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It's a very short, nothing, filler interview with the sports section of a newspaper. He's not looking for control of a country, man. It's 30 seconds that will never be spoken about again. Fucks sake. His spin doctor, John Carver, has been pumping him full of these lines. This is just the start of it.

Positive or not it's bullshit, still, some fall for it. Fall for what? Not being infuriated by a quote isn't really the same as falling for it. Just when I thought I was out........

Thought he might have won back enough Toon Points to be able to mention a former manager in a positive light like. Ah whey

Quite a pleasant quote. As always, it means fuck all like.

Proper rabbit in the headlights. Imagine he shits himself about 30 times per programme.

Couldn't read that without thinking you're going to burst into, 'no matter cos there's........something inside so strong'.

Such a simple human being. Look forward to Chelsea discarding him and watching his career fizzle out in some West Midlands hellhole.

Do you miss the basic point on purpose ? It's not about dominating for 90 minutes, no one really ever does that. When winning by a goal or two, why do we on most occasion then suddenly go ultra defensive. I've said it's because the opposition come out fired up and Pardew is slow to react to it. We get pushed back, become very defensive and by the time Pardew does anything it's too late. Pretty straight forward and the squad is kind of used to that style now. But you carry on with the old shit about dominating for 90 minutes, which by the way i've not seen anyone ask for. But by all means carry on. Fairly sure spud was being sarcastic Bimps Then i shall kiss his ring in apology mode... And remember to read a few pages back too Has anyone told Spudil yet that his act is awful? Spudil mate, your act is awful

Can see Ben Arfa saving a draw. Would be happy with a point.

Ronaldo slips his armband on before smacking his missus.

That Class of '92 bollocks sounds like absolutely rancid propaganda.

Hasn't really 'gone back to basics' as a lot of the football we are playing is markedly different to what we've seen previously. Delivering four wins in a row in the premier league is probably a bit more complex than adopting whatever the basic style is anarl. Was happy to give him a clean slate at the start of the season and we're heading into December ahead of Man U and Spurs, while playing some very decent football at times. There are obviously some mild concerns regarding the likes of Ben Arfa's future and the balance of our play when we take a lead. So far though, canny. Very canny.

Boro As has been said, left when we needed him most and chased the money. Could have been a genuine legend but will be remembered as an idiotic Irish journeyman. Shame.

Far too early to talk about sacking, tbf. Mind you, they have spent an outrageous amount and he has them below a team with nee budget and a flukey twat in the dugout. Champions League a minimum one suspects.

You could produce a sentence like this for any team in good form. That's not our 'plan', we plan for each game with what we have on offer, I'm sure. Childish stuff.

You don't have to be consistent at all to finish 8-9th though. We were only 5 points away from that last season. We could quite feasibly continue the rest of this season in the same fashion as we did last, from this point on, and finish in the top 9. What would classify as sustainability? Is it all in the tactics? If we do end up top 8/9, I'd say that we must have developed some level of sustainability. Sustainability. Think our upper limit with this squad, and the quality at the top of the league, would be about 6th. Even that would take some sort of strange aligning of the stars. Top half = Sustainable.

Sustainability is obviously a worry but it isn't written in stone that we are going to employ the exact same tactic in every single match. We have had very different approaches to the last 3 matches so the idea that it is definitely unsustainable doesn't really ring true. Don't see why we can't play consistently enough to finish top 8/9.

what the fuck are you on about? no-one is saying pardew's gameplan is: 1st half: good football, pass it around, look for Loic in the space etc. etc. 2nd half: luck It has been stated multiple times over the last few pages that he relies on luck. Or the thinking man's version of 'the profligacy of the opposition', which sounds like a shit LP. Anyway, the Spurs result had elements of luck about it, but on the whole the tactics have been successful over the last few games and I'm sure a lot of preparation went into implementing them. The overwhelming message from some seems to be that we have been lucky, I don't think so.

When begrudging praise is not an option, settle for LUCK. Do enjoy that it has become widespread on here to claim his tactics 'rely on luck' I'm confident that doesn't constitute a tactic and also happens to be utter bollocks. It is impossible to win 3 games in a row, 2 of which were against top sides, with tactics that rely on luck. Realise that the hatred runs deep, but bar perhaps the second half against Norwich, Pardew's tactics over the last 3 games have been canny. Ignoring this is nonsensical.

Agreed, yes some can't see it. Some can't see that he isn't 'the flukiest fucker in football'? Could it be that this possibly isn't the case? Nobody has claimed he's a brilliant manager, but should we be embarrassed because we don't buy into that type of hyperbole? We're in a good run of form partly because of Pardew. The criticism remains over the top.

The second half wasn't good enough, there's nay hiding that, but it's not as if there's any balance to the critique here. It's solely a case of focusing on that final 45 while ignoring a good first half that ultimately resulted in a victory. Is it SUSTAINABLE? Who knows, but on the whole he's doing an areet job this season.

Was worried it would be a Terry Connor Wolves style turnaround at the end like. Chuffed with the 3 points though. Can't grumble at 3 on the bounce with a very good chance of making it 4 next week. Shola's first half performance, man. Must have been dragged to a witch doctor in Africa.

Nobody has told anyone what to dee. People are free to spend their Saturday night crying cyber tears after another 3 points if they do so wish. Just don't understand the 'look at the bigger picture' arrogance. I'd say we are at/above where we should be if you look at the table.

I see the big picture as 20 points from 12. A very reasonable total. Sure it ended up a bit more difficult than it should have been, but extremely comfortable victories are a rarity. I despair at the constant stream of whinging after 3 wins from 3.

3-0 win with Ben Arfa on the scoresheet. Howay the lads.