Sam brought in Jeffrey Schlupp and Patrick van Aanholt they are our weakest link with passing to another player ...say's everything you need to know about Sam.

If you swapped our home form for our away form, the mood would be different.

Those saying Allardyce, absolute rubbish. Most overrated manager we've had that I can remember.

Agreed. I have absolutely no patience with people calling for his head. He's a quality manager and we're very fortunate to have him.

The naysayers can, frankly, shampoo my crotch.

We stayed up. Was that not enough? Also, I think Schlupp is underrated.

I apologise for the heresy, but I think BFS did a bloody good job.

The hilarious thing is, people asking if there's a middle ground between Roy and Pardew,

Overall, their records are pretty similar. Av points per game Hodgson 1.24, Pardew 1.21 + a few minutes form an FA Cup win. It seems most people judge them differently based on their personality

I'm abroad as well so get to see most games and there have been some good spells for sure. Looking back on this year, assuming we finish where we are, it wont look too bad. Great win at Man City, something at Old Trafford at last and beating Spurs on way to a decent Cup run

Of course, the narrow losses to Watford and Brighton hurt especially when Hodgson is so rigid on formation and lack of substitutions

We played fantastic football under pulis, the turnaround from holloway was impressive, he was up there for manager of the season and just missed out.

He took the job after talking with his mate Holloway and a few others and i loved him at the helm. The players he had to work with, and let's be honest, he gave us our best ever finish!

I wanted him to do his thing, get us to be a boring mid table team and the tranfer budget would not have been what it is now, which means he would have over seen investment in the academy and else where.

Parish has shown himself to be a difficult person to work with, fair enough, his business head and ego souring the ways in which football is or has been.

Thing is, parish personally doesn't have the funds to wipe the slate clean and say, ok, 7 seasons in, we owe 45 mil, let's push on - it's, ok, we owe 45 mil, let's not increase that net year, keep treading water.

Fact is, every year the league costs more, clubs spend more, players increase, these debts if you worry about them are only going to add up.

We need to get back to a system where we have a cap on wages, scouts unearth quality, that will make a return on investment and youth is explored.

Benteke should never have been bought, Sakho was desperate measures - after 4 managers and conflicting styles, no wonder.

This is why i say let roy reboot this summer, back him and let him build a squad that suits each other and has a plan b.

This was once a quality forum....