Darth Crooks

On the first day of xmas Mike Ashley gave to me a Pardew in pear-shaped tree.... Thread title?

I don't see how it can't be apathy. We're completely powerless. Nothing we can say or do will change anything - Ashley is in charge and what he says, goes. We're just stuck in an endless nightmare rollercoaster. Apathy is different to impotence though isnt it? Im absolutely raging. I joked before. But can see someone really doing him harm. There must be people far angrier than I am and I'm fucking livid.

I think Pol Pot had a better understanding of what the people wanted than this fat gimmer

The wally with the brolly?b

tbh why we haven't stuck with barton in the centre is lunacy imo...not sure what guthrie is about these days tbf...always seemd a steady eddie

He is when he doesn't score. Not realy like, he's not the best on the ball and his array of passing is nowt to be envious of but he offers a bit of bite in the middle (a lot more than Guthrie has shown recently) and he always offers top support for Carroll. I don't think it's any coincidence that when Nolan plays Carroll seems x10 the player he does when he's not. His presence on the pitch (both vocaly and physicaly) seems cliche but it cannot go unoticed, he definatly is the type of charicter that can boost a team low on morale. Obviosly there are a lot of cracks there that are papered over when he gets on the scoresheet, but they aren't as bad as people tend to make out when he doesn't. Perhaps he is indeed missed in some way...but I equally don't accept this common idea that hes some massive inspirational influence to the team. That's overrated somewhat. Some people seem to think hes like some motivational raconteur when hes around.

the football league certainly overrated him

nah it'd ruin that whole 'master splinter' vibe hes been perfecting for so long

Puff Danny?

Was down to the presence of 'smudger' tbh...We all knew Smith/Nolan would be fatal

Your kung fu is good. *bows*

Inner Nile?

I've been to Qatar in May and the heat was repressive at 45 degrees plus and I wasn't running around, I think this is a massive balls up. Just being in a stadium will be bad enough; playing football will be a health hazard. Hope the technology works!

Stood in the open in quatar on my way to thailand for about 5 minutes. Far too hot to play football in. bout melted in the b@stard desert!

IT'S RONNIE RADFORD SEASON AGAIN GUYS!

Just have to get used to them and their agendas...achieved far more than their beloved spurs in our time in the prem. They're just starting to break their false dawn habits and its easy to target us on the back of relegation. Fuck 'em. Morons.

yawn

My word

Surely Taylor and Sol are going to be a bit suck it and see tbh? Williamson is in the wrong in this instance but the level of criticism, especially the most extreme puzzles me somewhat. Hes been steady up till press.

Not the best game to test these hypotheses out really like....anyone'll struggle against drogba physically

I find it funny how when one of 'our' goals goes in Harris and Munez are joined in celebration by a Liverpool player pogo-ing like a loon. Reckon they werent fussy about whose goals they filmed

Smith maintains a position alright - a DISpositon to do fuck all of any use

step forward a certain Michael Ashley esq.

Can see him going for silly money at some point tbh