outside of the top 6/8 sides their all mediocre ,, and what a load of ******** that is......too much is made of how everybody else is an also ran bar 2 mancs ans a few london clubs ,,its nonsense......there are plenty of players out there who do a great job in this league and allardyce bought a few of them for pennies ,,Collins 2m, Diame (free) benayoun ( Free Loan ) Carroll will cost the best part of 5/6 m to keep at the club but thats peanuts , esp when you think of the chaos he causes teams . allowing nolan to ghost in ,,, would you say west brom are mediocre too ?? or Fulham ?? ,, throwaway cliche'd comments by a new breed of supporter who gets all his info from 2 bob websites and all the usual media hype based on 4 teams only, it really infuriates me.... the real facts are you've played 4/5 of the best teams in europe in your 1st few games and been unlucky,, had it not been man city away , you'd of beaten 80% of team on that performance , so get behind your manager . team and 1 other point....there is no better manager in the country than Pardew for buying/finding talent,, the mans a genius in the transfer market ,, hardly ever bought a dud in 10 years FACT