Lotus

Odd time to bring in a coach. Would have thought if we were after one we'd have sorted that by preseason. Don't believe we're adding to the coaching staff. Think the consultancy for the fitness coach was the extent of it.

I think WHam will be just a little bit too good for us. I'm hopeful of us getting a result against Fulham though.

Pardew's been called out before at previous clubs for being too matey with his players (insert joke about wags, etc). He's got to do it imo as he has no other way to get any message across to them at all. There's literally f**k all to respect about him as a former player and nothing in his managerial 'legacy'. There's nothing to him. Nothing to instill a bit of awe/respect. He knows this so he goes for the buddy buddy route. Not helping.

I'll try and bring it back to topic by pulling this back up regarding Vuckic, think it's pretty much spot on. Probably true for his potential in a Newcastle team. Another of those: what would he look like in a team with movement/options around him? Similar to Cabaye, I think he'd look much better elsewhere. Serie A is made for him tbh Said that a while ago. Totally agree.

Course, nobody is saying that what he's arguing is factually correct. It's just what he has to say. Tbh, i had to put that in there or you or inochi would have straight in there asking me what else he was going to say with loads of question marks and maybe a facepalm or two. You've put me on the defensive Can both sides be on the defensive? I think we're both being passive aggressive

I'm not convinced he's actually twigged that he's crap yet. When/if he does i think he'll stop talking. Of course he has, if not he would had quit by now. Any self respecting manager would had quit us by now, over the farce of this summer wit Kinnear coming in and then the lack of transfers. I don't get the feeling you understood what i meant...

Course, nobody is saying that what he's arguing is factually correct. It's just what he has to say. Tbh, i had to put that in there or you or inochi would have straight in there asking me what else he was going to say with loads of question marks and maybe a facepalm or two. You've put me on the defensive

I'm not convinced he's actually twigged that he's crap yet. When/if he does i think he'll stop talking.

He has absolutely no control over transfers and it appears he has very little influence tbh. There's not much he can say there, he's being put in the spotlight to answer for other peoples mistakes/ineptitude. That being said, when he says we're still a very good team, i beg to differ because we haven't looked like a team in a long while. It's that i expect him to say we're not a good team, it's just that i don't agree with him. We're not a good team. Teamwork is apparent by it's absence.

He needn't apologise tbf. There's a fair few others that do though.

Different positions. Bigi tends to hang back (unless he's on the f***ing wing again) while Gosling will try and get in the box. Gosling will do f**k all game simply because he's sh*te. Shame but true. Wish we had options

Could give Di Matteo the job until the end of the season.

Ba and him had moments in the match where they changed positions, so both played left wing at times. I don't remember either of them looking anything special though. Put it this way then, Cisse looked a lot better then than he does now.

Bigi is already a better player than Gosling.

That would an exciting departure from our lot. Would take a punt on that personally, Will Hughes has looked absolute quality.

Didn't someone report that Marveaux himself said he was close to a move away? Maybe that's why he wasn't used either

Utter w***** imo. That stuff bugs me no end. He's not the first and he won't be the last to do it, all w*****s the lot of em that do. Couldnt agree more, remember Babayaro playing after losing his brother(?) and this t*** cant muster 90 minutes over this. Massive 'f*** you' to his teammates and fans Good point re: Baba.

They beat us comfortably last season and we've deteriorated since. I beg to differ.

Key figure for Pardew in the dressing room though so i don't expect him to get overy criticised for it.

Think WHam, Villa and Everton are better teams than us so i think he will be judged on how we do against the other 4. If we cant get positive results against the likes of Villa, West Ham and Everton then we are going down. They are better teams than us. If we pick 3 or 4 points out of that we will have done very well. 1 point is more likely. If we can't beat Fulham, Hull and Cardiff then we are in desperate trouble.

Think WHam, Villa and Everton are better teams than us so i think he will be judged on how we do against the other 4.

Not sure playing MYM and Colo in central defence is a good idea against a Fat Sam side tbh. Wouldn't suprise me if Pardew plays Moke alongside Colo and MYM in midfield with Tiote and Sissoko. Think Pardew will be deeply concerned about height (even though Carroll's out). Shola will feature as well imo.

Don't know about that tbh.

If we're willing to let him sit this one out then we're more than willing to sell him. Just want to eke out a couple of million more.

What? Again? How thorough