Sifu

I haven't been paying attention for the last 20 minutes or so, what's been happening?

Well, I suppose that's good for our European aspirations......

Nice one Henderson.

Just looked there, doesn't look it. He's now protecting his tweets though.

Wowsa!

I didn't even know I posted during that game tbf? My laptop always uses my home IP address even when I'm away though I've discovered, might have something to do with the proxy thing I use? (but no, I didn't go, obviously) - although I've seen extensive highlights of it. Extensive highlights. They don't exist mate. You've included Forest and Blackburn CC in your list too. You can't have seen them either. Listened to them both on the radio, going off what the commentators said. The 'extensive' highlights were on NUFCTV, still went for about 10 minutes or so, so it was long enough to make a decision either way. But yeah Sewelly, it would cost about that - because I've done it before I wouldn't take what Mick Lowes and John Anderson say as gospel like. They clueless are they? Yes.

I didn't even know I posted during that game tbf? My laptop always uses my home IP address even when I'm away though I've discovered, might have something to do with the proxy thing I use? (but no, I didn't go, obviously) - although I've seen extensive highlights of it. Extensive highlights. They don't exist mate. You've included Forest and Blackburn CC in your list too. You can't have seen them either. Listened to them both on the radio, going off what the commentators said. The 'extensive' highlights were on NUFCTV, still went for about 10 minutes or so, so it was long enough to make a decision either way. But yeah Sewelly, it would cost about that - because I've done it before I wouldn't take what Mick Lowes and John Anderson say as gospel like.

Good effort from Johnson there.

Don't know why but Guy Mowbray has really started to annoy me this past month or so.

Still can't get a payout from the bookies. Every accumulator I've had in the last 4 years or so has been a failure, haha.

He was superb as well. Fair enough. Didn't watch the game so can't really judge. In any case, this week is a massive improvement on last week.

Quite the comeback. Rosicky scoring ffs

John Bishop. Meh.

A hard-fought 1-0 win. The atmosphere in the stadium will be as key as anything imo.

Shocking tactics from Pardew yesterday. The amount of times the defenders simply passed it back to Krul just for Tim to hoof it forward and hope for the best was very worrying indeed. It meant that Ba wasn't much of an influence upfront (apart from his part in Cissé's goal) and it also meant that Cabaye couldn't really do much either (what with the ball bypassing midfield). We weren't great in the first half mind but I also really thought Wolves were no better so when the second goal went in, I really thought we would go on and win comfortably. However, there was that element of complacency from the players in the second half. It seemed as if they (and probably Pardew) thought the game was won at 2-0 and that all was needed was to see the game out. Well, that didn't happen did it, Alan? Wolves had more urgency about them while we were just simply pissing about, giving the ball away and playing it long. Negative tactics all round, we simply had no answer to Wolves' attacking nor an answer to how we could win the game (a plan B if you will). Tbf though, the way I saw it, think Pardew brought Guthrie and Ben Arfa on and tried switching it to a 4-3-3 so that we could get that third goal but ultimately that plan went out the window when Wolves scored the equaliser. Overall it was a very poor showing and one that left a very bitter taste in my mouth. Having seen Pardew's post-match comments too, got to say things aren't exactly looking too rosy (footballing performance-wise) atm. My view of Pardew's handling of Ben Arfa is slowly changing too, really not sure why Alan's going about it the way he has (I really don't see it as a situation that is comparable to the Tevez/Mascherano situation at West Ham) - it is completely the wrong thing to do imo. If he had started Hatem, it would have been seen as a positive attacking threat - starting Raylor at RM was, in my eyes, a conservative view and one which isn't exactly a positive attacking sign. Having said all that though, I still have faith in Pardew to do the right thing. We are still in a great position in the league and Pardew does indeed deserve credit for that - for the first few months of the season, he got us playing in a way that made us very hard to beat and that in itself is quite an achievement. Unfortunately, ever since the Chelsea game (a game where we did not deserve to lose 3-0), we haven't been performing to the heights that has got us into such a great position in the league (Man U at St. James' aside). This is very worrying but, at the same time, we have been getting the right results as well and football is a results-based game after all. Yes, I understand that with the players we have, we should be performing better but it could (still) be the case that Pardew is "playing it safe". That is, he's sticking to these tactics because the situation in the table (our aim of European football aspirations and all that) is quite precarious. Hopefully though, after seeing yesterday's showing, Pardew will now think twice and actually change some things around instead of sticking to his usual way of doing things on the pitch. Managers get criticised accordingly - if the team does well, Pardew receives praise but if the team does badly, Pardew deserves all the criticism he gets. If we finish in the top 6/7, that is massive progress for us as a club and Pardew will deservedly receive the plaudits for that (considering where we were two or so years ago).

Just seen the Arsenal score, that's quite a comeback!

He was poor when he came on yesterday. It was a case of trying to "do too much" I reckon though his attacking play was positive enough. Some people around me were getting restless with the lad though. Seriously, some people are just idiots (though are probably overridden by emotion/frustration tbf). The way I see it though is that he just needs a fucking run of games. As silly as it sounds, it might have to take an injury to Raylor/Obertan for Ben Arfa to actually get a chance. Having said that though, there's 3 months/12 games left for Pardew to do the right thing. The likes of Raylor/Obertan have been given enough opportunities, it's time to give Hatem that extended run of games he desperately needs.

Hmmm, credit to Wraith for doing "something" I guess but at the same time, it is properly cringeworthy.

His reluctance to run at the opposition is really getting frustrating tbh. Still don't mind him as such, defensively he's a much better full back from Raylor (though for a player who supposedly has "pace", Simpson was skinned quite a bit by the Wolves player on the wing, hmmm) but his attacking is virtually non-existant and he is probably the weakest player out of a full-strength starting 11. I'm all for an upgrade in the summer like but in the meantime, I would still start him at RB. Got to say though, wouldn't be averse to Santon starting at RB and Ferguson starting at LB. If we do sign a new RB (or Tavernier steps it up), I wouldn't mind keeping Simpson as back up tbh. Aye, really think competition will do him a bit of good. There has been a hint of complacency there tbh. Yeah, I'm hoping that there is still some potential in him somewhere but the signs aren't looking too good.....really looks like he's average at best.

He was poor yesterday aye and his weaknesses have been exposed quite a bit this season but he is still our best option at CB (alongside Colo of course) atm. I like him so I'll continue put my trust in him to do a a decent job but he should have really done better against that Wolves team. He does have a decent reading of the game and he has been solid at times but he's unfortunately not on the same level as Saylor.

Was terrible when he came on. Couldn't believe what I was seeing tbh, he was a completely different player to the one we saw over the last two months or so - he kept giving the ball away and his passing was shite. Though, it may actually be down to a confidence issue as some have suggested, that is, dropped = unhappy mindset and that really affected his performance. Felt somewhat sorry for Guthrie like, it was harsh to drop him but honestly, Cabaye and Tiote are a class above him.

The Wolves destroyer tbh. But apart from his goal, he was pretty poor. He did try his best but most of his forward runs essentially came to nothing. Good thing we had Santon there - Davide was the focal point of attack on the left wing really.

So fucking disappointing. We completely fucked that one up! En-route to the N-O piss up, will probably vent a lot of frustration there.

Will be great to see him back in the black and white stripes tomorrow. We have definitely missed him like, our lack of steel in CM has been a problem recently.

Btw, Carrick > Barry.