thomas

Hope pardew's writing himself a reminder to shoot Taylor after the game.

Jesus assfucking christ

Nice assist from Howard Loving it.

Enrique, I love you but learn to just fucking hoof it please.

I like how it's such a select group they all fit on one page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Surinamese_immigrants_to_the_Netherlands

Carroll is suited to a quick, short passing game game played on the ground now?

Great, he's a better athlete who's not available to play almost 40% of the time. That's great. We can all agree on that, no one's even arguing it. Convince me as to why that's preferable to a Kevin Nolan who is available 98% of the time. Keep all answers grounded in reality, i.e. no perfect-world scenarios or starting sentences with "Well if he wasn't injured all the time..." or "On his day...". Base all answers on the reality of Dyers attitude,physical health and consistency of play over the last 15 years. P.S. IMO Dyer was good but not a world beater. Walcott and Lennon are both better examples of the type of player he could/should have become and both of them, on their worst days, are better than he would have ever become.

Dyer actually averaged a healthy # of appearances per season while he was with us - the thing was he'd always pick up a one or two week knock here or there and the frequency was enough to cultivate the image he was constantly missing for large swaths of games. http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/players/395/kieron_dyer_injury.html ... not 100% accurate I know but as an example of just how frequent that was, if anyone wanted reminding. Just eyeballing the stats he was avilable for something like ~ 31-32 games per season across all competitions. That said, in this team, right now, I'd rather have Nolan. Dyers superiority as an athlete would always be tainted by his attitude and motivation. We, and I include myself here, have a tendency to overexaggerate the negatives and downplay the positives too much when it comes to our own players. Nolan has his share of faults and I've been guilty of harping on them too. But his contribution to the club right now cannot be understated.

What remit

It's a bias acquired from his experience with them. He can't imagine a manager-owner interaction on the level Pardew and Ashley (apparently (maybe not) ) share. He can only base his opinions on how Mike will back and treat Alan on how he himself was backed and treated. It's understandable, just not necessarily correct.

They're on course to possibly do a little better actually, with another win or two thrown in. 09/10 Home 7W 6D 6L 10/11 Home 7W 2D 4L (to date) Thankfully their away form has gotten worse 09/10 Away 4W 8D 7L 10/11 Away 3W 1D 10L (to date)

He was asked one question as part of a larger interview. It's not like he came running out of his house this morning looking for journalists to chat to in order to slag off Ashley. I don't see how he has inserted himself into a situation, as you put it. I can't listen to the interview, but if he has said the part in quotations than he has inserted himself into the situation. What possibly could have been the context that explains away such a harsh statement. He's been a public figure most of his life and he must know that something like this will be taken out. If you're getting the "not allowed in your area" BS from the link in the first post, open this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00yzd1b and go to about the 35 minute mark.

I think it was David Pleat, who always sounds 30 seconds away from senility anyway.

It looks more like he's shoving his head down and it's not just a slap/pat. That's what makes me inclined to say it was a bit much.

thats it, seriously is that it hes whining like a child over that. jesus fucking christ man up about it wilshire, just accept it you lost and not come out with basically: "waah waah they took our trophy" I've not taken a proper look apart from one passing clip on a recap of the match, but I thought in full motion it looked a bit more than a tap. Still nothing major, but a bit more than what that picture suggests. http://i54.tinypic.com/15qdr2q.jpg Blatantly was. Uncalled for.

"The one thing I would say is ... I saw an interview with Alan Pardew where he said he hoped to get some of that thirty-five million pounds and I thought ... Alan ... you ain't gonna get any of that" and then goes on to talk about the Milner sale. He's entitled to his opinion on it based on prior encounters. I hope he's wrong.

He's not making the bench because he's injured. And where's the bedlam? Pages 34 or so to present.

player not currently making the bench loaned out, bedlam ensues

holy fucking lol

I've been stuck on "good" for a while. "Brilliant" or "crap" will depend on summer comings/goings.

We throw this away and it's ourselves to blame for not finishing something in the 800 other attempts we've had. Should be 2 or 3 - 1 :\

Anyone else hate Bolton with a fury for reasons they can't rightly put into words?

He seems like one who is a great lieutenant but not a great general. Pleased, but hope his job title always has "assistant" in front of manager.

Same. Brilliant news.

Who's to say other recent managers of ours didn't use GPS tracking units on their players and prep for games with deeper analysis of the opposition? Well no one, really, you're right. I can only recall Allardyce touting the stuff like snake oil. I think guesses could be made about which ones would would and wouldn't though. Souness, Kinnear, Roeder strike me as being more conservative in their approach and less likely to use those resources while Keegan, Allardyce, Pardew and probably Hughton were/are more progressive.