Dark Munster

This.

I think that's exactly what's happened. When MH signed wasn't it reported that his contract included a £1 million (or maybe 2) bonus for keeping us up? I doubt there's much (if anything) for a cup win. So there's every incentive for him to rest players on Sunday.

Nigel Pearson.

I see Chelsea are resting Hazard and Willian tonight for their meaningless match. Nice that our do-or-die match was scheduled tonight "to make it fair."

Muppets in the gallery looking nervous.

It's the hope that kills you.

Me too, but we should still keep an eye on Marquez.

With Mr. Invisible in control I doubt we'll be a big fish in the small pond. Unless by small pond you mean League 1 or 2. Yep.

A very good chance we won't be. We've been selling our crown jewels as a PL league team. Imagine how much worse it's going to be if we go down.

Better late than never, but if he'd rightly been sent off I doubt we would've lost (probably won). The ref should be charge too, for gross incompetence.

Yes, provided we brought in a goal scorer or two.

This would be nice: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/19/brazilian-football-match-abandoned-after-mass-brawl-involving-nine-players

I can only think of one reason why Puel would want to do us a favour. Oh wait a minute, no I can't.

We've been needing one ever since Pelle/Mane were sold.

Of course the problems up front were a major contribution. As long as people compare Puel's season with the one(s) before it then Mane and Pelle not being adequately replaced has to be brought up. There are other factors too, more games, Fonte fiasco, VVD and Austin injured, etc., etc. The Puel hate mob willfully continue to ignore this.

Hate to burst the bubble, but relegation will probably be a financial disaster and slippery slope, given the invisible man from China who owns us. If Markus (R.I.P.) were still in charge I would be more confident of a quick return if we were to go down (although of course it would be very unlikely we'd be in this mess).

Exactly this. And on top of that the fans were not united in Puel going. Unlike the clown, where 95% of us knew he was out of his depth months ago.

It's all been explained 100 times already. Two word summary: Mane and Pelle.

The sale to Gao didn't relegate us, it's the mind-numbing incompetence and catalogue of disastrous decisions by Reed and co. over the last 2 seasons that did that. Plenty of time to blame Kat/Gao if we do a Coventry in a few years time.

Thanks Glenda for rubbing it in. You're right though, and I'm sure Claude is already licking his lips at hammering another nail in our coffin on Thursday.

I think he'd rather syphon off a lump of the £100m+ Sky PL money if we don't get relegated.

I agree, and I was one of those who've been vociferous that sacking Puel was a big mistake (especially without someone better lined up). Having said that, there was at least a mitigating factor: he had (allegedly) lost the dressing room. There are no such excuses for keeping the clown until only 8 ****ing matches left. If Lowe had done that with Wigley he'd have been rightly crucified by the fans.

This in spades. And to answer the OP's question, yes indeed, not sacking the clown months ago surely has to be the worst decision ever (which of course goes hand in hand with the buffoon Reed having more or less unchecked control over footballing matters, with him somehow thinking/hoping he'd unearthed another Poch based merely on superficial similarities, and refusing to back down from that disastrous mistake until too late). Disagree with OP's number 2 on the list. Yes Saggy was our worst manager (or maybe joint worst along with the clown), and certainly our most despicable one ever. But when he was appointed it didn't seem a bad choice, based on his experience and relative success. He was an-ex Skate of course, but he had broken all ties with them given his bust up with Mad Milan, so it had seemed we had put one over the Skates ( until the bastard gave the thumbs up to Milan after the 4-1 Krap Nottarf cataclysm).