problem starts with the manager & the buck stops with him.

the majority of our squad has comfortably kept us up for 2/3 seasons so they just beed organising & motivating properly.

lets not stroll out the lazy line of they arnt PL quality as historically almost every one has proved himself to be.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

Home form, its been shocking for 2 years.

Away form masked this for a while when Pardew took over but barring home wins over City and Spurs fairly early during Pardews tenure its been woeful since Pulis left.

Also how about being able to score the first goal.
Not checked the stats but I think we scored first in 4 of our 5 Premier league wins this season. The only other game we scored first I can remember is Watford away and we got a point.

There won't be a single penny spent on the ground, other than the occasional essential Elastoplast, if we are relegated; that's the one thing we can be absolutely sure of.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

This all comes down to two things, and I am not blaming Pardew, but he tried to change our style which just didn't work. The whole team defensively has looked confused leading to numerous
soft goals. Losing Square further compounded the problems and Pardew might still have a job but for his lay off.
Allardyce has come in to a dressing room lacking confidence and does not appear to have done anything to lift it. Talk of trying to sign 20 odd players and blaming players for not following instructions when we lose and following "his" plan to the letter when we win (Bournemouth) sounds like buck passing. Since this arrival we are conceding more goals and have rarely looked like scoring. The owners having given him the backing in the window have got to stick with him but I am far from sure whether he is the right man. Our only hope now is new signings gel quickly enough to turn things round.

I think the big problem is mentally. As a fan I am sick to death of loosing, I don't really look forward to games and am so nervous during the games sometimes I feel sick. If we let the first goal in now I know we will loose. If we miss a couple of chances I know we won't score. If a player f***s up I scream at him....

Now if I feel like that as a fan....how are the players feeling....

Cucking's post is as ever an interesting one. I personally think there were several contributing factors, one of which was huge.

The smaller issues were things like Pardew's treatment of club legends and the fact that actually, all the talk about his ego was accurate - that rarely works. He didn't get that we always need a warrior leader, so when Jedinak began to fade he wasn't replaced.

But the biggest single issue, and the one that has also hampered England for 50 years was not playing the right system for the players available. Pulis, who, personal issues aside is the best manager we've had since Coppell, is a master at this. He looks at the squad, established how they can best win points and plays that system, then gradually improves the squad over time. Pardew had an idea of how he wanted us to play and tried to get the players to do this. It was a big miscalculation and that coupled with some disharmony and probably other internal issues led to the drop off a cliff that Cucking talks about.

The whirlpool we're now in where that leads to lack of confidence and abuse from the stands making it worse and worse and needs surgery. Well, what is that surgery?

Firstly Sam knows now, without a shadow of a doubt, exactly what the problem is - I think even he was shocked at the collectively destroyed spirit and wet paper confidence. He can address it. What should he do?

Well, he needs to get rid of the players sadly not good enough at this level, Ledley and especially Hennessey. Mandanda can't come back soon enough. Get Sakho and the Serb in pronto - both gambles in different ways but you HAVE to change the current team. Get Remy and Townsend back in, they both at least look hungry.

I'm not saying that will do it but it will give us a chance. The destruction of a team's spirit takes a long time to recover from, we probably don't have enough time, and may need a relegation to sort ourselves out. But frankly, after being shell-shocked at half time for the first time in 36 years, I'll just take some fight and organisation right now.

You'll be forever in my family's memories and it was an honor and privilege to play and lead in the red and blue
Yours sincerely
Mile Jedinak