We're a smallish club without much money to spend. Quite a lot of managers will reckon they can do better.

Big Sam didn't do any better early on. Late on, without Sakho, we went back to losing (Hull excepted which could have been very different had we not been gifted an early goal). Even he said the squad needed an overhaul which hasn't happened.

As has been said De Boer has had to do without Sakho, Zaha, Cabaye and MacArthur and now Tomkins. I doubt Sams turnaround would have happened without those key players.

We needed to come out of the transfer blocks like Huddersfield but for a variety of reasons didn't. I am not into the blame game, I think we should just get on with it, but if there are doubts on FDB's future some people in the hierarchy need to take a very close look at their own performance.

FDB is a joke
You cannot compare him to Allardyce
Allardyce and Pulis have years and years of Premiership experience FDB has ~ wait for it ~ NONE
And its showing , every game

Its clear that Sam was told that there was no money to spend , and thats why he retired ,
Why be asked to perform miracles every week
But where FDB has gone wrong is by playing this ridiculous system with players that can only get the ball up top as quickly as possible and defend in numbers ~ we are not a passing team . And thats ok neither are 10 others in the division , but they will still be in the premiership next year playing that way , we won't trying to be Barcelona every week . In fact I cant see where we are gonna get a single point from ~ confidence is in tatters

It's all Pard's fault.

Neither had four of the top five managers in last season's league placings

It looks like you're right. It's in the Guardian now

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