BottledDog

Sound like sensible fellows.

Why did we bring him in? Think of him as a potential 'Harper' to Kruls 'Given'. A slightly older, steady keeper with the kind of personality that will keep plugging away for a chance, without getting anyone down, or demanding a move every five minutes. By the by, I have a couple of Charlton supporting friends who seem to rate him and that'll do me. Also, despite his age, considering his rapid rise up the leagues they think he's got a fair bit of developing still to do.

Well, no, it speaks to his intelligence and his outlook. If he was happy with signing average players like Warnock or Carlton Cole - frankly another player that I think we would sign if Pardew was in charge of transfers, given his links to West Ham that he boasted about after signing Ba - then it says a lot about his management IQ, if such a thing exists. Of course Pardew has a great deal to do with incomings (less so with outgoings which is pretty par for the course), Carr has stated it often enough himself - recommendations are made, Carr organises trips for Pardew to see the players, then the final lists are given to the board. And as for going for English cloggers over foreign flair when he has a chance, can you explain to me his signing of players like Yossi Benayoun from Racing Santader in the past?

"this 'sexy football' thing is being imposed on him by the hierarchy" Damn the hierarchy and their desire for 'sexy football'. Bunkum by the way, Pardew throughout his career has tried to play football the right way as it were.

Can't stand Edwards, but yeah, it's decent for a national. The comparison to Allardyce is doing Pardew a bit of a disservice though. Yes he has made us determined, hard to beat, obstinate, belligerent etc, but I don't think in the long term he'd want us to remain 'not exciting'. From what I've seen he enjoys attacking play and players that excite just as much as the rest of us, and given time, with the lads we've brought in we may see some expansive football yet.

Jonas should start for me, there is no way he should be dropped after the efforts he's shown again this season but i'm really intrigued to see what he can do on the right. Marvaux on the left if possible, and then Oba challenging from the bench. The great thing is we have the 3 of them, and they'll all get plenty of time on the pich this season, and if 2 of them get crocked we still have Barfa who can cover both sides. Really looking forward to the competition.

Tiote, Cabaye, Marveaux, Ben-Arfa, Santone, Abeid..... Havent these all arrived under his watch and probably a few others who slip my mind? what are we actually saying about these signings? french league winning captain well known french ligue 1 winger bound for liverpool 5 times (?) ligue 1 winner and all round famous frenchie ex-wonderkid italian u21 international and 'new maldini' as much as carr, unless it falls under his remit, the people who are sniffing out the deals and finalising them deserve massive amounts of credit imo Exactly. True, but who are we talking here, Llambias? Charnley? Are there others who actually do most of the spadework? Either way, top stuff on the recruitment side, staff as well as the players tbh. Shame they fucked up so royally when it came to the task of getting a goddamn striker in.

Can agree with that.

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Reading NUFC.com, no one did. Beardsley disagrees, but then he has to really. Plenty Of Positives For Pedro http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20110920/plenty-of-positives-for-pedro_2281670_2457221 /not a jot about Nile mind.

He said: "The referee needs to make sure he referees the game from a completely neutral point of view because Joey has been in the press a fair bit this week - more than Joey would have liked and more than I would like - and I'm sure he'll get a mention in Sunderland's game plan. "He's a very, very good player and they'll need to stop him but I've got no qualms about throwing Joey in there, no doubts at all. But the referee will need to be astute." Reading between the lines he's basically saying all referees are cunts and in the pay of Far Eastern betting syndicates. Disgraceful tbh.

Stick him alongside Perch in central defence.

Yup. Hardly emphatic.

Leg has fallen off. Which one? As long as it's not the left one he should still be able to play some part. Middle one. That'll do. High Five o/'ll be pissed though. Allez!

Leg has fallen off. Which one? As long as it's not the left one he should still be able to play some part.

Is he ok? Is he at the ground?

Not a peep.

A very ham fisted bit of 'journalism' stating fantastical nonsense as fact imho. Check over the last few pages for a bit more depth/alternative views.

Hammy.

If I recall correctly Robson said something not too dissimilar when discussing Bellamy and/or Roberts. When did we have Jason Roberts? Fair point. Edited.

If I recall correctly Robson said something not too dissimilar when discussing Bellamy and/or Robert. Every player quoted (the latest being Best, after saying he can be a nightmare when he doesn't get to play) has had good words to say about Pardew, including those that have left like Barton. That he talks to players individually, puts an arm round when needed, and is an very good man manager to the first team and the kids breaking through. Lets just leave the 'fucking retarded' comments out without context or evidence of harm, and while in fact the team and individual players are clearly fighting for him, the club, and each other on the pitch.

Andy Carroll looking about 12 mugging the camera in the crowds entering SJP.

this makes more sense to me than anything else i've ever heard about ashley's motives for buying the club Eh, how does that make any sense whatsoever? how doesn't it ffs? it explains the first 2 or so years of utter ineptitude and chaos if he was trying to deal with something he never really planned on having very long, then once the realisation dawned on him he was stuck with it he started trying to get a handle on things which he's doing now in his own style suppose it depends how quickly he intended to move it on and when any possible deal fell apart, within a few months he'd sacked allardyce and brought back king kev against all the odds etc. which might have been intended to raise the appeal of the club Ok, explain this scenario to me. I can't imagine anyone buying a football club they didn't want, take all the risk by not even fully checking the books, because they thought they had someone lined up to buy it off them at an inflated price. Who on earth is this buyer who has said "Mike, I'd like to buy Newcastle, but I'm a bit strapped for cash at the moment, can you just go and pay for it and I'll take it off your hands plus give you a handsome profit on it once this cheque from Nigeria clears next Tuesday"? Edit: Aye, and what Chez said.

this makes more sense to me than anything else i've ever heard about ashley's motives for buying the club Eh, how does that make any sense whatsoever?

How on earth did you find that. Brilliant. /Looks a fun show too. Bookmarked in case they start suplying subtitles.