Chizzletooth

Cabella didn't go with Johnson for the goal - he just left him. So he'll be out of the team for good now no doubt.

Bingo. If ye can't glean a bit of joy from beating a few good sides what's the point?

basically through a process of getting shot of the people who wouldnt put up with it- thats exactly what they are. Aye. Guess this is what total despair feels like. Just amazes me how timid and dim our match going fanbase is. Delusional - just not in the way the national press thinks.

Who are these people in St James' Park? Ashley created replicants?

We had chances against villa you'd expect a half decent forward to score. The league is full of dross and we will create chances even with Pardew at the helm.

Harsh. Man city are the reigning champions and outclass us in every position. KK and SBR lost plenty of matches to superior teams too. Before everyone's brains explode, yes Pardew is dire but our team is no great shakes either. An expected loss with a couple of small positives.

Weellll... Thats me out. Can be wasting my Saturday on this tripe.

Unfortunately Pardew will do the safe thing and put Cabella left, when he should leave Aarons left and put Cabella right and leave out Gouff.. Shush! Let's just forget about him and dip our toes in a shallow puddle of hope for a few minutes.

These are dire but it's good to see the new boys put away their chances, simple as they were. Would be immense if Aarons could step up this season. Looks promising.

Time to ? Sorry, just experimenting with sarcasm.

Colback and McCormack are very underwhelming links. Perhaps Time to question Pard's judgement?

Apparently it's just a tactic he uses when dealing with the media. Speaks pretty good English the rest of the time. Fair enough, didn't know that. I'm probably just jealous to be honest - would have been a good fit here.

Hmm. It's not clear to a casual observer. Every interview I've seen was translated. I'm just skeptical if he can progress spurs. He's obviously an improvement on what we've got . Jesus.

Can't even speak English can he? Plays good football but can't see them breaking into the top 4.

Looks like we really dodged a bullet with this plank. Imagine if we'd spent money on him that time he ended up going to Monchengladbach?

Why does everyone rate Laudrup so highly? His record is no great shakes and his commitment seems flakey at best. Is it just because he plays decent football and is unemployed?

It doesn't matter in the long run. Yes, Ashley has ridden out this storm thanks to the win against Cardiff, but I have full confidence in Pardew failing again next season. The fans will start off placated with some new (mostly cheap) signings, but without genuine quality strikers we are going to struggle to stay out of relegation trouble. The campaign against Pardew is only beginning. Hopefully. But I'd have major concerns that after being backed to the hilt by Rogers and even somewhat by Keegan, a lot of fans will have the wool pulled over their eyes once again and when the new season rolls around the anger will have dispersed as the kids walk around in their spanking new "Delph" shirts. Seen fans moaning on Facebook about "French fairies" and how we need some "proper" ie English, players. Grim.

A really valiant effort from the fans, but there was never even the slightest chance Ashley would be swayed once the target had been met.

Critiqued the line up on Facebook. Fellow fan: working alright isn't it? Christ.

Some of our fans on Facebook are staggeringly dim. Guy1: Cisse out for 7 months. Guy2: you mean several months. Guy1: does it matter how I spelt it?

Brendan Rogers is a stone cold genius. He's turned Raheem Stirling into a world beater and led a pretty weak squad to the league title in style.

I can exclusively reveal that Curtis Good thinks Pardew is "full of himself". Quelle surprise.

Seriously.

I try to be an optimist as there's little point in being anything else, but that line up is abysmal.

This is all I've said basically, that it's pointless looking for defeats, or even tying to see positives in them, because our league position is good enough to secure Pardew's position. Not that anyone knows for sure what's going on in Ashley's head.