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I don't get the bewilderment over Hughton still being employed by Norwich. They're Norwich.

Had Ipswich, Wigan, Norwich & Gateshead. So grim.

He's a master of the Steven Gerrard Fall.

And ignoring our early exit from the FA Cup at home to Cardiff City.

I think he'll get a goal for them, probably on his debut. Not a chance he'll get an assist.

It's fucking ridiculous Like comparing Pardew to Mou... Oh wait.

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Keegan.

TBF to Ronaldo he's never rated Tiote, he's hardly backtracking. Even in his first and best season I remember him lamenting his technical ability.

There's definitely A Vurnon Anits meme to made there.

If you were to be one of the 2, it would be Ronaldo like.

He could at least sort his teeth out. Fucking hell. EDIT:

Here's his record against the "top sides." He has an excellent record against Chelsea, home & away. A decent home record against Liverpool if we just forget that 6-0 ever happened, and a decent record against Man Utd, made to look better due to Moyes letting us win at Old Trafford for the first time in about 90 year. Man City and Arsenal just makes for grim viewing. How out of the ordinary any of that is I don't know, it looks decent enough though overall, not quite "wow he's always sparing tactically with the best managers" territory but decent enough.

He's got a 27% points return against Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal and man City while at Newcastle. Wenger has 32%. Rodgers at Liverpool is on 22%. I didn't realise that. Interesting reading. It's a statistic comparing 3 managers with sample sizes of about 18 years, 3.5 years, and 1.5 years. And 2 of them are managing sides included in the sample. I only included Wenger over the same period as Pardew. Not sure how length of service makes any difference like. What's his win % against Wenger in the same period?

He's got a 27% points return against Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal and man City while at Newcastle. Wenger has 32%. Rodgers at Liverpool is on 22%. I didn't realise that. Interesting reading. It's a statistic comparing 3 managers with sample sizes of about 18 years, 3.5 years, and 1.5 years. And 2 of them are managing sides included in the sample. EDIT: 1 of them is managing a side in the sample.

I don't care.

Not Nasri's.

FWIW he doesn't always "spar tactically with the top coaches," his record overall against the top sides is bang average. He's beat Chelsea a few times and beat Man U 3-0 once, that's about it.

I really can't see why Pardew's tactical nous could be called into question. He's a very tactical coach and has proven in some of the tightest situations against world class teams and coaches that he can mix it with the best. If I levelled anything against him it would be that he can be "over tactical" and I'd like to see a bit of the old Keegan "just go out and do the opposition" mind set from time to time. This season Pardew has done very well against the top sides (and managers), we ultimately lost at home to Man City and Arsenal but were well worth at least a point in both games, we deserved our home win against Chelsea and our away win at Old Trafford, and the home draw with Liverpool too. I haven't came away from any of those games dissapointed with the way we've set up and played (not to say I full agree with everything like), although some of the decision making mid game has been questionable. That's all good, but "Pardew has shown he is more than a match for the very best managers tactically" is the single thickest thing I think I've read this season How anybody can defend that with a straight face is beyond me, it's just complete shite. Well if were accusing each other of "thickness" your first paragraph somewhat contradicts your second Nah, even in the face of a thickness accusation, I'll stand by my point that Pardew's problem is not his ability to spar tactically with the top coaches but his inability to let his teams loose more often. What exactly is contradictory about what I said? He's had good performances against them this season, as in he's gotten his team to play well against theirs, I don't think that concludes that he is a "match for the very best managers tactically."

If anything you're trying to say is in any way supporting the theory that Alan Pardew is as tactically sound as Pellegrini, Wenger, Rodgers and Mourinho then please don't expand..

What?

I really can't see why Pardew's tactical nous could be called into question. He's a very tactical coach and has proven in some of the tightest situations against world class teams and coaches that he can mix it with the best. If I levelled anything against him it would be that he can be "over tactical" and I'd like to see a bit of the old Keegan "just go out and do the opposition" mind set from time to time. This season Pardew has done very well against the top sides (and managers), we ultimately lost at home to Man City and Arsenal but were well worth at least a point in both games, we deserved our home win against Chelsea and our away win at Old Trafford, and the home draw with Liverpool too. I haven't came away from any of those games dissapointed with the way we've set up and played (not to say I full agree with everything like), although some of the decision making mid game has been questionable. That's all good, but "Pardew has shown he is more than a match for the very best managers tactically" is the single thickest thing I think I've read this season How anybody can defend that with a straight face is beyond me, it's just complete shite.

He's a pest! So basically I moan when he isn't doing well and praise him when he is No, you jump over to defend him at every opportunity when he's doing well and tell everyone who still has concerns about him as a manager that they cannot possibly enjoy football and should probably pack the sport in. Also: "We win - LUCK! We lose - PARDEW!" As you can probably tell this has got to me

Jonas standing behind him signing the contract He probably played against Everton.

It's that kind of stuff that Brett and Cajun will regurgitate for the next month. Unless Pardew continues his slump in form of course, in which case Cajun will be baying for his head again... Until he wins a couple of games.