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This is true actually, we're almost guaranteed to love anyone who buys the naming rights just because they're not sports direct. Imagine if somebody went one step further and renamed it st James park. Ashley would make a pot of gold out of thin air and the company in question would have a whole bunch of loyal customers for life.

Is there any other kind?

I'm kind of glad we're second best. I'd been getting used to thirteenth-best or eighteenth-best.

Hiddink apparently going to Anzhi. Ugh.

The managers who have failed here have done so because they weren't up to the job, that has nothing to do with the fans who have stuck by the club through 43 trophyless seasons. Obviously they failed because they weren't "up to the job," just like you or I wouldn't be "up to the job" if we failed miserably at ours. Don't think it's too much of a stretch to acknowledge that this job is significantly more difficult than most jobs in football though, and the fans expectations, justly or unjustly, is a massive part of that.

As much as we criticize the media for pandering to the "rather lose 4-3 than win 1-0" stereotype about Newcastle fans, we are certainly very, very demanding as a group of supporters. Can see why so many managers have failed to adjust to life here over the years, and I'd really rather not get rid of the one guy who has.

Shhhhhh. It's actually annoying me how badly they clash I mean, signage is going to happen, might as well make it look good. Just a big ass piece of oak tag. Maybe he's deliberately putting up cheap-ass signs in anticipation of having to change them again when a new sponsor comes in?

Wait a second, when and why did Beardsley leave the reserves? I missed this somehow.

At least they're just banners and not nailed onto the walls or anything. Easy to take down when we can.

http://clien.career.co.kr/cs2/data/file/park/1328027368_XLRjbuyF_201201311738203200_1.jpg

I don't know what they'd do if we actually ever bettered the 9-1. They would be like Christians if giant flaming letters appeared in the skies proclaiming "The Muslims got it right"

You got me Didn't know the shortcut and couldn't be bothered to navigate the menu on my phone

Seeing that it was Keegan's birthday reminded me that it was valentines day

How epic would it be if Brewcie got the job before the 25th.

Babayaro Bramble Boumssong. The dreaded 3B... ah, scary memories.

Alternatively, we could just beat them 3-0, or draw 1-1 or 0-0.

Apparently the Mirror ran some sort of shit speculative story about how he could be sold in the summer? Not sure which one I'd prefer, Liverpool losing their best player or him staying there forever to progressively drag their reputation deeper and deeper into the mud.

Why is he not? Most talented player in his squad just like Carlitos was at West Ham. Not saying Pardew doesnt like good players, he jusv doesnt know how to get the best out of them. Hes a classic english manager who knows and loves his graft and committed players. (which amazes me since he gives Obertan playing time). He clearly believes Ben Arfa has no part to play this season or will get his chances as soon as tiote and cabaye are back. Like I Said, Tevez/Mascherano and Ben Arfa have absolutely nothing in common style-wise other than the fact that they're good players. If you're going to claim that Pardew is biased against Ben Arfa because he doesn't like certain kinds of players, there has to be some sort of criteria. Like I said "good player" obviously isn't it, given that he's perfectly fine with playing other good players. You offer two potential answers to this question; a. He doesn't like foreign players. Given that Krul gets in ahead of Forster and Tiote/Cabaye gets in ahead of Guthrie, and Ba/Cisse gets in ahead of Shola, this doesn't seem to be the case. Why is Ben Arfa the only foreign player being discriminated against? b. He doesn't like players who don't graft. This explanation can't really apply to Tevez, given that he grafts the fuck out of every game when he's bothered and Mascherano who also tends to run around like a rabid greyhound. So if your argument is that Pardew has some sort of preconceived bias against a certain type of player that is leading him to treat all of Tevez, Mascherano, and Ben Arfa unfairly, again, you're going to have to tell me what this criteria is because I can't really figure it out. In the absence of that sort of distinction, maybe the question we should be asking is not "what's wrong with Pardew?" but "what's wrong with Ben Arfa?" At the end of the day, I don't really care about this whole song and dance. The desired end state is "win games" not "play Hatem Ben Arfa." I'm sure he has the potential to be good, probably even great, but so do a lot of players. It would be nice if he could make it work here, but If we're achieving the former a reasonable amount of times I'm not really bothered about how we're doing with the latter.

Don't see how Ben Arfa is in any way comparable to Tevez and Mascherano to be honest. Unless you're trying to make the point that Pardew doesn't like good players, which clearly isn't true.

Stats are always meaningless unless they confirm your opinion.

All signs point to a complete and other obliteration of wolves and I refuse to believe otherwise

Checking the scores before I left for my exam was such a terrible idea

They're an embarrassment to the game. If any of their players had the slightest bit of sense they'd be asking serious questions about why they have to stand up for this cunt.

Two weeks in a row I'm cheering for Man United. This is madness.

Go on Louis, be angry, keep whining. What a cunt.