An audible collective groan echoed around the bottom half of the Premier League last night as Arouna Kone’s late winner hauled Wigan to within 6 points of a clutch of teams including our very own West Ham United.
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When we defeated Swansea at home I felt we were safe, when we became only the 2nd side this season to win at the Britannia I felt we were safe…and yet again thanks to Wigan Athletic’s traditional late show, we still require at least two more wins in order to be sure of survival.
Our next game against West Brom at home now takes on truly Titanic proportions as the game after happens to be Liverpool at Anfield…and given how we’ve barely turned up at the Emirates and the Bridge this season I don’t see us ending our Anfield hoodoo anytime soon.
After a fantastic first half of the season which saw us briefly flirt with the top 6 our second half of the campaign has been poor; our truly horrendous away form puts so much pressure on us to win in the warm and familiar surroundings of the Boleyn and this will certainly be the case when we clash with the Baggies; as I think we can already predict a meek surrender at Liverpool.
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Sam Allardyce’s chances of getting that much coveted new deal seem to get slimmer with every away day surrender and a general malaise in the 2nd half of this season. Had just a few of our endless list of away defeats been converted into draws I dare say we’d already be safe; I’m sure this hasn’t gone unnoticed by the two David’s who heavily backed Sam in both transfer windows and in all honesty probably expect better.
I do still expect us to stay up…though that would have been enough to retain Sam’s services at the start of the season; it may not be now.
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If we stay up (which we will) then give him a new deal. Surely our fans remember less than 2 years ago what a shambles we were and we were easily the worst team in the prem when we went down. In that time we have been promoted in our first season down (a rare feat in itself especially considering our previous 2 seasons) and have been relatively safe all season. Sack him at our peril and remember what happened to Blackburn and Newcastle a year after he was sacked (and where Bolton are currently). We need stabillity before looking at pushing on and he is the man to do it for the next couple of years. The haters will crawl back under their stones if he doesn’t get a new contract and we end up back in the championship, which is a very real possibility
Dave Spot On!!!
It make sense to you, me and anyone who has a memory that includes the last 2 -3 years. As I’ve said before, there are too many supporters (or maybe they are in the minority but make the most noise) who get caught up in the fast track billionaire owner & press hyperbole and think that success can be achieved overnight.
The truth is, True success is “BUILT” over time and that MAGIC ingredient is STABILITY!
I have every confidence in Big Sam and his ability to produce the team playing football that we want but….. and this is the thing that many don’t understand, you have to do the ugly stuff well enough to retain your Premiership status in our position. A look at the teams that came up with us should tell you ALL you need to know!