themanupstairs

So happy for the traveling support that they got to celebrate Sammy's goal the way they did. Deserved to feel that sense of relief. Nothing more to say about this potential train wreck of a performance other than that Good and Dummet can be proud of their full debuts.

Getting some proper anal rapage here. Fuck this.

Love nowt like a bit of head tennis me.

Studs in his side. Pardew should take Debuchy off at half time. Can see him retaliating stupidly at some point.

Hope Debuchy doesn't do anything stupid now to retaliate.

Fuck off cunt ref. Don't want to spoil it for the Sky cameras. Bottled the red.

Horrendous tackle. Cunt

Good is Curtis.

Gosling should be burying that ffs. #pardewout

3 minutes in, yet to touch the ball outside our own half.

And again. Waste. Complete fucking waste boils my piss.

fucking shit free-kick routine from our own half already. Really need to cut this shit out.

I agree with the sentiment, had this been a "bigger" test than Morecambe. Rather have a fresh and rested Coloccini for the weekend though, and fuck knows what the pitch will be like.

Bloody hell he sticks out like a sore thumb Name wise, he's the exotic one out of that lot.

442 is the only formation we should NOT have played against WH with the type of players we have

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as just about everyone else see's play him behind the striker, haul shola off 'cause he's f***ing terrible, and either move santon to LW or play gouffran there i'm referring of course to this weekend just gone specifically as i've stated earlier i accept the difficulties and limitation he's working under with regards not getting the players he wants and being undermined and so on, but his f***ing job is to work around s*** and get results come on, give me one example of something innovative he's done with the personnel available to him since we finished 5th, just one time he made a noticeable change and it succeeded i honestly don't think it exists, and it should Moved Obertan to the left wing, and he played a blinder. Never seen on the left again.

So Pardew THINKS this week is a good time to resolve this situation. Why that wily old silver genius!!

And for half of that match we just as turgid as now. I honestly don't know if we have ever had a solid committed performance over 90 minutes under Pardew. The guy is an utter sham of a coach and he has clearly exhausted any control he has on player performance and motivation. No other club would ever have put up with such woeful management for this long. There is literally no glimmer of hope for improvement none at all. no other club which finished 5th would have such a woeful squad-which won't change if Pardew is sacked so I wouldn't bank on improvement that way.

Hear hear

And would you not say, saying we can't compete with the Southampton, Cardiff for transfers and not even compete on the pitch with Man City. And hoping we have enough to get past Morecombe, and telling us we are at a level with the West Ham's. Doesn't that show small time thinking ?. Don't bite bimpy. He's either a WUM or.....he just sees the world differently.

Cannot wait for this utter utter knob to fuck off.

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I gave you an answer. Why doesn't Pardew go back to a 433 is a stupid, irrelevant question. Just because a system gave us success in a couple of games 18 months ago doesn't mean it will now. They wont back Pardew or sack him - it doesn't mean I can't afford myself some perspective rather than getting myself hysterical with every word he says like a lot of posters on here. The problems come from Ashley downwards - if Pardew wasn't suitable for the clubs ambition - or lack of - why is he in a job? (the algorithm can get stuck in a loop here if you aren't careful) IMO it's not stupid or irrelevant to ask why something which brought success to a largely similar team or set of players, isn't being tried again. At home, and against teams like West Ham, we shouldn't be setting up to defend for f***'s sake. God forbid we go toe to toe against the colossus that is James Collins. We easily had the better individuals than they did. Playing with fear the way we did is criminal. The devil is in the detail. Dropped points add up, and could see us f***ed by the end of the season. I agree that the problem starts with Ashley, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't criticise Pardew just because we know he isn't getting sacked. If we're stuck with him, we might as well have the hope that he could see what is glaringly obvious, and try to remedy our situation as far as winning those "winnable" games. West Ham have a better squad than us - a better strike force & a better defence for a start & I suppose you probably think Allardyce is a better manager. I'd argue they are stronger in the centre of midfield too & from set pieces. Is it really that easily winnable? Tactically - can you explain why a 433 would work against West Ham's system and which players you would choose to fill what roles? It just seems like guesswork with no real foundation otherwise. Allardyce better than Pardew? Absolutely. Would I want him here? f*** that. But he's definitely the better manager with a better record in the top flight. Why play 433? A London club traveling up to the NE should be coming here cacking their tidy whites at the thought of a free-roaming Ben Arfa, and a lethal Cisse. Against West Ham in particular, who have two big center halves, it's f***ing pointless to play 442 when we have no real wide players who can cross, and no big target men who can compete physically with them. As expected, they easily swatted away every half arse cross that went into the box. What should we have done in that case? Tried to play around them. Ben Arfa in the "hole" in a free role behind Cisse and Gouffran. Pulling defenders out of position, and keeping their best players Diame and Noble busy in their own half. 3 in midfield who can play it simple and move the ball to the front 3 as quick as possible. Anita, Sissoko and Marveaux. I'm not a qualified premier league manager, but IMO, the above isn't beyond the realms of imagination. It uses our players to their strengths, and allows us to take our game to a team we should be beating at SJP 8 times out of 10.