Happy Face

You do know I never started this stat chat? That's like trying to deny the Holocaust, you are the reason. For the stats not the Holocaust like. I'm the reason stats exist? You're building me up here like.

Ah right. I did explain that at the time.

You do know I never started this stat chat?

The only thing which might have been agreed about was that we were probably the biggest offender, I doubt anybody regarded the numbers as being "fairly accurate." Nobody thought to say so then but now they do. Curious insight into mentality... I wasn't posting here last year, but it looks like Wullie stole what I posted elsewhere anyway..... http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,92748.msg4037469.html#msg4037469 To be fair plenty of people took those stats in the vein that they should have been taken then, and should be taken now. Nothing more than an interesting side note. Felipao, OCK, Mlandro etc all said it's about what we can see week in and week out. Plenty of people loved the shameful evidence of the desperate nature of our play though.

Remember the time HappyFace's homemade statistics/source had a non-integer for goals scored or sommat Nah. Quote it.

http://i43.tinypic.com/2lu2ud4.jpg Same source as had us hitting the most long balls last season which everyone latched onto to hammer Pardew. Don't think they would have changed their criteria....that and it's plain to see for anyone watching that we hit much less long balls now. Are they classing a pass as attempts or successes? Is a punt upfield classed as a pass if it goes straight to an opposition player or does it have to be received by a team mate to be classed? Without knowing what they class as a pass those stats are pretty meaningless. Didn't stop the hammering Pardew got for being in spurs' position in that table last year. We can all see the difference from last year to this. The table only shows the extent to which it's changed. Nah i think people just saw it with their eyes. you know, by watching the football That's what I said.

http://i43.tinypic.com/2lu2ud4.jpg Same source as had us hitting the most long balls last season which everyone latched onto to hammer Pardew. Don't think they would have changed their criteria....that and it's plain to see for anyone watching that we hit much less long balls now. Are they classing a pass as attempts or successes? Is a punt upfield classed as a pass if it goes straight to an opposition player or does it have to be received by a team mate to be classed? Without knowing what they class as a pass those stats are pretty meaningless. Didn't stop the hammering Pardew got for being in spurs' position in that table last year. We can all see the difference from last year to this. The table only shows the extent to which it's changed.

http://i43.tinypic.com/2lu2ud4.jpg Same source as had us hitting the most long balls last season which everyone latched onto to hammer Pardew. Don't think they would have changed their criteria....that and it's plain to see for anyone watching that we hit much less long balls now.

There was another one before the game where he said he wanted to do it for mike.

To say cabaye would have whipped it in anyway is bollocks because we've all lamented the endless stream of balls lobbed onto Williams head at the back of the box. The pisser is that Pardew thinks the ball whipped in should be the exception rather than the rule.

I wouldn't say our 12th to say, 18th players are particularly worse in comparison to the other squads beneath the "top 6". Possibly not. We are regularly exposed though and the club refuse to learn from it. The CB situation hasn't changed in what, three transfer windows? Keep reading that we're without our first 2 CB's.... but Mbiwa was the most expensive starter we had today.

Did Obertan get on ahead of ben arfa without Menton in this thread?

Lost 2 I'd expect to win. Won 1 and drawn 1 I'd expect to lose. He's still lower than he should be....and said that himself after the game.

Pardew's league record in the games following a Europa game http://i42.tinypic.com/mj1vkg.jpg

He LITERALLY cannot win.

Out of fairness, as I wasn't posting here at the time, here's what I was saying about Pardew back then... http://www.toontastic.net/board/topic/32838-everton-vs-newcastle-united-sun-13-may-2012-300pm/?p=1079235 http://www.toontastic.net/board/topic/32838-everton-vs-newcastle-united-sun-13-may-2012-300pm/?p=1079250

If we go down this season it will be entirely down to Mike Ashley. He appointed and continues to employ Alan Pardew,who, it is generally agreed in this 22k-post thread, () is rubbish. Don't forget the previous 1000 page thread. Amazing foresight on page 1 of that thread: http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,92734.msg3867066.html#msg3867066 Shame on the Pardew apologists in there.

Stephen Ireland, Shefki Kuqi....fillet steak!

When did he say that? Why was it noteworthy? Arsenal, 7-3. Great moment in my personal history of following NUFC. That was when we levelled. They went on to hit 4 more goals Love it. Ah, right. Wasn't sure if the piss take was that he wanted to keep things tight or if he had told the players "stop scoring goals!" You never know, the way some people agonise over his every utterance.

When did he say that? Why was it noteworthy?

Premier League only.... http://i39.tinypic.com/15nwqcg.jpg Considering what he took over and what he's done with it he's easily the worst on that list. What a cunt. eh? If you're ignoring performances and only concentrating on the bottom line of points won, I can't see how you've come to that conclusion?

Premier League only.... http://i39.tinypic.com/15nwqcg.jpg

Whoever follows Pardew, it won't be as bad as bringing in Souness for Robson.

Mentioned it before, but Ashley, Llambias and co kept a remarkably low profile throughout the championship season. It's the one time football came first for them. It left Hughton free to do his work for the most part. It only serves as proof to me that Ashley knows what he is doing when he hoys a spanner in the works. It's a conscious decision to court controversy over success. "you don't know just how horrible we can be?"

I haven't got enough away points