Dr Venkman

It's an interesting point Stu. I don't have an awful deal of faith in him and it's eroding a little bit more all the time, I'd most certainly take another season of rubbish performances (without relegation) if we could win something though, we need to break that duck asap. Not that I think we'll win the EL though to be honest, I just don't think we're good enough to win something at the minute. Tron's point about Jonas and Tiote is a good one I think, aye it was a good move to bring Marv on, and in isolation that's 3 points won, brilliant. The problem for me is that I don't see it changing anything going forwards because it never does, and for every one of those results there's at least two where Marv/Anita don't start and we don't come back to win the game due to our overly defensive manager.

I didn't notice Colo was missing, which is the highest compliment I can pay him at this stage.

Agree with your two above posts Parky. Also I should clarify. I've said you can only get so far playing like that with these players....we got to 5th, but I feel like the average finish over time will be about 10th if he doesn't improve or take advice.

I'm fucking sick of watching us try to attack teams and have pretty much nothing to offer other than individual player traits. We do nothing as a team going forward. It just goes wide and then if we can swing it in, we do. Against Stoke man. Honestly? That's the best we can do? Why aren't we working it into better positions from out wide and making them worry about movement and passing? Something that we've got the players to do. The only other bit of impetus we had today was Sissoko running from deep, that's just what he does and he'd do it for any team in any game against any opposition. We just did enough to win today,just. Yes the substitute made the winner but fucking hell man he should have been on the pitch for much longer. What is this thing with Jonas playing 90 minutes? And Tiote getting a game over Anita in the league every week regardless of opposition. Pardew is far, far too concerned with stopping the opposition and I'm pig sick of watching it. I posted the above in the match thread. There's something else I want to say in here though. We tend to judge Pardew game to game, 'he did ok today, poor performance today' etc. I think the bigger picture is more telling to be honest. The football is poor, unimaginative and workman like, overall it was the same last season, many voiced their concerns, and with this team it's not good enough. You can only get so far on relying on your players individual ability and not appearing to attempt any sort of attacking, cohesive game plan to win a game. It's probably about 10th with this group of players.

I hope so too Ian, but in that I think we can see part of the problem, he's a reactive manager. Anyway, we've all gone through this loads of times so I'll spare you. I'm pleased with the the three points I still don't think Pardew's good enough or the right manager for this team and the players we now look to bring in, and I continue to see more evidence of that pretty much ever week.

My feelings exactly. I'm fucking sick of watching us try to attack teams and have pretty much nothing to offer other than individual player traits. We do nothing as a team going forward. It just goes wide and then if we can swing it in, we do. Against Stoke man. Honestly? That's the best we can do? Why aren't we working it into better positions from out wide and making them worry about movement and passing? Something that we've got the players to do. The only other bit of impetus we had today was Sissoko running from deep, that's just what he does and he'd do it for any team in any game against any opposition. We just did enough to win today,just. Yes the substitute made the winner but fucking hell man he should have been on the pitch for much longer. What is this thing with Jonas playing 90 minutes? And Tiote getting a game over Anita in the league every week regardless of opposition. Pardew is far, far too concerned with stopping the opposition and I'm pig sick of watching it.

Post 13, delicious.

Have we ever not done that? aye and nar. we often get blamed for it even if it's not the tactic, ie the oppo pushing on a bit more due to being a goal behind. no denying sometimes we have but some try to make out we do it whenever we take a lead. Some evidence of us pushing on when in the lead might help your case.

I did like that bit

Bruce started it not long after 5-1 FTM, it may even have been that match actually.

Guys, guys, everyone should just wear whatever the fuck they want. It's your attitude that counts.

I met him once and he was dead sound.

What's so funny about the line you highlighted ? Do you mean that some other manager could have definitely got the team to play better and win the game against Anzhil ? The criticism goes too far sometimes, so does the other side of it, you're doing it now.

Me too. Reminds me of this lot: Class I hate people like that which sadly seems to be how blokes are becoming these days. What happened to the shirt, jeans and shoes man? Now you have blokes, some in their forties, wearing twisty jeans that hang down their arse, huge v neck t shirts, with a scarf around their neck, fucking either big pointy boots or sandals with fucking dog tags hanging around their neck, flat caps on their head and bracelets around their wrist. You're not cool, you're.... a dickhead. A lad who plays football with us was out one night and dressed like that, he's 40 and you just know his wife watched fucking geordie shore or that london crap thing and thought that's how men look these days, here try them on. He looked like a dick and probably felt like one too. well if he lets his lass dress him he is a dick tbf

I always can't wait to play them because they're the fucking mackems. The pants shitting will come in this thread though, some people can't help themselves.

Nah they're on -7 now, this defeat takes them to -9. ahh fair do's

both on -11 but we've scored more. two minging lasses fighting over who's got the smallest arse

we'll go above them on goal difference if it stays 3-1

so funny

hahahahahaaaaaaaaaa

because they're beating the mackems at home?

Aye Mick lets hope so. I just want this season to fuck off to be honest, hopefully we'll save it with the EL.

Aye, we give him a 4 year contract which a fair few didn't expect us to give him, within a year he's wanting to leave. We convince him to stay until May, he gets injured and goes home anyway. Absolutely ludicrous isn't it. I just hope he's replaced. MYM has probably shown enough to say he can be our main defender but like fuck do we want to be relying on Saylor and Williamson AGAIN.

He's very, very good like.

It's absolutely typical of this season that we persuade him to stay for the rest of the season and now he's likely to be missing for all of it anyway.