How inciteful. Your school results must have been exceptional. There is absolutely no need for such a post.,Vieira was good first year, Roy was good first year and same again now but crap third/fourth year of his first stint. It doesn’t take long to become enemy number one at this level, I don’t understand how you can be so critical when we don’t know whether Vieira would have done exactly the same against the lower teams. Hey, we can all guess but no one really knows and it’s totally crass to slag him off to the extent you have.

I’d love to see Vieira come to your doorstep and you tell him what you think of him. You’d last about 20 seconds I reckon.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Roy has done the job asked of him and shown what he can do with better resources. I would still have extreme reservations about him next season... it would depend on the players.

I will just point out a few things that I find useful markers.

Roy has 13 points from a possible 18, same as PV had in the corresponding matches. So maybe the line about the quality of the opposition is not without foundation.

Leicester 3. 1.
Leeds. 3. 3
Saints. 3. 3
Everton. 1. 0
Wolves. 0. 3
ham. 3. 3

Roy. 13. PV 13

The key positive in Roy's favour is Eze. He's not perfect but he had become lost. Maybe that was down to the quality of the opposition we were playing. Gut feel is PV couldn't get the best out of him.

Personally, I don't think Vieira deserved the sack, but I'm not privy to knowing how he was perceived by the players.

And at the end of the day, Roy delivered and that's worth tens of millions of pounds.

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

I suggest there are number of other positives such as:
- improvement in the form of other players such as Ward, Schlupp and Mitchell
- using Ayew in a better position be that wide left when Wilf was injured or at CF. Ayew was one of the more consistent performers under Vieira but he has blossomed under Hodgson.
- a pragmatic style of play which suits the players whether attackers, midfielders or defenders.
- Hodgson has players working well together on the two flanks Olise/Eze/Ward on the right; Zaha (or Ayew)/Schlupp/Mitchell on the left
- Doucoure no longer needs to risk yellow cards or is it just coincidence that he hasn't had one yet in under Hodgson?

Basically, Hodgson, being the very experienced manager he is has come in, seen what was wrong and fixed it pretty quick. Yes he was fortunate to have a helpful run of fixtures but, boy, has he transformed our performances.

It was quite clear what was wrong under PV, the results didn’t lie and neither did the stats plus it was there for us all to see on the pitch. My endorsement of his sacking stemmed primarily from the fact I could not form any argument or identify evidence to support the idea that he had any solutions or even insight to the teams failings.

The run in does have to factor into thoughts but given the consistently lacklustre performances, which never demonstrated anything remotely resembling a coherent game plan architected to win us matches, simply stating ‘he would of won the easier games’ was for me too weak a sentiment to justify his continued employment when we were staring disaster in the face.

Conversely, Roy has come in, the stats but more importantly results have massively improved and beyond that, I for one, have felt a sense of belief that we are capable of getting a result when we play. The months previous I felt very much as though I were waiting on some sort of miracle for a goal let alone a win.

Roy has far superior experience yes, however I’d also argue I never, ever, once got any hint whatsoever from PV that he was fully engaged, passionate and committed to his role. Roy has that in abundance despite his age which again reflects poorly on Vieira. ‘Young and hungry manager’ is often the phrase, PV was young, sort of, and that’s all.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

PV achieved that last season when the chemistry appeared to have been there.

We will never know, but there was a strong suggestion that the chemistry was no longer there this season, and that he may not have matched last year's results.