Mattoon

"Hi my name is Matt and I'm a recovering NUFC supporter, it's been 3 months since my last match" *small round of half hearted slow clapping* Pardew killed it for me, the whole situation was farcical! When he left there was a small glimmer of hope and I actually felt something again. But then as the weeks rolled on and it became more and more obvious that it was the same old Ashley smoke and mirrors culminating in Carver being given the nod the optimism took a nosedive again. I have to admit I did follow the Hull game more fervently than any Pardew game or the Carver games up until then, on here only and at the end I felt something in response to the win. Like I've said, I'll take the remainder of the season for what it is and Carver gets my support as INTERIM head coach. Summer is the make or break for me, there are ways and means where the fans AND Jabba can get what they want out of the club and if Ashley brings in another Pardew I'll know he's just being a vindictive, spiteful, hateful prick and the club will be dead to me.

Absolutely absurd, sure the players can barely be considered fringe players. However given the inadequate squad depth at the moment, particularly in defence we need to be holding on to as many players as possible! Surely Rangers can't afford the wages of that many loans so I'd imagine we'll foot that bill, all so Ashley can get them promoted, hence getting the added exposure for his shitheap empire.

Conflict of interest there, lining his pockets to tell him you don't want to line his pockets, however it doesn't defeat the object, there's nothing more impacting than 50,000 screaming abuse live on TV. An out of stadium protest would only be as devastating if the crowd didn't then pour into the stadium at 2:55pm, that would kind of defeat the object too. If it's to be done it needs to be long, loud and continuous, the way we handled Pardew was great at Cardiff but never continued, we could have broken him had we been relentless. If the sheeple finally turn on Jabba it needs to be relentless.

it wasn't that long ago people were raving about his performances, people forget about players being Pardewed, he's young enough to recover. I certainly don't think he should go over the likes of Dumbshit.

It's all about trimming the fat, scraping numbers off the bottom to make the NET profit that little bit healthier, same as any decision made by the club these days, what's going to get us more money? No more wages for a player that no longer features much, fuck the footballing considerations, less wages and a small fee for the accounts is all important.

Santon was at least a competent premiership defender, which is more than I can say for Williamson, Taylor, Colloccini and Dummett. But think of the £'s saved, whoop!

I'm not giving Carver a clean slate, however I'm feeling in a better position to just let him get on with it and support the team than I was with he who shall not be named. I have a better feeling about the team, the style of play is less rigid and the movement has improved I.e. We have some now. Plenty of room for improvement and maybe it's just a good feeling from the win but I've not even had one of those for a couple of years. Happy to let Carver get on in his interim role and I'll deal with the permanent head coach issue as and when it arrives, it just feels good to be able to enjoy a bit of football again.

Take it how it comes, save my ire for Summer when a full time coach is announced, whoever that will be, not worth speculating about right now as no one knows. I'll enjoy the win as I don't have to witness the Pardgrin to go with it. Happy days!

I'm going for the chaos factor!

#CarverIn

Bruce looks like he knows his time is up. Please don't fire him until we've named a full time coach ffs!!

I dunno if he's fit like, a mate of mine watched him on the telly and said he looked alright, I think I was a but bladdered at the time? - John Carver -Coach of the year

Ouch. I have done another unwittingly arseholish post, haven't I? Almost sig worthy that, scornful!

Trollololololol

Even online polls (discounting the mackem factor) are more or less unanimous which means the tide is likely to turn quicker this time and with more gusto.

Thought you were describing Williamson then.

Lose every game, get 10 points deducted for Carver wearing eye bleeding unsightly shell suits, get a double relegation to the first division for being the worst team in history

On account of him offering fans out, the correct course of action would have been to meet the fan at training and apologise wholeheartedly for his "passionate" display at the game and take back what he said. So, yes, that is inclusive of "top 10 reasons Carver is a cunt".

I don't think Ashley's even bothered by the TV money par se, more likely that as long as we're self sufficient he couldn't give a toss, Ashley's money train is the free international advertising and his real passion going from strength to strength, even the TV money is chump change in comparison to what NUFC has done for S***** D*****

Obvious thing is obvious! Unequivocal proof Ashley only cares about the money, rather than reinvest the £3.5m we got for Pardew and add a little extra from massive NUFC bank balance on getting in a decent manager and kicking on we'd rather save a few pennies and write off a season half way through, AGAIN! Well how about supporters write off remaining balance on their ST and the rest of the games be free to watch as we've basically given up? Even if Carver had the ability to drive the team forward if imagine this will have a huge negative effect on team moral or more pertinently why should the players give a fuck? Good job Fatman and Baldylocks you've fucked it up again, hate this fucking regime man.

I've just watched this and it's so horribly true it's unreal, our club will be nothing more than a shell until Ashley goes and why people still pay pounds notes to go and support this charade is beyond me Although it's horribly accurate and true it boils my piss that they wouldn't have even blinked at this if Pardew was still here. However, regardless of the turn of events it takes to get to this point, we're here and people are finally asking questions. I found the last line pertinent too "you can't put emotions up for sale." Well said.

Ugh fuck off hippo heed

You see, in the 4 years he was here I thought the core problems were the s*** football that completely drained my interest in the game, a pointless brush with relegation, 4 consecutive defeats to the mackems, and the mistreatment of any player who looked to muster up even the smallest amount of excitement. Pardew was only here for so long because of the underlying problem - Mike Ashley. If any of those things mattered to Ashley (apart from the relegation battle I don't think he does), Pardew would've been gone. IN the end he was basically sold - so there isn't anything to indicate a change in mentality from above. Fact is - the important people running the club consider a midtable finish a success for the club. Pardew managed it most of his time here and they where satisfied with his performance. When we get someone new in, the same definition of success would remain. The new man will have to rise above expectations of his employer to do anything meaningful. If they thought Carver could deliver midtable finishes consistently they would hire him in an instant. Fact is Pardew was a shit manager that kept Ashley advertising his cheap shit on an international stage (barely) whilst also deflecting critisism aimed towards his boss. Of course he was never going to get sacked, if we were in genuine threat of relegation he'd have been gone in an instant. Ashley runs NUFC for his own selfish financial needs, that won't change, what can change is that a fairly decent manager can overcome the financial barrier in front of him and make use of the tools he has at his disposal, not consistently blame that barrier for his own failings whilst flaunting the availability of his best players. A walking contradiction. Yes a lot of the problems still exist but I won't accept the way the club is run as an excuse for things that were always in his power to change, style of play, player positions, taking cups seriously, amongst other things, these were all in Pardews power to change (if he was a half decent manager). As Yorkie alluded to, the state of footballing institutions is a hot topic for debate, NUFC being prime example of how ownership has changed for the worse in the last decade. But I don't watch football for the off field politics, it's not a soap opera (though it seems to be with us sometimes) I watch it for the game being played on the pitch and Pardew wrecked that enjoyment for me. That will change so long as the appointment is right.

Hibernating? You'll end up in an emmaciated coma by the time we hire someone. Ashley is just trying to create more apathy at SJP whilst saving the pennies. That way rather than an uproar, a shite manager appointment will get a slightly tepid shrug of shoulders instead. Uncertainty is the best way of draining passion and fight out of supporters. We're all Sp***s Di***t zombies that turn up and amble through the turnstiles in hoards.

According to the Sun article (my boss bought the paper) Garde gave too many excuses to wait until the summer, back room staff included. That was the only "bad interview" reasons given, not as to his own credentials or demands per se, just that he seemed unwilling to come now.