Hm. There comes a point, as there did with Pardew, that a manager's shitness can not and no longer should be tolerated regardless of the consequences of ousting him.
I'd say McClaren isn't miles away from that, a couple of heavy defeats in the next few games Inc a cup exit and he's got to go.
There are varying degrees of shit and until Ashley goes we will always be shit it's just once a manager reaches a certain point you're just flogging a dead horse into oblivion. As you say a few more heavy defeats and out of the cup at the first hurdle and you've got to think we'd be better off without him.
thing is for me, that Pardew wasn't just shit, he was a facilitator. He was extremely good at deflecting attention from Ashley and spinning PR for him. As soon as he went the attention turned to Ashley, which is what was needed.
Booyah.