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Mancini was the same mind....I'm still clinging onto hope come Monday Ashley seen sense. mancini was tetchy and questioning why the club hadn't dispelled the pelegrinni rumours Pardew is calm about his future and not questioning Ashley or Dekka and had met with them on Friday, he's going to be manager next season

Sky Sports News ‏@SkySportsNews 32s SKY SOURCES: Newcastle owner Mike Ashley to pay non-football staff £1m bonus if team beats Arsenal tomorrow #SSN

But ridiculously inaccurate. A bit embarrassing for Waddle really. Not really... Reading them he's spot on... Mostly agree with him too myself tbh

NOOOOO!!!!!

but if we win it would in Ashleys mind justify keeping him

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/brighton-hove-albion/10062910/Brighton-and-Hove-Albion-suspend-manager-Gus-Poyet-for-an-alleged-breach-of-contract.html

Pourquoi? no reason give but its not anything to do with another club, probably something to do with how much he has to spend

Pete O'Rourke ‏@SkySportsPeteO 8m Gus Poyet + his coaching staff have been suspended by Brighton. #BHAFC

when in doubt go for Shola

month more like

may make the owners pet look much worse by comparison

this will go down well with the players I'm sure http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sunderland-paolo-di-canio-orders-1891353

hmm by that logic if Pulis goes then we will be 2nd

da fuck

impressive artwork

as much as I'd like us to win a trophy I voted survival because the relegation would forever taint the cup win

bye bye Wigan

he's been coaching there hasn't he?

looks nice tbh

as far as I know yes

My highest rating was Krul on 6 I think. Appalling. think I gave Elliot a 7 based on the fact everyone believed he was incompetent at the start of the season and its been a pleasant surprise that he's a solid enough no2

Until Wigan are leading 1-0 with 5 minutes to go tonight, then all the anxiety of the last few weeks may come rushing back. nope then the laughter at Sunderland begins

I'm beginning to suspect this thread is cursed

ok I'm going to address a few of those: the training depends on how you view it, one thing last season Pardew repeatedly got praise for was the training and match preparation in the level of detail he seemed to bring on what to expect from the opposition etc, this is a strength as shown by last season in how the squad arguably performed well above itself especially at the start of the season with some very solid defending which is rare at this club. Its also a weakness as shown by this season in when that time on the training field is consistently limited by the routine of midweek matchs then it really started to show. In his defense (an unpopular notion I know) it was the first time he's had to deal with European football and the travel involved and the effect it has on league performance but clearly if as we all want we are to be regular in Europe and he is to be manager (again unpopular notion) then he has to adapt to it himself. Recruitment/Squad Harmony and team building, related topics imho and this is a thorny issue, I do think we've recruited well this season the problem has been timing summer was clearly the time to get the level of recruitment we did in January done so the players could be properly integrated into the squad and they'd have time to adapt to English football. buying in 5 players in Jan that mostly go straight into the first team is an obvious sign something somewheres gone horribly wrong. Llambias already admitted this error so hopefully it won't be repeated. Medical, not sure what the hell is wrong with things here since this is not a new thing or really a Pardew related thing but more a consistent issue going back years, just what the fuck is going on with the consistent level of injuries, sure some are just bad luck like Raylors or Kruls ones lately (one was on internationals iirc?) but theres been plenty of other niggly ones and it all can't be bad luck