Wullie

Martin Allen in tomorrow's Daily Mail, Pardew's former assistant and current manager of mid-table Conference outfit Barnet, having been sacked by League One clubs up and down the land says that if Cabaye had stayed and Remy not been injured, Pardew would "once again have been lauded as a top class manager" and would have "challenged the big boys". We "should be very very careful what we wish for". Wise words indeed.

I'm saving up now for the betting thread.

Absolute desperation from the entire fanbase that this will be the case. What have we been reduced to?

They wouldn't need to be if they weren't utterly shite.

More unrealistic expectations from those deluded wankers up north.

Gosling: "Our bad run has coincided with him not being there." Was he not there against the mackems like? Or the year before when the exact same thing happened? Gosling's such a detestable little shitbag. For someone who's had so little impact on the club, it surprises me how much I hate the twat.

I was joking. Can't believe I actually read and hear that sometimes. The "but we're 5th!" brigade of two years ago had merit - I didn't agree with it because I was bored to tears and it was obviously not sustainable due to the amount of times we got out of jail undeservedly, but the point stands that 5th was a very good finishing position at that point in time. 9th though? You actually see this in the press all the time. "Give the manager some credit, the team is achieving the definition of average, mid-table nothingness despite getting absolutely butchered on a regular basis" and I'm meant to go, aye good point, well done Pards.

46 points though. 6 points more than what people usually say is safety in the league and we keep being told we should be chuffed with the job he's doing. We are 9th tbf.

http://intothevalley.proboards.com/thread/1268/shut-leave A thread chosen completely at random. If/when fans of his next club look on here for what to expect, they'll certainly have some reading material.

Aye, got my answer there.

Gorgeous move.

The corporate/business style letter motivation thing he did was cringey as f***, but apart from that i would agree with you. Didn't know he'd retired at 20 as a player. Our clown and this just goes to show that if you have a half decent playing career that you will know jack buggery all about it as a coach. That's not accurate, there's plenty of brilliant players who have also done well as manager (it's stretching it to say that Pardew's playing career was half decent tbh, in length maybe, nothing else) but what is true though is that there is very little correlation between the two, yet clubs right throughout England still make the mistake of looking at somebody's name and deciding that's enough reason to give someone the manager's job. It's extraordinary really.

Sensible thing to do. Should have lumped on it really.

Kaiz, what's the story in Norway tomorrow, Stabaek aside?

Steve Bruce looking good on the touchline in his bloated tracksuit and shiny new white trainers.

Next Monday night is going to be gruesome carnage. Brilliant.

Mike and Mick need to sync avatars and really make things interesting.

I keep meaning to ask: what the fuck does NPW mean?

The corporate/business style letter motivation thing he did was cringey as f***, but apart from that i would agree with you. In fairness, that was Alex Ferguson's idea originally.

Any particular reason Schalke look such good value?

Can't be arsed to work it out. How's this? I'm assuming of course that they want to play in Europe (and why the fuck wouldn't you unless you're a complete wanker, but I digress). They need Arsenal to get 4th so they'll qualify for Europe automatically as runner up in the cup. If Arsenal finish 5th, they'll need to win the cup to get into Europe.

Be interesting to see how Hull play given that an Arsenal win is by far the best result for them today.

Having let the mackem take 45 seconds to take a goal kick.

Get in!

Just said to my lass I'd love if he broke his leg "no you wouldn't" ... seriously it's one player who I'd love to get crunched after all his horrendous dives and play acting. Right before the World Cup as well? Double bonus.