Darth Crooks

It's getting me to the stage where rather than spend hours on here reading this and watching 90 mins of tripe at the weekend, I should just take two hours a week to shit on the floor and nut it for the equivalent amount of time. Time much better spent.

Tbh if I was expected to put up with the shitstorm that surrounds the club without having any real connection and was tempted to live in Argentina to see out my autumn years;closer to my family, then Iwouldn't blame him for considering it.

Well, yup.

This cannot happen for the club to survive this season

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If anywhere near the truth with those quotes the guy is a slimy prick

Piss off Ian you big twat.

New haircut. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vil5J6uA1qj3ir1.gif

I think Cisse in the middle will make hell of a difference to tbh. Might be optimistic; but weve snookered ourselves royally by playing him on the right.

He looks fitter like.

You clearly want the club to go under, like Portsmouth or Leeds. Probs wasn't aimed at me but tbh I don't see where Dave insuated that either FWIW I think that the debate on the club model is healthy. I like many seek a hallowed middle ground between austerity and spending. The downtrodden Lib Dems of football if you will.

Where I have stated they should just spend whatever it takes?

Yes; but only to an extent and when appropriate. I find it hard to believe that the majority of the Caroll money has been spent to the degree that's its had a truly effective impact. I don't see how you can set your sights at top ten, finish comfortably in the top 6 and not see that as a platform to invest. Not by daft amounts and stupid contracts a la Shepherd but just by showing a more assertive stance on transfer activity. That's exactly what you don't do, surely? Because you know you've overachieved and can't really bank on sustaining a serious assault on the top 4 You don't half lay on the hyperbole on those with the opposing view; as eloquent and as interesting a poster as you seem to be. I hasve never suggested an assault on the top four just that we invest to maintain our position in the top 7; as it stands we've got players in the 1st 11 regularly who aren't mid-championship standard, in vital positions too. That constitutes footballing sense to spend wisely in those areas to me.

Tbh I agree with anyone who states that the club was run badly and in the wrong vein; and I have strong conviction in that was one the biggest factors in our relegation. However, the handling of Keegan, the name change bollocks and the way Ashley and Llambias (in particular) conduct themselves does not suggest to me as postitve and pragmatic a plan as you suggest they have for this club.

The way the name change was handled smacks of disregard for the fans and best for the football/club side of things; and cheap promotion of his own interests.

Yes; but only to an extent and when appropriate. I find it hard to believe that the majority of the Caroll money has been spent to the degree that's its had a truly effective impact. I don't see how you can set your sights at top ten, finish comfortably in the top 6 and not see that as a platform to invest. Not by daft amounts and stupid contracts a la Shepherd but just by showing a more assertive stance on transfer activity.

Piffling over 500,000-1 million over Mariappa and Debuchy in the last couple of windows for instance, could've arguably cost us valuable squad strength. I think everone understands the merits of a more austere model than those before but let's not pretend he's regularly keeping the squad in the ost healthy of positions as best he can. He's a businessman (of acumen) who has seen value in owning a football club financially and being as frugal as he can.

AC can fuck. right. off. Haven't even got their own stadium. Small timers.

He's crap; probably not as crap as some make out but he has definite crapness.

Be plenty happy with that bar Magic Mike

This and also the Robbie Williams Candy song for Cisse a few pages ago are both absolute belters. Matt Debuchy. Came from France in January Matt Debuchy At a reasonable fee Matt Debuchy Goes round Yohan's for his tea Matt Debuchy Matt Debuchy

How is that in any way better? made things simple in the sense that we had shit, heartless players who were past it and the writing was on the wall and had been for some time. Contrast that to the current setup where we have a decent crop of professional and talented players but as a club have knackered a clear opportunity to push on. I didnt expect top five again but we had a real plarform for success and it makes it more frustrating than the relegatiom season imo. made things simple the sense that i knew we were shit with older and past it mercenary players

It's going to have to be some pendulum swing paradigm shift if he's going to change his frankly idiotic ways for the better. I'd love to say I'll give him to end of the season but I haven't been this wound up about the club in a while. At least when we were relegated we were on a pretty predictable trajectory in the years before.

The excuses and pussyfooting around cheating.

It's become increasingly apparent that last season was down to the brilliance of the individual talents that we DO have; Cisse, Ben Arfa, Krul, Colo, Cabaye an on form Tiote. Plus the work of less gifted grafters such as Jonas and Perch of help. It was hard to ignore the criticisms made of that season as many had similar worries about tactics; but the negatives were less ugly to face because of this individual brilliance. Without these players Pardew has shown very little to me that he has the pedigree that many touted he had last season. Yes; he can quite legitimately blame the owners and lack of investment, he can also blame injuries to an extent. But to make the errors he has done of the past few weeks and absolve himself on any responsibility at any opportunity, whilst making the same stubborn and mind-numbing mistakes in inexcuseable. I want things to change badly and drastically and I just can't see it under both this clown and the uber-clowns above him.