http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30516598
It highlights all the signings and whether he reckoned they were hit or miss. Readers also benefit from Savage's deep, thoughtful, single-line analysis. My favourites:
This. Support was superb.
Was so good in the lower tier in the corner.
That's where we were, towards the back. Looked like there was a bit of bother between some lads and stewards second half?
Probably some fans threatening to enjoy themselves after travelling from London. Maybe tried to eat some crisps from outside or were obscuring an advertisement of some sort.
Only 37. Comes across as a real student of the game, very thorough and diligent. A far cry from the s*** looking after the squad here. Would love to see Pardew's training diary.
He doesn't just play any way... he plays the howay.
I blame this all on Rob Elliot. If he hadn't have gotten injured kicking a fucking ball because he's too heavy we wouldn't have to put a young lad in goals. Fat fucking gimp.
It's as if he's been waiting for them to start being crap so he can start going on about "resilience" and "grafting". They were doing well before they started dropping all the flair players