PV was unlucky with the fixture list. Ridiculously unlucky. But he’s gone and we have won our last two games and scored seven goals. That will do for me.

I still don't understand this fixture list rhetoric. Sure, you expect to pick up fewer points against that group, but it's the first time in years and years that we haven't beaten any of the big sides.

Bournemouth and Forest beat Liverpool; Southampton, Wolves and Leeds beat Chelsea; Everton beat Arsenal; Leicester thumped Spurs...

We didn't even have a go against them. The players had zero belief they'd win, it was written all over them.

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2nd May 2010 - D-Day 1 - Survival at Hillsborough
1st June 2010 - D-Day 2 - Survival at Lloyds
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Lack of confidence and belief coming from the top down in the Vieira era!!
The polar opposite to what we have seen in the last two games under Roy Hodgson,with record shots on goal in the first game and a record 5-1 away win in the second.Sadly,the facts speak for themselves.

I'd like to know how many of the pro Viera supporters would like to see him back again next season.....

Conor Gallagher and new manager bounce saw to it that PV's first season was a good one. I don't hear too many complaining about how it went. The cracks started showing this season, with curious tactics, choice of player, substitutions, player fitness concerns, and what appeared to be a more defensive mentality. That said, we were more or less hovering around 12th place even after a run of games against teams higher up the table.
One can speculate and say, "We would have gone down if he had stayed" but how do you know? This is just empty rhetoric.
Congratulations to RH for achieving 2 wins in his first 2 games - one a last minute winner against a poor side and the other a rather tremendous second half performance against a side that should have been plain sailing after battering us in the first. I'm sure there will be tough tests to come and I'm pleased that Roy added a hint of caution in his recent post match interview.
Fact is, we are back where we were after the departure of FbB, with Roy back in charge handed a number of games to avoid the drop. The only progression made has been on the academy side, and who knows, maybe by 2025 we may get to see the fruit of that venture make it to the first team.

Edited by southnorwoodhill (12 Apr 2023 6.38am)

Fixture list on paper, he was lucky we played most when out-of form,