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We're 12-8 down on goals in the last 10 minutes this season. But how many in average per game, our last minute goals are 1 a game I would expect, a la Cisse whereas I would expect a few of ours might be attributed to 2 or 3 as we trail off and get mauled. A lot of them took points off us. 86th minute at the mackems. 81st and 85th minutes at Stoke. 90th minute at Man U 85th minute at Swansea 90th minute at Wigan 8th place if the table didn't "gloss over" those

It's much worse.

We're 12-8 down on goals in the last 10 minutes this season.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2zhedki.jpg To be fair, Di Canio was appointed March 31st.

Having a good laugh at some of these heatmaps btw.. Look at Man U's shape in their game against us. Clearly defined shape, every player distinct. Only the two strikers are touching. Us? The defence have a shape, fuck knows who's doing what otherwise.... http://i39.tinypic.com/4r97c8.jpg Similar story in the Arsenal game....it's not as bad, but apart from our centre backs, every other player spends so much time in another players position, 8 of them look like 4. http://i42.tinypic.com/2vss00j.jpg

Against Chelsea he started out in CM, ended up further forward and then out wide. Basically that's how I've seen him play since he arrived, in no real set position. I genuinely think the manager got carried away with his performance against Chelsea and dreamed up the number 10 role for him when in reality he wasn't playing that role at all much less is capable of playing it. Since then his form has been awful and he's looked like a poor player at times. True, I think it came out of desperation for someone who could turn our fortunes around. It nearly worked I suppose. I'm sure longer-term Pardew will use Sissoko in CM. I agree. He's a CM for me all day long. Someone when the game is stretched and opposition are tired, can burst forward from midfield to pop up with goals or to give us extra numbers up top. I don't think he has the awareness and passing skills to really dominate from CM from the off though. He's a bit dumb in that respect, a bit like Tiote. That's why for me we have to decide what to do with Tiote. http://i40.tinypic.com/6p15vr.jpg Is this too statty? Think player heat maps are interesting to see how we've kept our shape in games. they say he spent more time IN ADVANCE of Cisse in his first month Even whan Cabaye has been deployed in more advanced role, rather than alongside Tiote, it's not seen Sissoko dropped deep, he has always played further up the park (see Liverpool and Stoke - Cabaye and Cissoko are inseperable there). Perhaps Pardew sees the deeper midfielder role as a much more important one, which Sissoko couldn't be entrusted with when he had zero premier league experience.

It's clearing up nice though. Ashley must have bought him some cream.

I was saying on TT I like the bloke. Clearly more intelligent than Pardiola. But his criticism on MOTD rang hollow. He was talking like he'd done so much better coping with europa, when in fact he had just as bad a league run.

Pardew is a prick. I've never liked him. It was a sad day for me when he was appointed. We replaced one average manager with another average manager, but at least the last one was likeable. People are getting very worked up over ousting the bloke...so we can get another middle of the road jouneyman in to peddle mediocrity. What's the point in that? Do you not have a little spark of hope that the next one might be good? Not one iota. Talk of Benitez leaves me totally incredulous. Its as batty as talk that were signing Rooney.

If a manager is equipped with all the tools he needs and fails he serves the sack. Pardew will likely see this fate next year....if he's supplied with a good striker/cab. If a manager has spent the season without the squad to compete. He deserves the chance at another whack. Stability will not improve Pardews ability.

Bad mouth all you like, but I keep my criticisms based upon reality. Hitler was shit, he killed 6 million jews. Fine by me Hitler was shit, he killed every jew in the world. Not quite right. Did I get the first mention of Hitler in this thread?

September 19th 7 players out including Cisse, Krul, Coloccini and Tiote December 13th 7 players out including Ben Arfa, Cabaye and both Taylors January 16th 6 Player out including Simpson, Ben Arfa and STaylor March 6th 6 Players out including Coloccini, Krul and Ben Arfa April 24th 8 Players out including Tiote, Krul, Coloccini, Santon 5 games? Pack it in man. You're a slow person. Those aren't games. Those are the random dates available for physioroom at the internet archive. I posted the link earlier. It's a snapshot of which players were injured through the months of the season. We were either first second or third in every snapshot taken. If you're trying to argue our injury trouble hasn't been worse than others then you've clearly lost the plot entirely. At least try to blame Pardew for the injuries....playing Ben Arfa in ice cold conditions on a plastic pitch....that sort of thing.

Course I do man...for the sake of stability and for stats.

September 19th 7 players out including Cisse, Krul, Coloccini and Tiote December 13th 7 players out including Ben Arfa, Cabaye and both Taylors January 16th 6 Player out including Simpson, Ben Arfa and STaylor March 6th 6 Players out including Coloccini, Krul and Ben Arfa April 24th 8 Players out including Tiote, Krul, Coloccini, Santon

Pardew is a prick. I've never liked him. It was a sad day for me when he was appointed. We replaced one average manager with another average manager, but at least the last one was likeable. People are getting very worked up over ousting the bloke...so we can get another middle of the road jouneyman in to peddle mediocrity. What's the point in that?

Stability follows success Success is not guaranteed by stability. It's a crock of shit the pundits like to spout to keep their mates in work.

Laudrup is allowed "circumstances"? He took a team that had finished 5th and finished one place shy of relegation. He left and they finished 8th the next season. yes circumstance, since when did pardew had to deal with a mass exodus of players this season, financial ruins and thrown out of competitions? pardew was allowed 20 mil of decent crop of players all in one window. Pardew has been missing 6 or 7 players for just about the entire season. At least half of them key. Every club suffers injuries. I'm sure we are not the only side to have had some key players missing for lots of games. He has still been able to field a better 11 than most. We've had it worse than most. http://web.archive.org/web/20130116000648*/http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php

Do an advanced search to see when I've ever mentioned stability. Straw man?

Laudrup is allowed "circumstances"? He took a team that had finished 5th and finished one place shy of relegation. He left and they finished 8th the next season. yes circumstance, since when did pardew had to deal with a mass exodus of players this season, financial ruins and thrown out of competitions? pardew was allowed 20 mil of decent crop of players all in one window. Pardew has been missing 6 or 7 players for just about the entire season. At least half of them key.

Laudrup's never stayed in a job long enough for the honeymoon to end. Swansea have less points now than they earned under Rodgers. In the last 13 games the only teams he has beaten have been QPR, Wigan......and us.

Not at all like NUFC. Newly promoted NUFC...with Danny Simpson and Danny Guthrie....."The Force!!" Getafe had never once finished as low as they did under Laudrup in any season since they had been promoted.

Laudrup is allowed "circumstances"? He took a team that had finished 5th and finished one place shy of relegation. He left and they finished 8th the next season.

Laudrup has done just as bad at Getafe and Mallorca as Pardew has done here.

Going back to the discussion before on managers that have earned their stripes, I don't think there is one in the whole English league you could point to and say, he's a manager you can set your watch to. Say Ashley was interested in taking someone cheap, that has been showing good form in the lower leagues, the only ones that have been in a job long enough to judge (over a year) are... Paul Tisdale Greg Abbott Chris Wilder Nigel Clough Roberto Martínez Gus Poyet Mark Yates Russell Slade Karl Robinson Graham Turner Tony Mowbray Dean Smith Darren Ferguson Chris Powell Micky Adams Jim Bentley A fucking piss poor selection.

None of my posts this morning said a word about it until Venky started on about it again. I've only ever mentioned it in response to people incorrectly saying Pardew is playing long ball, based on what we were doing before...not what we are doing now. It's settled afaic. Only the question of whether the wind made the difference or not left