Mick

We could hear anti-Pardew stuff in the first half.

An unmotivated player not putting effort in is hardly a surprise.

The ideal scenario is for him to start Ben Arfa against Swansea, he plays a blinder but we still go behind and Ben Arfa is taken off for Shola.

I've just googled "sunday sun Pardew apology," he's getting the p*ss well and truly ripped out of him.

The whole team has and that's down to the subject of this thread.

Good stuff.

It's been the same for years. I remember Oliver and how he licked the hoop off Souness until he was sacked and then he slated him big time, the same happened with Roeder so my guess it wasn't down to the journalists. Regardless, at this itme my enemies enemy is my friend.

We finished 5th bottom last season with Cabaye, having him may have made no difference, not having him is just another excuse for the fraud.

I think if people have tickets it will be better to turn up and have a go at Pardew. A few staying away will not lead to any awkward questions, calling for Pardew to go will.

In the interest of accuracy, it was bullshit.

Don't bother trying to over analyse the prick, we were beaten and as usual he was spouting shite to try and deflect any criticism away from him.

Choosing between shouldn't be a choice, Souness and Pardew are both shit. One is no longer here, the other is so on that basis I hate him more than the other.

John Hall: "It was a very difficult decision to make. I would guess that the board thought this particular season Newcastle would finish fourth and get into the Champions League. But we had a poor start to the season. "The problems in the dressing room seemed to continue through into the season and I can understand Freddy Shepherd, the chairman's decision. "It was the right decision, to my mind, and I'm standing by him. "Probably the only thing to be criticised was the timing. "It might have been better if Bobby had taken an ambassadorial role at the end of last season."

I think his latest excuse has backfired.

It is.

Agreed. He's put in some horrible performances and is always one of the first to look/play like he doesn't care. He's slow and he's average in the air, he needs to be fully focused and committed to put in good performances. A lot of the time he just doesn't seem to care. This place is ridiculous when it comes to Colo. Months prior to hiim saying he wanted to leave last season I was one of a few to say he was playing very poorly. ONly after his dad started mouthing off did people accept he had gone off the boil. I don't want him to be captain. If we had any type of decent transfer policy I would say I would want him replaced. Oh well that's Ronaldo proven right now he has you on his side.

He never said that? We had one effort on target, Tiote from around 30 yards, comfortably gathered. He absolutely did say that. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27005481

3 or 4, were you even watching?

Typical shit from shit.

Ian has turned on Pardew, leave him alone.

"We had 3 or 4 chances today, and just blocked on the line or whatever." Did we?

I would suggest Rob Shepherd has his head surgically removed from his arse.

He has to watch us and listen to Pardew, what do you expect?