Holloway had to beg to get fired. There wasnt a single other premier league chairman who would have hired Neil Warnock. I hate to harp on, but do you understand how bad Alan Pardew was? We had the worst record in all professional leagues in the country. Our points per game ratio was utterly abysmal. There isnt a single other premier league chairman who would not have fired Pardew sooner. In some cases months and months sooner. Meanwhile Pardew went about shattering the confidence of players like Dann and Townsend, turning over-performers like Ward into also-rans, and destroying every vestige of the resolute back four that we had under Pulis. Its too late to "still be learning", or we will learn ourselves right into the Championship. What is done is done and I want us to move on and be successful but again the same mistakes are creeping in. We need to sign some players, sometimes a new manager appointment and a new player singing is much greater than the sum of its parts, it spurs a reaction in the team and you break out of a slump. Is it not utterly apparent that we need a major shot in the arm? It didnt happen with BFS being appointed and now we need the chairman to inject that impetus in the only way he can in January, sign some players please and stop dithering. Parish now is the most important person in our fight to stay up as Allardyce is struggling so far and hasnt gotten that reaction he usually gets. Performance was better against the toffees but its another loss and another late goal. We barely had a shot on target. Mr Parish needs to act decisively, its too late now for the games already gone in January and those possible points, but assuming we lose to Man City if Parish can get 3 more signings over the line we can still save ourselves. But for pete sake, please act decisively and go and get some deals done for the sake of our club.

I have mentioned it several times - At Sunderland, Allardyce lost 8 of his first 11 games and it was only in the last couple of months that they started to string some results together.I might be wrong but it was only in the last couple of games that they extricated themselves from the relegation zone.

In terms pf "Barely had a shot on target", Allardyce has said a few times that our inability to keep "Clean sheets" has been damaging and perhaps in his quest for defensive solidity we have not been too effective in terms of attacking.

Maybe Parish can't achieve what you all want him to?

His biggest sin has been to spend all that lovely dosh on high wages for so many players who over the last four seasons have basically contributed fvck all with our on-field progression rather than the infrastructure, and looking toward the long-term future for the club off the field.

His legacy will be that he helped save the club in 2010 but also that he p1ssed a helluvalot of money up against the wall. Money that could have turned the club around.

I have mentioned it several times - At Sunderland, Allardyce lost 8 of his first 11 games and it was only in the last couple of months that they started to string some results together.I might be wrong but it was only in the last couple of games that they extricated themselves from the relegation zone.

In terms pf "Barely had a shot on target", Allardyce has said a few times that our inability to keep "Clean sheets" has been damaging and perhaps in his quest for defensive solidity we have not been too effective in terms of attacking.

That's a nonsense mate.

He's like every football club owner in history, they all piss money up the wall.

Football is basically one big game of trial and error. Sure, some are better than others, but even the best get it wrong. That's the same for managers and owners. Swansea, held up by so many as the perfectly run club for so long are struggling just as much as us. Leicester, a club in disarray two years ago are the reigning champions.

It's easy to play Monday morning quarterback and say we should have spent the money on X instead of Y, or that we missed out on someone, but that's pointless.

Could we have done things better? Of course, but that's the case with everything in life isn't it?

So what you are saying is that at Sunderland he won 3 of his first 11 games? I would bite your hand off, mate. At Newcastle he won 5 and drew 2 of his opening 9 games. Didn't someone once say, you can prove anything with stats?

We scored for fun under Pardew but tended to concede more than we scored, Allardyce has probably recognized we have some defensive shortcomings, yes. He is correct to try to instill confidence in the back four and team with some tight pulis style performances. That is beside the point. I am talking about Parish and getting some players signed.

Might I remind you that it was the dealings in the January transfer window that saved Sunderland.