Micky

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Exactly - perspective.

Given that the first 6 places in the Premier league are pretty much accounted for each season then I don't see that we are doing that badly. Take your point about some (not all) of the football - not to everyone's taste. Yes we have lost points and failed to score goals, but I wonder whether those stats would have been quite the same had we not lost VvD and had we had a striker for more than half a season. At the end of the day - we have had an average season where we have managed to get to a cup final. Currently we are in the top half, of a very tight, middle premier league - if you are going to start sacking people for that, then fine. But don't expect too much more in terms of results. From my own personal point of view, I think that people are looking at our time in the top flight over a very short period of time (last couple of years) and as a result have some quite unrealistic ideas about what we should be achieving. 8, 7, 6 in the last 3 years - only another 5 years until we win the league - it was never ever going to happen.

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OK, so the plan is to offload this joker and get somebody new in (Gary Monk.... really). I take it that when the new guy drops out of the top ten then all the same faces will be wanting yet another man to come in and take over? One for Duncan perhaps, but how many managers exactly have we sacked whilst sitting in the top half of the league, and having got to a major cup final. If we go down this path, how many managers do you think we will see come and go? Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

The club might well enter into dialogue with you over taking a flag to Wembley, I would expect nothing less. Believe me, they won't entertain the clarification that you're seeking in order to secure a single season ticket sale. Again, your first post was preposterous. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

I enjoyed watching the meltdown on here today, it was really quite comical, but you're right, the place is a bit of a joke now. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Stupid original post. Do you really believe for one moment that somebody in the club is going to assure you that the current manager will not be in post at the start of next season, and therefore Simo can renew his season ticket..! Have a word with yourself. As one of the so called happy clappers on here, and one who wants Puel for at least another season I can tell you that I'm pretty ****ed off at today's performance as well. But at the end of the day, that's football, you have to take the rough with the smooth. Bad day today, move on to the next one. I get the fact that you are a paying customer, I get it. But likewise you have to understand that it can all be good, somewhere in between, or as Sunderland found out today, all bad - that is the nature of sport. Getting all precious and sending stupid emails is pointless. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

I would imagine your email will be an agenda item at the next board meeting. No, really I do... Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Heisenberg is an anagram of 'Binges Here', and indeed he does, and has done for some considerable time...!

'Her indoors' has just refused me access to the credit card, so I can assure you Micky will not be bidding for this one....!

This does indeed seem to be the pertinent question. But when you consider the amount of games he's had to contend with, coupled with the amount of holes that he's had to plug, I'd say he's done a pretty good job. Maybe nothing spectacular but certainly enough to warrant another season. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Totally agree with the OP and thought it was abundantly evident last night. I wouldn't say all of our players are lightweight but certainly Boufal, Davis and JWP got out-muscled a few times, thus losing the ball. Have to say, I thought Tadic showed good body strength on occasions though and shielded it well. As for leaders - that's VVD and Fonte. So yeah we have lost that element this season. But leaders are bred through confidence on the pitch - normally first picks on the team sheet, so hopefully going into next season we have VVD back (PLEASE) and Romeu will step up to the plate as well. To be fair - given what we have had to deal with this season - we have actually coped quite well. But yeah - a little more time in the weights room please gents, and a little more vocal on the pitch.

Would really like to see us win this one convincingly, and keep a clean sheet. (I don't want much!). Much as I like Hull and want them to stay up, we played well last night and if we can maintain that form, bring it into this match and take our chances in front of goal - we should win. On the flip side - they are fighting for their lives and games are running out for them. Their away form ain't good so I reckon if we score first then we should go on and win. If they score first - could be a long afternoon. But ever the optimist - 3 nil home win.

Jesus christ, really. So why exactly would we be firing him? Because he got a mid table team to a mid table position, and a cup final this season? We'd be a laughing stock. Some of the dins on here need to get some perspective of what the manager has had to deal with this season. What do people really expect, champions bloody league. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Away team at high flying Chelsea, thought we played OK for the most part of it. They obviously have much more quality than us but we kept going right until the end, so that was good to see. Have to say though, I feel for JRod, he really looks completely out of sorts. Overall though, not overly concerned, good effort by the lads. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Quick in body, slow in thought unfortunately. However his game is not about goals (as we know), it's about pulling defenders all over the place and making space for others.

I was going to actually post, asides from Fonte, but hey ho. The rest - your usual straw-clutching response.

Exactly, only a simpleton would fail to grasp this. Can I make it any simpler, since our return to the top flight how many of our players or managers have left for a club belowe us in the league? Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

You 'imagine' most things as far as I can tell. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Which is more than realistic for a club of our size and stature. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Thanks, I do try. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Clearly Puel is the better manager, he has managed to get us to a cup final, comfortable in mid table, despite losing our best player, having no strike force for the majority of the season, having his established captain sold from under his feet, and having to rely on some of the kids for the majority of the season. All of that whilst having to negotiate lots more games as well. All in all a remarkable achievement from Claude Puel. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

For the legs left on him, 8 million for Fonte was good business. We may have had a slightly better chance in the cup final, who knows, (VVD was our big loss) but nobody is going to agree to a new contract package based on what our chances are going to be in a single game, cup final or not. He may be an established centre back but that's not to say that his form wasn't on the wane and he overvalued himself. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Exactly, there are up and coming players, and there are those looking at the twilight of their careers. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk