Wullie

Erm... signed a striker. With what? His own money? Did Pardew get Ireland with his own money? Didn't realise that, fair play to him.

Tried to buy someone I'd have hoped but as he wasn't favoured by the board it was obviously going to prove difficult however AP should not be suffering from this problem as he was hired merely weeks ago. Plus he signed HBA who would probably have been used up front. By the time he was crocked, he didn't have the option to replace him temporarily. Pardew did and decided not to bother.

Erm... signed a striker.

So the manager is to blame for the poor finishing of his side, laughable. Why didn't he buy a striker? Because he wasn't given any money? Well he claims it was because he was so impressed with the ones we've got. Well after weeks of claiming that he was going to "bang on the door of the chairman", he was hardly going to turn around and say "Oh well, I'm a gullible b******. He didn't give me any money which is a shame, because all the strikers we've got are s***" Well after weeks of telling us Andy Carroll wasn't for sale, he sold him so that's an absolutely ridiculous point. Mick has made the point for me - why bring in an injured midfielder instead of, for example, Sturridge? Because the money was probably already earmarked for HBA and I doubt Pardew even had much of a say in it either. My point is, the blame for me lies squarely at the door of the boardroom. I don't blame Pardew for not signing anyone in the window. Like Hughton before him, he's just making the best of a bad situation. He's just an irrelevant puppet in this whole charade. I think his circumstances are totally different to those of Hughton. Not in terms of the transfer window. Hughton didn't get much money and most said 'he's just making the best of what little he has'. Pardew does the same and it's his fault. Hughton consistently used the limited resources he had to bring in players to improve the squad, both loan and permanent - Simpson, Routledge, Harewood, Williamson, van Aanholt, HBA, Tiote, even Fitz Hall. Pardew just ran round after players he'd seen on MOTD four years ago. That was across two Summer windows and a January. I'll judge Pardew when he's had three transfer windows. f***ing hell, three transfer windows? Is it impossible to improve on Peter Lovenkrands until you've had three goes at it like? The same Lovenkrands that Hughton did not improve on? or is your hero absolved of the wrongs that you accuse Pardew of? Hughton signed him as a Championship striker and he did a great job for us. He was never intended to be first choice in the Premier League and Hughton wouldn't have let it get to that point.

So the manager is to blame for the poor finishing of his side, laughable. Why didn't he buy a striker? Because he wasn't given any money? Well he claims it was because he was so impressed with the ones we've got. Well after weeks of claiming that he was going to "bang on the door of the chairman", he was hardly going to turn around and say "Oh well, I'm a gullible b******. He didn't give me any money which is a shame, because all the strikers we've got are s***" Well after weeks of telling us Andy Carroll wasn't for sale, he sold him so that's an absolutely ridiculous point. Mick has made the point for me - why bring in an injured midfielder instead of, for example, Sturridge? Because the money was probably already earmarked for HBA and I doubt Pardew even had much of a say in it either. My point is, the blame for me lies squarely at the door of the boardroom. I don't blame Pardew for not signing anyone in the window. Like Hughton before him, he's just making the best of a bad situation. He's just an irrelevant puppet in this whole charade. Why bring in Ireland instead of a loan striker? Because when we started the Ireland deal, we were desperately short in midfield, Carroll was still a NUFC player and Shola didn't have a fractured jaw. That's utter drivel. Our first choice midfield four were all available other than one who was suspended and would be back before Ireland was fit, Carroll we knew was injured for weeks or months and Shola is Shola, consistently either injured or shit. We've been desperate for another striker all season, not to mention the fact that we were actively attempting to sell Carroll.

So the manager is to blame for the poor finishing of his side, laughable. Why didn't he buy a striker? Because he wasn't given any money? Well he claims it was because he was so impressed with the ones we've got. Well after weeks of claiming that he was going to "bang on the door of the chairman", he was hardly going to turn around and say "Oh well, I'm a gullible b******. He didn't give me any money which is a shame, because all the strikers we've got are s***" Well after weeks of telling us Andy Carroll wasn't for sale, he sold him so that's an absolutely ridiculous point. Mick has made the point for me - why bring in an injured midfielder instead of, for example, Sturridge? Because the money was probably already earmarked for HBA and I doubt Pardew even had much of a say in it either. My point is, the blame for me lies squarely at the door of the boardroom. I don't blame Pardew for not signing anyone in the window. Like Hughton before him, he's just making the best of a bad situation. He's just an irrelevant puppet in this whole charade. I think his circumstances are totally different to those of Hughton. Not in terms of the transfer window. Hughton didn't get much money and most said 'he's just making the best of what little he has'. Pardew does the same and it's his fault. Hughton consistently used the limited resources he had to bring in players to improve the squad, both loan and permanent - Simpson, Routledge, Harewood, Williamson, van Aanholt, HBA, Tiote, even Fitz Hall. Pardew just ran round after players he'd seen on MOTD four years ago. That was across two Summer windows and a January. I'll judge Pardew when he's had three transfer windows. Fucking hell, three transfer windows? Is it impossible to improve on Peter Lovenkrands until you've had three goes at it like?

Spot on.

So the manager is to blame for the poor finishing of his side, laughable. Why didn't he buy a striker? Because he wasn't given any money? Well he claims it was because he was so impressed with the ones we've got. Well after weeks of claiming that he was going to "bang on the door of the chairman", he was hardly going to turn around and say "Oh well, I'm a gullible b******. He didn't give me any money which is a shame, because all the strikers we've got are s***" Well after weeks of telling us Andy Carroll wasn't for sale, he sold him so that's an absolutely ridiculous point. Mick has made the point for me - why bring in an injured midfielder instead of, for example, Sturridge? Because the money was probably already earmarked for HBA and I doubt Pardew even had much of a say in it either. My point is, the blame for me lies squarely at the door of the boardroom. I don't blame Pardew for not signing anyone in the window. Like Hughton before him, he's just making the best of a bad situation. He's just an irrelevant puppet in this whole charade. I think his circumstances are totally different to those of Hughton. Not in terms of the transfer window. Hughton didn't get much money and most said 'he's just making the best of what little he has'. Pardew does the same and it's his fault. Hughton consistently used the limited resources he had to bring in players to improve the squad, both loan and permanent - Simpson, Routledge, Harewood, Williamson, van Aanholt, HBA, Tiote, even Fitz Hall. Pardew just ran round after players he'd seen on MOTD four years ago. Saying he couldn't do anything because he didn't have any money is very disrespectful towards what CH did with even less.

So the manager is to blame for the poor finishing of his side, laughable. Why didn't he buy a striker? Because he wasn't given any money? Well he claims it was because he was so impressed with the ones we've got. Well after weeks of claiming that he was going to "bang on the door of the chairman", he was hardly going to turn around and say "Oh well, I'm a gullible b******. He didn't give me any money which is a shame, because all the strikers we've got are s***" Well after weeks of telling us Andy Carroll wasn't for sale, he sold him so that's an absolutely ridiculous point. Mick has made the point for me - why bring in an injured midfielder instead of, for example, Sturridge? Because the money was probably already earmarked for HBA and I doubt Pardew even had much of a say in it either. My point is, the blame for me lies squarely at the door of the boardroom. I don't blame Pardew for not signing anyone in the window. Like Hughton before him, he's just making the best of a bad situation. He's just an irrelevant puppet in this whole charade. Why bring in Ireland instead of a loan striker?

Love Michael Dawson, he's the business.

Fucking hell, did he really say that? Lovenkrands even has a song about him costing zip ffs.

So the manager is to blame for the poor finishing of his side, laughable. Why didn't he buy a striker? Because he wasn't given any money? Well he claims it was because he was so impressed with the ones we've got. Well after weeks of claiming that he was going to "bang on the door of the chairman", he was hardly going to turn around and say "Oh well, I'm a gullible bastard. He didn't give me any money which is a shame, because all the strikers we've got are shit" Well after weeks of telling us Andy Carroll wasn't for sale, he sold him so that's an absolutely ridiculous point. Mick has made the point for me (EDIT, no he hasn't he's talking about HBA) - why bring in an injured midfielder instead of, for example, Sturridge?

We needed one badly, but really, who was out there to buy without paying daft prices? Keane would have done a job, but dont WH have to buy him if they stay up? Cant really think of anyone we could have brough in tbh. There's not a striker in world football who wouldn't be more effective than Best or Lovenkrands? Jesus.

So the manager is to blame for the poor finishing of his side, laughable. Why didn't he buy a striker? Because he wasn't given any money? Well he claims it was because he was so impressed with the ones we've got.

Fingers crossed that MOTD won't show any of it.

So the manager is to blame for the poor finishing of his side, laughable. Why didn't he buy a striker?

Not seen anything yet, just followed on here and on the radio. I'd have taken a point before the game given our previous away performance but we really need to start turning dominance of games into wins because eventually they'll start to turn into defeats and we're only five points off the drop (ok, six with goal difference). Desperate for Ben Arfa to come in, either to give us the quality to create chances that even our strikers can't miss or to just give us that moment of magic like against Everton. Disgusting not to sign a proper striker in January, regardless of where Carroll was and whether he was injured or not. Really disrespectful to both the supporters and the players, who must be pig sick of playing so well and getting nothing more than a point out of it.

I really liked Sibierski.

Me too.

West Bwom.

Quite funny to let Routledge go out, one of the best five players in the Championship, because he's 'not good enough' then bring in someone who has failed in both divisions. Meanwhile we're starting Lovenkrands in Routledge's position. Concrete logic.

Fucking hell, is this a joke?

Asked my best mate, Boro season ticket holder of 15 years for his verdict on Aliadiere - still doesn't know what position he's meant to play, doesn't score any goals up front, doesn't create enough to play as a winger, has pace but no more than a lot of players now, terrible Premiership player, average Championship one, said we'd end up even more desperate if we get him in.

Even better deal if that 10% discount carries across the ten years too rather than just next season.

Walked out with about 5 mins left when Birmingham scored their 4th when they walloped us in the cup at St James', only time. Can't get my head around leaving so early as Saturday, surely you at least want to see how your players react? Tells you just as much about them as a big win, arguably more.