Wullie

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/s-utter-joke-Crystal-Palace-right-Alan-Pardew/story-28964093-detail/story.html

They were giving him and Fat Sam credit for Leicester and West Ham's seasons.

Frightening levels of drivel. Chris Sutton is one of the stupidest people on the press circuit. Imagine uttering the phrase: "Rafa Benitez is a big gamble, especially when Nigel Pearson is available" with a straight face.

Repulsive Jabba cunt.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/20/gary-neville-england-valencia

:lol:

Within twenty minutes, he'd given away two free kicks in the exact same position that he'd done to cost us the match at Leicester, and this against a manager whose entire gameplan is based on set-pieces. Mangy little wank.

Basel just given a penalty against Sion. Sion fans behind the goal throwing so many missiles on the pitch in protest at the decision that the ref has taken all the players off.

Before the goal I've never seen such poor decision making from a team in the top flight for a long time. Where there was a wrong option to pick, we picked it, every time. Did the same at Leicester but we looked very different after the goal. It's confidence as much as anything, incredibly important that we didn't lose. Wish it wasn't Norwich next. Still can't get my head round the stupidity behind throwing Rafa straight into the two biggest games of the season instead of giving him two big opportunities to grow that confidence outside of incredibly tense and nervous affairs.

I reckon it's over two years since I celebrated a goal like the old days. Did today.

I struggle to find the words for what I really think about this piece of shit.

Usually a manager will change a centre forward for a centre forward and take credit (especially if it's Pardew) for the change. Anyone can do that. Rafa's subs made a massive difference, all three of them made a difference in us being able to do more attacking and keep hold of the ball more. Even Townsend going off which looked odd at the time was vindicated when Gini went into that position and put over a peach.

Eh? That's what sky sports just said, a game against Reading Definitely not right. There's one for a start, against Rafa: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21209228

Eh?

What do you think of your best mate's contribution?

Colback should have a green shirt on. He needs to be withdrawn now. He is desperate for them to win this match and making no attempt to hide it.

Colback fuck off you thick cunt.

When I'm betting on the lower leagues around Europe, you can always be very confident that the B teams everywhere will chuck away every game for the last two months of the season. There's no incentive at that point - they're not going to be called up for the crunch games at the end of the season and they're not playing for any competitive reward.

Spain introduced the B teams in the early 70s and were the laughing stock of European football until 2008, so it should make us a dead cert for the 2060 World Cup.

Let's be honest though, the majority of the country only really care about the top league now anyway. It's sad but the reality is not all different to the other top European leagues tbh. Is that even remotely true? Most have at least an interest in the Premier League, sure, but everyone has their own team, many of whoms is in the Football League/lower. Half the Premier League is made up of historically small clubs like Bournemouth, Leicester, Palace, Stoke, Norwich, Swansea and Watford now anyway. Recently graced by Hull, Reading and Wigan ffs. Even moreso next year when Villa, us and/or the mackems have gone. Many of English football's real powerhouse clubs with gigantic followings are outside the top flight and have been for some time. "The majority of the country" - aye I bet hundreds of thousands of Leeds United fans are fascinated by events at Bournemouth. Sounds like someone who has absolutely no interest in the lower leagues and just assumes everyone else is the same.

Let's be honest though, the majority of the country only really care about the top league now anyway. It's sad but the reality is not all different to the other top European leagues tbh. Frightening how wrong this is like. Staggeringly so. What does "the majority of the country" even mean?

Agreed. Complete horseshit.

It was the easiest fixture on the calendar for the best part of thirty years before Pards got involved.