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When you analyse the quality individually in our team it's a travesty we are where we are.

No. I think he would do a lot better with the current crop of personalities than the lot he had before. Not saying he'll be Alex Ferguson but he can't do much worse than he did before. Doing not worse won't help. Doing the same as in 2009 will be enough to get us down. I agree he's not the best candidate around but I don't think he'd be as bad as some make out that's all! People have short memories, what he had to work with in the dressing room last time round was hell on earth.

No. I think he would do a lot better with the current crop of personalities than the lot he had before. Not saying he'll be Alex Ferguson but he can't do much worse than he did before.

Have to admit this thought has crossed my mind this half.

yet we somehow managed to sign ben arfa, cabaye, debuchy, cisse, anita...? Yup, now instead of signing on the promise of what 'could be', these players are watching what 'currently is'. Our style of 'football' is horseshit and we make Stoke look like Brazil, at least they play to their strengths.

We've been doing that every game we've played 4-4-2 since Pardew came to the club. We got where we did last season based off 2 players been in the form of their lives for half a season each and a solid back 5.

To be brutally honest, he hasn't been the same player since the Keegan left. Since then he's always been a player than can retain the ball, and that's pretty much it.

I let out a high-pitched scream like. Compilation of Ned Flanders screaming Matt Groening? o.O

Its the roadrunner start.

I thought we established a couple of years ago there is no such thing as TV money.

yay another 4-3-3 player. we don't play 4-3-3

Was good for us with Bellamy

...wodniw pohs

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Well actually I disagree about the defence, I think we have solid attackers, solid centre, solid at the back and solid in goal. The squad cries out to play narrow in the middle as that's the kind of personnel we have, and is conducive to the 3 up top which also suits our attack. Been laying low a while, but it strikes me last season when you think back to our games. Demba on his own is the reason we were where we were at at Christmas. Cisse on his own is the reason we were where we were at by the end, with flashes from Ben Arfa and the footballing intelligence of Cabaye/Colicinni to keep us solid enough down the middle. I didn't get the impression we had any possession-based tactics or strategy at all. We finished where we did despite Pardew - he won't get us relegated, but unless our average first team quality is as smart as Barca's, we can't keep relying on individual sparks from flair players as our sole strategy.

Drogba's reaction to Cisse's goal just made it all the more fantastical. Whenever it's cut from the replay it doesn't quite have the same sparkle

Still completely baffled why we play 4-4-2 hoofball with 4-3-3 on-the-deck players lol. Of course players like Marveaux aren't going to work in this system.

lol 2 ties on

This is like when Romania all shaved their heads and dipped them in yellow paint. Even the commentator can't tell Sammy/Cheik/Bigi apart lol

He's wearing stockings

I wonder now if Cisse really did shin all those shots.

Ferguson's had it on Cisse's head to the inch 3 times now, twice unmarked. And you say play it through the middle. Shola would've had a hattrick by now

Ferguson the new Keith Gillespie

Jesus christ, Ameobi u been learning from Hatem?