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Samir Nasri blatantly went for a shit. Now noone is going to go near him, the smelly git.

Yup. This has always been the case under Pardew throughout his tenure here - every once in a while Pardew gets desperate, overrides his defensive/cowardly approach to the game, we suddenly have players in their best positions in a formation that suits them with the team looking to score goals, and we're then treated to a glimmer of what the team is capable of without the limitations Pardew brings. Sooner or later though we go back to playing "Pardew's way" because his ego doesn't allow him to learn any lessons.

There's Gerrard's Hollywood pass.

Great pass, great finish.

That silky smooth play for their two goals.

That last one could be an own goal. Looked like Mane's shot deflected off the defender's boot - might not have been on target.

Dat keeping

Vergini

Vardy so thick.

Vardy ffs.

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You'd assume it's a win-win for Pardew if there's any truth in this. Get Krul on painkillers for a must win game, if he plays the 90 minutes it'll drastically increase our chances of not losing, if he comes off injured then for the majority in the ground that'll be a good enough excuse (or grounds to plead for sympathy) for a defeat. "All Ashley's fault, why didn't he sign a top backup keeper, not Alan's fault he had no choice to pay Krul" is what we'll hear if the injury is aggravated.

Zidane > C.Ronaldo for me. In the same way that Xavi > Lampard for me. To each their own I guess.

Kicked Ben Arfa out of the club because of that signing too.

Really starting to hate Gouffran. Like the worst kind of teacher's pet you can get.

He wasn't good enough really, but he provided something that no one else in this team really did. De Jong is probably better than him, imo, but we all know how that has gone thus far. Not good enough but the likes of Colback and Gouffran are. He has shown some flashes for this club, and has obvious attributes, but his performances were very inconsistent especially domestically, even when he was given ample time on the pitch (the near relegation season), imo. Pardew treated him poorly, that is unquestionable, but there is little evidence that he would be transformative this season. Ben Arfa and Yanga-Mbiwa are different cases in my opinion at least. It's a fair point to an extent - Marveaux probably is inherently inconsistent and I imagine he's the type who'll drift in and out of games. But at the same time, it feels like you're ignoring some of the key factors as to why Marveaux wasn't consistent when given the "opportunity". Way I see it, he had a surprisingly cracking Christmas period in 12/13 with promising performances against ManU and Arsenal in the AM role which we hadn't seen him in before - showed good control, carried the ball forward, exploited the spaces, looked to be a very neat and tidy link between midfield and attack. He then got injured in Jan 13, came back around Feb, had a class 10 minute cameo against Chelsea which iirc Pardew praised in the media (proclaiming it was great to have someone with a bit of magic like Marveaux on the bench to bring on for these types of cameos), was then thrown on at left wing here and there (and did nothing because he's simply not a winger), and then was barely seen again. It's obvious he was never given anything resembling the run in the team in the one position that seemed to suit him and the team that he had definitely earned, so this alone should be enough to discredit any notions that Marveaux was inconsistent or not good enough. On top of this, let's not forget just how much hoofball we played in 12/13, especially when the shit hit the fan and it looked like relegation could be a possibility - Pardew hit the panic button, turned his back (i.e. alienated) the "flair" players, and had the team launch it high even more - absolutely no decent footballer could have performed well in that team in 12/13. Prime example - Cabaye.

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Maicon ffs. Making Mapou look bad the cunt.

Shouting at his agent for not being able to get the club to cancel his contract.

Premiership calibre Dummett.

The ironic thing is that many SD stores used to have "closing down sale" in big bold letters in the shop window for years in some branches. Those branches never closed.

It's possible that Obertan knows once Pardew is gone that's possibly it for him here.

Crap ball in by Obertan too, pure fluke that it landed at Colback's feet. But in Pardew's eyes that'll be Hatem's exit justified.

Williamson with the touch of a rapist there.