Darth Crooks

We get it mate. jonas is shit. change the record

Don't be daft, we've set out a negative team against a Spurs team who before today had only managed to stop the opposition scoring once. They rip teams apart on the counter, and supposedly teams have achieved more success by sitting back at WHL. If we'd had a go and lost 4-0 people would be even less happy. Exactly, thats why we still need to leave Tiote and Smith on because we were always vulnerable on the counter attack. So the game plan was to try and hold on to the 1-0? Anycase if you watched the game, Smith and Tiote played much further forward anycase, so it wasn't even like we played 2 DM's all game. Also Barton & Routledge were playing much further forward than the other 2 midfielders/ So Smith and Tiote were on as DM's but they didnt? And Barton and Routledge were doing what they should be doing anyway? I'm sorry but Smith should have come off for Ranger. might as well lose 3-0 if we're chasing a 2-0 lead

Don't be daft, we've set out a negative team against a Spurs team who before today had only managed to stop the opposition scoring once. They rip teams apart on the counter, and supposedly teams have achieved more success by sitting back at WHL. If we'd had a go and lost 4-0 people would be even less happy. Exactly, thats why we still need to leave Tiote and Smith on because we were always vulnerable on the counter attack. By further nullfying our own and defending a 2-0 defeat? whats the point?

AHMM! SPECULATION!

Some people are seeing the criticisms levelled at the lack of a win. Not with me. The beef i've got is the fact is with the negative tactics adopted by Pardew that dont fill you with confidence when faced with a similar situation needing a savvy change in future i.e opposition down to ten men, 2-0 down. Thats where I worry about the progression form Hughton (sorry to re-mention )

Yes, you knowing anything about football tactics. How is saying 'Jonas is shit' showing tactical insight? he may well have been Saying keeping two holding midfielders at the the expense of a more offensive/ direct player says far more tactically The fact that pardew took this cautious route does not fill me with confidence about wanting to get at teams as he first stated on arrival

Leaving one defensive midfielder and whatever Alan Smith is hardly impressive if your looking to get a result a against ten men though is it? Cautious and lacks nouse.

However you look at it...its pretty cautious and negative so i agree with cajun's sentiment

Alan Smith and Peter Lovenkrands turn up to training on time...great. Just playing devil's advocate like because I agree that a pro footballer should do something as basic as turning up at a (likely) mid-morning training session. Equally I dont want to see Pardew acting all draconian in order to mark some sort of impact. I dont agree with this impact player stuff tbh. Has just shown to me that hes better for andy caroll than AC9 playing on his own

He is not Alan Smith

You're a lot more constructive than my one mackem mate who sends me pictures of dead magpies following derby defeats anyhow. fair play

Mint. gone straight up that.

Shiiiiiiiiit....he turned into harvey price!

Are they the respective official mascots?

Gordon Brittas?

Smith, Guthrie and James Perch

The very same...he had a go and was crap as well so I dont know what it was supposed to mean.

It's quite a good show sometimes apart from Rooney's complete lack of charisma. 'Well... You didn't get through today 'cause, like, you weren't that good at that.. Sorry'. But it's the same as any show like that, he's got his favourites who he'll try and make excuses for and keep in until he really has no choice but admit defeat and dump them out, and he's got the ones who he'll look for the first opportunity to get rid of. It's the gravitas they approach it with that gets me Rooney is obviously just calling it in...which i expected. But the tart who commentates when someone is trying to belt a guy doing a backflip off a BMX goes on like theres a baby turtle trying to make it to the sea. Funny shite rather than shite shite i suppose.

A papercut to the jap sounds better than Sol at CB so I concur

How shite is Wayne Rooney's street striker...someone got bombed out because they cant hit a skateboarder on the move?

Botgate is imminent

It already exists! Such foresight is a beautiful thing

2-1 Newcastle provided Alan Smith is nowhere near this. These mercenaries'll fold provided we give a team performance

Y.Toure is a better player. As is Balotelli and Silva. *As are. We need some MC hammer smilie to signify GRAMMARTIME!