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fuck me, the flatmates do it again. 1. Ashley you fuck, how dare you be happy 2. Why does Pardew look like somebody just raped his dog? 3. MEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

Such a blatantly wrong foul given, it even confused Johnson for fucks sake.

I hate to say this, but on a scale of 1 to 10 for "not bothered," Jonas and Jose look somewhere around 9 right now.

Who's that guy shouting next to Pardew?

Jesus, Shola's first touch is from Mars.

Ashley and Llambias having a laugh. Fuck you. His daughter looks terrified to be sitting there though

Today's Jose's 100th game in a Newcastle shirt.

I'll be really pissed off if they just lie down. They've got to at least try to rise above it. Carroll was trodding very sadly to the changing room and Beardsley had to give him a pat on the back. Not looking good.

Seeing the players walk into the stadium.. They really don't look up for this.

We could probably do without him in our squad if we sign a decent right winger mind. merlin is spot on, he has to be sold at some point...

I have to say that my respect for this man has returned full stop now that I've realized what a fucking lunatic Ashley is. Sorry I ever doubted you Kev. And you're absolutely spot on.

We may miraculously fumble to safety somehow, but Ashley has proved to me that he cannot be trusted to be in charge of this club under any circumstance. Even when he accidentally does something good.

Most completely irrelevant game in recent history in terms of what actually happens on the pitch.

I think he's the one player we have who could potentially go in January. I remember Ashley having supposedly tussled with Keegan over wanting to sell him and from the perspective of somebody who thinks he knows a lot about football but actually doesn't, we have a lot of similar central midfielders so he's seemingly expendable.

Might as well keep this thread updated because we're going to need another new one fairly soon anyway.

it's not like, it happens all the time actually For managers that are in the running for a premiership job?

He got a lot out of a very ordinary group of players at West Ham, (how many of his first XI still play regular first-team Premiership football?) if we're being charitable I think you could argue that the Mascherano and Tevez fiasco was down to a power struggle between him and the board. He was pretty much doomed from the start at Charlton, although not coming anywhere near promotion in the Championship for two seasons is pretty much impossible to excuse. Did a goodish job at Southampton by all accounts. I think ability wise he's a decent second tier English manager. It's the timing and circumstances that surround his appointment that drive people insane. My beef is firmly with Mike Ashley. Pardew is just the latest symptom of the terminal disease he has brought to this club.

Looking back, I remember saying something along the lines of "sack Kinnear and bring Pardew or Curbishley in immediately" sometime two years ago. Just shows that timing is everything, I suppose

Just remember to thank me when he keels over and blood starts pouring from every orifice in his body.

Bottom line, forcing Ashley out is more important for the long-term future of the club than three points. Or even maintaining our Premiership status this season. how are you going to force him out from Korea? good question Psychic powers.

Bottom line, forcing Ashley out is more important for the long-term future of the club than three points. Or even maintaining our Premiership status this season.

I imagine I'd feel similarly if someone ran around screaming that the Apocalypse would be tomorrow. You would have to believe him once the earth starts shaking and the angels are blowing their trumpets, but it still wouldn't actually sink in until Christ the Lord starts beating you over the head with his hammer of judgement.

Honestly, I don't have anything against Pardew personally. I remember being somewhat impressed with his record at West Ham and I don't think the media gives an accurate enough impression for us to assess what his actual personality is like. A vote for Pardew right now is a vote for Ashley though. So he can f*** off.

Eight Sunderland fans and Crumpy.

Absolutely. You can build a team around him. There really aren't that many players you can say that about, and certainly not many "homegrown" players. The general opinion at the time we sold Berbatov was that Levy had done really well in getting 30M. Likewise Keane for 20M (which really was nuts). The problem was, that crippled our forward line and although we got Modric in, the rest of the money went on people like Pav. Of course, Berbs wanted to go, but if (for argument's sake) he'd stayed and the Keane money had got Modric, what a team we'd be. You're not doing too badly right now