To be fair his style of play in the past has been 433 which you would argue suites our players, and he talked about evolution not revolution. So our start must have taken AP a little by suprise. ..

That and we over £30 mil net and were prepared to spend over £10 mil on Niasse. It's not a lack of funds, 'or backing', which is a loose term and doesn't explain the situation or relationship.

What the op do if as an employer his employee went and changed his plans after getting the job to something the workplace doesn't suit? Would you throw the full £40 mil at it when you know it'll take £100 mil. We could've ended up with 9 CB's and 14 defenders and the manager without a clue as to how to make the transition or changeover.

COYP

Parish has to solely responsible for the sorry state we find ourselves in, his slowness in appointing a Manager after Sam left is just the tip of the iceberg, the lack of investment in new players after the shambles of last season when it was clear to most that the squad was not up to PL standards and needed a major overhaul. The insecurity within the club as a result of Manager turnover in the period of the last four and a bit seasons, dismal home records over the same period, inability to attract players or decent managers to show any interest in coming to the club, bad decisions on transfers in the past with a lot of them spending more time on treatment table that actually playing or they are just not PL standard, emphasis on expanding ground capacity which will be absolutely pointless unless we can consolidate our PL status, meddling in football matters without the necessary skills or expertise. It is true that SP ET-AL, did a lot in saving the club in 2010 but that is all in the past and its is now time for him to move on hand over to a better leader for the future wellbeing of the club.

Because we lurched from one safe pair of hands to the next and paid through the nose to do it. Many of us could/would have appointed Pulis, Pardew, Allardyce at the times the club did.
The issue is Parish wanted to break the cycle and bring someone in that can build a team that is too good on the ball to be immediately sucked into a relegation battle. Then, it seems, along with many knicker wetting fans, he is panicking when we start badly. With the changes we have seen in a short space of time how did Parish think the early games were going to go?

Living in the past is just that, it is the future now, we should be more than capable living in the PL, just like Stoke and Southampton, bad leadership is what this is all about, the fact that Parish has promoted himself to a level of incompetence is his problem, live for the now not in history1

For five years in the top flight along with an FA Cup final ? Yes.

Rocky times at the moment but most of what's happened in the last five years has been pretty decent.