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Chants for Sunday: Taxi for Pardew Fu*K off Pardew When the ball hits your head and you sit in row Z, Blame Pardew, Blame pardew! He's got the whole team playin' shite (to tune: he's got the whole world in his hands)

Aye, why would he tbh... Oh well!

We're very poor at transitional play, both going forward and back. My opinion was that last season we had results some of our performances didn't deserve. This season we have, by and large, had the results our performances have deserved. Agree completely with the above. We didn't deserve 5th place the way we played for a lot of last season, wondergoals and individual performances pulled us through a fair few games. This season we haven't had the rub of the green and our position is a fair representation of the awful tactics and lack of strategy/style/team play imposed byt the management staff at NUFC. I think we have the beginnings of a fantastic squad and with an intelligent manager we could go really far.

If I had to choose between Benteke and Cisse, I would go for Benteke. If I had to choose between Carrol and Cisse, it would depend on having real wingers and a different style of play. If Percy doesn't get this team playing quicker passes from midfield Cisse is always going to be offside. He's really talented and I don't think it's his fualt he hasn't scored so much this season as the service has been poor apart from when Marv has been on the pitch. If we got a bid of 15M+ I would sell... Hope I eat words next season

Get rid of: Simpson/Gosling/Harps/Obertan/Williamson I would not sell: Krul/Ben Arfa - They are game changers for me I would consider BIG bids for: Cabaye/Tiote/Cisse... I think we can replace them Try hard to keep Colo!! If we didn't sell anyone and got rid of those above we would need: Two Centre backs Right/Left Back Two strikers Left winger

Yes, I am Ronnie Stam! How the hell did you guys know? probably that Ronnie bloke, he seems to know the answer to everything ,

What the hell has Neil Cameron been taking? I watch Bilbao regurlarly and this guy is a more finessed version of Titus Bramble, makes a couple of big mistakes every game and is a liability on cards. Rehab Neil?

My mistake, Rose plays left back, we need back up for right back more than left at the moment.

To sum up my current thoughts: Signings this summer = :bounce:Really excited, think Ashley will go for it (30M??) Squad for next season = :promotion:Brilliant, new signings & jan signings bedded in with pre-season Team performances = :suicide:Sickly feeling in stomach, knowing that through individual player quality we will pull through games, but that the style and tactics from Percy will have us functioning at 65% of our real capability....

From the three relegated teams I would try and sign: Wigan Ronnie Stam - Offers great attacking options from right back or right wing QPR Samba - Can't beleive he's become so shiiite this season, worth a punt to see if he regains Blackburn form Hoillet - Only player to offer any real attacking threat for QPR this season. Not sure about workrate From other teams: Andy Carrol - Knockdown price (>10 million quid) Benteke - Has fight, reasonable technique, scores goals and shouldn't cost over 15M Lescott - Not getting a game at City, quality centre back Adam lallana - Impressed me the few times I have seen southampton play. Could be a little lightweight though? Danny Rose - Thought he has been outstanding for Mackems this season (not going to displace Walker at Spurs...) Sigurdsson - Another player at spurs who doesn't play reguralarly. I think he would be great for that second striker/advanced midfielder role. My "must do" buys for next season are: Left and Right Back (simpson leaving/Raylor injured) X2 Centre Halves (Coloccini probably leaving) X2 Strikers (obvious) Left Winger

When Ashley, Derek and Pards get together for their appraisal of the year they should have football Strategy at the top of their list. Followed closely by New manager and or Coaches... We haven't seen any positive flowing passing football from this team for quite a while, the players seem to be playing with fear/anxiety always, even when we came fifth the football wasn't great to watch. We get glimpses of it for ten minutes here and there but never an constant imposing threat like you see when Man City/Utd or Arsenal play you, in a lesser form Stoke, Everton and Swansea could all be seen as possessing an imposing style. The other major worry for me is that Pardew comes across as having mediocre intelligence, this will severely limit our chances, he just seems to lack any depth whatsoever which will eventually be translated through the team set up, phsycology and peripheral support entities/personel. Just have a quick think about the other top managers and whether or not they come across as much more sharp/quick witted/intelligent/strategists... You only need to follow his media outbursts to realise he is a close relation of Terry Fu**wit. Ferguson, wenger, Hittzfeld (another campaign anyone?), Mourinho, you can see it instantly accompanied by drive, security in their own ideals...etc...etc..etc. I hope Ashley (or derek) is also intelligent, he will be able to see this clearly when he analyses the past two seasons, he needs to shoulder some of the responsibility aswell.

I could quite beleive that people in the team are "pointing the finger" at others. Human nature to try and appoint blame elswhere when things aren't going well. Like any other business/activity in the world, the leader should always be the first stop on the blame heirarchy and then work your way down: Mike Derek Alan Plebs (rather well paid ones!)

Having to predict another two or three teams likely results in the knowledge that your own team can't be relied upon to get the sufficient pointage to escape relegation. :explode:

Mike, Unless Alan has pictures of you dressed in your bat man suit, with a large hole at the rear, and your sidekick in his robin costume, going ten a penny at your arse, please, please, please get rid of this frickin incompetant cnut now before the situation runs it's length and we are completely humiliated again. Thanks...

I agree with his skills in the air, and that he gave his all... but he negated any possibility of starting an attack out of defence and his nerves were highly visible each time he was on the ball. A defender has to be capable of both defending and passing competently, unfortunately Mike can only do one of these things and averagely at best. A shame but you have to be objective.

Would rather Bayern beat Barca, they will be well up for it and their team is better this year...

We'd be silly to leave Tiote out of this game, it's a derby and there needs to be someone dominating the midfield, he's fresh after not playing last night aswell... Jonas and Sissoko may need a rest, we could freshen the whole team up with the following: ------------------------Krul-------------------------- Debuchy-----Tayls--------Mapou-------Haidara Ben Arfa-----Tiote-------Cabaye------Gouffran -------------------Marvellous Marv---------- -------------------Cisse---------------------- Bench: Elliot, Perch, Jonas, Sissoko, Anita, Shola When Tiote gets a yellow bring Jonas on, any defensive injuries and we have anita and perch, if attack needs freshened on comes sissoko and Shola the mackem slayer

MOM for me. Thought he defended well and the few forays up the field always ended with a decent cross into the box. he has pace on him when he gets going as well. If we had to judge Santon and Haiadara on current play, Santon would be on the bench...

"Plays far too deep" this is because Pardew, or the defenders we have(?), must ask for both his sitting midfielders to bring the ball out instead of a central back or full back who should be capable of moving up the pitch (at least half way) before needing to pass it to Cabaye. From here he would certainly have more impact on the game... Watch any of the top four sides from prem, la liga, italy whatever, they all are capable of spreading along the back and progressing up the field before the pass into midfield. Basic football, which we are incapable of implementing...

Sorry, but the only part of his game he played well were the defensive headers. good defenders normally aim these at someone or the area they are in but Mike just blootered his high. Every time he got the ball he oozed nervousness, played crap passes and generally kept us on the back foot. Perch would have been miles better in there, specially as cardoza wasn't around (hindsight eh!), at least he can keep the game flowing. Sell in summer. End of... P.S. It was obvious he gave 100% and you can't fault the guy for his effort. well done!

I agree with the sentiment about "keeping us in the game" during the first half and going all out in the second but it still galls me that we don't first look at how to beat or score against the opposition but more the philosophy of negating them and then taking a chance at some point. I want us to stamp our "authority/style" in games and dictate to the opposition. Really frsutrating for me when we have players that can do this... Also, Bigi's contribution left me totally apathetic, whether that was the fault of Pard's instructions or the poor kid is still a bit young to step up... who knows. Yes, we played well with the crowd behind us for a 10-15 minute period, but Jesus H christ, we should be playing three or four spells of dominance like that every game. Rant over, dissapointed and need to vent spleen etc...etc...

I really want to eat humble pie...but!!!! aaarrgghh!! Bet he brings both Ben arfa and Marv on when we're 1-0 down. Really could cry from frustration!

Can't beleive he's left Marv out for Bigi... nonsense! real nonsense! We are chasing a two goal deficit and he wants to play it safe... This is the straw that broke the camel's back! FFS!

Jeez, that defence looks weak as hell! :'( No Marv in there and bigi instead of perch, just wondering if this is a major masterplan or a total fcuk up???

Benfica is a lost cause after our defensive terrence fu*kwittery. A win against scumderland will do please. It would give me great pleasure to see the mackems go down and us send them there, BUT, I would honestly rather see those brummy barstewards at Villa suffer, really would like to see them go down...