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Doesn't the club employ a group of people who investigate and suggest players based on their contractual vulnerability? Either way I wouldn't call it scouting.

Like cabaye you mean? Everyone on here with a hint of footballing knowledge knew who Yohan Cabaye was when we signed him, man. As if you could attribute that signing to good scouting.

Wouldn't call Carr a great scout, like. Doesn't take a genius to offer average players better money.

Exactly what I was saying on here on Monday when everyone was celebrating Palace's comeback for no good reason whatsoever.

El Khalej. I remember the ref (D'Urso I think?) clearly just saying to him, "That was a disgusting challenge" looking disgusted, holding up the red and barely looking at him. You're making that up, like. There was a good solid 2 minute gap between the challenge and the red card. It was the linesman who convinced him to show a red. The moment he shows the red he clearly says "that was a disgusting challenge". I was at the game. Whatever he said he wasn't sure about the red until he spoke to his assistant on the left.

Oh, and fuck Cabaye. I don't care about him one bit. Sorry.

El Khalej. I remember the ref (D'Urso I think?) clearly just saying to him, "That was a disgusting challenge" looking disgusted, holding up the red and barely looking at him. You're making that up, like. There was a good solid 2 minute gap between the challenge and the red card. It was the linesman who convinced him to show a red.

:thup:

Not this stupid shit again.

Amazing that Allardyce was hounded out after a couple of indifferent months yet it's taken this long for Pardew to be called on his nonsense.

I think the last 4-5 jobs he's had he's been good, average/poor, good, average/poor, good, and so on so I can't make up my mind. I'd have him (and 99% of the managers alive I've heard of) in instead of Pardew. We can do a lot better, though.

4-4-2 really doesn't get much love these days. Shame. With the right personnel it's the best formation to watch.

:lol: As if Viera and Petit had no scoring or creative duties, man. They were most certainly primarily there as defensive midfielders. Sure they were both box to box midfielders but their primary function was to defend. Vieira and Petit scored a total of 4 goals in their double winning season. :) You've just made my case. Box-to-box midfielders who scored goals and helped make them. Anyone who thinks we can play genuinely attacking football with Tiote and Anita as the CM needs talking to.

At least this means he won't be off this summer.

If he helps push Cuntdew out the door I'd say that constitutes two.

:lol: As if Viera and Petit had no scoring or creative duties, man.

So, at best, it's never worked in the PL.

I've said, I'd happily play Anita as the deepest midfielder.

When has it ever worked in a 4-4-2?

I don't think completely absolving two starting midfielders of creative/scoring duty is feasible for any club who don't have 3 world class attacking players in front of them. It certainly isn't viable at Newcastle United.

That's fine, but on the other hand all he had to do was vaguely look like scoring - even Shola's got 2 in his 2 starts - to make a case for himself.

I can think of several. Like when we weren't absolutely crying out for a striker to stake a claim, for a start.

Head, clouds.

Jon's struggling now, like. No alternatives to taking a slow non-scoring striker on loan.