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I'll send you £10K if you p*ss in his general direction. Not a chance of anything happening considering his new signature. 'never forget how crap we used to be' I've had that signature for 10 years I think.

Fraid not. Just a fan. Who also reckons AP's done a pretty good job given the hand he has been dealt behind the scenes (some of which he was obviously aware of when he accepted the role).

Boardroom and Directors Box tomorrow. Will pass on your collective best wishes to AP after the game...

I only feel compelled to defend Pardew firstly because I know him and secondly because the criticism on here, unlike at SJP, never seems balanced to me. But that's just my opinion and I am either less objective or more balanced because I know him. Maybe I am blind too far in favour but it does make me smile the way that we finished 5th the season before last gets completed obliterated from the history of NUFC because it doesn't suit an anti-Pardew argument. Still I guess I'm spouting complete shit, simply because I happen to have a different viewpoint. Please believe one thing, if you knew only some of what goes in behind the scenes and how the club is run, you might not change YOUR opinion, which I respect btw, but you might have a slightly different opinion of who is to blame.

No-one is forcing to read my complete shit. But that is exactly the sort of gratuitous insult that makes people leave here for other places.

Why have we been playing Williamson and Taylor together recently? MYM was signed as Coloccini's long term replacement but your hero doesn't know how to use him. Why have we been playing Williamson and Taylor together recently? MYM was signed as Coloccini's long term replacement but your hero doesn't know how to use him. No he isn't. There is a long term placement for Colo who will arrive in the summer. And I don't know his name before you ask, just that a deal is in place. And from where I sat at SJP today, there was no hoofball, ONLY when Dummett had nowhere else to go. I saw a side desperately short of confidence and shorn of its most creative players trying hard to play football and working bloody hard in front of a quiet, tense, critical crowd. Oh and I always end up thinking that Agbonglehor is an incredibly underrated player.

Much, much better today. Looks a little one paced but miles better than last week. Won everything in the air too.

I would suggest that a comment calling his summary clueless is just as clueless a summary. We were ultimately outclassed but that didn't stop us being the better side until the second goal and most of the team most certainly did show fight. Remember this is a side shorn of Cabaye, Tiote, Gouffran, Colo and Debuchy. The resultant squad Pardew's had to pick from is Ashley or Kinnear's fault, not Pardew's or the players left. In my opinion. Better side? You are joking right? We were second best all over the pitch for the duration of the game. All of the above are culpable but this should not take away from Pardews incoherent tactics. Wasn't my opinion, was the opinion of the Chelsea Manager.

I would suggest that a comment calling his summary clueless is just as clueless a summary. We were ultimately outclassed but that didn't stop us being the better side until the second goal and most of the team most certainly did show fight. Remember this is a side shorn of Cabaye, Tiote, Gouffran, Colo and Debuchy. The resultant squad Pardew's had to pick from is Ashley or Kinnear's fault, not Pardew's or the players left. In my opinion. Kinnear's PROMISED Ashley two things last week. One that PSG would pay 25 million (currency unknown, hence the cock-up) for Cabaye and secondly that he had a replacement lined up to sign on Thursday or Friday. That little farce has nothing to do with Pardew either and that is why it was Kinnear who Ashley sacked and not Pardew.

Absolutely spot on as far as I saw it. And exactly as Mourinho described it in the Boardroom after the match to Chelsea Directors and assorted hangers on like me. Said Newcastle played the better football in the first (unlike the second) half and credited Pardew with how he set up his team with the players at his disposal.

Listen to what Mourino just said. Newcastle were the better team in the first half, Chelsea only ahead because of individual brilliance, how well Pardew set up the side given how hard it was for him to out out a team. And second half a different story, Chelsea in complete control. And that's exactly how I saw the game as well, sitting right on the half way line sitting right next to a box of marginally scary looking Russians...

I know what the score says but before we jump to judgment, wait until you see Sissoko and Marveaux's chances... Heartbreaking. Fair score would have been about 4 or 5 2.

Wankers. We played so well in that half. Second goal was truly gut wrenching. Right next to Abramovic's box. Makes it worse.

Spot on. I agree. Thought I was at a different game reading the thread. I like Anita but he gave the ball away quite a lot and if others pulled out of tackles like he does, there would be an outcry on here. Shoal won almost everything in the air and every pass stuck to him. Trying to find out if we're going to sign Cabella.

He was much quieter but seemed nice. Had black rimmed glasses on.

I sat in the Directors Box next to Sammy and Paul Dummett. Dummett was watching the game like a Toon supporter which was nice. I also sat next to a very nice Newcastle official who I won't name and when Ben Arfa lost the ball which led to the penalty, he said that's why he doesn't start every week.

Apologies if it's been posted already but Ben Arfa has flu. And that is directly from a horse right next to the horse's mouth.

Apologies if it's been posted already but Ben Arfa has flu. And that is directly from a horse right next to the horse's mouth.

Santon

This is horrific namedropping so I apologise, but AP was at Wentworth last Friday to play golf and he said that the most important thing they were trying to do differently this season was to play "expansively" (his word). I think that today proved that is actually the case. Almost every time today and particularly before the sending off, with the exception of Williamson, every time there was a choice between a short ball and a long ball, the short ball was chosen

I have been a Pardew supporter all the way through (and still want to be), partly through personal connections, partly because the vitriol on this Board is often way OTT and partly because a Stoke supporting friend of mine warned me that the Europa League commitments would take a heavy toll, just as they did on Stoke. I also think that looking back on last season, our style of football was very similar to this and we often somehow usually got on the right side of every 2 1 scoreline. Watching the first half against Villa away and the whole game against Spurs away (which we were massively unlucky to lose), I also thought that the hoofball criticism was wrong too - bring in proper players and it looked like (including Krul) that we were starting to play carpet football. But today, even allowing for the pressure, was awful. I remain depressed by the first 15 minutes, when we looked completely clueless, humped the ball forward aimlessly and just seemed to be waiting for QPR to score. The kick-off was just incredible - Colo had no pressure on him, options right and left and yet chose to hump it forward to absolutely no-one. 5 seconds later, QPR almost scored. Looking back to the Villa and Spurs games, and even parts of the match against West Ham last week, we look capable of playing slick, attacking, carpet football. But yes, I am now starting to believe that our mentality is safety first, defensive stuff that simply invites pressure back onto us, again and again and again.

I know that we got what we wanted but, aside from 25 minutes either side of half time, we were really awful today. There would have been big trouble at full time if we'd had the lower tier. Can't believe what the stewards and police let the home fans get away with on the pitch. And I'll partly change my mind if tv proves otherwise but I cannot remember a worse refereeing performance than that one.

There were a few boos and definitely some Pardew haters but a million times less vitriol towards him in games than on here.

I think that the lack of urgency comment is simply not true. I thought we showed plenty of urgency and fight today. Colo was just immense. We were standing right next to THAT lino. and he really was w....k.

Only our half being watered at half time.