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Why? their probably thick as thieves already, I'd imagine Pardew and Kinnear were good pals with Ashley even before Hughton was fired. The whole thing is fucking ludicrous so it wouldn't surprise me. Maybe I'm giving Pardew too much credit as a man.

Will he fuck man. Do you not think the writing is on the wall for him?

Imagine if it worked Pardew probably won't be in charge on the opening day, can see him walking after meeting this fucking idiot.

"Well, Baresi and van Basten made a good case, but Joe...Wow. He was the Nepal manager."

A lot of people have been clinging on to Pardew being sacked soon and the possible upgrades we could get. We don't even have that anymore, because you're just going to trade one turd for another. There is no way out of this now, what the fuck have we become. We will go down this coming season, I've never been more convinced.

Love this in the beeb article: "I've never been a manager of a club that's been relegated [Luton were relegated while he was in charge in 2001]."

"Which one of you posts as Nixon?"

I really hope they look at alternatives to JFK. Although it's probably a shortlist including Dennis Wise and Ruud Gullit, knowing our luck

To me it just seems a contingency plan so that if they sack Pardew they can seamlessly slot in a replacement.

He must be the only man less competent than Pardew

Fucking hell.

At least 5 times a game he shows for the ball and gets ignored, it happened more and more as the season wore on.

Has he ever played that role? Genuinely didn't know that, considering they bought him at a really young age.

to be fair, if we could get a good price for Perch I wouldn't be against letting him go. Like Willo, he shouldn't be that hard to replace. What difference would that make? Exactly. I can't see us getting anybody as bother free as Perch. He's not the best footballer in the world but he's one of the few who gives a fuck and plays in a few positions (even if he is an atrocious right back). Case in point was Norwich away, we gave the ball away and they had about 4 on 2 and Perch sprinted back 60 yards to get a block in, whilst the rest of our fuckers jogged back. It's all well and good saying we won't progress with players like Perch in the squad but if he left there probably wouldn't be a replacement, and certainly not a good one. No point selling for sellings sake.

Yes but you have no soul

There were games like Reading at home where he was unbelievably good, but then there's been so many more where he hasn't done anything. For £25m, I'm not surprised we're selling. It also helps solve the conundrum of playing a load of midfielders who sit in front of the back 4, but we'll see. On the flip side, Cabaye was by all accounts set to be the new captain if Colo left, and was supposedly a big dressing room figure. Think the Liverpool game was the straw that broke the camel's back to be honest. Wonder how Debuchy feels about this...wonder how many more will follow.

Don't see them rejecting that ass

Not fucking us.

4-0 down at home to Armenia...fucking hell.

Hmm pardon my ignorance but who is Smith? Surprised Clyne's not playing.

Concede 4 goals and blame the defence? What is this shit?

Annoys me even more the player was on the floor asking for the phsyio then miraculously he was able to stand and get in somebody's face. It's basically cheating.

If you aren't paying for players I imagine that will help the old balance sheet

This makes more sense than winning it and having to go through the whole arduous process again.

What European game did we play before the 0-6?