It's so bad that it converted me from perpetual lurker to poster. Not even Souness or Kinnear could do that.
What makes this slightly worse than relegation for me is that we got a get out of jail free card when we won the Championship with style. I felt that we were in no danger of getting relegated, based on the absolute sh#t in the league. With just enough quality in the first team, and a strong team spirit, I fully expected us to finish 12-15th. Take away the good feeling, and replace it with that utter c*nt Pardew, and we have a very good chance of dropping like a meteor. A perfect chance for redemption, and then this. 2008-2009 could have been seen as just unpolished ineptitude at the time. This seems much, much more sinister. We'd be better off if Joe Pesci from Goodfellas ran the club. Then at least we'd see Llambias hung in a meat locker at some point. Alan Pardew? WTF?