Mick

I've changed my mind from earlier in the week, 2-0 home win, at least.

Give him a chance, he's said that he's recognised the problem, he might come up with an answer. I'm not too bothered about what he says, I'm more interested in his actions.

Exactly, it went to script and was too predictable.

Funny that isn't it!? Most decent teams play 3 in the middle. Most teams that struggle will pack the midfield as a safety first approach. We, play a horribly rigid, 4-4-2. No wonder we f***ing struggle Pards No Pards, one of the strikers doesn't f***ing have to - Ferguson, Sammy, Marveux etc are all better options than Cisse or Shola on the f***ing wing. Man up for f*** sake The full set of quotes is a bit depressing TBH: So yeah, blame it on the injuries and loss of form of certain players. Don't expect any drastic changes soon.... I was quite positive reading the mini quote, the full thing reads the other way. procedures are our players going to come onto the field with reams of paperwork?

Nobby seems to be doing well as a manager. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/newcastle-united/nufc-news//tm_headline=ignored-for-hartlepool-job-but-now-solano-s-on-brink-of-glory%26method=full%26objectid=32236454%26siteid=72703-name_page.html Ignored for Hartlepool job but now Solano's on brink of glory by Lee Ryder, Evening Chronicle, Nov 15 2012 NOBBY SOLANO is on the brink of one of the most remarkable turnarounds in South American football as boss of Universitario. The Geordie fan favourite and former Newcastle United star took over the Peruvian giants earlier this year with the 25-times Peru champions battling against relegation and lying cash-strapped at the bottom end of the table. However, step by step Solano has turned it round with the club he played for in 2009. And incredibly, after hauling the Peruvians up the table with 10 wins, eight draws and just four defeats, they now go into the final game of the regular season with a shout of qualifying for the Copa Libertadores – South America’s version of UEFA competition. Solano told the Chronicle from Lima today: “We have one game left against another of my old clubs, Sporting Cristal, where I started my career. If we win we are in with a chance of qualifying for the Copa Libertadores which would be like qualifying for Europe. “We’ve gone from scrapping at the bottom to climbing our way to the top. It has been a good season for us.” Solano could not have wished for a better start to his managerial career. Indeed, many questioned whether another good player would make a good manager. Well, Solano has proved the sceptics wrong and boosted his managerial reputation as part of the bargain. His application to be manager of faltering Hartlepool United was rather arrogantly dismissed out of hand at Victoria Park. But Solano has proved in his home country he has what it takes to be a manager. He said: “When I first got the job, a lot of people wondered if I could do it. But I didn’t have time to worry about it. “I knew there was a job to be done to save the club. So that’s what we have focused on. “We have a lot of young players here and they have all pulled together.” Toon fans will have their fingers crossed for Solano’s fourth-placed side against Sporting Cristal on Sunday. And Nobby said: “That’s nice to know. I still think of Newcastle and the brilliant fans every day. “I’ll be keeping an eye on the result for the Swansea game and hope my old side get back on track. “I can’t wait to visit Newcastle again at the end of the season. “But we still have work to do here first.”

So, basically we're spending time on preparation which really is a waste of time and in doing so we're not very effective at the other end. In that case, why are we doing it if all it takes is a lucky mishit shot to beat us? You make your own luck in life and at the minute we're getting what we deserve as a team.

You would still think picking up Nolan would be high on his list of priorities. Even if he did only have half the time to work with the players.

4 days worrying about West Ham and we didn't think about picking up Nolan, what's the point if basics are missed?

I bet he's a dream to manage, he never moans or causes any trouble and seems to accept whatever decision is made regarding playing or not and it must have hurt him at times when he wasn't getting games. It's just a pity that he's not very good at this level, he's still been richly rewarded so I guess he probably appreciates what lifes given him.

I doubt he's aged 12 months in 4.

It's the opposite for me.

I really want Pardew to turn things around for us because I would hate us to go through another transitional period with a new manager. He needs to stop pissing about with his team selection midweek to weekend and he needs to let the players have a bit more freedom to go forward and express themselves. Watching us playing football is like watching somebody trying to use his arms while wearing a straightjacket and it’s as frustrating as hell. I was actually kicking bottles around on Sunday while waiting for the crowds to leave the ground. We need to pick our best players on Saturday and tell them to go and piss all over Swansea, which is easier said than done. Ben Arfa has 3 players around him when he has the ball, where the hell are our spare players when this happens? Ben Arfa has been surrounded by players since his debut and we haven't tried to take advantage of it. You never see anybody running into or creating space. I'm sick of seeing us with the ball and having no outlet, creating space is a basic part of football and we don't do it while every team we play against seem able to find plenty. I think we've always played better when we close the opposition down, we don't even do that now, we wait for them to get to us and they have as long as they want on the ball. Again, that's basic stuff and we don't seem able to grasp things which you learn at an early age. Pardew has made plenty of noise about the type of game he wants us to play, where is it? And, what is it? He seriously can't want us to play the way that we are and if he does then I can't see what he's trying to do with it. Our players aren't shit but you wouldn't know that if you watched the way we are playing, they look clueless and I don't think that they are. I think we have a very good core of players with our strongest 11 and we're not performing anywhere close to the level that we should be playing at.

It's a bit late for that.

http://i.imgur.com/6gsCI.jpg Christ.

Is that some kind of admission?

I'd be more than happy to see us try to play football for 90 minutes and play to our strenghts, even if it's only a 1-0 win. I would then like to see us do it for a 2nd game in a row just to know that we were progressing. I'm not that bothered about seeing a goal fest even though I would be love to see one. I want to know that Pardew can learn from his mistakes instead of repeating them. Everybody makes mistakes, most people at least try to learn from them and I'm not seeing signs of that at the minute.

Fair enough, you have more patience than I have, or at least more than I think I have. Anyway, the best thing that can happen is that we start winning some games and playing some decent football.

So would you not see any position or situation as a game changer for you?

Where would you draw the line and stop giving him time?

Roeder got us to 7th but that didn't mean we should have stuck with him when he clearly wasn't good enough. Stability only works with the right person in charge and we shouldn't wait a couple of years if we're going backwards.

They've both has the same lenght of time to learn how to manage, the only benefit for Moyes is that he's had more stability to get players to settle in and play the way that he wants. That and he probably has more say in who comes into the club butour players aren't our problem anyway so that one goes out of the window.