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Norwich dominated Manu but lacking that final finish.

Never heard of it, crazy French comedians.

So open, West Ham look knackered.

Garcia.

Ellerdyces bum cheeks must be flapping!

Has that happened in Germany?

We certainly had the rub of the green to get into that position and things weren't looking good at all on 40 minutes, but as I said earlier on you can only beat what's in front of you and we did that with aplomb, so good stuff. I'm watching MOTD and Shearer and Savage are both saying we were lucky to get all the decisions we did yesterday, not sure what their N-O usernames are but they're as manic-depressive Pardew-haters as anyone else on here going by the logic you're applying. Well if 'try too hard to be impartial' Shearer and 'wind up merchant' Savage said it how can anyone argue? I'd prefer to go on what I saw, neither of the sendings off were harsh and we could have had a few more decisions go our way but Atkinson basically felt sorry for them knowing there was no way back. Neither of the sendings off were harsh, but that doesn't change the fact that we were lucky to be playing Stoke on the day Whelan decided he wanted a bath after 40 minutes. You don't have to be a recipient of dodgy decisions to enjoy good fortune. When is anyone not lucky? That time Cabaye catches it just right, Krul dives at just the right time, the linesman gets the difficult decision spot on, the opposition players get sent off for stupid tackles etc.. How you've got the stones to call my post desperate and then follow up with shite like this, I'll never know. Good footballing technique and officiating is the same as an opposition player talking himself into getting sent off and us benefitting massively from it? Cracking stuff. Just give it up man. A team winning because the opposition gets someone rightly sent off being deemed as luck. Aye, right I'm the one full of shite you will find a hell of a lot more people agreeing with you on RTG fella, we are always lucky according to them. You're completely ignoring the context though (it's almost as if the score is the only thing that matters?). That Whelan sending off wasn't your normal run of the mill red card, and you know it. He actively got himself a red when it could have been avoided and it was a massive turning point in the game, a game which we were second best in up until that point. We were lucky it happened. I don't know how many different ways I/others can put across that point of view. You're not an idiot, I've read your posts for years so I know that. Just seems like you totally overreacted to my initial post and you haven't got the balls to admit it. Balls to admit what? We clearly have different interpretations to what luck is, to me it isn't the fact they made poor decisions. That is how most football games are won or lost. Luck is a freak course of action like the Sunderland beach ball thing I mentioned previously. You've said we were unlucky not to win against Southampton, which freak event do you put that down to then? Yep, this has been conveniently ignored from Hans' post on the last page.

So we can be unlucky not to win, like we apparently were against Southampton, but you get the hump as soon as someone says we were lucky to win against Stoke?

That's what I saw too. I know I don't like Pardew but I'm not going to accept that this will blind my ability to rationally view a match.

Seriously? Don't see it like that at all. Then remove the knobhead Tan out of the equation. Based on footballing results alone he was always a candidate for sacking Not really, no. Unless you have unrealistically high expectations of what he should be achieving. And why would you consider this situation without the person who is in charge and at the centre of it?

Seriously? Don't see it like that at all.

Hans.

Was a bit taken aback by their attacking movement yesterday, amazing to watch.

He's going to be class, another French bargain.

Fair enough. I just think loans should be seen more as development than thinking they destroy a lower league, agree with you about him though.

I've give up, fucking clueless bastards in the Norwich boardroom You two.

Sorry, but it is just a bit lazy to presume that. Especially in a loan situation.

after 40mins, with both teams full strength i'd have been happy to get a draw. I wouldn't, they had what? 3 shots on target the entire game? I was absolutely confident we could get a win and it isn't luck their players stupidly got sent off. They cheated, we beat them by a big margin and could have absolutely stuffed them. yes they were stupid in getting sent off and they should have no complaints about them, at 11 v 11 though they looked better and their goal was coming. Sorry can't agree, we obviously looked better as their players were sent off but apart from a couple of Charlie Adam hopeful strikes they didn't look remotely dangerous. We failed to get enough players in the box but this was looking like the typical game where Remy/Gouffran/Ben Arfa/Cabaye/Anita would grab a goal or two and we would win. Stoke were showing very little. We did very little in that first half either. Just for the sake of argument if it stayed as it was after the 0-1 then we had a fucking long day ahead of us. We did the business though against a poor opponent, nothing to complain about really. Next game I want to see us build on this, should be riding a high and full of confidence. Would be fucking astonishing if we build on this against the Arse to be fair. No reason we can't look for a good performance and at least a good attempt at picking up points. We are at home, what's stopping us? If you believe that I am saying we should build on a 5-1 win then obviously you are slightly insane in the membrane.

after 40mins, with both teams full strength i'd have been happy to get a draw. I wouldn't, they had what? 3 shots on target the entire game? I was absolutely confident we could get a win and it isn't luck their players stupidly got sent off. They cheated, we beat them by a big margin and could have absolutely stuffed them. yes they were stupid in getting sent off and they should have no complaints about them, at 11 v 11 though they looked better and their goal was coming. Sorry can't agree, we obviously looked better as their players were sent off but apart from a couple of Charlie Adam hopeful strikes they didn't look remotely dangerous. We failed to get enough players in the box but this was looking like the typical game where Remy/Gouffran/Ben Arfa/Cabaye/Anita would grab a goal or two and we would win. Stoke were showing very little. We did very little in that first half either. Just for the sake of argument if it stayed as it was after the 0-1 then we had a fucking long day ahead of us. We did the business though against a poor opponent, nothing to complain about really. Next game I want to see us build on this, should be riding a high and full of confidence.

Not me, but he's doing a good job at the moment so fair play to him. Quite impressed this season, seeing much more of a team than before so long may it continue. Good stuff. I didn't buy that we had a shit squad as many people made out last season so where we are in the league is where we should be imo, the manager is doing a good job right now. He has come a long way this season in making us look like a team rather than a bunch of individuals, I'll always give a manager credit for that and Pardew is no different.

Can't beat a bit of old fashioned luck like. Let's hope the ref doesn't have any second thoughts second half.

Poor decision making there, as in he didn't actually make one.

Great cross, dodgy.

Good block Mike.