Interpolic

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GOLF ANYONE? Count me in you fucking trifle. No need for that like.

It's all about money and fear and knowing your place these days. Do you not think that's a canny belittling thing to say? A bit I suppose. I do think that's the crux of it though, people are terrified of doing a Leeds because these days when you fall off the edge you can really fall a long way.

It's all about money and fear and knowing your place these days.

"Grandad, were you at the Cup Final when we won our first trophy in 58 years?" "Yes, child..." "Well you got relegated 3 days later you fucking mug, HARRRRRRRRRRR".

Get in!

Not really, I'm that fed up with never having anything to truly celebrate. If I could get a ticket for the final it's a no-brainer.

Cup.

I think the joint Villa-Sunderland badge deserves another airing if Wigan win today. There was a joint badge? Aye, it was a total cringe crest.

Well summarised.

It's been even worse than when I get involved, stay clear.

Yep, that sounds like a pair of mutually exclusive concepts alright.

Love that track.

Changing my work password to incorporate the words "Pardew" and "Out" doesn't seem to have had the desired effect yet then.

It's not like.

LOWLIGHTS MORE LIKE.

They can't be so stupid to keep him on, I still can't buy into it. Before Sunderland I'd have thought they'd have been pissed off after having tried to bail him out in January, if they're still willing to retain him after those 2 monumentally shameful home performances and nowt impressive beyond them then I give up. They can't be watching properly.

How do you feel about Pardew's comments about Arsenal and Europe, do you think they're disrespectful to the fans? Just asking as you've been quite patient with the manager so would be interested to know whether you think they're acceptable or significant. In other words not having a go. Tbh I haven't seen them properly other than on facebook etc.. I have been ignoring his comments for most of the season. But from what I did see he didn't care if we lost 4-0 and was just glad we aren't in Europe next season? If that's correct then they are pathetic and I'm not sure exactly what he is aiming for because we aren't going to win the league so 8th would probably be his perfect finish. Its the highest we can finish without that nasty Europe business. Obviously going out of the cups early means we aren't going to indirectly qualify either.

The first part of what you're saying has crossed my mind recently, our football is never that great or incisive but we've occasionally shown that we can have much the better of the game for decent periods. The bit afterwards just seems very farfetched to me compared to the alternative, our players voluntarily giving up on any attacking gameplan. This is compounded by the manager's subs, his general post match comments about needing to hang on and the well known "no more goals" instructions, which would be funny if it wasn't so indicative of our approach since the guy came in.

How do you feel about Pardew's comments about Arsenal and Europe, do you think they're disrespectful to the fans? Just asking as you've been quite patient with the manager so would be interested to know whether you think they're acceptable or significant. In other words not having a go.

Only other game we've won by two is Southampton home. Well there you go, and it's a similar concept as when we accept a draw like at West Ham last week. We visibly stop making meaningful attacks, it's as if part of this consists of Pardew taking the flair players off to dissuade the team from going forward. Which invites pressure, blah blah blah. It's so depressingly flawed, so fuck going on about it being unrealistic to expect to dominate the game for 90 minutes when we barely even try to do so for half of them.

It's not really, it just gets a bit daft when everybody and nobody has the situation in their own hands. In more simple situations it's a good way of saying that it might not matter what a team does, it could still be impossible to achieve their goal even if they win every game.

Regarding this idea that it's pie in the sky to want to dominate games for a whole 90 minutes, how can you explain this deeply evident tactic of sitting back once a goal ahead? We choose not to dominate games, we say that's our lot so let's hang on, despite it blowing up in our faces on numerous occasions this season and some wins being far more close than they should have been. I recall a 3-0 win over a 10 man Wigan, have we won any others in the league by 2 or more goals? Might have won a lot more full-stop if we saw fit to put the game to bed now and again.

If they're going to put in half arsed performances maybe we're better off shot of them and at least have some players that want to play for the shirt and aren't just paying lip service to it. It's a fair point, I just think it's a bit of a shame as most of them are far better than they're showing.

If Pardew stays then you'd imagine our better players will be queuing up to leave given their performances in recent weeks. I know people quite often say that, but we really don't strike you as a team or club on the up at the moment.