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Whey Pardle (haha!) has been ridiculed two weeks in a row for his team selection which has seen us pick up 6 points against Chelsea and Spurs without conceding a goal. Fair play, that's how to bounce back from a derby defeat. Now to see if we can do it on the front foot in the next two games. Commiserations to those 'fans' who didn't get the two defeats they desired

Krul though, what a man. Might kick like a nonce but does his main job spectacularly. If he ever does a runner like that previous Irish freak it will break my heart.

Loved that like

I want Newcastle to win every game so I suppose I want him to succeed by association. Didn't Mick say he would accept a loss if it meant he went, rather than that he was willing us to lose? That's not the same thing. Seen plenty of people revelling in the prospect of defeat prior to recent matches. Makes the skin crawl.

Know I'd rather be in the camp wanting him to succeed than actively hoping we get beat like. Now that is awful banter.

Standard 2-0 loss I'd imagine. Would be delighted with a point, naturally.

If this means more Michael Owen it can only be a bad thing.

Stahp Brett pls. The difficult period involved us being thoroughly embarrassed by Sunderland. Still needs a couple of good results in the next 4 to win back some hearts and minds.

He had to come up with a lot of excuses because he had us playing so shit for so long. His patter doesn't differ much from other managers, nor is there some secret agenda to transform our way of thinking. Results are the only language that matters. God, that sounds gay. But aye.

Spot-on as ever. This stuff's creeped in more and more since he's realised he can say it, get away with it and have it as yet another widely believed reason why he's battling adversity and doing a smashing job in the circumstances. That's a stretch, like. What's the aim of it then? Now that he's realised he can 'get away with it'. Why is he doing it? Is there an objective to it all? It's all part of his Pardaganda mate. He has programmed our minds with such skill that he can now make terrifying comments such 'we should have have a glass half full' without causing a peasants revolt. Despite barely anyone reading the majority of his quotes, he has cast our fanbase under his spell. Only a few have escaped this Demon Headmaster's sorcery.

Hadaway Unless you're under 5, which would explain a lot.

Please tell me why fans should grateful for what we have at the moment or optimistic? Fans are free to feel whatever they want. As usual though a meaningless comment has been dissected and turned against the manager. Are people genuinely offended by these imaginary 'digs'? I'm offended when we don't bother to turn up against Sunderland, but random quotes throughout the week are just standard manager guff. Don't take it to heart.

Not much of a dig, is it? Trawling through his interviews looking for something to be offended by. We've turned into scousers.

But by using Pardoo/Pardle people show just how much they hate him. They can't even come to type his name. He has become Voldemort.

He dropped Ben Arfa for tactical reasons and we won the match. Not sure why you're making it into a dramatic soap storyline. I'm sure it wasn't a personal decision. Ben Arfa is my favourite player at the club but there are some situations in which the weaker aspects of his game may have too detrimental an effect. If that is an ENGLISH MENTALITY, so be it.

Pardew comes out before the game, tells Mourinho what our game plan is, dares him to do something about it and still wins the tactical battle. I was as delighted as anyone with the win, but as I alluded to in another pre-match post: setting up like that at home will never be for me and shows why I'll never be able to back a manager like Pardew. Ruined by Keegan and Robson, I suppose. To me it's actually as high risk to be so ultra-defensive from the outset as it is to play our normal game, but I can't deny that it seems to suit Pardew's management style more. It's the best chance we have of coming away from these games with a result. Wouldn't say we were ultra-defensive either. Unless we get some nutjob like Bielsa in, the approach against the likes of Chelsea isn't going to vary much. Keegan and Robson benefited from having teams with nearly as much quality as the best in the league. Not sure this is entirely true as it sort of assumes there's only one way to play against the "big clubs", which definitely isn't the case. Just like I wouldn't advocate going all-out attack every single time either. Off the back of the derby defeat and another loss to City it was probably the way to go here, though, I'll give you that. Clearly it is possible to come out on the front foot against the BIG BOYS and win, but you do run the risk of being out of the game after 30 minutes. Haven't got an issue with the way Pardew approaches these matches, we've pulled off a few canny results this way. It's the tactics against the Hulls and Sunderlands that are worrying.

Owners who care about the club and have actually implemented some sort of plan. Jelly.

Pardew comes out before the game, tells Mourinho what our game plan is, dares him to do something about it and still wins the tactical battle. I was as delighted as anyone with the win, but as I alluded to in another pre-match post: setting up like that at home will never be for me and shows why I'll never be able to back a manager like Pardew. Ruined by Keegan and Robson, I suppose. To me it's actually as high risk to be so ultra-defensive from the outset as it is to play our normal game, but I can't deny that it seems to suit Pardew's management style more. It's the best chance we have of coming away from these games with a result. Wouldn't say we were ultra-defensive either. Unless we get some nutjob like Bielsa in, the approach against the likes of Chelsea isn't going to vary much. Keegan and Robson benefited from having teams with nearly as much quality as the best in the league.

So what animal would you like? Aardvark preferably. Deep penetration. You?

Wouldn't let a snake lick my arse like. No chance.

This. Would be reasonably happy with it had we won last week. Think it is likely to be more of the same for the rest of the season. The odd great result like yesterday amongst general mediocrity. Can only hope for a canny FA Cup run

Unable to motivate his side for a derby and 11 points from 10 games. Not awfully impressive.

Which derby? Take your pick marra.

Was horrified when I saw the line up but fair play, the gameplan worked. Professional manager in having more tactical nous than average fan shocker. Will take a few more performances like that to make up for the derby, but that was a lot better. Some consistency and the season can be salvaged.

Loved that like. Football doesn't make any sense.