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"All he has to do is pick the team" is just a throw away term used when a manager's success is what it is primarily because of the players at his disposal, it obviously isn't a suggestion that that is, in a literal sense, all he has to do. You have to assume that he has at least the basic abilities, roles and responsibilities of a football manager.

Aye, that's what I was doing. Oh dear. So what were you doing by bringing Ferguson into the conversation if not comparing the 2 managers and their achievements side by side with their resources? It's reasonable to assume that, using the term in it's broadest sense, Pardew can get results by just "picking the best team", I don't think we can really say that about his 5th place finish (and early exit from both domestic cups) as we were a very rigid unit for large parts of the season, but in games like Villa where certain players are in unplayable form I think there's enough evidence to suggest that it's at least half true. You cannot really say that about someone who has consistently kept a team as one of the best sides on the planet for over 2 decades.

Comparing Ferguson's achievements over 2 and a half decades to a solitary 5th place finish and early exit from both domestic cups

I think Remy would be great central, especially on the counter, but like Ba last season we would miss something out on the left that nobody else on the team can bring. Gouffran definitely deserves his chance like.

The treatment isn't far removed from that of Marveaux or Anita either.

Not far off what Pardew was saying about Ben Arfa about a year and a half ago tbf.

what a fucking awful post baffles me when people, even when trying to take the piss or wind people up, can display such fucking awful patter like. It's just dreadful in every way.

Children tend to be clueless like, especially at the age of <5.

It's probably Pardew's fault when things go wrong for such a sustained period time that we're nearly relegated, yes

I do enjoy typing "Ben Arfa" into random team's forum's search bars after a good bit of Benny rape like

78 points after bonuses with Mig still to play. Not only by far my best week so far but the only week which wasn't a total embarrassment.

Clark just pushed him over, he didn't even try to disguise it Such a horrible decision.

I know he means nothing by this and I'm just being picky, but that made me chuckle like. It's such a Pardew thing to say.

It's up It was up when I posted that, I just wrote it like an absolute idiot

Fonte, Shaw and Clyne Should probably rid a couple of Southampton defenders from my starting XI now like

Lubing up for "Ben Arfa Vs Aston Villa (A) HD 720p 13/14 By BenArfa10x"

Pardew was about to bring him on when it was 1-1 like, we scored as he was getting changed. Turned out OK in the end like.

Tiote tbf played well yesterday during the time he was on. EDIT: ^ aye

I've got no faith in him sticking to it, like you say he stumbled into that formation, injuries forced his hand. When Jonas and Tiote are fit they'll both start. Tbf to Pardew I don't think he will as long as we're winning, his problems will likely show throw through when one or two of our front 6 are injured/suspended imo.

Absolutely impossible to play it again until now of course. Sure Cabaye doesn't post on here?

Fucking nice one TT, class effort that

He's went for it in the past and we've looked like a semi-competent side until we've fallen on the wrong side of a 4 goal thumping or we've lost a few player to injuries, then he reverts back to normal. If he can keep this mentality up and have the team playing as coherently as they did today over the course of the season then fair enough, he has no excuses not to.

Not really. We played well today and the win was brilliant but some of the stuff that's been posted on here afterwards is fucking criminal like.

Haven't seen MOTD but it looked like Colo was pushed which took him out of it.

So why are you defending him when no one was said anything against him in this thread, unless you are only on here to patronise other fans? Eh? You been at the cowies again? I can just see right through you and your useless posts. Areet. I was genuinely just watching MOTD and rejoicing in the fact our manager is not Paulo Di Canio. Then bang, radgie Neesy pulls his Rockports on and is all up in my grill. Wew wew wew. :lol: