Gallowgate Toon

I can't even believe what I've just read there. He did a canny job today then you thought? The players just made us look a bit of a mess with the way they played? That was our heaviest home defeat since 1925, 2 weeks ago we had by far the most humiliating result in the time I've been supporting the club, don't know about you. But nah, he's doing OK, the players just aren't organised enough or something. Are you taking the mick or what? Erm, what? I thought his apology/reaction was alright in the NUFCTV piece but have complained bitterly all night about stuff he got wrong in about 10 threads on here. Where the f*** did I say he was doing an alright job? The only thing I was questioning was whether some of the basic errors were down to players or rubbish instructions. Perch, Tiote and Jonas were abysmal for tracking their men, whether that's because they weren't sure who to track or if they're because they're thick is what's got me stumped.

How can a lack of organisation be down to players? I was going for the not communicating with each other and neglecting their responsibilities angle.

Ah yes, I forgot about that, Rich.

I thought that reaction was Ok from him personally. Yes, the team selection was poor but you could see the organisation was abysmal, we shouldn't be conceding like that, especially with a defensive line up. Whether that lack of organisation is down to players or the instructions given is the key factor.

Teams have got wise to him in that forward role and he's obviously not a winger. Pardew was shit scared of Enrique so put him there.

Think OCK's got it spot on, simply reviewing the team and assigning roles and simple tactics would be so helpful. It's such a clusterfuck right now, with players all over the shop, both going forward and back. The balance of the team is way off.

The twat's going nowhere. The only hope is he manages to pick the right starting line up and they conjure a win.

That was evident as fuck in the first half. What's the point in having a player like Cabaye in the hole when there's only one natural forward playing around him. We needed some attackers there, with the brain to move into spaces and to make runs.

Oh I'm not saying for a second that this is any silver bullet. Pardew and his ideas need to go. I just think we look like a bunch of schoolkids at the moment, all running all over the place. If we're going to pick up some more points, it might be worth putting players where they normally play and just telling them to stay there. The problem with that though, is that a lot of these players have spent the majority of their careers playing in a 4-3-3 of some type. If anything, 4-4-2 is as foreign as it gets for them. They're all quite specialised footballers in one way or another. I don't think it's formation that causes that unorganised mess we saw today, it's simply a lack of clear instruction.

Has to be said, I think our problems are far worse than formations though. Something stinks and if that basic motivation/belief is missing, then it's pointless.

Don't think we have well-rounded enough midfielders to play it to be honest. I think if we went 4-4-2 then we'd have to drop Cabaye. I think 4-2-3-1 is fine but it needs to be done right. Elliot Debuchy Colo/MYM/Taylor Haidara Perch Sissoko Cabaye HBA Cisse Gouffran

A lot of the blame goes to Pardew tonight, but I agree with Dave, that was very poor.

Stigmatising a whole nation is utterly, utterly embarrassing.

Ha! We looked like a disorganised shambles man, how the fuck have we worked on shape. Tiote and Perch were positionally abysmal, time and time again.

How the fuck can any cunt still be talking about Europe man People are just moronic and will lap any old shit up.

On a side note, I hope that one day someone takes Sturridge down a peg or two. Loathsome cunt.

Could he not have reached it? I was amazed to see him come out 2 yards and then scramble back. Not seen any replays.

What happened for the first?

He's a winner and showed some spirit. Daft it may have been but it was the most fight we saw all day.

The tactics and team selection were a joke like but that was just so poor on so many levels. The fact we conceded with such ease with a defensive line up is shocking. It's more than tactics and formations when you see that, basics neglected.

I thought that too. They weren't that good but they didn't need to be. We pretty much beat ourselves. They just passed the ball and moved, that's all they had to do. So, so, simple. They just targeted the right areas to pressure and overload and us and broke at speed. I don't have a clue where half of our lot were for the goals, the lack of options we had on the ball was staggering.

Disgraceful on all fronts. From that cowardly starting line up, to Jonas not bothering to track Johnson (and when Haidara asked where he was, the useless shit shrugged his shoulders), to Tiote and Perch not tracking their men and constantly going after the ball, to the ridiculous over-committing at the start of the second half, to giving up. Something is seriously wrong when a team comes out like that, even if the starting line up was a joke.

Worryingly seems to have no answer to teams that press us and then counter with a lot of speed. Liverpool were like a higher quality Sunderland, knew exactly how to unsettle us and knew which areas to target.

They guy is a moron but even worse, an absolute coward. Played for a point today, that line up screamed of fear. He's a small-time manager at a big club and he seemingly can't even do what he did last year, organise the fucking team. He's a disgrace.

It's just 1 step forward and 2steps back with this man. He finally gets Cabaye getting shifted up, but drops last week's goalscorer, puts Sissoko wide and keeps that useless shit on the wing.