themanupstairs

Could also be in combination with archaic training methods, too much or too little weights, too much or too little rest, plus the weather, etc.. It's never just one thing.

They all look like lovely decent innocent chaps tbf

This! I don't begrudge a massive country like Russia the chance to host a world cup (obviously if they're found guilty of wrong-doing then by all means string them up). But Qatar? For fuck's sake. About as anti-football as you can get a host nation.

Issa Hayatou as well hopefully. Someone from within FIFA commented that it was a "sad day for football". Erm, no it isn't. It's a sad day for corrupt and gluttonous wankers. It's a wonderful day for football.

Anyone who thinks this has obviously had one too many vodka's. Not been the same since doing his cruciate IMO. And i hate vodka.

IMO Gerard finally leaving will bring a sense of relief to the footballing side. He's been a passenger most of the season. His outstanding quality of years gone by had drained away as he got older, and it's been like playing with 10 men at times for them in midfield. Their defence is utter wank as well, with both Skrtel and Lovren so overrated, and clearly not able to form any kind of partnership. The marginalization of Sakho was also a bit baffling. They need to ship Skrtel out, sign a better center half, and move Emre Can forward to take the place of their outgoing captain. Dross like Lucas, Borini, Alberto, Allen, and the enigma that is Balotelli need to be moved on. They might also need a real goalkeeper. Mignolet/Jones is a woefully mediocre pairing for a club with CL aspirations. That's just the opinion of an outsider, and personally I hope they keep going in the same direction, crash and burn.

Basically another pardew without the good football.

Trying to be objective on this, it depends on who it was that came up with the idea of him doing an interview. If it was his own idea, then maybe there is a will in his own head that something needs to be done. If it was totally a KB exercise, which I personally reckon it was, then we're in for even bigger disasters as this club descends further into an abyss of spin doctoring and lies. Either way, it's a pivotal close-season. If he changes, and permanently, then that's good for the club. If not, the pressure groups such as AO and MAOC have now seen that they do have a massive impact and will make his life a living hell.

Been saying it since we got the lad and had a first look at him. It could have been an additional dimension to our game in terms of attacking fret to use him to arrive late in the box and cause havoc, with crosses being put in from wide positions. A route 1 manager like al pards' wet dream. How he never clocked on to this, and instead stuck him out on the wing, thus nullifying his impact, is beyond me.

It doesn't really mean anything, the club are obviously painfully aware that he is a complete embarrassment in front of the camera so no surprise they are trying to limit the damage by giving him some coaching for interviews. He should be gone by the end of the week but with us you just know they will drag it out all summer. Yup. Hoping that's all there is to it.

Pretty obvious that he wasn't. The interview confirmed it. They've also confirmed that cups and Europa were not a priority, and always had good old al pards tell us we cant compete with sovereign states for the top spots (CL). The interview is meant to sound like we're entering a new epoch where we have now reached some magical financial milestone, and can finally become competitive. How I wish that to be true, to be involved in matches where the result mattered again. Not holding my breath as this fucking turd has had 8 years of priors. One thing he has done now is given us even more stick to beat him with having done that interview. It's one thing to release a statement on the club's website that only NUFC fans will know about, and it's another giving a live interview to Sky from the stadium (where i'm assuming he'll also have made an appearance in the dressing room before the game). #wait

No doubt he has a veto but I do think he relies on Charnley et al on football issues. I read the TV interview as saying that Charnley is going to survive and get a chance to bring in his own man. I think there was an admission that the squad is too small and lacking in sufficient quality. Also a move to compete in the cups. What was also significant was that Ashley /Bishop arranged the interview independently of NUFC. He's looking after his personal reputation and distancing himself from the Carver decision. I thought the interview was a positive thing yesterday, not so much for the content, but that he felt the need to give it. As many have said we'll all know more once a coaching team is assembled. The TV interview was a case of 'I'm unpopular but it's not my fault so please leave me alone.' He did say when asked that the blame lay at his door.

I watch the matches on the official PL streaming service, and they include pre and post match interviews, and obviously no ad breaks. Carver did his first interview after the match (MoTD iirc) where he got emotional talking about the fans that had passed away saying they were looking down on us today etc... He nearly teared up and went red faced when he brought it up toward the end of the interview. At the end, the interviewer thanked him, and he (Carver) turned and shouted: "how was that Wendy?", and Wendy answers: "perfect John. very emotional". He did several interviews after that, after every single one, turned and asked Wendy how he had done. Seems he's being "worked on" to improve his interview skills by the club. Hopefully it was just for this interim period and nothing further.

I'm not wanting to back Ashley here at all because I believe he's all smoke and mirrors, however what you have said is bullshit. Looking someone in the eye is often a major sign of lying. Looking up (either to the left or right depending on which hand you right with) is a signal of either recalling information or fabricating information.

First time this f***er attacks a header in the penalty box. You'd think someone of his size and brute strength would be coached into arriving late in the box and powering headers on target. Well taken goal. Poor otherwise.

He seemed to emphasise the fact that it was Llambias who hired Pardew and not him. Like he wanted to make a point.

Yup. The one and only thing that mattered to me today.

I could have sworn Bishop kissed his hand in celebration after Sissoko scored.

The fans in general I think? Maybe his lass was in the stand? I reckon he holds the entire set-up in contempt bar one or two players and the fans.

He has had plenty of chances :lol: Being the owner, he's in a unique position where he can have as many chances as he likes. The interview was clearly a PR plug, and the chances of him actually running the club properly are minimal to null. Fair play to the cunt if he somehow changes that though. Personally (apart from Jonas scoring) I hated the fact that we won, and the bellend got off relatively scot-free.

Wishing death on an ex-manager for talking about us on tv? He's a f***ing horrible c*** who ruined NUFC and is now blaming fans for our current predicament. I hope his life finishes in a ball of fire, tonight. I totally agree that he's a loathsome prick, and we have still not recovered from the shambles he left us in. But howay man, wishing a horrible death on someone?

Completely anonymous. And that free-kick first half

Yup. This sort of thing is far far more important than football, relegation etc...

Wishing death on an ex-manager for talking about us on tv?

Fucking hell man. I don't understand this kind of thing.