Geordie Ahmed

True, shame the switches are shit

Lol, has Pardew actually just moved Gouffran right and Sissoko to the left?

Needs to shift it to 4-3-3 BUT the clown in charge is so thick he can't see it

Who knew 4-4-2 without wingers and Anita part of a 2 man midfield would not work

Actually taken a decent couple of corners so far

So Ben Arfa and Marveaux, along with Santon have been blamed for the Spurs defeat? What a tool

Surely that's not a 4-4-2, if so he is a bigger idiot than I thought

It was a dive from Ramires

No running, no tackling. 2/10

Is Ryan Taylor gonna fit before next season?

Life and limb, we want life and limb and all the running Never mind being able to control a ball and pass it properly

He the lad that scored a hat-trick against the Mackems?

Surely not, Pardew doesn't freeze anyone out

Keegan does not settle for mediocrity whilst Pardew is the epitome of mediocrity

This is the best time as any so far for him to be moved on, but with De Jong not yet permanent, Remy highly likely to leave and Cisse being so s*** he should leave, I can't see Ashley really sanctioning the signing of 3 or 4 first team strikers. Can see the "1 more year for Shola" being the cheap option which they will take. Really hope not like, I don't want Shola here anymore. That is why on paper Gomis would seem to be a good fit, especially from Mike Ashley's "value for money" approach. Gomis would be a "free" transfer (excluding signing on fee and agent fees). Gomis will no doubt want more wages than Shola but Gomis is around 3 years younger and has scored more goals this season than Shola has for years. Carlton Cole would have been better than Shola. No matter how low Ashley aims his sights it wouldn't be difficult to replace Shola with a better player. Well he got the current contract extension despite being useless so people's fears are justified Shola is even more useless now than he was 3 years ago. 3 years ago he scored the occasional goal. Makes no odd since the manager picks him for games and praises him Giving Shola a contract extension is the cheap and easy thing to do which is why everyone is worried it will happen The alternative is we sign both Remy and De Jong on permanent and still sign another striker, you really think we will sign 3 strikers?

Well he got the current contract extension despite being useless so people's fears are justified

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alan-pardew-admits-newcastle-united-6468956 ffs, I didn't think I could hate the prick even more, I was wrong

What's this blaming science about?

Sadly it was always going to end this way, Pardew has managed him very, very badly. Pardew is a hypocritical prick, other players can play shit yet nothing is made of it, in fact he will praise them BUT Ben Arfa gets stick for not winning games in 10-15 minutes Under a half decent manager Ben Arfa will be immense, just a shame it won't happen here

That except Marv for Sissoko is what I would go for BUT we know it will be a shit lineup with shit subs

Life and limb, passion, pride, 110% etc etc is just a load of inane drivel managers come out with to try and curry favour with the fans and also to mask their own limitations Limitations are something Pardew has in abundance, his man management is awful and his tactical awareness is shit hence the reason the players look lost and play without any plan or purpose. We apparently spend most of the time working on the defensive side of the game, clearly he is shit at that too I would love to see a half decent manager with the players we have, think we could pay some good stuff and actually look a decent team

Pardew is a cowardly prick, he won't apologise. Instead he will blame everyone BUT his own tactical limitations

So any midfielders that don't go to ground and just body people off the ball. Dembele for instance is great at it. I wonder if anyone has given him any pointers to try and do that more often, and put himself in position to do so. I wonder if anyone has told him anything remotely useful since he came in. When he looked his best earlier in the season, he was getting himself in front of the man and bodying' the man off the ball. It should be simple for any coach to see. A guy with that much strength and pace, should never be going to ground - he should be winning these battles by using his ridiculous upper body strength (who did he shoulder earlier this season? That bounced right off him?) and getting possession of the ball and BREAKING forward at pace. He's a box to box CM next to a physical holding midfielder every day of the week. He played great for Toulousse b/c he had Capoue doing all the dirty work for him. He should do very well with Tiote doing a similar role for him. It was Ridgewell he destroyed with his shoulder barge Technically he is average BUT he is being used very badly by the manager, as are numerous players

No need to give the guy abuse, might be crap BUT the fault lies with Pardew who is picking him ahead of MYM

Want him sacked BUT his job is safe, he has the safest job in football Under any other owner/chairman he would have gone last season The prick is breaking records left, right and centre