Happy Face

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I've been popping in regular since i said he would deserve the sack by Halloween if he didn't get a good number of points on the board from the 7 or 8 games after Man City.

Prior to that we had won 7 points from 39 (0.53 PPG) It's the very definition of an upward trajectory.

They were on form

I think most people here have given him credit for getting it right this week tbf. Yes there are some who are still sceptical but that's because of his record last season which could have got him deservedly sacked at a lot of clubs. Not just his weekend. I think we've been on an upward trajectory (generally) since late January (since the window closed), even while being disgusted by some performances such as the Mackems and Liverpool. Well that's not true at all. We've been vastly inconsistent since January and even with all the new signings we were a game or two away from relegation. This is such a fickle game, it's unbelievable. Two wins and people are forgetting we were close to going down last season with Krul, Colo, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Santon, Cisse + 3 or 4 important new january signings. Take Ben Arfa off the team and we'll struggle badly again, Pardew at least has tried to have the team play a passing game the last two games, so I'll give him credit for that. But he still insisted in starting Shola in the PL just two weeks ago so it's not like he's been faultless. In more than 7 months, Pardew has lost 8 games. 5 of them against top 6 opposition.... Manchester City x 2 Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool Of the remaining three, two were on the road. Swansea City (A) Wigan Athletic (A) Sunderland (H) The Sunderland game stands alone as his most shameful moment. Outside the league he also lost to Benfica in the Europa QF, which there was no shame in.

I think most people here have given him credit for getting it right this week tbf. Yes there are some who are still sceptical but that's because of his record last season which could have got him deservedly sacked at a lot of clubs. Not just his weekend. I think we've been on an upward trajectory (generally) since late January (since the window closed), even while being disgusted by some performances such as the Mackems and Liverpool.

Pardew's made loads of mistakes. He's come out in post match interviews and held his hands up to say he can't blame the players because he got stuff wrong. I'm not defending those mistakes. I'm giving him credit when he gets it right. The very least he deserves.

is that a response to me? either way it's a fucking terrible post Not as bad as suggesting that good players just need to be played in the right position and success is then inevitable. well i was being flippant, see my response to brett for more detail, and the point wasn't that success would be inevitable playing players in the right place - it was that in doing so he would have had a much better chance of avoiding the abject failure of last season i thought that was fucking obvious, apparently not The abject failure of last season was an awful run of results from early November to mid January when we were forced into starting games with Sammy Ameobi and Shane Ferguson, as well as Williamson, Simpson and their ilk. We lost 10 out of 13 following a 10 game run at the start of the season where only Man u and Chelsea could beat us. Playing players where they play is a good start, but even in their most favoured positions, some players are not good enough. That can also tend to lead to a lack of faith from the manager and the desperate plugging of holes by juggling those payers who are good enough for the league.

is that a response to me? either way it's a fucking terrible post Not as bad as suggesting that good players just need to be played in the right position and success is then inevitable.

Aye, that's what I was doing. Oh dear.

Makes you wonder why anyone licked Ferguson's arse when it's that easy. He spent hundreds of millions anarl.

Just evidence that Pardew's football vision isn't hoofball. I think lots of posters feared that it was.

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I liked Pardew's post match interview. His appetite for playing attacking football is clear. Whether we can keep the players fit that will allow them to form a cohesive attacking unit is another matter.

Aye. When I'm not on me phone I will

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I've just listened again and he said "all our players are vulnerable." Why cant he just say nothing Because the club are contractually obliged to make someone available for interview after games. If Pardew wants to buy he needs to generate funds in the absence of the chairman stumping up. Don't see anything wrong with inviting offers that we can always reject if they aren't good for the club.

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Not by Happy Face. I judge him harshly for the man city game, but with the most positive outlook it wouldn't be one we could expect to take anything from. He'll be sacked for not winning games he should. Not for losing to teams constructed on £1bn of spending. ARS

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We should expect to beat West Ham at home every time. Villa and Everton on the road should perhaps be draws.

We committed 8 fouls last night. Total. Only Cardiff committed less all weekend. We have the worst disciplinary record with 3 bookings and one straight red. Discipline needs looking at. Just stupidity to go WWE on an opponent or throw the ball away.

West Ham Morecambe Fulham Villa Hull Everton Cardiff 7 games for Pardew to be judged on. Could be gone by Halloween if it goes badly, and would have NO excuses about the quality of opposition.

Wasn't the plan to write this one off and start our season next week?

All but one of their players involved in the 4th goal. Only one attempted challenge to win the ball back, in the last of the 48 seconds of the build up.