oh, ok then.

That is very true, SP cannot hide from the fact that AP should have been fired after the cup final as the last 19 league games produced just11 points which was not good enough, instead SP allowed his heart to rule his head and made a big error of judgement in both giving AP a new longer contract and the biggest spend budget 52m in CP history. I wonder what the American investors make of all this as they must be concerned about their investments in the championship, although hopefully Sam can perform a miracle and save us!

Pardew and Beaky have a lot to answer for. This mess is of their making and if Sam somehow manages to save us we should worship him as a hero. Negligence and arrogance has ruined what was a good team with a distinct style of play. P45dew getting a new contract was beyond belief, let alone keeping his job. Cup final or not. Even then how he wasn't sacked after Swansea at the latest was moronic by the club. The signs have been there all season that we'd end up in this mess but were predictably ignored. Let's hope Sam gets the players he needs before 1st Feb and can bring back the football that has always suited us. Yesterday showed he's starting to get there but we're not what we once were in the counter and of course our confidence is non existent when we go behind

Big questions need to be asked in the summer

Well I've not seen any significant improvement. We wasn't even that good against Bolton.

Well Rome....yadda yadda yadda....built....yadda...in a day...yadda......

See where this is going?
Let's just both agree that I'm right and move on shall we?

Babs and Clean Willie were in love they said....

That why I would like to see a Director of football like they have at Saints, I really do not think that a Chairman like SP is the right person to handle transfers or Managers as they do not have the required skill knowledge or the right contacts to source new players in this modern era where in the first instance you have to deal with agents rather than the players. This is probably why we have approached circa 20 players with only one signing so far and if you think back all our transfers in the past they are usually very protracted and often agreed at the last moment just before the window closes. Then there is the Benteka saga where clearly Klopp thought he was not good enough but we were the only club stupid enough to pay the asking price of up to 32m and consequently we have ended up with a one trick player who is lazy and hates running around can't pass the ball or work it on the floor and is about the only 32mil striker who you can't bank on scoring from a penalty!