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commentators in the world cup were saying sabella had some criticism for picking him as he was seen as a bit of a favourite and they had better options...thought he played very well in the games i saw tbh but didn't seem like a CB to me despite his size

Looks canny on the players tbh

Wow, Pardew's 'look who was missing'excuse being wheeled out for LvG already huh?

This is exactly on point. Pardew is a boring but passable manager when he's not coaching afraid and lets the lads play. It's when he gets afraid and starts reverting to "Pardyball" when things go to shit. Hopefully we'll not have a bad run this season that gets him into that sorry state. Might be better if we have that run now tbh, get shot of him early on.

Same as last season then. Good, hopefully he can force fucknuts not to leave him out.

Not overly concerned by a non-humiliating defeat vs a sovereign state, from time to time Pards gets them up for those games. Key test will be the next few games against shitter teams, lose the next one and he'll probably start freaking out again, drop his most attacking players and try to 0-0 it from there in as usual.

can only reiterate what's been said by others: hope we get an absolute fucking dicking and he's fired when i wake up in the morning off to bed, not entertaining this fucking nonsense

Indeed. s*** scared to play an attacking full back. He can't attack for s***, man. Like fucking clockwork there's no-one flogs a dead horse like ronaldo when he's taken a dislike to a player

https://vine.co/v/M37F1mB5IzB fuuuck me

Long term and Van Gaal doesn't work. Said it before, he'll get it right with some young talents and everything, but he'll not be sitting up there in Decemer 2015. you don't think he'll last 18 months? 3-5-2 is an interesting one in that it's widely considered to be a difficult formation to succeed in setting up especially in england so if van gaal spends the next 2-3 years going through that heartache only to get it working then fucks off somewhere else they'll most likely be back where they started

Far better spend 5 years scouting him, watch his price drop to nowt and then not sign him because you suddenly changed your mind Nah, it was because he wanted £40K pw. The nerve. Was just wondering if what Gomis wanted was more than the combined wage of Riviere and Ferreyra. Suppose it probably is.

Hard to see how we'll stop these putting 2-3 past us without breaking a sweat really unless Pardew pulls out one of his few decent performances or we do a backs against the wall a la spurs.

Eat it. Fucking eat it. Find a sky camera and burn the ticket in front of it to protest against Pardew. Or self immolate like that monk, whichever works for you.

Okay, let's make things interesting. What would constitute Pardew failing in your eyes? Not in Ashley's eyes, in your's. Being amongst those in contention for the drop. The situation 2 years ago was forgivable because of a paper thin squad riddled with injuries and a lengthy European run but wouldn't be now. With the likes of Villa, West Brom, Sunderland, Burnley and Palace not pulling up any trees in the transfer market, it would be significant underachievement to be near the bottom. the bit i've bolded is what's got me about pardew ever since he pitched up at the club - nothing is ever anything to do with him when it goes badly and this is the prime example of that; go on one of the worst runs in the clubs entire top flight history because one player is sold? get to fuck man...it's his job not to make that happen ffs...he was totally and utterly responsible for what happened after cabaye was sold just as he was largely responsible for us almost getting relegated the season before with his fucking awful team selections and cowardly tactics said it months ago and i stand by it, he's the worst manager i've seen at the club bar none

he's awful defensively imho, even during that period when he was doing what pardew wanted he did little more than stand in front of the guy with the ball...can barely remember him ever making a tackle but during that period he did get back in position well enough I'd agree that from a tactical and technical point of view, he isn't a good defender, but I think he does pressurise people and puts the effort in to track back. To be honest, I can't think of many wingers who are good tacklers of the ball, so in my view it isn't really relevant. As long as he is putting in the effort to be a nuisance and close people down, Pardew shouldn't have any complaints at all. i totally agree, and i also agree with what others said in response to my post about us not playing him for his defending...no-one in their right mind would obviously, but the fact is that while he can put in work rate and get back he's fucking terrible at defending so it begs the question why (as a professional manager) you'd bother pushing this point as far as pardew has

is the most accurate assessment, except it's a cup final we have no desire to win which is a strange thing for any cup final team i guess

he's awful defensively imho, even during that period when he was doing what pardew wanted he did little more than stand in front of the guy with the ball...can barely remember him ever making a tackle but during that period he did get back in position well enough

he really should be sunderland manager, fits the bill perfectly for them imo shame we'll never see it come to pass now, crying shame tbh

Came round to this 2020 idea in principle but they seem to have chosen 13 cities for some reason and it makes no sense at all.

Fucking hell, same here. Worst realization for me is that I'm going to be well into my 40s before I can attend a world cup. Bearing in mind, fuck Russia & fuck Qatar. Fingers crossed FIFA steals it from Qatar and gives it to the U.S. Otherwise it's gonna be a long time, as 2026 will probably go to some other shithouse country, fucking Bolivia or something. It'll have to be Oz if they take it off Qatar surely? They were in the running too right with the us? I think they'd take the easier option of keeping it in the same federation. I'll be in my 50's if not. Christ. The justification for the US is that they basically don't have to do anything to be able to host it, would this apply for Australia? Infrastructure is there, mods and upgrades to some stadiums I imagine but surely nothing in the Brazil realm.

Fucking hell, same here. Worst realization for me is that I'm going to be well into my 40s before I can attend a world cup. Bearing in mind, fuck Russia & fuck Qatar. Fingers crossed FIFA steals it from Qatar and gives it to the U.S. Otherwise it's gonna be a long time, as 2026 will probably go to some other shithouse country, fucking Bolivia or something. It'll have to be Oz if they take it off Qatar surely? They were in the running too right with the us? I think they'd take the easier option of keeping it in the same federation. I'll be in my 50's if not. Christ.

Is this club like Tenerife or something and he's just going to get paid to be on holiday in the sun? Amazed he couldn't get a fix in england like, or even something stupid like rangers or celtic.

Jesus what a name for a club

have i missed an 'official announcement' here or something, feels like i have...where did the info he's meeting and greeting people come from? where did the idea originate and is it assumption that he's going to say goodbye? obviously i'm hoping it's nothing of the sort and he's going to stick the finger up to pardew again

didn't he leave 3 forwards on the bench yesterday? i said this after we signed riviere...what is this fucking clown going to do with more attacking players? he has no idea how to rotate players and get the best out of them, he'll find one thing that works for him, flog it to death, then blame whoever he tries to bring in to perform the same limited role when they're unable to do it