Like what?

We got 4 more points than Roy did the previous season, but with better players.

We were briefly more entertaining, but the performances got slowly worse.
We had a tough run of games, but it was not the results that got him sacked, but rather the nature of our defeats. We were totally incapable of creating chances, never mind scoring.
There is no way that a chairman is going to look at that and take a risk on sticking with Vieira.

I wonder if the likes of Garth Crooks and Ian Wright would have criticised his sacking if he had been say Roy Hodgson.

Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (11 Apr 2023 11.42am)

I don't recall much criticism of PV prior to the World Cup.
At that stage a top 10 finish looked realistic and we hoped for a Mcarthur return and possible additions in the January window.

However,the subsequent results were shocking and although we remained competitive we rarely looked like troubling the opposition let alone scoring goals.

The players have to take some responsibility for the decline of course, but PV showed little evidence of being able to turn it around.

By and large the same players have played in the last couple of games, although there have been enhanced roles for Eze and Edouard.
We're playing 10 yards further forward with nore confidence and Eze is now playing closer to Olise which has allowed them both to flourish.
When considering the upturn in form fair to factor in the poor opposition in the last two games, but I somehow doubt we had as many shots in games under PV even when playing well.
The new training regime is bearing dividends.

There is a fitting thread, it's just under the title 'Nathan Ferguson'.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Criticism doesn't necessarily equate to "hate".

In fact I can't say I have seen any form of hatred directed at PV. I think most of us would have loved to have seen him succeed, and respected him for his quiet dignity, and, on one level, regret seeing him go.

But, we were on a downward spiral, and perhaps there were goings on behind the scenes which we were not party to, and which made his position untenable.

Why does that bother you? Is he your dad?

The fact is that managers get sacked every week when results are poor and performances are unacceptable.
Vieira had one decent season, as many managers do, and then ran out of ideas when the going got tough.

Parish could not take the risk of presuming that we would do better against lower ranked teams when we were playing so badly at this stage of the season.

Roy is proving that the same set of players are capable of much better with the right mentality.

We won 1-5 on Saturday. Why are we even still talking about Vieira?

He is the worse manager we have ever had given the tools he had, if he had carried on as manager we would be relegated, end of.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn