George Bailey

Exquisite wasnt it. Great finish too.... Have to say I've enjoued todays offerings on BT sport, for different reasons.

ditto. We will have a sending off too imo.

3-0 Robben Stroll in the park 4-0 Dante.... 5-0 Mandzukic. Piece of piss for them

2-0 Ribbery Bayern.

Gotze 1-0 Bayern

Surely not. Even this set of parastitic muppetts wouldnt just leave us with just Shola..

Like many on here have said........... Lets just get it over with. I would imagine, barring death, he will at some point be 'manager' of us. May be a final nail for some and may act as unifying the dispirited fans into a cohesive force. Can't imagine anything but disaster from his tenure, but lets just get it over with....

Was he trying to get to him? Dunno what his intention was when he got there but he certainly got close. Was trying to give Pardew his ST. Should give the cunt his STD

Its hard to judge individuals when the man responsible for inspiring them, tactically using them and creating a team from them is so woefully inept and corrupt. For me he has all the talent but if I'm honest I don't see much desire or commitment at times... wasted with this clown managing him undoubtedly, but needs to up his personal contribution big style for me. Irrespective of where he is wrongly played on the pitch. Pre match Pardew seemed to be placing a big emaphasis on his shoulders in terns of the end of this season. All talk from the gob shite likely...........Would love to see the lad truly let loose with his skills and attacking flair. I expcet him to be off in the summer too.

Being Ashley's fall guy is his job, and tbf he's f***ing mint at that. Abso fucking lotuley

chin the fucking weasel

young geordie lad scores desperate times

Just can't see how we can get rid of the cunt, whilst so many continue to bury heads in sand over the plight and the downward travel of our club.... Pardew is a symptom. This twat is the disease.

How has this man made a living out of football..

Despise this fake clown. Utter puppet and muppet.

this could get embarrassing...or should i say more so, fake manager, fake owner.....fucking disgrace.

ffs

Aye, but it'll be to replace Ben Arfa. so true....

Kamikaze tactics playing a high line with slow, half-fit centre backs and a kid out of position at right back against the pace of their front 3. It's like Martinez never saw the Spurs v Liverpool game. On a postive I have to say the scoreline was flattering and there is quality running through your side. Mirallas in particular(sp) was outstanding. Plenty to look forward too for you guys I reckon. Top 5/6 easily with top four contender status 'chasing' on the heels of the big 4.

Good luck to the lad. One of our better players in recent times. PSG have got themselves a snip imo, worth at least a further few millions. Sad to see him go and a little surprised at the timing, though truly little surprises anymore in football. Not sure the 'selling' club tag means much now, we are simply one of those clubs that will see better players leave to acheive their ambitions in the holy grail of the CL and to win things. We are by no means alone in that category and simply can't compete at that level consistently, barring huge and some may say ridiculous levels of investment. That isn't Pardews fault (much is) and to some extent it isn't Ashley's either (much is).....imo How we compete at the level we are at, how we utilise the resources we have, how we go about attracting players wanting to raise their profiles in maybe a more prominent league, or get young players to the club are all within their remit. Going forward we have to hope they get more right than wrong.

I liked it

Excellent posts Sewelly. The effect on the likes of Portugueses, Dutch sides etc was one thing I hadn't even considered tbh, which makes me feel rather insular looking...

Cracking post as normal. Just goes to show how much actually needs looking at, in almost every aspect of the game. Whats the priorities? The restructuring of the game and leagues, European cups? Money and its effect on the game? TV and its over influence? Corruption and cheating? The games position in society and comunities? The game is at a crossroads for me. Massive questions and solutions needed imo to ensure its survival as we know it...Or is that it? maybe its just no longer footbal (as we have known it)l and its evolved or evolving into its next stage of being?

Not for me mate. The CL would just become the 'particiaptors league' in all effect. Scrap the CL for me. devalue the fuck out of it. Go back to European competitions having meaning. Champions and maybe, maybe 2nd placed sides play each other in knock out comp. 2nd,3rd and 4th placed sides play in knock out UEFA cup. Bring back the Cup winners cup. TV and the amount of money sloshing about needs addressing as a priority. Not a fan of every fucking game being 'live'...Oh great its Kidderminster v Cleethorpes tonight..whoop the fuck eeee. Ive passed mysaturation point. Football is not a sport that people should ONLY watch on TV. k Kids from Hull, Dunfermline and Skegness scratching about in bloody barca and Real tops. Get football back to its roots of local teams for communities. Pay needs sorting too. its far too disproportional. No person on the planet, is worth £100, 150,200, 250k a week, ludicrous. All in all 'modern'football is largely shit imo. Certainly wont be around to celebrate clubs second centeniaries if the centralised, elitist model continues..thing is it appears the governing bodies couldnt give a shit. We and clubs like us are simply an irrelevant annoyance to them. 12-20 teams in Europe. The great Real v Bayern every 2nd weekend. Man U v Benfica ad infinitum. Franchise football here we come. Once capitalism got really interested it was writing on the wall time....