Sifu

That game feels a bit like déjà vu.

Phil Neville punditry, should be interesting... Let's see if he's as goods as Gary ()

With that video, he's more than redeemed himself for that press conference.

Anyone else think his first touch is a bit too heavy these days? Could be down to our s*** passing/lack of ball retention/system mind but he does seem to lose the ball quite a bit more compared to last season. Still a really important player btw, don't get me wrong about that.

Preston away (if they get past the Third Round that is). My manager is a Preston fan so it would be rather fun to see us line up against them at Deepdale.

Signs are getting worse but still not worried whatsoever [/headinsand]

Horrific defending.

Time to endure Jonathan Pearce's voice.

The combination is a horrible one like.

Nothing else in football is funny anymore whilst we've got our own problems

I speak as I find, we were unlucky tonight because we did enough to get something from the game. I'm not bothered about what has happened in the past because that's gone. We need points and for the first time in 4 games we looked as if we could get something from a game. I couldn't give a s*** about Pardew, I only care about the club and I'll slate him when it's needed but not for the sake of it. Tonight I'm positive and gutted at the same time. And that is the right way to think. Balanced.

Bye *leaves thread*.

Mick's post is rather positive reading especially considering that he is one of Pardew's critics (no offence meant here btw).

Massive holes are starting to show with regards to our current transfer policy. This seriously needs to get addressed but knowing Ashley's lack of footballing knowledge and his overall stupidity, he's going to do f*** all.

What are his supposed strengths? Nice hair.

Still voted "nay" btw [/blindmisplaceoptimismofaturnaround]

I fucking hope so.

The signs atm are hardly encouraging but I'm definitely not worried about relegation. Fuck that.

Yep, Bent is a player who thrives on service, as it stands he won't get that here.

This was inevitable wasn't it?

Just get him to think he's playing Wolves and we're grand

"Jonas injured".

I miss Hatem already.

:lol: It's worse than I thought

Don't worry lads, we've got amazing squad depth! Oh wait. So how many transfer windows have we gone through without signing a first team CB? 2/3?