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Geeeeet iiiiinnnnnn!!!!

I don't know why Rafa wouldn't bring him back as a no.10 he's just the type of player we need to break into the box, no one in our team at the moment is making those surging runs and putting the defenders on the back foot. He'd be great foil for Gayle.

We're too slow on the ball, laborious build up play, there's no urgency there at all. We keep possession well (until Colback gets the ball) but don't do anything of note with it.

It's less a desperation for 4-4-2 and more a request for a bit of flexibility, had we gone 4-4-2 earlier in this match we probably would have got something. This over-reliance on 4-2-3-1 even when it's not working is killing us in games like today.

Can't believe I wasted a click on this

Most saw it, Rafa left it too long to bring on Atsu, who changed our directness immediately, then Mitro who gave us someone to make the ball stick and bring it down. We looked much more likely to get something, I love Rafa but he should have seen that and acted earlier. Can't even say Wednesday weren't good for the win. This is happening too much.

Piss the fuck off, Merry Christmas you bunch of wankers

We haven't deserved anything from this, been poor all game.

I spent that first half continuously checking I was watching SS1 and not the WWE channel. How have more of their players not been booked, this is one of those games we get a player sent off for doing fuck all after the ref has let every kick, push, trip and stomp go for the other team.

I hope he gets the same lynx set 3 times

Watch yer letterbox marra... for a Christmas card have a good one mate!

Warmed my cockles that. Hope he chokes on his turkey. I hope he gets the short end of the wishbone

Merry Christmas to my adopted Geordie family, great group of people on here and we may argue and have differing views sometimes but I love you all (no homo). Have a great day people.

Allardyce will make them boring but solid, probably a good fit for him and I think they'll be happy with him tbh. The fat corrupt wanker shouldn't be allowed to work in football again but it's pretty much corrupt to the core anyway. Pardew will now hopefully fade into the distance, the only better thing that could happen at this stage is for Sunderland to grow tired of Moyes' outspoken shit and replace him with Pardew, 2 birds with one stone when they finally get relegated.

I would love to hear somebody present these stats to one of his mates/defenders in the media. Fuck me, that's shit all compared to the turgid records he set for us, barely even scrapes the surface. They ought to count themselves lucky he didn't have chance to do more damage.

Of course it's SP that should take a lot of the credit, there were mumblings going on, but it was still a them and us scenario when they went to print, infighting over "careful what you wish for" "best we can get under Ashley..." etc... Had they not galvanised the support and torn Pardew apart with facts in black and white I've got a feeling he may still be here. Just as KI said, it was always going to get worse before it got better, the end game was for Ashley to have nowhere left to go and no choice but to burn his bridges, but the lucky fucker landed on his feet when Rafa came knocking on his door. He'll get his reprieve until/unless he screws over Rafa, at which point expect AO to go back into full swing.

This makes for some quality reading today https://twitter.com/AlanPardew_1?s=09

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Definitely too soon, Palace didn't get full on Pardewed, 2 years too early for them. But at least I don't get to see his smug backpfeifengesicht on my TV anymore. Merry Fucking Christmas N-O!!!

According to the Chronic the findings will be viewable after Christmas, at which time they'll print what they can I'd assume and the club will decide if they want to appeal.

I'd like to think that Shelvey is telling the truth and the fact that three witness statements do not corroborate doesn't seem to add up. However I will reserve judgement until the report is published and we get a clearer picture of what's been said. On a more positive note it seems like Shelvey will be available for the next game and possibly the following game if the appeal is filed. It's not good if you can fling these allegations around without any ramifications if you're found to be lying, conversely if it is Shelvey that is lying then he deserves all he gets. I'm on the fence for now.

100% yes Absolutely, regardless of the dross at the bottom of the league that squad is absolute pony.

This is amazing, for once it's not us and even better it's the inbreds down the road keep it coming.

I wasn't aware Pardew was Canadian

Barely got into 2nd gear and we look good for the 1-0 we'll turn the screw second half when they come looking for the goal.