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Oh Nigeria ... where did it all go so wrong.

Carl Jenkinson to Stoke on loan apparently. Strange one.

Why would any manager send a talented young player to Stoke? That's just depressing.

Dude can't even trap the ball properly!

That was the worst ...

Shola had by some miraculous intervention from God, managed to control the ball, hold it up, and then lay it off to him, and he missed it cimpletely.

There should be a rule that he and Shola shouldn't be on the pitch at the same time.

If we do Shola should be flung out on the street.

You have to admire Sissoko's smarts. Only been hear a few days and he understands Cisse completely already. Was always looking for the early ball through to him.

I believe Skirge, I believe.

Ivory Coast don't play till Sunday now, so he will complete the move by tomorrow, and head back to Africa in time.

Mike Ashley's just saving this one for the Sky cameras on deadline day. The icing on the cake.

I'm with you Skirge!

Rastafi!!!!!!!

The hoofing second half was diabolical, and everyone was doing it, as a clear instruction from the manager. No doubt about it.

 

However, the particular enthusiasm with which Steven Taylor carried out this command really wound me up.

 

He wasn't even attempting to aim for Shola. He was just ballooning that thing into the stratosphere.

 

It was down right offensive. Honestly.

 

Despite clear footage to the contrary.  Ok then...

I saw insatnces of Pardew asking the players to stay back in that second half. No doubt. Why would he do that?

Purely a coincidence that as soon as Shola stepped on the pitch, the ball started flying over our entire midfield with embarassing regularity?

It was a calculated a plan. One Pardew thought was a genius idea to counter the pressure they were applying.

He didn't have the confidence to allow us to settle back into a period of posession, by just freshening things up with Anita coming on for Jonas, and Mbiwa for Taylor.

The man has no courage whatsoever.

To leave Jonas on and take off Sissoko and Gouffran in particular, who still looked fresh, was crazy.

I agree with the above.

The only point that I see difficult is the replacement of Pardew with an upper tier manager that will accept very restricted funding (unless you're aboiut to go down!) and the sale of your best players when the big boys come calling. I really think we will soon be a club that only ever challenges for the 4th to 8th places in the league.

Please prove me wrong Mike!

 

I don't know, I think if you're talking to a potential manager and show him a list of the players we've brought in the last three years and compare it with the players we've let go he'll be pretty f***ing excited at working with some of the talent we have.

 

Maybe not a British manager, but then again they're mostly s**** so who'd want them anyway? From what I understand the manager does get input on signings in any case, Carr just has to agree with him and the board work separately on the finances of it.

 

It's hardly a horrible situation for potential new managers is it?

Of course it isn't. Look at the talent coming into the club as you've said. Any sensible manager would be begging for the opportunity to work with such players.

The manager says what position he wants a player in, Carr gascouts and gathers a list of prospective players to pick from, and the manager discusses these options with him, and they decide on the targets. It's a great setup.

The hoofing second half was diabolical, and everyone was doing it, as a clear instruction from the manager. No doubt about it.

However, the particular enthusiasm with which Steven Taylor carried out this command really wound me up.

He wasn't even attempting to aim for Shola. He was just ballooning that thing into the stratosphere.

It was down right offensive. Honestly.

He didnt put a foot in though

I don't know why people can't see this 

The guy never even saw Agbons!

He snuck up on Debuchy, nicked the ball, and then fell over!

More depressingly he's started whinging all the time, which is what players do when they know they're playing crap. Confidence is shot.

What happened Jonas?

The thing about Cisse is that he has been getting into those positions as he did for the goal yesterday all season, the only problem was people supplying the ball never saw that pass until he had made his run into an offside positions or simply didn't even make it, Sissoko has the awareness to see and make the pass before Cisse has run into an offside position.

 

Spot on. Also, Cisse pointed to where he wanted it, and Sissoko obliged without dallying for a second. That's the type of supply Cisse thrives on.

This. The reason he's offside a lot of the time is because people don't play the ball when they should!

Hugely encouraged by that pass from Sissoko. He didn't hesitate to send it through to Papiss. Lovely vision.

God if only we had kept Leon Best, and got rid of this hopeless man.

This guy is trash, so don't quote me stats on anything he did!

My eyes told me he was absolute garbage, and me eyes don't lie.

I dream of the day this guy dissapears from the team. He's horrendous.

A big for nothing, waste of space. GET HIM OUT THIS SUMMER!

If no buyers than permanent loan him to Bursaspor with the Ferdinand boy.

I only saw the first half but I thought he was top notch, tidy and effective. That spin on the left followed by the cross was quality. Looking forward to seeing more of this guy.

That cross was with his left foot too i.e. his weaker one.

Tasty.

"It was a fantastic game for us," Gouffran told nufc.co.uk in an exclusive interview.

 

"The manager really prepared us well in understanding the importance of this game.

 

"We knew it was going to be a battle but we all wanted to come away from here with a victory and that's what we did. We battled hard for it and deserved the three points.

 

"We made a great start. To go two-up before half-time we felt pretty comfortable.

 

"However, we knew that in English football you can never relax because the team who is behind doesn't give in.

 

"Aston Villa pulled one back but we defended well and worked really hard for the result. This was a great lesson for us."

And Gouffran had a final word about the 2,500-plus away following which travelled to Villa Park and sung their hearts out throughout a memorable victory.

 

"They were magnificent, absolutely superb," said the forward.

 

"You just don't get that sort of support in France. It really helped us and was amazing to see. I hope they are like that every week!"

 

 

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20130129/gouffrans-debut-delight_2281670_3058129

Pardewisms! And so the deconstruction of flair and technical play begins ...

That picture!

They're all blanking him.

"Hey, come on guys let me get in on this, please?!"

Why was Marv not even on the bench btw?

Pardew didn't think he looked committed enough in the warmups.

His hold up play was very impressive.

If Cisse gets an injury, I could definitely seeing him doing a good job in that striker role.

However, we all know Pardew will just hoy Shola in there anyway, because he's a good lad around the place.

Fuck me.

Man, this guy is the least of our worries. He's class.

Just got caught out by Agbonlahor's pace and power when he first came on. Wasn't aware of his type of game clearly.

Great finish, let's stick him on the right wing.

God this upsets me so much ...

It's not like we've got someone who actually holds up the ball.

Shola is so damn awful at it, its untrue.

Why was he hugging Jonas after the game, and not slapping his face instead?

After that game it was Jonas he deemed worthy of his affections?

The guy has serious problems.

Lambert did us a massive favour by not starting Weimann and Agbonlahor, I was ecstatic when I saw that.

Agree completely. Absolutely shocking decision.

Taylor was a disaster. Lucky escape today.

Benteke and Agbonlahor are the worst kind of players for him to face.

Cant deal with Pace and Power.

Play him against your Steven Fletchers and Danny Grahams, and now worries.

Crazy decision by Pardew.

This guy is an abomination of a manager.

Wonder what the new guys thought of that second half.