really it comes down to what your expectations for the season are?

for a team that finished bottom 3rd of table and net spend pre-season was under 10m i dont expect any higher than 15th, especially since papa f***ed his leg up.

despite our recent form i still have absolutly no worries about us getting relegated, we have the squad still to finish above the drop zone.

pardew is building a decent team here, infact probably the best we have ever seen in the clubs history, were on our longest stay in the top league (thanks to pardew keeping us up for 2 seasons on a small budget.

i genuinally do not know what people expect, were not a top 6 side, were one of the premiership "mor" clubs that dont go doown but dont challenge for anything...its the best we can hope for unless somebody throws hundreds of millions at the squad.

im sick and tired of all this pardew out bollocks, there isnt even a better option out there to replace him, its your classic bulls*** lets change the manager every 5 minutes mentaility that i hate about football nowadays. quick fix (?) over lets try and build something mentaility.

luckily i think the board have more sense than most fans on here.

I'd prefer Pardew over Coleman. He's had one good run of form with Wales whilst having one of the best players in the world in his team. The rest of his managerial career is mediocre at best.

At least we are now starting to play decent football even though its obvious some of the squad don't have the skills to make it work.

A bit of patience and the acquisition of two quality players - one to boost the leaky defence and the other to provide a quality ball-holding midfielder should see us through.

Trouble is, a creative midfielder (and McArthur & Cabaye are essentially defensive midfielders) will be hard to find. The likes of Mata and Fabrigas are out of our league. Maybe a short term bid for Gerrard or Lampard to see us through? Otherwise a gamble on
Tomlin, Gleeson or Watson ... all along this 'missing link' has held us back.

I agree, the sense of entitlement by most on here is staggering. Changing the manager doesn't change our fortunes automatically, look at Everton with Koeman.
There are no managers, who haven't been failures elsewhere, except very few strangely Pulis is one of them.
The board will stick with Pardew, regardless of what The Sun says.

I don't think that its too much to want a top 10 finish given the money we have spent. Finishing in a high position is very important also in the recruitment of players. At the moment we are massively under achieving and that (again) is ultimately down to the manager!!