Well, Tony Pulis said the other day that these millionaire players can't use ' recovery time ' as an excuse for poor performance. Of course, his team have been winning !

Looking back on Tuesday, I have to say ;

1. Were they really tired after playing Arsenal ? Well I guess if collectively running up a white flag requires effort, then I guess they were.

2. First home game under a new manager. Forget ' tiredness ', surely they want to show the new man what they can do ?!

3. We were playing Swansea. Bottom of the league. Been through 2 managers already this season. Shipping goals for fun. And yet we were lucky to still be in touching distance after 45 minutes, better opposition would have been 2 or 3 goals to the good.

I suspect BS is using fatigue as a way of deflecting criticism of his players while he takes stock of the situation.

Once his head has cleared, I think he's in for an unpleasant surprise.

He's inherited an unbalanced squad laced with Championship standard players and expensive under-achievers, who had it too cushy for too long under a management regime that suffered delusions of grandeur. There has been no authentic Leadership on or off the field for some time now in my opinion.

I actually still think we will stay up this season, but it could go to the wire because this is a big job he has on his hands.

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