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I don't think it's that unlikely we'll go 1-0 down, in which case I'd be 70% sure we'd get beat, 30% sure we'd draw, and 0% sure we'd win. It could be one of those games tomorrow, I think I'll be able to tell after 5-10 minutes how it'll go.

I wonder if Ian or my mate tollemache are worried yet. I doubt it, they'll be cool as cucumbers.

Top notch.

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Haven't kept up with this much the last few days, I'm more pissed off that we're wasting time and potentially part of our tight transfer budget on a backup left back than I am any of this West Ham stuff. It is fucking integral that we get a quality forward and centre half in and they should be working around the clock trying to make that happen quickly. If we lose points against Reading then that's another black mark against the tossers running the show. It does seem like what some people thought might happen is coming to fruition mind, ie clubs are aware of our recent success for getting quality and value in the transfer market, selling clubs make our interest public, other buying clubs do what we never do and throw a bit more money at it to get the deal done. In other news, it's 18th January. Get a fucking move on and be prepared to pay a touch more to save our skins FFS.

Detest them.

Just a ploy.

Fuck off with your NETD-like shit Neil, the only barometer for success is league position. I've been working over 50 hours a week some weeks and I've managed to submit my scores, there's no award for the flaky individuals who've thought on occasion "Oooh, it looks a bit difficult this week, I'll forget so that I keep my average up". Consider yourself telt.

Yo Dawg...

That photo of Dietmar Hamman. http://joeybarton.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/didi-hamann-600x337.jpeg

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Pipe down man, nobody buys anyone until the last 2 or 3 days.

I doubt it's true like, but if it is then we'll offer £1.5m if Bolton are expecting £2m. So not to worry.

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The stronger the perception that he's been hamstrung by injuries and a lack of investment the better job he'll get. Never mind that we should have got much better results this year with the players we've had on the pitch, he's creating the perception he's had an impossible job. Definitely. If he gets sacked now there'd be a fair amount of sympathy for him from casual fans mainly due to his self preservation and that 8 year contract. If he went then it'd be like the Allardyce situation all over again, England's football fans and press alike absolutely slagging off our club after having seen us half a dozen times on Match Of The Day and glancing at the league table. Wouldn't be quite as bad, as Allardyce clearly has more friends in the press.

The stronger the perception that he's been hamstrung by injuries and a lack of investment the better job he'll get. Never mind that we should have got much better results this year with the players we've had on the pitch, he's creating the perception he's had an impossible job.

Anybody in his position would feel as if they'd won the lottery and to a certain degree he had. Pity he found a system that worked towards the end of last season, only to get rid of it at the first opportunity. I would love to know what thoughts went into that decision, my guess is that he's so arrogant he didn't think it could go wrong. Agree regarding the system, it was totally ridiculous and now we're playing catch-up on so many levels. Don't get me wrong like, I have little to no sympathy for him - just saying that it's not that hard to believe that those 2 at the top have worn him down.

How can he go on and on and on and on about injuries all season, then when one comes back wheel out the "like a new signing" line. No Alan, it's like one of your players not being injured anymore.

Yep. I'm utterly convinced that this is simply Pardew trying to absolve himself from blame ahead of the transfers we need failing to materialise. As the .com piece says, people will turn on the him and the club if signings aren't made and we continue to struggle. He's absolutely right about our lack of quality and depth, but a poor workman blames his tools... Honestly think the Remy debacle has been a huge wake up call for him. Also think he's shitting it as he knows how tricky Dekka is. how was remy a debacle ? theres probably numerous others but thats a poor choice. Loïc Rémy completes move to QPR from Marseille for club record £8m David Hytner guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 January 2013 20.14 GMT

It would be better for all if he didn't do that (if it's as you say) via the media approaching a big game. He wants to put pressure on the board he knows where Mashley lives. Get some balls. I think he's tried that and he knows it doesn't make a blind bit of difference. He's now getting desperate, as I say. He must have known what he was getting into, I think everybody else did. You honestly think there was a hope in hell that Alan Pardew would have turned down the chance to manage NUFC at the stage of his career he was at? There was no chance, they could have asked him to do the job in drag and he'd have happily obliged. Another consideration is that the guy won manager of the year last year, if he's starting to feel like he's in trouble then part of the reason for his 'poor me' routine could be that he's talking himself up for his next job.

The thing is that you can say what you like about him losing it (I'm putting my personal feelings aside for a sec), but the fact that most of his media quotes are made to try to influence Ashley and Llambias is just so transparent it's untrue. Not sure how anyone can deny that tbh, it's totally obvious. So basically he signed up under the agreement he'd be their puppet and now things aren't going too well he's getting desperate and trying to save his own skin/reputation.

We're always the underdogs man, always. That goes for anything Pardew says and anything the daft cunts running the show display, both actions and words.

Cool, more intent.

It's hard work supporting the tiniest club on the planet.

T Rex arm. :lol: