HawK

Very soon going to be proved right on my poll-day prediction of 12+ go cisse!

This right here, gentlemen. I did not see it coming at all, I can't think of any logical reason that suggested it would come, nor was one suggested by any poster on this board. Negative tactics were accompanied by cries of "you idiot, how can you pass it from the back with simpson, willo and Krul in the team/ Cabaye is in terrible form" ect. Pardew's change of mentality also exactly coincides with Ben Arfa forcing himself into the team. Now try to remember objectively, Ben Arfa was not eased into the team or anything like that, he was thrown on as a wildcard, an "oh-s***!" button. And he preformed so well in those cameos that he simple could not be dropped from the team (fan pressure being a factor too). I'm not taking anything away from Pardew he's done unbelievably well. And I almost regret typing this already as this can of worms is in the past. But people gloating ' i woz right bout somethin' , 'will you admit you was wrong' is really irritating. But you're wrong. There were people that took in past form and what Pardew had said through his time here, his general interviews, his use of players, his explanations when we played badly and his admittances when things didn't go to plan and came to a different conclusion. Buy into what we felt he was aiming for, and the way he ideally would have us play. Sometime that faith looked shaky at best, but I thought that there was very little to suggest he was a negative manager, or married to the concept of 'hoofball' that some here kept banging on about. There will be many many more games where we f*** up, set up wrongly, or end up lumping it forward. I just hope the current form makes the likes of HTT hesitate from jumping off the deep end again when we hit a bad patch. I fear it wont. /Christ, it wasn't that many weeks ago he was still calling for Pardew to be replaced sooner rather than later. /But then, it wasn't many moons ago, he was fighting Allardyces corner, or siding with Souness over Bellamy and Robert iirc... Revisionist to the extreme, did you watch ANY of the games where he was accused of this? There was open conflict on the pitch as Demba Ba was arguing with Coloccini for Krul to stop punting it up the pitch every time he got it in at least 1 game that I saw. Krul, and Colo, to their credit, kept on doing what they were told to do by their manager. Open conflict on the pitch? Bollocks. There have been plenty games, possibly the majority of games where there have been players having a go at each other. Having go at each other for following the managers instructions on those occasions? Seriously? You really think that? Absolute bullshit. So you decide to not watch the game and call people who have seen it 'talking bollocks', internet-revisionist idiocy at its finest. You what? I've watched every game in full this season, none away in person, but a good deal at SJP. I'll ask again, when did you see the players have a go at each other for following the managers instructions? How can you ask 'again' if you didn't ask anything already? It's 1am and I'm not going to trawl topics for your benefit. Continue in your hazy bubble of revisionism for all I care lol.

This right here, gentlemen. I did not see it coming at all, I can't think of any logical reason that suggested it would come, nor was one suggested by any poster on this board. Negative tactics were accompanied by cries of "you idiot, how can you pass it from the back with simpson, willo and Krul in the team/ Cabaye is in terrible form" ect. Pardew's change of mentality also exactly coincides with Ben Arfa forcing himself into the team. Now try to remember objectively, Ben Arfa was not eased into the team or anything like that, he was thrown on as a wildcard, an "oh-s***!" button. And he preformed so well in those cameos that he simple could not be dropped from the team (fan pressure being a factor too). I'm not taking anything away from Pardew he's done unbelievably well. And I almost regret typing this already as this can of worms is in the past. But people gloating ' i woz right bout somethin' , 'will you admit you was wrong' is really irritating. But you're wrong. There were people that took in past form and what Pardew had said through his time here, his general interviews, his use of players, his explanations when we played badly and his admittances when things didn't go to plan and came to a different conclusion. Buy into what we felt he was aiming for, and the way he ideally would have us play. Sometime that faith looked shaky at best, but I thought that there was very little to suggest he was a negative manager, or married to the concept of 'hoofball' that some here kept banging on about. There will be many many more games where we f*** up, set up wrongly, or end up lumping it forward. I just hope the current form makes the likes of HTT hesitate from jumping off the deep end again when we hit a bad patch. I fear it wont. /Christ, it wasn't that many weeks ago he was still calling for Pardew to be replaced sooner rather than later. /But then, it wasn't many moons ago, he was fighting Allardyces corner, or siding with Souness over Bellamy and Robert iirc... Revisionist to the extreme, did you watch ANY of the games where he was accused of this? There was open conflict on the pitch as Demba Ba was arguing with Coloccini for Krul to stop punting it up the pitch every time he got it in at least 1 game that I saw. Krul, and Colo, to their credit, kept on doing what they were told to do by their manager. Open conflict on the pitch? Bollocks. There have been plenty games, possibly the majority of games where there have been players having a go at each other. Having go at each other for following the managers instructions on those occasions? Seriously? You really think that? Absolute bullshit. So you decide to not watch the game and call people who have seen it 'talking bollocks', internet-revisionist idiocy at its finest.

This right here, gentlemen. I did not see it coming at all, I can't think of any logical reason that suggested it would come, nor was one suggested by any poster on this board. Negative tactics were accompanied by cries of "you idiot, how can you pass it from the back with simpson, willo and Krul in the team/ Cabaye is in terrible form" ect. Pardew's change of mentality also exactly coincides with Ben Arfa forcing himself into the team. Now try to remember objectively, Ben Arfa was not eased into the team or anything like that, he was thrown on as a wildcard, an "oh-s***!" button. And he preformed so well in those cameos that he simple could not be dropped from the team (fan pressure being a factor too). I'm not taking anything away from Pardew he's done unbelievably well. And I almost regret typing this already as this can of worms is in the past. But people gloating ' i woz right bout somethin' , 'will you admit you was wrong' is really irritating. But you're wrong. There were people that took in past form and what Pardew had said through his time here, his general interviews, his use of players, his explanations when we played badly and his admittances when things didn't go to plan and came to a different conclusion. Buy into what we felt he was aiming for, and the way he ideally would have us play. Sometime that faith looked shaky at best, but I thought that there was very little to suggest he was a negative manager, or married to the concept of 'hoofball' that some here kept banging on about. There will be many many more games where we f*** up, set up wrongly, or end up lumping it forward. I just hope the current form makes the likes of HTT hesitate from jumping off the deep end again when we hit a bad patch. I fear it wont. /Christ, it wasn't that many weeks ago he was still calling for Pardew to be replaced sooner rather than later. /But then, it wasn't many moons ago, he was fighting Allardyces corner, or siding with Souness over Bellamy and Robert iirc... Revisionist to the extreme, did you watch ANY of the games where he was accused of this? There was open conflict on the pitch as Demba Ba was arguing with Coloccini for Krul to stop punting it up the pitch every time he got it in at least 1 game that I saw. Krul, and Colo, to their credit, kept on doing what they were told to do by their manager.

I reckon he's hurting so much that he couldn't have been part of something like that post-Bobby.

http://i43.tinypic.com/34pf8ro.jpg Lush. Villa going down in the same manner as we did.

So you're telling us that Hatem is now so amazing men are actively trying to make their girlfriends want him? Next step wives, a la Colo

Said this before, we have the easier run in.

Really?

VILLA

They tolerated Houllier for long enough and he would have been worse than what Mourinho would be like.

Can you just imagine how long his song will go on for at his testimonial

I suppose at the end of the day, the club has always towed the line that if a player doesn't want to be here, then they are free to leave, and the quicker the better. In how publicly Forster has come out he wants to stay at Celtic, combined with Pardew absolutely slating the quality of the football in that league, only buries this further. In that regard I very much doubt he'll ever play for us again.

Don't hold your breath for that. Why not? like it or not eventually the 35m was invested back into the squad. With regard to the don't-hold-your-breath thing, perhaps the key word is "eventually". Tbh iam happy with that it meant we spent the money wisely and took our time to get the right targets, i never expected it to be spent over one transfer window.... All in all iam happy with Ashley, except for the PR disasters and stadium name change and sports direct plastered all the over place like a cheap supermarket. Also hawk you expect every single penny that the club recieves to be spent on players? Only the unspent excess turnover and not put towards the self-incurred debt of Mike Ashley. Not much to ask. Most of the debt he's paying off now is to do with the stadium mortgage which was payable upon purchase of the club. He's done a great job with the finances, don't get me wrong, but he's definitely not putting everything he could into the club that it's generating, far from it. Whether it be players or investment in commercialization of our brand.

Don't hold your breath for that. Why not? like it or not eventually the 35m was invested back into the squad. With regard to the don't-hold-your-breath thing, perhaps the key word is "eventually". Whilst quietly pocketing all TV money in the process.

It's very hard to guage his value because of his desire to remain at Celtic combined with never having played for us in the PL. One would have thought a PL club would have come in for him by now if he was truely as good as thought, if not, then it'd be wise to take the money.

what? Well, according to Golfmag, one of the reasons why Hughton was sacked was because he apparently was getting too close to his players. So... Was because he became to the first PL manager in history to fail to get the squad to sign off on the bonus sheet. This is the culmination of all the other factors in the squad and his management style.

Only observation I'd make is Robben should be ahead of RVP

Reading Midds on RTG is like watching an Islamic Preacher in 600 AD Norway

Mick McCarthy best bits from Wolves Mick McCarthy's funniest interviews and press conferences at Wolves (plus a few spoofs) No football clips

The only player I ever had on the back of my shirt

You would have thunk that they would have bothered to put the boots in order. Also spot the cut at 2:08 as the back-right horse but one can't get into position. Mimi defend your nation please

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How people aren't picking one of the most gifted footballers of the past 25 years in CM is beyond me.

couldn't help myself