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This isn't even the highest profitting option ffs Decent coach = players playing at or above their actual potential = $$$$ Probably best to put it as the path of least expenditure, protect the small profits with even smaller outlay. Fat money-grabbing cunt!

I'm still biting my tongue on this, but I'm starting to draw blood, today it's really starting to sink in that Ashley's learned fuck all and it's going to be another abortion of a decision for the fat man who likes to take the path of highest profit above all else.

What is this crazy talk of which you speak? 'Tis witchcraft I tell thee, get the pitchforks!

The fact we are courting the like of Garde is great news and offers enough belief that Carver or some 2-bit has-been clogger won't get the job. One report and the forum turns into Chicken Little. Garde may very well prefer to take over in the summer but if an ultimatum is placed before him based on other interviews will he pass up the position? There's probably 4 or 5 people in the world who know for sure what's going on. Its not worth panicking about until we hear one way or another from the horses mouth.

Tbf the only hold-up is probably the January transfer window, if we can get through that with the purse strings intact then we can hire someone.

'erm Mike, he wants his own backroom staff in' 'next....' Not saying it's true but Northern Echo said the other day that he'll be allowed to bring in his own staff while the board deal with transfers. You can see it now; "you can have as many back room staff as you want Remi, your budget is 3 peanuts and a lifetime subscription to Woman's Weekly."

That last paragraph.... The only mistake they can make at this point is leaving Carver in charge any longer than is needed, ffs.

In NUFC DOF means Defender Of Fatty, right?

Sounds about right. Sounds perfect for Ashley and I haven't a problem with this philosophy if it brings a modicum of success with it. Good managers can build good teams with good players, even if some of those good players are sold and others brought in. Pardew just used it as an excuse.

I thought this too, it was a balanced piece that rightly brought up inadequacies but felt like it was holding back too much, didn't get everything he deserved but it's refreshing to see an article that doesn't look like it's taken it's facts from wiki.

Imagine if El Tel or Carver got it after all this man? It'd be like fucking Bullseye "Lets have a look at what you could have won.... A Remi Garde!!" (I realise I'm showing my age here). Just fuck off and get him in.

f*** that man, just get Garde in. Exactly, why is this even a question? He's obviously interested, just turning up for an interview should be enough to secure his position ffs.

Practically a done deal according to my imagination

I hope he wins his next couple so his ego is at an all time high, then you can cut the strings fate and we can watch him plummet to earth with a sickening crunch. Let the fan hit full speed before the shit gets launched, maximum effect. Then he will fade into obscurity and the world will be set right again.

That's a load of bollocks, most of the lads I went to games with under Keegan and Bobby stopped going under Ashley and I include myself in that. It wasn't the older ones asking Pardew to give them a wave. I don't believe that for a second either, I can't see any actual supporter who has witnessed the Keegan and to a lesser extent Sir Bobby eras first hand putting up with the drivel we've been served. The younger generation that has grown up with the likes of Fat Sam think everything is/was rosy. The older ones that are left are day trippers who go for the drink with the lads and somewhere to park their arses away from the spouse on a Saturday afternoon. They should be made to read some literature and sit in front of some extended season reviews before they can ask the likes of Pardew for a wave. But hey he's gone! And we finally have a chance to make the right appointment with Carr in the driving seat and prove we've been served a whole load of horse shit for neigh on 4 years.

So jealous! Though I think it would be hard to watch him play for another team.

Looks like one of the Nasty Boyz. You must have balls of steel to have attempted that reference. Knobbs' face with Saggs' hair innit. From here on in he will now be referred to as Knobb Sagg.

It's a killer though, great times to have witnessed first hand, glorious days. But it makes current circumstances all that more unbearable. You can see why some of the young ones aren't as affected as us.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/418959/Alan-Pardew-discusses-Yannick-Bolasie-s-future After the last line he deliberately looks at the camera and smiles. Bloody chairman selling the best players behind Pardew's back ffs. http://i.imgur.com/54ky7Ch.gif Looks like a fucking no lipped stroke victim! So glad he's out of our club!

http://www.shoot.co.uk/category/news/premier-league/garde-best-for-both-parties/ Decent read.

s*** would be unbearable for a while but as long as we don't sack the bloke we should be ok. Like with Spurs when everytime they lose Redknapp gets brought up Redknapp is their most successful manager in PL history tbf Pardew is our most successful manager in the last 4 years don't ya know?

Maybe the holdup with Pardew was negotiating an exit strategy for his back room staff once a new manager was appointed? After all we couldn't let them all go and have no one to run the club could we? /wishful thinking

Totally agree, the words Pardew and years should never be put together in a sentence like that unless it is about a custodial sentence! I'm trying not to be too excited because I know how Ashley likes to pull the proverbial rug and Remi Garde is a relative unknown, but fuck it, we deserve it!!

It's always nerve-wracking getting a new manager, but out of the possible disaster appointments I'd say we've basically won the lottery. Agree with Ian here. Completely agree with you, I'd much rather take a leap of faith than take on another "established" clogger. It's just made more nerve wracking by the fact he's relative unknown and if the Pardew experience has taught me anything it's to believe my eyes and not the opinion of Tom, dick or Harry (not Redknap). Potentially this could be amazing and I'm happy with that!

One fans opinion shouldn't sway an argument, however regarding the feedback we're hearing from media sources, aren't these the same ones that say Pardew did a magnificent job under difficult circumstances? If this is to be more than a rumour I'd like to go through some old footage of Lyons under Garde to decipher if he is the French Pardew as suggested by that poster or that is he is in fact the decent coach depicted by the media. I live in hope it's the latter, but after a lifetime of Pardew, I don't want a continental Pardew ffs.