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He’s clearly out of his depth. Still doesn’t know his best line up, looks to me like he is trying to stumble across a winning formula. There is nothing in his CV to suggest he has the ability to get us out of this mess, his appointment was a gamble - just get rid. The later we leave it the less of a chance the new guy will have if keeping us up, when I look at the fixture list I fear Reed’s dithering may already have cost us though.

I couldn’t care less where the ****** ends up. Just sort it out and invest the money in sorting out the squad.

If we play well with a bit of luck we might be able to grind out a narrow defeat.

Well they are not going about it very well, if we go down their ‘investment’ is going to be worth peanuts.

I disagree, the only time the league table tells you exactly how good you are is after the final game, saying we’re not in a relegation scrap because we are 12th at this stage is nonsense IMO. I don’t think we will go down because with our squad we should only get better, even with this clown in charge. But it’s a very real possibility.

This time last year Middlesbrough were 14th and 4 points clear of the relegation zone - does that mean they were not in a relegation battle?

The main purpose of a good academy is to attract the best young players, they are not a magic factory that turn useless kids into Prem footballers. I expect it’s just a case of other clubs catching up or getting better than us. Or more likely the big 6 hoovering everyone up within miles.

Being 12th could be relegation form if you’ve had easier fixtures and other teams are improving.

You can’t have a SWF thread without Verbal banging on about Jews.

If a black guy wants to go in fancy dress as a white person is it OK for him to whiteface?

Unless you worked there at the time I guess it’s impossible to say how much input Reed had. The only thing for sure is that by far the biggest reason for success is Marcus’ millions, Cortese and other employees did their bit but it’s cash that got us where we are.

Maybe, but surely it's the type of acquisition (like the Glazers) that's important not what country they are from.

Les Reed joined the season before we got promoted from League 1 so he played a role on our back-to-back promotions and it's hard to criticise his record up until this season.

Sack Pelligrino, flog VVD and give the new guy a **** load of cash to blow on players who will improve the team now not who might have a resale value in a few years time.

It is complete nonsense. You get the impression some people actually go out of their way to find things to be offended by just to make some point on social media.

Was there a successful example of Swiss ownership before Marcus came along? Wether our owner fails or is a huge success will have nothing to do with what country he was born in.

Yeah, because getting sacked by a big South American club in your second season is a sure sign that you will be a success in the Prem.

Still don’t think it’s a great CV. Yeah he got Alavés to 9th, but he left València 12th and no one gets sacked after 7 months if they are doing a great job. He’s got 5 years experience, sacked twice, won nothing, no promotions, no experience of managing in the Prem. If you don't think that’s a bit of a gamble then you have rocks in your head.

You would maybe give Pellegrino a bit of time if he had a half decent track record but his CV is just poor. Sacked after 7 months at Valencia Sacked after two years at some Argie club 1 season at another Argie club 1 season at Alavés His only achievement was getting to a cup final at Alavés - that involved winning just 4 games, two against lower league opposition and one of the others on penalties. So he basically won one game against La Liga opposition. I guess he has a good agent or is good in interviews or something because that CV would struggle to get a job managing a championship side.

It would be ****ing embarrassing to be in the same league as Portsmouth.

Palace, West Ham and Everton all acted decisively and are improving. It was obvious over a month ago that this clown out of his depth yet Reed does nothing. Just hope we haven’t left it too late.

Interesting tactic, leaving out all the best players.

To be fair the club was a different animal back then, we were forever punching above our weight during that period at the Dell so 10th was pretty good. New stadium, rich owners and one of the most expensive squads outside the top 6 changes expectations somewhat. Idiot fans believing Cortese’s Champions League fantasies and other bull**** club PR doesn’t help either.

Not really. The matches where you are most likely to pick up 3 points is the lower sides at home, a point away from home anywhere is generally a good result in the Prem for a lower side like us. Messing up too many home games against the lesser sides leaves you either having to beat the top sides at home or having to win away. Once we play Spurs we will have a better idea of where we are but even then I don’t think it will be a true reflection of our position.

If he wasn’t strolling around with a face like a smacked arse I would agree with you. We are in a relegation scrap, £60mill will get us a decent replacement who will give 100% plus the funds to refresh our attacking options. Unless our Chinese owner has millions to throw around selling is a no brainier IMO.