Nepharite

Pochettino.

What can Pardew do about that? I mean he does them in training but what can he do if the players simply don't score from them/defend them properly in a match? A coach can do plenty about set plays.

Yup, we look shite defending set pieces too.

It's canny, great seats right on the halfway line. Sounds great. Think we are getting bait and some free drinks too. Being an ex-level sevener, afraid I might be a bit too noisy for the regulars.

Surely you would look at the statistics of all the major leagues, see what teams are converting the highest proportion of their corners/set pieces and then scout them. See what could work with our personnel and give it a go. The greatest header of a ball in the modern premier league era is arguably Tim Cahill, now here's a guy whos a midgeet, who uses anticipation and intelligence to attack the ball at the right moment, using his team mates to draw away defenders. It can't be as hard as we make it look, to even be threatening from set pieces. So can't he be bothered to do something like that?

Got tickets in the Bamburgh Suite for this match. Anyone know what it's like in there?

The lack of goals from set plays is a big marker of his shortcomings. How hard is it to sort out some imaginative/effective set pieces?

In a four minute interview on SSN ex 5under1and defender Darren Williams said "you know" 79 times. Moron!

WTF? Outside back? Americans!

Muller the German Lampard. Pretty accurate really.

Sissoko telling Sakho how mint it is at NUFC.

Is that some sort of euphemism? ;-)

Drilled set pensie to Sissoko, to flick on... hmmmmmm.

Ribery is a ball greedy bazza.

The defending in those YT videos is atrocious!

Get the ball and have your best footballers keep the fucking thing. Don't sub ball retainers (Marveaux) and replace him with a "tackler" (Bigi). It gives the opposition a lift and by default allows them more time on the ball to hurt you. #PardewOut

Could you imagine the battle between Di Canio v Cashley/Llambias... Over everything.

Got a feeling Wenger will trump us this time.

He only gets a years worth of compo. Right oh. Too much still lol.

Wonder if Cashley put a clause in the 8 year deal which allowed him to sack Pardew and pay him fuck all in compensation? If the team is ever in the bottom three you're gone, sort of thing?

Cheers ;-)

Is he in the Montpellier starting line up today?

Everything crossed!

Pardew said, when Ba left, Cisse will play through the middle. Either he lied or Strolla is playing wide right.