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my pov remains a 2 with Pardew, 10 if (when) JFK takes over

Hatem for us plays on the wing, (I hesitate to call him a winger since he's not really) you don't judge him on goals because his role in the side is to create, Gouffran is supposed to be a striker judging on on goals is a reasonable thing to judge and when he's missing easy chances regardless of position its something to point out and be worried about especially considering we're one broken leg to Cisse from being completely screwed for goals.

in France which is a lower standard league and those sides outside of PSG and monaco steadily getting worse rather than better. He's got good points but I can only judge on what I've seen and he's shown no hint of being a reliable goalscorer.

its all moot anyway, theres no buyers and no hint of a buyer and nothing we can do will force one to appear from thin air.

I'd love a rule that said minimum of 5 players in all starting line-ups must be British. That would do it for me. I'm certain there are decent English youngsters not getting the development or chances they need and on top there are existing pro's in the lower leagues that are being over-looked that could do a job for the top division. As a bare minimum there should be a rule that you can't have a side playing made up from 100% of non-British players in the league. problem is any such rule would be utterly illegal under EU law Why? It's still 6/11 biased towards non-local players? Rhetorical question, of course. I'm sure there isn't a specific EU law regarding football and this scenario, but sure there is a law about refusing a person a job anywhere because of their nationality being within the EU but not British etc. yup there is, same reason the squad rules can't say minimum 8 english players but 8 "homegrown" players which can and do include people of any nationality like Krul for us or in the past Fabregas for Arsenal. From an outsiders pov it seems to me relying on football clubs whose relative wealth spending wise compared to the rest of europe is ridiculous to produce players for the national side is silly since they're solely looking out for themselves and most club owners aren't English most managers aren't English so they don't overly care about the England side, and barring the odd exception managers are never there long enough to look beyond short term thinking to save their job so will be less inclined to use younger players because of the risk. Is foreign owners of clubs the root cause then? nope I'd say the most obvious root cause is the miles lower amount of coach's present. The cash of the premier league doesn't help either since relegation is such a disaster how many clubs would be willing to take a chance on young english players to be a mainstay of their side going into a season?

I'd love a rule that said minimum of 5 players in all starting line-ups must be British. That would do it for me. I'm certain there are decent English youngsters not getting the development or chances they need and on top there are existing pro's in the lower leagues that are being over-looked that could do a job for the top division. As a bare minimum there should be a rule that you can't have a side playing made up from 100% of non-British players in the league. problem is any such rule would be utterly illegal under EU law Why? It's still 6/11 biased towards non-local players? Rhetorical question, of course. I'm sure there isn't a specific EU law regarding football and this scenario, but sure there is a law about refusing a person a job anywhere because of their nationality being within the EU but not British etc. yup there is, same reason the squad rules can't say minimum 8 english players but 8 "homegrown" players which can and do include people of any nationality like Krul for us or in the past Fabregas for Arsenal. From an outsiders pov it seems to me relying on football clubs whose relative wealth spending wise compared to the rest of europe is ridiculous to produce players for the national side is silly since they're solely looking out for themselves and most club owners aren't English most managers aren't English so they don't overly care about the England side, and barring the odd exception managers are never there long enough to look beyond short term thinking to save their job so will be less inclined to use younger players because of the risk.

I'm just not sure what position he is, sure he works hard but ultimately if he wants to be a striker he needs to have a better notion about where the goal is

I'd love a rule that said minimum of 5 players in all starting line-ups must be British. That would do it for me. I'm certain there are decent English youngsters not getting the development or chances they need and on top there are existing pro's in the lower leagues that are being over-looked that could do a job for the top division. As a bare minimum there should be a rule that you can't have a side playing made up from 100% of non-British players in the league. problem is any such rule would be utterly illegal under EU law

Cracking read that! ...as is the Pardew article by the same fella. http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/alan-pardews-paying-for-his-faustian-pact what a strange article, the guy (and many here) go on as if no manager ever anywhere else has been lined up to replace someone before he was sacked.

ah the delusions of the desperate

this, pure pr tripe to be ignored

Bentley's on a free isn't he?

what it says to me is no money to buy sell to buy basis and we'd buy shitter cheaper versions anyway. Another curious line is the mention of the january signings, sly dig at JFK since he obviously wasn't here to screw things up

1 year left on deal never played wanted to leave. Liverpool have been ripped off You have to pay compensation for youth players who are out of contract so he'd never have been free and I'll pass judgement on 'ripped off' after I've seen what impact he has. He is supposed to be rather good I'm led to believe, he's an international after all. being an international means nowt these days Shola's one after all. And I'm not sure if the compensation thing applies between different countries, Celtic got Joe Ledley off Cardiff for absolutely nothing despite him coming through there. It just seems utterly stupid and needlessly expensive for a guy in his situation when you could have lined him up for free next summer in a few months.

1 year left on deal never played wanted to leave. Liverpool have been ripped off

start coaching the side?

He doesn't HAVE to do anything. He doesn't have to lend his name to that and he doesn't have to accept it. He can walk at any time or break ranks. We aren't in a good position, we are 2/3 injuries away from being fucked. Jesus Christ man and him walking is exactly what they want, its been the sole objective this summer. Pardew almost certainly is aware of this too so look at it from his POV why let them win? If they want rid of him they can pay his contract up in full and he in the meantime will continue to just do his job.

what an utter coward and disgrace of a human being, he should be the one fronting up about this shit since he was quick to say how great he was what great plans he had how he's totally not after Pardews job nope not in the slightest, but when his bullshit is seen through he's pushing Pardew out instead of fronting up himself.

I notice its no one running the club or the guy in charge of transfers who has to front up for it and attach his name to the statement but the guy who's probably as pissed off with it as we are.

The clamour for new signings wouldn't be anywhere near as frenzied as it has been if Pardew had actually created a team that was as strong as the sum of its parts. Pardew doesn't ''create'' the team or choose the players in the squad. He just coaches it. bingo and the only category in choosing the players is the question "is it a good deal" and not any actual football vision and philosophy so we're stuck with a squad thats completely unbalanced and hasn't really shown any capacity that they're the right fit for each other.

well I completely disagree with that statement

yes Llambias was and probably still is a cunt but heres the fundamental point, when he was in charge there was a set plan, it may not have been one any of us overly liked but it was a plan nonetheless, now however there is no plan, there is no leadership at the club, I posted this from Caulkin earlier in the day from Twitter and this bit in particular is worth posting again this is only going to end in relegation, while this past senile joker footballing dinosaur is running the show at the club we will not only fail to go anywhere we will go backwards and get relegated if not this season then almost certainly next season. This kind of chaos is very similar to the relegation season

which is ashleys plan why should pardew let him win by giving him what he wants when he can continue to do his job and if ashley wants him out let him pay him off in full This is it. The situation is so ridiculous now where Pardew wont quit knowing that's what Ashley wants and at the same time Ashley wont sack him. I can't recall ever seeing such a stand-off at another club, probably because 1) most other clubs don't deal out 8 year contracts to the manager for no reason; 2) most clubs aren't as tight as us; 3) most managers have an ounce of self respect; 4) most owners put the needs of the club first, the daft fuckers. no they don't its all about covering their own ass at all costs Most would had resigned now from here tbh, if they valued their credibility in the game. nope they'd wait for the payoff and know they're safe from much flak because of ashley What, like Kevin Keegan? he did get a payoff

he's also a proven liar time after time who's personal best interest is to screw over pardew as ashley is the only guy who will offer him a management job and every single quote since he left here has said thats what he really wants

which is ashleys plan why should pardew let him win by giving him what he wants when he can continue to do his job and if ashley wants him out let him pay him off in full This is it. The situation is so ridiculous now where Pardew wont quit knowing that's what Ashley wants and at the same time Ashley wont sack him. I can't recall ever seeing such a stand-off at another club, probably because 1) most other clubs don't deal out 8 year contracts to the manager for no reason; 2) most clubs aren't as tight as us; 3) most managers have an ounce of self respect; 4) most owners put the needs of the club first, the daft fuckers. no they don't its all about covering their own ass at all costs Most would had resigned now from here tbh, if they valued their credibility in the game. nope they'd wait for the payoff and know they're safe from much flak because of ashley