Compared to what AP bought in and the wages Adebayor had?

Two left backs, a trojan in midfield and like you say, a beast in defense, not forgetting the way they gelled with the squad and fans i would say we didn't blow the bank.

SA has a good record getting his money worth.

This was once a quality forum....

I agree. Let's make sure we avoid relegation first. Fantastic result but dont let ourselves get carried away.

Under Pardew we were incapable of winning or keeping clean sheets, We now have a manager who has got the team doing both yet you're unwilling to give him due credit.

Aren't you being a bit mealy mouthed?

f***ing incredible, would we have beat Sunderland the same as we beat Swansea ?

^^^^^^^^^^^ so true

Pardew might have got better performances than Sam in the matches mentioned where we didn't show up, that's probably fair. I won't take last season's win against Chelsea away from Pardew as we were flying at the time but it must be said, Chelsea weren't great last season and the popular tactic was to attack Ivanovic at right back, which we did successfully as well.

The points that will be more important come survival are:

Sam was, is, and always will be a better equipped manager.

His signings are far better overall.

These 2 points will hopefully make either Sam's long term stay more welcome than Pardew's, or smoother and/or more successful for his successor rather than a repeat of what we've just gone through.

And if he'd been brought in earlier we wouldn't be discussing a few points difference. And Sam would without doubt get more points than Pardew from the start of the season so I don't see the point in discussing how Pardew would get a few more points whilst still eroding fitness, spirit etc to further damage our future. Oh and which other signings would he have picked off back page of the mirror in the Harry Redknapp mould?

COYP