
Why are a lot of people against Hughes?
He would represent the death of our delusions of grandeur
It's got to be Marian Pahars = MP 3How good a manager is Pahars? We know he loves the club and would be able to inspire some pride into the team, and he would have the fans onside from the start, but would this be too much of a step up for him?
So:
West Ham away
Arsenal away
Chelsea home
Swansea away
Leicester away
Bournemouth home
Everton away
Man City home
A very tough run in, but one that - with a capable manager who has a good start - we can pick up enough points from.
West Ham, Swansea and Bournemouth are winnable. Everton and Leicester a bit more difficult but they could already be on the beach when we play them. We then need to hope Arsenal and/or Chelsea gift us like they have some of our rivals.
I don’t even want to think about needing to beat City on the final day.
I’d just be looking at West Ham. New manager, old manager, no manager, we need to win that one to have a chance.
Whoever takes the job needs 100% support from the fans, as do the players.
That's why he had to go now, really. We couldn't go into that game with an aura of despair hanging over the club - we need West Ham to be the ones in meltdown, with fans and players quite literally ripping into each other..
It’s so huge.

And I'm going
Last time I went to this fixture, we drew at Upto Park and both got promoted. How quickly life can change.
Sold out this one too