Darth Crooks

That daft twat has got his work cut out makng things up to us after Man city.

Well no one has claimed that (beside Brett's flights of fancy) but we were light years off last season. He's still go to show a hell of lot more that that too but it was encouraging and I hope it''s not a false dawn.

Not even if you consider yesterday alone?

Just had a poke around the web site and fell upon their MotD live blog. Christ on a bike. Someone's getting paid for that. New job Oakie?

The one in the paper is anyhow.

The coming up/still to come things really annoy me. Just show the fixtures on screen in the intro, job done. 10 minutes more or less talking to Roy Hodgson about England the other week was the nail in the coffin for me...noone gave a fuck.

That suggests a fairly unsubtle world view. http://img.pandawhale.com/41765-Loki-uhh-burn-gif-DQ41.gif BD went there.

Sunday mirror roundup is pretty fair.

Can't see him getting a game tbh.

Bottom line is imo; Pardew did have a team of internationals at his disposal and on this occasion, utilised them more or less 100% correctly. Hope he keeps it up.

I don't think that I've ever cited 'internationals' as a term of reference, although I believe that when people do they are mentioning on the grounds that because these players have represented their countries to some degree (teams such as argentina, france, senegal, ivory coast etc.) that the manager should be able to get something out of them. He did yesterday and the quality of these players showed, to what degree we can always debate.

Hai-Kew

The stuff centre halves used to do against shearer was mental and he repaid that physicality. Very effective. Don't condone elbows/kicks to the head mind.

Well quite. I still contest Alan Shearer was/is canny hard. Certainly looked a handful physically.

It's hardly been free either.

Alreet Yoda! http://s24.postimg.org/obqjj21np/papiss_yoda.png

The likes of Duncan Ferguson and Big Al are the only real 'hardmen' of note I can immediately think of. David Batty and Andy Griffin were no ponces either. Fouling people, being a cunt and tackles about qualifies you in football to be hard.

Made up for it with that stop on Sissokho's shot. That was shifting.

'No it's ok Phil...they're saying Boo-ardsley'

Oo I'm not sure now. Just looks sounds wrong.

Thought you had jacked us in? Properly this time. I have in terms of ganning to games. altogether now "he is the loyalist, football supporter, the world has ever seen" http://static2.demotix.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/a_scale_large/1400-9/photos/1348921119-contentious-loyalist-parade-passes-st-patricks-catholic-church_1485969.jpg Always bothered me that; as the superlative would be 'most loyal' but doesn't fit the syllables, but I just take it one day at a time.

Like where we should have been a season ago? He did well today though I would draw the line at the last bit.

Indeed. Funny thing was, piano-key chops was already diving one way and YM pulled him they other way!

Yip! I think people might slowly start to do that u-turn though, I thought it was impossible but the future is looking brighter and brighter, can't see how they can keep going in the other direction! This team is going places! http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7pf4sBjlM1rvt58eo1_500.jpg

Why applaud opposition unless they have played for you and achieved legend status. I don't get it.