Wullie

The best thing I can say about him is that I hope he dies a brutal death and no cunt turns up at his funeral.

The greatest man to be associated with my club in my lifetime and probably for a long time before it. Other clubs would treat him with utter reverence, we treat him like shit.

Wish I was cool enough to be one of the complete wankers who slag Keegan.

We don't have any other alternatives. Santon is a failed experiment IMO. Sissoko bombs forward too much to protect the back 4 , Anita is too lightweight, MYM would also be a square plug in a round hole. Gouffran does put in a good shift and also has a decent eye for a pass. Only to the naked eye. Got a vision of a giant ultra violet light shining down on the field showing Santon closing down swiftly and tracking his man impeccably.

8/10 Would not rape

I love Rich.

Have any other sports merchandise companies been the main headline on Sky Sports News for days on end?

We haven't got a midfield that can play a 4-4-2 now imo, not when there's such a paucity of threat from wide. Anita looks completely lost in a central pair and always has done. Unfortunately the manager hasn't noticed.

Brett keeps talking about Pardew making "errors". I'm more concerned about his overall competency to coach and manage a consistent side than what he does on individual match days.

Appalling grammar.

What's the first XI going to be that'll finish top ten with no signings next year? Humour me.

Brett's happy to get arse-fucked off the mackems twice a season and rack up countless negative club records. Literally not bothered. Only reason he's not keen on Pardew is the team selection. Exactly the type of dim football supporter I was talking about last night.

Thick as two short planks.

I've got a great many thoughts on why this is, but in the main I think the fact that he doesn't buy his own players is, for many, a complete get-out-of-jail-free card. If a player was shit under Robson, or any other manager, it was because the manager had bought a shit player - manager's fault. As someone who has posted on here for more than ten years now, it always strikes me how little we hear it now on this forum because of the way we are now run. Every manager used to be judged more than anything else on who they had bought. Endless discussions on potential future managers usually ended up with people just listing a particular manager's transfer hits and misses. Robson - bought some crap (I have seen dozens of pro-Robson posts over the years be met with a response of "wasn't that good, bought Viana, Cort and Bramble") Souness - bought some crap Roeder - bought some crap Allardyce - bought some crap Pardew - hasn't bought any crap (unless you give him credit for Obertan) A huge amount of football supporters (and even a lot of the press) seem to have a hard time grasping that a manager's job extends to much more than a) buying players and b) picking the team (actually that's not true about the press, they'll acknowledge a manager's positive effect but if it's shit, they'll blame the players but I digress). Pardew only has responsibility for one of those and because he gets off completely scot-free on that charge, that basically lets him get away with anything because it also gets him off charge b) in a roundabout way. He consistently fails to get the best out of, say, the Acronym Brothers, MYM and HBA, so drops them, getting away with selecting the wrong personnel without any finger ultimately pointing at him because he didn't buy them. He can make every single talented player look like total shit and then hold his hands up saying "not my fault, I didn't choose this rubbish". But suggestion that a manager might affect their performances has scorn quickly poured all over it, after all they're paid enough to take responsibility for themselves. You hear it all the time - "Don't blame Pardew, what could he have done differently today?" - coached the team to a competent standard over a 3-year period perhaps? But people think you've got a screw loose if you think he's doing anything wrong beyond what team he picked and what subs he makes, as if it's some sort of paranoid conspiracy theory to suggest that maybe the manager could possibly have any sort of effect on the performances of the players before or after he's written their names on the teamsheet.

Did Spurs withdraw from the Europa League when Villas Boas left? Assume they must have done judging by tonight's efforts.

Everton are a bunch of bitter, bluenose arseholes. They are known as the scouse mackems for a reason. Fans are a bunch of horrible cunts an all. Always chucking coins and spitting. And Newcastle fans don't do this? I saw 1 coin thrown today at the ground. What denomination coin was it? What you saw is now our summer transfer warchest.

We've won in the cup without him. In the league this season, we beat Fulham without him starting - however the only goal was after he came on. Last league win without him was December 2012 vs QPR (1-0 Shola).

Genuinely believe it would be like the games after Gullit and Souness departed - shackles off and fill your boots. Still remember exactly where I was and what I was doing (cartwheels) when Souness got the bullet. It'll be the greatest day of my life when Pardew slings his hook.

Speaking as someone who is livid about his recent inclusion in the team, this Twitter shit's a bit unfair on him really. I don't agree with people handing out abuse on Twitter generally (although I might revoke my lifelong intention not to sign up if Alan Pardew opens an account), but it shows how staggeringly out of touch the club are with the support that they thought that asking for questions for him would be a good idea at the moment.

Absolutely spot on.

I'm less concerned about them "giving life and limb" and more concerned about them looking disgustingly shit at football. One for the football pet hates thread for me - people moaning about "passion" and the like. I've never watched Man City (2008-) or Arsenal or Barcelona or one of the excellent Newcastle teams and come away thinking that they've won their latest game at a canter because of passion.

Tbf to Messi, I sit right under the away supporters and have only ever seen away fans spitting twice, both Everton.

Could try coaching them properly?