Gallowgate Toon

Fair play to Rooney if he goes abroad, not enough of our lot do. If it was to come off, it would interesting to see what Pep would get out of him. The idea of him learning German

Other fans don't like us because we're (potentially) a threat. Wigan are perennial no-marks who are easy fodder for 90% of the season.

I still reckon he has until Christmas. Surely dependent on how 'badly' we're doing. If we're in the bottom 5 after 10 games or so, I don't think they'll stand for it.

He's not going but he's walking on thin ice. If things haven't improved within the first 10 games or so next year, then he's gone.

He's got 2 games to redeem himself to his players and employers, the pressure's slightly off so just go for it you fucking plank. If he wants to keep his better players, he's going to have to show some initiative here and show them how where we could be going under him next year. No doubt the prick will be thinking about getting a tremendous point at QPR.

I don't think we'll lose to Arsenal. I think we'll get 2 from the next 2 now. I was more sure we'd have won on Sunday if we'd have been in the relegation zone, but you know what Pardew will do now...

Lucky indeed. We still need to win on Sunday, hopefully he sticks to his word and simply focuses on us.

Had a feeling this would happen, brilliant stuff, didn't watch the second half. Hopefully Wigan fuck off and never come back. We've still got work to do, no fucking slacking on Sunday.

But spoke total sense as usual. The only bit that was sense was spreading the scoring. His belittling of Swansea's size was crass and they are already consolidated as a mid-table side, is that his sole ambition? To do something he found easy once before? They should be aiming to go for top 8 next year, even if it is most likely out of their reach.

That wasn't at all condescending from Laudrup

Just got to hope Swansea keep them out, they've got a few draws of late, haven't they?

Wigan's team is so poor, man. Embarrassing that we're here.

I wouldn't really call Gouffran a square peg in a round hole, he's just as suited to a wide forward spot as Ba, a player who's spent the majority of his career as a wing forward. It's about how well they gel as a unit, there needs to be a good mix. You don't want 2 players the same, in my opinion, they should blend and complement each other. A HBA/Gouffran/Cisse triumvirate has a good mixture of speed, technique, intelligence, movement and finishing. We should have other options to bring on that can provide some power etc.

Attacking midfielder as well for me i would have Cabaye and Sissoko in the pivot. Marveaux?

Hopefully out of Moore, Dyer, Routledge and Hernandez they can grab a goal or two.

Swansea are quite good foil for Wigan. Quick and tricky counter-attacking side, if Wigan over-do it, they could be picked off.

Debuchy needs to start because we need to win, we're playing with 3 centre halves anyway, plus Tiote will do what he did last week and sit and protect.

Yep. We need to get the balance behind them right too, the supply from that area needs to be better than it has been. God knows what will happen if we stop up, not really sure who will stay and who will go.

We need 2 more attacking options next year, a decent target man and a winger. I'd buy them both as plan B players to come off the bench as I think that front 3 has a lot of potential and a good a balance to it. It's a shame we've not been able to see them play together more often.

We've proven ourselves to have some very good players on the counter, Gouffran and HBA in particular, both have a fair bit of pace between them too. It is possible that West Ham regrouped on Saturday and sped up the tempo, hitting Carroll quicker and forcing us back, because we're really not as physical a team as them and we naturally have to sit a bit deeper. When we're put under pressure, we don't have many players that can relieve it. Don't get me wrong, we have some very good footballers but we're not the most dynamic side, it says it all that Ben Arfa and Marveaux are the only 2 in the squad capable of keeping a hold of the ball in tight situations. I'm not disagreeing that Pardew isn't negative or a crap manager because he is, but there are reasons why we struggle away from home other than the manager.

Stoke sat off them like a League 2 team. The only reason they got back in to that game was because Pulis was happy with a point, any half-decent side would've gone on to win.

To be fair, I'm not completely sure the West Ham game was all to do with Pardew. He is too negative overall but we do struggle with physical teams away because we can't deal with them man-for-man, so players drop deep. When that happens, we need an outlet and too many times this year that option hasn't been available. We're a counter-attacking team by nature but we lean heavily on HBA to make that work because it's often his ball carrying or quick passing that sparks a move off.

He could be an effective wide forward, but that would involve some level of service. He is class off the ball, brilliant at running across goal when the ball's coming in from the right especially. He was unlucky on Sunday, that was a hard chance. I know Jaaskelainen had a rush of blood but Gouff showed excellent pace to create the opportunity in the first place. Completely daft he's been subbed so much when here, he wouldn't have cramped up on the weekend if Pardew didn't fawn over Shola.

If you call it that, he'll probably eat it when it does.

We'll not create much in all likelihood, but we will make a couple of good chances, we just need to take them. It will most likely come from a Cabaye pass to Cisse, or a Ben Arfa dazzler. Marveaux is an excellent option to come off the bench towards the end of the game too, but that depends on whether he's fit or not.