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That's not football though is it. Contain another team when you have to win 2-0. I'll give my two cents about it and say he's in the know that he's incapable of managing this team offensively and therefore hoped to nick a goal and put pressure on them with the help of the fans. I don't agree with his approach or if his philosophy if he has any, but I'm starting to realize that he himself understands he's nothing more than an average manager and leaves everything down to occasional luck. Benfica are an excellent attacking team and I don't think we would've been able to stop them from scoring an away goal while putting pressure on them for 90 minutes. Given our limitations, the best chance we had was always going to be creating a window of opportunity to win the game rather than just going in all blood and thunder. The plan almost worked. It's harsh to call it fundamentally flawed. They are an excellent offensive team, so why let them come at us? Their weakest link is clearly their goalie, so why put the team out to not concede instead of trying to pile pressure and using the fans to help out? At hindsight I understand what you mean, but I still find putting pressure on them from the off and using the sold out SJP to support the players would've gotten them a bit shaky right from the off. We let them settle and feel the atmosphere a bit too much for my liking. Oh well, it's not much to discuss, we weren't bad, but the tactics weren't spot on either. Pardew did what he is capable off, extremely average manager who I hope is off in the summer. I hope he turns the club around as he has proven that ocassionally he can get stuff right, but noway was this a tactically spot on game oldtype.

Absolutely not. That doesn't mean I agreed with his approach does it though?

I don't agree whatsoever. The first real good team we played and we went out. No discredit either. I think he's done well, but he hasn't overachieved in my opinion at least. Don't like his approach to football but he's a likeable guy and I'll give him that. Anzhi are definitely a good team like. Not as good as Benfica, but we did well to get past them. Right, we complain about or squad yet their squad is bunch of unknown Russians and couple of start players, where one didn't play more than 10minutes and we beat them when they had one man less too.

That's not football though is it. Contain another team when you have to win 2-0. I'll give my two cents about it and say he's in the know that he's incapable of managing this team offensively and therefore hoped to nick a goal and put pressure on them with the help of the fans. I don't agree with his approach or if his philosophy if he has any, but I'm starting to realize that he himself understands he's nothing more than an average manager and leaves everything down to occasional luck.

Agree here. I don't agree with his approach but in hindsight I understand what he wanted to do. Still over the course of the season he has proved time and time again that he's not a good enough manager to take us to the next level.

We can't not win the derby with this guy. He's fucking amazing.

I don't agree whatsoever. The first real good team we played and we went out. No discredit either. I think he's done well, but he hasn't overachieved in my opinion at least. Don't like his approach to football but he's a likeable guy and I'll give him that.

I'm the same Cajun, didn't like the approach still don't agree with the approach taken, but the team gave it all. Now bring Sunderland on and lets see more of that Marv & Benny magic.

Went out to a better team in a worthily manner. Undeserved but that's football. They have too much quality across and we gave them two extremely difficult ties.

My thoughts too. I know it's the 90th and everything, but I would hope he could've done better there, but oh well at least we made a game of this. Benny and Marv are exceptional footballers, if they can stay fit I have no doubt we can compete for Europe next season again.

That's weak from Mbiwa. Fuck me.

I'm sick. I'm sick. I'm sick for real. Fuck me.

I'm sick. I'm sick. Confident we would've won by five if Marv-Siss-HBA had started.

Fucking MBIWA MAN?

COME ON !

Ref has been excellent. Will be a 10/10 if he puts 8 extra minutes on at least.

COME ON NEWCASTLE UNITED! COME THE FUCK ON!

Fuck me. He will never score again Although refs have been spot on!

These are the days you have to love him. Fucking hell what a workhorse. Working his socks off like no one else today.

Long balls from Mikey to Shola. 2 goals. Pardew is the master.

Shola

Wat He's off the boil. Looks shattered and not having the tenacity he normally has. Bigi is playing an unfamiliar role on the right wing, Marveaux can play as a winger and caused these problems last week. You don't change a possible gamewinner like Cabaye man.

Exactly, either some people are thick as s*** or they're deliberately choosing to whinge for no reason. Or they think the manager's doing the wrong thing. I know it's a novel idea but stick with me on this one. To be fair, he's doing exactly what he said he'd do before the match. Might as well give it a chance to backfire before we crucify him. No Stu, what he is doing is trying to draw so he can go post-game and complain about the mistakes of the first tie. Fuck it, now he'll put Benny and/or Marv on and hopefully that will change the game around. If it does he will be praised by guys like you when in reality it's all desperation from his side.

I'm half so I guess I fall into that category but it's nice to see other non-scando's criticizing him too