we had terrible luck with the worst injury crisis I can remember - not just strains or hammies but long term injuries that had nothing to do with a lack of fitness training - just sheer bad luck !

On top of all that our £30 million striker has had a mare of a season with a tally of only 2 goals being totally unacceptable. This lack of goals highlighted his unacceptable low level of effort !! Without doubt we should have bought cover for this striker position and that was the other big failing of our season.

We now find ourselves back in the relegation zone but we can get out of it if we get injured players back especially Wilf. The next 2 games will be damage limitation but after that we can pull clear as long as Roy has the players available.

I have seen us relegated 7 times before but if we go down this year it will go down as the most avoidable. If we do stay up then SP has to learn the lesson for our future success.

All good responses above
Apart from the " mug " quote
Not sure whats " muggy " about my observation

Regardless of why, sad to say the first seven game run is what puts us most at risk. Even if we had taken 5/6 pts from those games our position and survival chances would be totally different.

Throw on the Benteke penalty incident and there you go, possibly 8/9 pts better off.

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.