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They promote it as some sort of altruistic measure where in reality it is only to fill the stadium because so many have cancelled their season tickets. It perpetuates the myth that everyone is happy with our lot because the attendances are still high.

It's not just about us getting the 3 points now, we are getting to the stage where we are starting to rely on other teams not picking up points as well. I expect Burnley and QPR will continue to struggle but we need other teams to struggle as well so we can still be in touch with them come January.

If The Sun are right then maybe that Palace job is still there for Pardew after all!! Warnock on his uppers Neil Warnock could become Crystal Palace's new director of football EXCLUSIVE By CHARLIE WYETT Published: 14th October 2014 CRYSTAL PALACE are ready to move Neil Warnock upstairs — if they can find the right man to replace him. Warnock, 65, has been back in charge for just five Premier League games.

They've now recruited Sir John Hall for their campaign. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/405043/EXCLUSIVE-Sir-John-Hall-tells-Newcastle-fans-to-back-the-team-Alan-Pardew-anger

How times have changed. Keegan got reprimanded by Ashley for suggesting similar after we played Chelsea. Now it is the party line trotted out to remind supporters that we have unrealistic expectations.

Whilst it would be typical of us to fluke a win, if that clown is in goal, I would think it is less likely as although he might make one or two good saves, he seems to concede a lot which look like they should be easy. Maybe I am wrong but that is just the impression I get. Leicester have some pace in their attack so if they just run at our defence, they find it quite easy to get past then. Therefore we need to keep the ball in their half but we tend to give it away too often to do that. I think our weaknesses are so obvious and we are so predictable that any manager with anything about them should be able to put a game plan together to beat us quite easily.

It seems as if we are his only option if West Ham want rid as no-one else ever seems to be linked with him. Although I suppose 'Arry could interested.

Always amused by the way that Pardew goes on about him. He was his manager for about 6 weeks of which Carroll only played probably the first 3 games before he got injured.

It might also show that Pardew is a poor judge of a player seeing as he was behind this signing. And also that Elliott is not good enough to be first choice should Krul leave.

Think our regular 2 goals conceded per game might just be about to increase.

Argentina v Brazile on ITV4.

Coloccini was poor in his first season for us and he was playing most games in his correct position. Had we bought him under Pardew, he would probably have never been given the opportunities to settle into the English game either. Someone on here said that the club thought MYM was a bit weird which if true is probably the real reason they have got rid.

I think he does a decent job for a while and then it all goes a bit stale. Maybe there are reasons for that - perhaps he has not been able to freshen up the squad when needed. However, I just think he an 18 month manager and his record this year is only marginally better than Pardew's and he has been allowed to bring a lot of decent players of his choosing.

I have some concerns over the redevelopment of the training ground under Ashley. As he has a history of doing things on the cheap, will it really be state of the art? Will he try to incorporate SD somehow in the building structure. Will the club actually own it or could he transfer it to one of his other holdings and loan it back to the club. Probably being a bit paranoid but I can't help but wonder what is in it for him as there is little evidence of him spending money on the infrastructure of the club unless it is to reduce running costs or can promote SD.

I am sure they can put recall clauses into the contracts so I don't understand why they don't get them loaned out so they are at least getting game time. If there is an injury crisis and they need to be recalled then it would be better for us if they have been playing competitive football. Another problem always seems to be that we refuse to compromise on the wages. It will benefit us more to have the players playing and if they are not good enough for us, we are more likely to be able to sell them to a lower league club rather than end up releasing them at their end of the contract. If we were more flexible on the wages, we might get more money in the longterm.

Feel like that as well. Let them go off and form their entertainment league and tour the world and let everyone else get on playing competitive football again.

Wasn't Pardew championing Steve Taylor for England when he first arrived here? I can't understand his reluctance to use Big Steve, you can't get any more English than that, and he's a geordie to boot. Is he injured again seeing as he was not on the bench at the weekend?

I have never had so much of a problem with Ashley speaking because a lot of owners don't. I do think it is a major problem that NO-ONE at the football club speaks. That is not normal. What Managing Director of any major business refuses to speak the media?

Exactly, what good is it that our yearly losses (which was a problem tbf) have been turned around to yearly profits when it does not benefit anyone but the owner? Also, this turnaround is almost entirely a result of TV revenue growing exponentially, something that the old owner(s) or indeed anyone else could also have achieved. Although it is unlikely to happen, if the TV companies did pull out then we will be absolutely screwed as we are totally dependent upon that revenue now.

Think he is another one of these 18 month managers like Pardew. Has an initial impact and then it slowly ebbs away and he doesn't know how to turn things around. I think his 2014 record is not much better than Pardew's either.

Heard a couple of bits of the radio last night where they seemed to have decided that as Pardew is not going anywhere the fans might as well get behind the players. The implication being that if we were to get relegated, it would be our fault rather than Pardew's. I guess that is the message the club are trying to get out there and it is starting to succeed. They then said that if we did get relegated, we would storm the league anyway like last time so it wouldn't be so bad. Have those idiots looked at our players and compared them to what we had last time. There is no way we would come straight back up and the better players would definitely leave this time.

What's stopping him owning both clubs? Nothing, I believe, unless both NUFC and Rangers entered the same UEFA competition. Rangers are probably a lock-in for the EL every season once they get up, you'd only need NUFC having an good season (like the one where you finished 5th) and there you have your ownership conflict. Don't the SFA also have a regulation where you cannot have more than a 10% shareholding if you own another football club. There have been a few articles recently suggesting that Ashley might try and put pressure on the SFA in implement a change.

Good read. Finally people are starting to see where the fans are coming from and that we are not such a demanding bunch after all.

I think Liverpool are in the market for another goalkeeper. There seems to be a lot of talk coming out of Liverpool that they are not happy with Mignolet. Maybe Cech would be an option for them but Chelsea may be reluctant to sell to them. Wonder if they are interested in Krul? He's been in poor form for a while but I am sure he would improve a lot with better coaching.

He does seem to give up quite easily when he loses posession and on Monday left Janmaat very exposed at times because he wasn't tracking back. Colo actually went mental at him late in the game which surprised me as you rarely see Colo that animated towards a teammate. He's a Pardew favourite though so tracking back doesn't seem to be an issue with him as it was with Ben Arfa.