As results stand we're guaranteed 3rd. If Scotland win tonight we just need a draw in Poland to avoid the playoff so I'd be rooting for Scotland at the minute.
Allardyce will keep them up imo. He's the kind of manager that will keep them anywhere between 11th and 16th every season. We're 100% losing the derby in a few weeks if McClaren is still here too which will be even more painful with Allardyce as their manager.
He has to go now because it will take us fucking ages to replace him. If we want to have anyone in for the second half of the season then the search has to start now.
As results stand we're bottom of the league without a win and 5 points from safety. Effectively 6 points with our goal difference by the end of this shit. Something needs to change asap.
Couldn't care less if we go down at this point man. As a football fan I can see as clear as day that we are the team that deserves to go down out of them all with maybe Sunderland being the exception. I honestly can't be arsed with us just about surviving again either just to do it all again next year. I'd take a season or 2 in the Championship if it mean't us winning and enjoying games again with the outside chance of Ashley fucking off.
If Shepherd was here I'd say hopefully. But it'll take Ashley until January to get a new manager and by then the goalkeeper coach will just be told to hold onto it until the end of the season.