Dokko

Best thing you can do with Ashley is let him crack on until he decides to sell the club. He'll not want the club to leave the premiership, but we will go nowhere else in cups or euro qualification and no amount of protests or fan pressure will change that. Like said any publicity is good publicity, he's been surrounded in negativity since he's come here yet SD has doubled in size. We did that for him, without us he'd just be another retail brand struggling to make an impact on the high street.

I'd imagine the club have at least approached their agents to ask whether they'd be in consideration. Any flat out no will not be on any short list

Give him time, he'll be belter I'm not totally writing the lad off, it'd be stupid to do so at his age but if you compare him to someone like Aarons then the gulf in quality is there for all to see at the moment. It's a lot easier for a winger to break through than a striker. An average winger you pick up for peanuts, average striker costs you £10m. Hardest thing in football is to judge the potential of players who don't immediately stand out from the crowd. I do worry though about his physical presence, he lacks pace, strength and height. If he had any of them (Aarons has great pace) then I think his impact would be clearer to see. He's going to have to rely on technique and intelligence, he certainly won't have much of the latter due to his level of experience. I'd have him out on loan next season to somewhere he'd play every game and improve probably his strength as pace and height are natural attributes he'll probably never have (not saying he's slow, he's average and that's probably about where he'll be as a mature adult)

Cabaye and £10m would be decent.

I'm probably wrong but IIRC that moment was against palace, ironic if so and he does join.

Im sure Mike will be pleased to see his SD.com hoardings being kicked to fuck by his new manager.

Wow, scarily close like. For that alone I want him.

So more people will attend, apparently.

Got any quotes to back this up? For the Bruce one? I remember another user posting a compilation of posts supporting Bruce's appointment. I'll dig it up if that's what you're referring to. It was me for when HBA went to Hull, loads of people saying they'd have him here. (sorry) Yorkie saying he'd kill for him here

Very nice tbf to them

ne tim nows

I imagine he struggles with his own name.

Just FF

I hope this is true, the meltdown will be spectacular.

Haven't won anything since Merson was born. Easy solution lads, get him some Grade AAA coke.

First thing Merson said there when Sherwood was mentioned was 'londener' and laughed.

Such an annoying cunt. did marvellous for 67 wins in a row, but now he's gone could easily lose 4-5...event though thats what PArdew did after the winning run.

Think it's great, actually. Hopefully more people will go to local games. Could have had some lower league games on 2-3 domestic channels giving them a nice pay day to take in to the rest of the season, whilst also getting their faces out there to get people to games. The buzz and hype surrounding TV games actually increase attendances not hinder them for smaller clubs. Perfect chance to boost the cups profile for helping out smaller teams totally wasted today. I was talking to Gateshead's finance director and he said they're only getting 40k from the West Brom game, which is nowt compared to what they could have had. What could they have had? From what? You know what they got for their home game in the 2nd round? Obviously 3rd round is the magical mark when it comes to interest. No reason we couldn't have had Blyth vs Brum and say Tranmere vs Swansea on the TV today. Build up the magic of the cup whilst giving the smaller home team a chance to get some extra coin. Even ITV2 or BBC3 cold have made a nice difference for them, especially Blyth. I was hoping to sit with the bairn and get him to watch some of these types of games instead of it being all about Manu vs Chelsea and top 4 games. Show him what makes today an important part of the football calendar. Instead we'll play lego batman on the PS4.

He's clearly not a full shilling, there's little doubt about that. Doesn't mean we shouldn't have been able to get far more out of him. A good manager would have, not wankers like Pardew and Bruce who are all about graft over craft. If he was as rounded as some appear to expect, there's not a chance he'd have been here in the first place, and that includes us taking advantage of him falling out with his previous club. We should have got more out of him, but he should have got far more out of himself. His mentality is getting more wild and unpredictable and while he's not playing football his talent is taking a nose dive. Not at any point has the lad himself decided he wants to change things, he's decided to keep going the way he has and this is why he's ended up destroying his own career. Nice will expect him to buck up his ideas, but he won't and he might get away with it due to the quality of the league but only they'll take so much and he could see himself ousted again. You can't blame Pardew for this, for most part hba comments on Pardew have been positive and if anything it sounded like Pardew gave him too much leeway, pissed off senior players and when Pardew wanted it to change gave him a final ultimatum which blew up in both their faces. Senior players no longer wanted him around the dressing room and put their foot down. Just because he was made the poster boy by the fans against Pardew doesn't mean that's all it was, Pardew vs hba, this issues ran much deeper and with a lot more people within the club. In the end too much trouble coming in to his final year where a decision had to be made, just like Barton the club had enough with his antics and got rid. The point stands and will always stand imo that on the pitch is all that matters if you can come up with the goods. Imo he could and (when started) did. We're talking about a player here that was dropped when he was in form last season. Bellamy was a prick, Robert was too, loads of players are dicks and by the sounds of it HBA isn't all there either, but if you're going to invest more in off-the-field unknowns from a notorious liar over what you watch on the pitch come the weekend then I'm not sure what to say... Its not all that matters, that's completely short sighted. You think the lorded Tuchel or FdB would put up with some petulant workshy disruption walking around training like he doesn't have to put in any effort? You mention Bellamy who'd berate his own players in training for not putting in 100% in practise matches. If HBA had Bellamy's mentality he'd be where HBA thinks he should be, alongside Messi at Barca. My opinion has nothing to do with anything Pardew has said about him. Short sighted in what way? Do you think that we played any better without him? You're making a straw man argument by bringing other managers into it. The facts are that for us, under Pardew, with the players we have, he played well and produced. The alternatives were far and away worse. If we had another manager, better alternatives or better football without him, you would definitely have a point, but the fact is that we didn't and still dont. Whether you like it or not, last season he was dropped as arguably our best player, if you want to get into hearsay and rumour then that's absolutely fine, but again it works both ways and there are a lot of things that people have heard about what happened after the Man United defeat and about other players that backed him up. I'm not defending his temperament, there's obviously something not quite right with him, but at the same time we're talking about a manager that ostracised Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. Whether Pardew's decision was a personal or footballing one, either way it was the wrong one for me as a fan because we were better with him and the football was far more enjoyable. I'm making 'a straw man argument by bringing other managers into it' but its ok for you to bring other players in to it? Yes, because that's an actual event that occurred with Pardew and those two players, not one that's been made up. An event with Bellamy, Robert and Pardew? Ok. Just making it up as you go along, im done.

He's clearly not a full shilling, there's little doubt about that. Doesn't mean we shouldn't have been able to get far more out of him. A good manager would have, not wankers like Pardew and Bruce who are all about graft over craft. If he was as rounded as some appear to expect, there's not a chance he'd have been here in the first place, and that includes us taking advantage of him falling out with his previous club. We should have got more out of him, but he should have got far more out of himself. His mentality is getting more wild and unpredictable and while he's not playing football his talent is taking a nose dive. Not at any point has the lad himself decided he wants to change things, he's decided to keep going the way he has and this is why he's ended up destroying his own career. Nice will expect him to buck up his ideas, but he won't and he might get away with it due to the quality of the league but only they'll take so much and he could see himself ousted again. You can't blame Pardew for this, for most part hba comments on Pardew have been positive and if anything it sounded like Pardew gave him too much leeway, pissed off senior players and when Pardew wanted it to change gave him a final ultimatum which blew up in both their faces. Senior players no longer wanted him around the dressing room and put their foot down. Just because he was made the poster boy by the fans against Pardew doesn't mean that's all it was, Pardew vs hba, this issues ran much deeper and with a lot more people within the club. In the end too much trouble coming in to his final year where a decision had to be made, just like Barton the club had enough with his antics and got rid. The point stands and will always stand imo that on the pitch is all that matters if you can come up with the goods. Imo he could and (when started) did. We're talking about a player here that was dropped when he was in form last season. Bellamy was a prick, Robert was too, loads of players are dicks and by the sounds of it HBA isn't all there either, but if you're going to invest more in off-the-field unknowns from a notorious liar over what you watch on the pitch come the weekend then I'm not sure what to say... Its not all that matters, that's completely short sighted. You think the lorded Tuchel or FdB would put up with some petulant workshy disruption walking around training like he doesn't have to put in any effort? You mention Bellamy who'd berate his own players in training for not putting in 100% in practise matches. If HBA had Bellamy's mentality he'd be where HBA thinks he should be, alongside Messi at Barca. My opinion has nothing to do with anything Pardew has said about him. Short sighted in what way? Do you think that we played any better without him? You're making a straw man argument by bringing other managers into it. The facts are that for us, under Pardew, with the players we have, he played well and produced. The alternatives were far and away worse. If we had another manager, better alternatives or better football without him, you would definitely have a point, but the fact is that we didn't and still dont. Whether you like it or not, last season he was dropped as arguably our best player, if you want to get into hearsay and rumour then that's absolutely fine, but again it works both ways and there are a lot of things that people have heard about what happened after the Man United defeat and about other players that backed him up. I'm not defending his temperament, there's obviously something not quite right with him, but at the same time we're talking about a manager that ostracised Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. Whether Pardew's decision was a personal or footballing one, either way it was the wrong one for me as a fan because we were better with him and the football was far more enjoyable. I'm making 'a straw man argument by bringing other managers into it' but its ok for you to bring other players in to it?

Think it's great, actually. Hopefully more people will go to local games. Could have had some lower league games on 2-3 domestic channels giving them a nice pay day to take in to the rest of the season, whilst also getting their faces out there to get people to games. The buzz and hype surrounding TV games actually increase attendances not hinder them for smaller clubs. Perfect chance to boost the cups profile for helping out smaller teams totally wasted today.

He's clearly not a full shilling, there's little doubt about that. Doesn't mean we shouldn't have been able to get far more out of him. A good manager would have, not wankers like Pardew and Bruce who are all about graft over craft. If he was as rounded as some appear to expect, there's not a chance he'd have been here in the first place, and that includes us taking advantage of him falling out with his previous club. We should have got more out of him, but he should have got far more out of himself. His mentality is getting more wild and unpredictable and while he's not playing football his talent is taking a nose dive. Not at any point has the lad himself decided he wants to change things, he's decided to keep going the way he has and this is why he's ended up destroying his own career. Nice will expect him to buck up his ideas, but he won't and he might get away with it due to the quality of the league but only they'll take so much and he could see himself ousted again. You can't blame Pardew for this, for most part hba comments on Pardew have been positive and if anything it sounded like Pardew gave him too much leeway, pissed off senior players and when Pardew wanted it to change gave him a final ultimatum which blew up in both their faces. Senior players no longer wanted him around the dressing room and put their foot down. Just because he was made the poster boy by the fans against Pardew doesn't mean that's all it was, Pardew vs hba, this issues ran much deeper and with a lot more people within the club. In the end too much trouble coming in to his final year where a decision had to be made, just like Barton the club had enough with his antics and got rid. The point stands and will always stand imo that on the pitch is all that matters if you can come up with the goods. Imo he could and (when started) did. We're talking about a player here that was dropped when he was in form last season. Bellamy was a prick, Robert was too, loads of players are dicks and by the sounds of it HBA isn't all there either, but if you're going to invest more in off-the-field unknowns from a notorious liar over what you watch on the pitch come the weekend then I'm not sure what to say... Its not all that matters, that's completely short sighted. You think the lorded Tuchel or FdB would put up with some petulant workshy disruption walking around training like he doesn't have to put in any effort? You mention Bellamy who'd berate his own players in training for not putting in 100% in practise matches. If HBA had Bellamy's mentality he'd be where HBA thinks he should be, alongside Messi at Barca. My opinion has nothing to do with anything Pardew has said about him.

He's clearly not a full shilling, there's little doubt about that. Doesn't mean we shouldn't have been able to get far more out of him. A good manager would have, not wankers like Pardew and Bruce who are all about graft over craft. If he was as rounded as some appear to expect, there's not a chance he'd have been here in the first place, and that includes us taking advantage of him falling out with his previous club. We should have got more out of him, but he should have got far more out of himself. His mentality is getting more wild and unpredictable and while he's not playing football his talent is taking a nose dive. Not at any point has the lad himself decided he wants to change things, he's decided to keep going the way he has and this is why he's ended up destroying his own career. Nice will expect him to buck up his ideas, but he won't and he might get away with it due to the quality of the league but only they'll take so much and he could see himself ousted again. You can't blame Pardew for this, for most part hba comments on Pardew have been positive and if anything it sounded like Pardew gave him too much leeway, pissed off senior players and when Pardew wanted it to change gave him a final ultimatum which blew up in both their faces. Senior players no longer wanted him around the dressing room and put their foot down. Just because he was made the poster boy by the fans against Pardew doesn't mean that's all it was, Pardew vs hba, this issues ran much deeper and with a lot more people within the club. In the end too much trouble coming in to his final year where a decision had to be made, just like Barton the club had enough with his antics and got rid. It's sad it ended like this, but understandable.

Is there no FA cup games on the box today? Apologies just seen above, wtf is the point in that? Magic of the cup right there. Ffs.

If he wasn't such an awkward character then why has it ended up like this? Especially if he's such a consistent force on the pitch. If you look at it logically, and not peering out of his arse for just one moment you'd realise it doesn't add up. Not here or at any of the other clubs he's been to and left under a cloud of bitterness and resentment by all parties.