Dr Venkman

Been reported for months too. fair do's, didn't see the articles

him waiting til the end of the season isnt news, it's been obvious for months

Would like to see more of the 4-2-3-1 we saw today as it was much more fluid, the players actually pulled defenders around and made space, much better. Draw would be a good result but we can win it no doubt.

I hope he's being sincere there. Yeah that's good to see

The first 20 mins was a result of the same attitude to the Liverpool game tbh. It's a trait of Pardew's I dislike but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt while he picks up results. The time to worry would be next season if we've got better players but still put out teams to try and stop the likes of QPR scoring at St James'.

I like him a lot. Amongst a lot of other things he's got that Colo streak in him where he knows he can play it out of the corner under pressure and doesn't just hoof it if he can help it.

We saw the best and the worst of him in equal measure today. Thankfully Obertan didn't make the starting line up but the first twenty minutes of the game was a perfect example of us not taking the initiative by putting our best team out and attacking a massively inferior team. That said, the Ben Arfa substitution saw a change of formation (fuck me, we had a plan B!) and Jonas in that central role in particular was very effective, pretty sure he played the ball to Best for the goal? It was just so odd that HBA wasn't deemed worthy of a starting place bit it was ok to bring him on after 20 mins? Anyway, we've been reasonably good at grinding out those sort of wins this season which reflects well on Pardew. If we can add another proper full back and a striker to complement Ba we should be able to add more creativity to our defensive effort and really push on, if not this season then next. He's got to be praised for having us in 6th, it's a fantastic effort so far.

Disinterested? I didn't see that at all. I saw him tracking back 50 yards to right back when they broke though. This lack of work rate thing's a fucking myth, he's not very good at defending but he works bloody hard. Loss of possession with him is down to bad decisions, not lack of work rate, and every single one of our players loses it through bad decisions. He more than balances it out with creativity though. He was good today but the lack of creativity in the rest of the team makes him stand out a fucking mile.

Managed to get Cahill in for 5.2 after his medical and before the wildcard ended, that was the highlight of my day.

Think i'm going with 2-0 Cabaye, depending on line up.

This has been the case for months. Seems as if he still wants to leave, they still want rid but we're still not gonna pay them what they want.

The clamour for an English manager's ridiculous, they'll be doing the exact opposite again when the next manager fails.

Or Sholadinho might turn up? Too much negativity in the build up to this. Like every other game this season bar Man City we have a chance of a result if the correct team/tactics are in operation.

shit area

good morning lee

Expecting the chron to say this is wide of the mark by noon tbh

his general attitude towards her plus his reaction to the news :lol:

Considering that's a photo of a raw chicken on an expensive car bonnet, it's remarkable that the funniest thing about it is the blown up picture of Ranger pointing out of the window.

Perch?

The Ravel Morrison signing looks a lot more sensible if we've got two good full backs like, our options are significantly increased with regards to formation.

Nah. I'd sooner see Raylor RB, Obertan RM and Benny in the hole than Perch starting Disagree, Perch has looked nearly competent this season and he'd be more comfortable at RB than CD or CM. We need to be setting out to attack these. Obertan is a god send for teams like QPR because he specialises in slowing our game down and allowing them to get men behind the ball. He'd be more destructive to our game than Perch imo. Anyway obviously Ben Arfa should RW and Raylor RB.

Aye righto Alan.

Obviously, OBVIOUSLY Ben Arfa should be starting this game. But above all else Obertan SHOULD NOT be starting it. Ben Arfa or Raylor at RM is an absolute must, even if Perch has to be RB.

15 f***ing words on us and it's the same 15 words he's been using for the last month, all he's been talking about is Ba going to Africa