ElDiablo

Proper buzzing for this

It's been insinuated a lot in here, few have said it directly.

We should be expecting to beat more teams than not, but we're not going to do it every time. Shite results and performances are part and parcel of football, and aren't exclusive to just us. Basic concepts of football, here.

Spot on mate, first sentence of the last paragraph is key. ...really?

Aye I've never understood the popularity of both Clarkson and Hammond. Both massive c***s. I hope Clarkson's daughters go blind /stewart_lee Hs routine about Clarkson taking the p*ss out of Gordon Brown was f***ing spot on. 'but its all just a joke, just like on Top Gear' Sticking this on NOW. Just re-watched it then after reading this, absolutely immense. "hahaha gypsys hahaha"

Satire

Think his main mistake was to drop Guthrie today, a) because it would have been a big knock to his confidence and b) because it's too big of an ask, in my opinion for Cabaye and Tiote to come back in having not played in the side, or together, for a long run of games. Guthrie has been in the side, knows his job, and has played well. Poor decision, probably should have left Cabaye on the bench. That probably cost us a bit of the initiative.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17167721 Doesn't seem that bothered, a point is better than nothing but the manner in which it came about is fucking disappointing tbh.

It's Ok saying drop them but who for? You can drop Simpson, put R.Taylor in and someone else on RW but who can play better than Jonas and Williamson on LW and CB? That's the point I was making. And why Pardew's hands are tied to an extent, I think after the couple of hammerings we've had he has zero confidence in the backline, and is overcompensating by stifling the rest of the team, which is actually probably the worst thing to do since it encourages more pressure.

I also agree that he has tightened up and become more conservative after the good start to the season, almost like he's trying to preempt a 'wheels coming off' scenario occurring. Needs to have more confidence in the team and himself in handling the pressure. I can see why, to be fair, because he's become a victim of his own success, but he must surely see that we're going to slide down the table if things carry on as they are.

Something needs to change, we haven't looked convincing for a while now. Whether it's going 433 or switching out a couple of players who are off form (Jonas, Simpson). Not getting another defender in is looking more of a terrible move each passing game, because Simpson seriously needs dropping and Williamson has looked dodgy too.

Colo in midfield.

The younger lads need games to iron out mistakes, it's absurd to drop them because of a drop in form. I'm actually glad Oxlade has been left out though. Leave him until after the Euros and let him cut his teeth with England before throwing him in with massive pressure. (Walcott-esque)

Defoe?

Loads of new posts ------> rumours. ...

Baba weighs in with some cause and effect shit. Nice.

The thing that is definitely noticeable in this thread, and don't ask me to find examples because I can't be arsed, is the disparity between the praise and criticism and the haste with which the latter appears, it's almost like there's some who are waiting, posts already drafted, for us to lose in order to bash Pardew. And it's annoying.

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Aye, I can understand why they don't show it, but it annoys me when they start calling it 'shameful' or whatever. Just a laugh, I find it hilarious. Cos it endorses it if they laugh.

Hope Bardsley's fucked.

We need to get HTT a copy of FM12 so he can blow some of this steam off on there.

Cue HTT compiling a 3000 word report on how he could come in and successfully succeed Pards.