Unbelievable

Get in! Hope he starts against Man U

Summer binge drinking with sun burn. It's the only logical explanation.

Thing is, there are thousands of people who created the Cardiff atmosphere - myself included - who have racked it in to be replaced with 'fans' who think that Pardew is doing an OK job. I'm struggling to see how that atmosphere - brilliant in its sheer venom - can be replicated. Everybody who has given up their ST and is sick to the back of their teeth about how the club is being run joins forces top attend one home game to cause havoc and get the rest of the crowd going.

Oh right

Gouffran. Ah yes, Jonas may be ready for his token reappearance to make Pardew look good to the media and can take over Gouffran's excellent defensive work on the wing, which in turn allows Gouffran to come into the centre of the pitch to sit right in front of the defence. Can't wait.

All these clubs bringing in loan players to fill in the gaps left by players going to the ACON. I wonder how we will handle the absence of Tiote, Abeid and Cisse.

United of Newcastle anyone?

Wot What the fuck does that mean?

Aye

Yeh, hate when people say it's the cowards way out. That's not what LIIWBY is saying though, is it? I agree with him that (attempting to) commit suicide by causing an accident involving innocent others is not, on the face of it, a very social thing to do. However, it is also clear that people who do this are not thinking straight, so it's hard to judge really. I saw a very moving documentary the other day about a girl who was going to commit suicide and that followed her preparations. She planned the whole thing meticulously, said goodbye to her father and friends (who knew what she was planning) and finally overdosed in exactly the way she had planned. Suicide is always painful of course for everybody involved, but if people feel they are better off that way, I think this is a much more 'honourable' approach. I can not imagine how I would feel if my wife and kids perished in an accident caused by somebody committing suicide. Was this girl terminally ill? No. 20 year old girl suffering from depression. So the documentary crew just stood on and filmed it and watched instead of helping or trying to prevent it? Wasn't a film crew, just the documentary maker with her camera. Also, they obviously didn't film the actual suicide, they filmed the weeks of preparations proceeding it, interviewing her father and friends etc. The documentary maker and father appeared on a Dutch television show too explaining why they had done it, and it was quite moving and understandable to be honest. The project was called "I am letting you go" (in Dutch), and that is exactly what it was. This is the (English text) website of the project: http://bnnz.nl/projecten/ik-laat-je-gaan/en/ That is grim. Wrong on so many levels. How so?

Yeh, hate when people say it's the cowards way out. That's not what LIIWBY is saying though, is it? I agree with him that (attempting to) commit suicide by causing an accident involving innocent others is not, on the face of it, a very social thing to do. However, it is also clear that people who do this are not thinking straight, so it's hard to judge really. I saw a very moving documentary the other day about a girl who was going to commit suicide and that followed her preparations. She planned the whole thing meticulously, said goodbye to her father and friends (who knew what she was planning) and finally overdosed in exactly the way she had planned. Suicide is always painful of course for everybody involved, but if people feel they are better off that way, I think this is a much more 'honourable' approach. I can not imagine how I would feel if my wife and kids perished in an accident caused by somebody committing suicide. Was this girl terminally ill? No. 20 year old girl suffering from depression. So the documentary crew just stood on and filmed it and watched instead of helping or trying to prevent it? Wasn't a film crew, just the documentary maker with her camera. Also, they obviously didn't film the actual suicide, they filmed the weeks of preparations proceeding it, interviewing her father and friends etc. The documentary maker and father appeared on a Dutch television show too explaining why they had done it, and it was quite moving and understandable to be honest. The project was called "I am letting you go" (in Dutch), and that is exactly what it was. This is the (English text) website of the project: http://bnnz.nl/projecten/ik-laat-je-gaan/en/

I don't think it is personally. Another second half of the season like last year's and it could quite easily happen again.

Yeh, hate when people say it's the cowards way out. That's not what LIIWBY is saying though, is it? I agree with him that (attempting to) commit suicide by causing an accident involving innocent others is not, on the face of it, a very social thing to do. However, it is also clear that people who do this are not thinking straight, so it's hard to judge really. I saw a very moving documentary the other day about a girl who was going to commit suicide and that followed her preparations. She planned the whole thing meticulously, said goodbye to her father and friends (who knew what she was planning) and finally overdosed in exactly the way she had planned. Suicide is always painful of course for everybody involved, but if people feel they are better off that way, I think this is a much more 'honourable' approach. I can not imagine how I would feel if my wife and kids perished in an accident caused by somebody committing suicide. Was this girl terminally ill? No. 20 year old girl suffering from depression.

Fair play, that is very good

Yeh, hate when people say it's the cowards way out. That's not what LIIWBY is saying though, is it? I agree with him that (attempting to) commit suicide by causing an accident involving innocent others is not, on the face of it, a very social thing to do. However, it is also clear that people who do this are not thinking straight, so it's hard to judge really. I saw a very moving documentary the other day about a girl who was going to commit suicide and that followed her preparations. She planned the whole thing meticulously, said goodbye to her father and friends (who knew what she was planning) and finally overdosed in exactly the way she had planned. Suicide is always painful of course for everybody involved, but if people feel they are better off that way, I think this is a much more 'honourable' approach. I can not imagine how I would feel if my wife and kids perished in an accident caused by somebody committing suicide.

UV is back

Aye

Is that "top of the league" for eight for real? Surely not?

God damn man, hope he pulls through and sorts out whatever torments him (if those rumours are true).

There's a surprise

He was rotten yesterday, there's no denying it, but mozy has a point in my opinion. If you look at the typical ball played in to him, it's either a hopeless punt up field that he needs to control, and if he does he finds himself facing two opponents at least with little to no support. Or he gets the ball played into him on the edge of our own box after an opposition attacks breaks down (the typical Pardew defensive winger position) with it all to do in terms of bringing the ball forward and creating something. How often do you see our midfield slipping him in as he makes a run on the wing, to leave him one on one with the full back, or to put him through on goal? I've always said he's probably a squad player at best, an impact sub, so for our squad to look so threadbare that he is a starting winger tells its own story, but he is not exactly being used in a system that suits him, or any of our other attacking players.

I see your point; and I won't for a second question it. Esp anyone who is a Geordie, has Geordie roots, lived in the city or has family from the city etc. My point and view is this; if it meant we were to get rid of Mike Ashley, Alan Pardew and their respective "team" of staff, then I'd love it. If that meant a filthy disgustingly rich owner came in and basically looked at City, Chelsea, Man Utd. etc and said f*** it, I'm going to have a go at them - upgrade/expand stadium, increase global aspect of club, invest into a super academy, facilities etc. all good by me. I'm sick of this club in its current form, it's not the same club I "fell in love with" and I can't take rudderless, ambitionless, stepping stone type bull s*** anymore. We deserve more, and better. Well exactly, beggars can't be choosers. We'll cross the "would have preferred to win our third consecutive Premier League title without outside investment" bridge when we get there.

There was a time not so long ago when this club was one of the best in the country, with the ambition and funding to match. I'd give a limb to see Newcastle United back up there again. I'm not necessarily talking a Sheik spending a billion or whatever either, just someone with a feel for the club and a willingness to invest in the club sensibly - maximising revenue and spending that to be the best we could be would be a start.