Why would Pardew have had any effect this season? Allardyce sorted us out, De Boer turned us into a total mess and the team lost any confidence. Not only has Roy settled us down, made sure everyone knows what they're doing, and made sure we play in a consistent style that uses our strengths, but he's restored the confidence.

Because December 19th 2 years ago we beat stoke 2-1 at their place and went to 5th in the league, pardew was talking about being England manager and we dropped until big Sam came in. He saved us and then left (shows unrest) De boer came in and dragged us to hell and now Roy has come in and I agree with you , levelled things off but I think this goes back to pardew ripping the soul out the squad at the time

“This is a crisis, a large crisis.... in fact if you have a moment, it’s a 12 storey crisis, magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24 hour portage , and an enormous sign on the roof saying “This , is a large crisis” - Edmund Blackadder

I must hold my hands up, i was very pleased with the Hodgson appointment, but very underwhelmed with Lewie and Reid, but fair play to them this is down to more than just the manager

Low confidence, poor organisation now put right and the team have finally got their nheads around Roy's way of playing the game.

Under FdB, we seemed to be passing for the sake of passing. The was very little running at the opposition defense and putting them under pressure. The defense, with 3 at the back, was totally shambolic. Roy junked that and was bolstered by the Sakho deal. He's also raised the player's confidence level and re-established the organized play that Big Sam instituted. I was concerned going in to today's match with the injuries to the back but they played Leicester off the pitch. Roy has proven to be a realist about what he has to work with and has put a system in place that suits the players rather than FdB's insistence that the players adjust to his style. Staying up now seems a lot more realistic than it did a month ago. That doesn't mean that we don't need a successful January window to bring in players, particularly a keeper, defender and attacker. I'm happy to stick with Jules through January and sell Wayne provided a top quality keeper is brought in. It just seems the side plays with more confidence with Jules right now.

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Don’t know why people keep saying we were passing a lot under de boer. may have been his philosophy but we never had any of the ball. got torn to shreds by huddersfield, wasn’t any passing from where i was sitting

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