Rich

You don't like his constant hooks up the line?

The more I think about it the more I wonder if there's a "them and us" situation going on in regards to Pardew and his coaching team versus Ashley, etc. Now it's easy to think they're just complicit in everything, but humour me for a minute: -As Shak has mentioned he must be decimating the resale value of our playing squad at present, which seems to go against the whole ethos of the club. -He's playing the likes of Ameobi and Gosling, who appear to be on their way out on free transfers. Again totally against the grain. -He's ostracised Ben Arfa, who apparently is Ashley's "favourite player" and has admitted himself that he "likes the owner". Earlier on we had all of the stuff from Ashley's side re: Perch's sale, Kinnear coming in to "watch over" things, Cabaye being sold with no replacement, no money being given to Pardew to spend, etc. Could they be in a standoff? Or is it just wishful thinking? There's probably a fair bit more to bring up, but just put down what sprung to mind.

bingo. The frustration is if our fanbase were more united we'd have a lot of control over Ashley's decisions. He gets away with this stuff only because he thinks he can without it coming back on him. This whole "Ashley doesnt care" thing is a bluff, he uses it to keep control. His actions & whole persona are not that of someone who doesnt care. I highly doubt even a completely united fanbase (which is unlikely at the best of times) it would make that much difference. He's never going to start basing decisions on what the crowd want it will be based on £££ nothing more nothing less. Logic like that is why he is where he is. "We can't really do anything". The fans clearly affect the team & the teams performance controls the worth of Mike Ashleys asset. Why do you think they continually try to keep fans onside? Season ticket sales, and most of that is centered around price rather than any attempt to keep the fans onside. Well thats still keeping fans onside isn't it? You can't say hes not worried about fan opinion, yet really wants to sell season tickets. Anyway beyond that you an go back to the Keegan trial when it came out that they lied to us. The stadium renaming was explained away as much as possible to be for the club. They changed it back with Wonga to get people onside about that. The accounts are constantly used to keep the fanbase happy. Pardew is quite clearly continually lowering expectation, excusing Ashley & trying to keep fans onside. Its all over the place. Yet people still come out with "He doesnt care about the fans". If he didn't we'd not have heard half the BS we've had to. He absolutely cares. Mick will tell you as well, having heard it from as good as the horse's mouth. The whole reason they shut the singing section down was because they were singing nasty songs about him.

How much of a huckle do you have to be to back Pardew over Ben Arfa at this point?

Would love little Marv to come out with something similar now.

When there's not enough space around the perimeter for a player to take a corner and/or they have to go onto a surface not suitable for boots/down a slope, etc. Wank.

Hope he comes on and scores 5 own goals.

How is this man allowed to proceed unmolested?

Terminate this cretin.

You gonna avoid this thread Paully?

Always thought Koeman was a bit gubbins but got a nice reaction from the Feyenoord fans in his last home game.

She didn't press charges in the end by the looks of it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-27202475

He's always class on Twitter. There was a documentary made about him when he was Leyton Orient manager where he was a bit of a charlie, but hilarious. He's a taxi driver now and pulls no punches with anyone still in the game. We had to watch that for one of our modules at Uni, to basically highlight what a cunt he is. Same

Unconfirmed sighting of a lift 6 months ago. He's done a SiLvoR.

Does he even lift, more importantly?

Nah, I'm just happy you guys liked my GIF. This and the reaction to my Ace Posts gag has made me not want to jump off the Tyne Bridge again.

Can't sleep for doing this: http://media2.giphy.com/media/bvRUmscjyIzBu/giphy.gif

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11679/9288370/manchester-city-offered-settlements-for-breaching-financial-fair-play-rules

What the fuck is this shit?

Second half of the season so far: http://i.imgur.com/cnbLiFu.png "Last 5 games" "Little run"

http://i.imgur.com/86wnw7W.png

I have to say I thought the damage limitation from half time was a great ploy. Only conceded 1 more.