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You honestly think Mourinho would ever go to Wigan?

I couldn't work out whether you were serious about Senegal the other day, not any more. Is it serious though? Haven't read the Senegal stuff I think. Surely he can't be serious. He's taking the piss, or at least I think he is.

Agree, plus Man City's history and standing is streets ahead of Wigan's.

Nobody has said they were a no mark club, they had just finished 4 places higher up the league than we currently are. But Wigan are a no mark club which is sort of the point.

Think that's a canny outrageous statement. how ? imagine him going to chelsea pre abramovic. Chelsea weren't the smallest club in the Premiership before Abramovic. Wigan are. He's got his pick of clubs man.

Think that's a canny outrageous statement.

I honestly think we'd have a good chance of getting him as any but maybe 2 or 3 clubs because of his links to Bobby. The only downside for him would be the people he'd have to work with. That could be balanced out by him having already worked on the continent and possibly not having a great deal of input into transfers. The financial fair play will also mean that wherever he goes he's going to have to work within these guidelines so can't expect massive transfer budgets. Would Ashley and Llambias have the intelligence to go after him or talk him into the job? Somehow I couldn't see it. Mourinho wouldn't stand for having his best players sold without his input and not having gaps in the squad plugged at the soonest opportunity. As you say it would take a lot of ambition from the board for a start to create the set of circumstances required. It'll never happen.

I honestly think him managing us would work well for both parties if he was backed financially. If he could lead us to a trophy then it would add massively to his prestige. Will never happen though.

Giving him a new contract was an appalling decision, it's not like I'm even saying that only because of hindsight.

Feel much the same.

And is that due to us showing resolve and picking up scrappy wins for the most part? Strangely enough I think I expected better performances and worse results.

Joe Kinnear.

I couldn't work out whether you were serious about Senegal the other day, not any more.

Would be interested to hear your opinion Mick, do you think Pardew's the favourite for the England job if Redknapp's not in the running for one reason or another?

Would be huge if we could win this like, could really see us pushing on if we did so.

What does stability bring? I ask the question because I don't think it matters as much when a club has a scouting system which identifies the transfers. I agree stability doesn't mean being tactically inflexible but the tactics we've seen this season haven't been anything out of the ordinary anyway and we've had as many tactics that have back-fired as those that have worked well. The tactics worked well against Stoke, they failed against Brighton. I can't to this day work out what our tactics were against Norwich and I doubt many people can either yet they worked against Man U. Tactics versus Man Utd were hoof the ball up but play it on the deck when in their half imo. Ironically the tactics Allardyce always claims to play. The hoofing against Man U made a bit of sense with the strong wind firmly in our favour. I don't like it generally though. When it works, it works. Obviously easier to accept against superior teams as well.

What does stability bring? I ask the question because I don't think it matters as much when a club has a scouting system which identifies the transfers. I agree stability doesn't mean being tactically inflexible but the tactics we've seen this season haven't been anything out of the ordinary anyway and we've had as many tactics that have back-fired as those that have worked well. The tactics worked well against Stoke, they failed against Brighton. I can't to this day work out what our tactics were against Norwich and I doubt many people can either yet they worked against Man U. Tactics versus Man Utd were hoof the ball up but play it on the deck when in their half imo. Ironically the tactics Allardyce always claims to play.

520 all sat together at St James could make some noise like and thats not what we want. They are a fuckin joke the lot of them. He is the best manager we have had since SBR and is doing a fine job so far imo. My statistic was made up and is not official btw.

We've probably had 6 decent games this season in the league out of 22, we were playing a Championship side yesterday with 8 players who could be classed as first team players and we lost. It's also arguable about who is building the team, I'm not sure stability is that important as we're not seeing stability with one manager as we're changing our system during the season anyway. We started the season playing 4-4-2 and playing the long ball, we've now gone to a system which is 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 and I wouldn't be surprised if we see 4-4-2 on Wednesday. Why do we need stability? What does stability bring when the scouts find the players and we change formations during the season anyway? I can understand that the players get to like a manager and it’s unsettling for them to see him go but I don’t think anybody is suggesting that we change things now, I know I wouldn’t. We’re just over half way through the season and things might get better, we could find a settled side, playing good football and winning games. If that happens then nobody would want the manager replaced. I still think he has a lot to do to convince me that he’s anything other than average and lucky. I don't think anyone defines stability as being tactically inflexible.

Dear god that front six is amazing how we only finished 13th is beyond me. We were actually 14th that year I believe. Still have our league finishes memorised like a total fucking loser.

I don't think many fans would advocate getting rid of Pardew any time soon fwiw, maybe 1 out of 100.

I don't even mind Liverpool as much as some on here but they're rightfully becoming the most hated club in the country.

HTT does have a point about the players Pardew's got to work with like. Our backup options are shite on the whole though.

That depends on what you want and see long-term. Me, I see a rather mediocre future under Pardew which would be acceptable if we had mediocre players but we don't and I doubt we ever will under this set up. We look to sign good players that can only get better, for the youth sides all the way to the number 9 shirt itself. These good footballers don't tally with Pardew's football philopsphies which seem to be long ball and percentages football. It worries me when our manager considers Joey Barton wide left as a good decision, or Leon Best wide left. Or Ryan Taylor wide right at home to QPR in favour of Ben Arfa who a week prior had scored a wonder goal and generally terrorised the left-flank of the opposition. It worries me that despite seeing these good players week in week out in training he continues to deploy a long ball game which at times completely nulifies our strong area - midfield - while also playing into the opposition's hand up top with the listless Shola and Best combo that is so easy to defend against when the ball is launched long to them. Its a simple game for example. If you are to play Best and Shola up top they have to stay there and you have to put crosses in which means playing it wide quick and early with the full-backs pushing on. I'm no mug, I have a L3 coaches badge (for what its fucking worth by the way) so I know a little bit about tactics and the game, but surely nowhere near as much as Pardew who has played the game at the highest level and been a coach and manager for over a decade or so now, no?! This is why he scares me so much and forces me when judging his ability to come to these conclusions that long-term if we are to acheieve things, he is not and never will be the answer. He's all talk, a confidence trickster. He'd make a great salesman. Ironically, the reason he was appointed Responds to complaint about posts being too long with long post. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/000/160/673/ScumbagSteveHat.png?1313097115 I wasn't really complaining, I was just reiterating a commonly made observation. I'm far too lazy to read long posts much of the time mind.

Your posts are so long, man. I don't like Pardew much but he's doing a better job than anyone else has for a while, so you of course stick with him.