Stottie

And Cisse right wing. What a nightmare

Isn't the eight year deal only to stop him being poached? I'm sure they'll be able to sack him for next to nowt. Why give cushty terms to a yes man? Rather than the "eight years", the worry is that they'll see this season as a blip and won't want to sack him.

If I'm allowed another, Cisse has had a difficult season, but he didn't deserve to have his goal against the mackems disallowed. It would have evened the scores at 1-1. When the game ends up swinging badly one way, it's easy to forget how important certain incidents may have been when the game was still even. The classic example is England Germany with the Lampard goal. For all England's woeful performance in the first half, they would still have gone in at 2-2 having grabbed two before half time. Germany's third and fourth came on the counter as a hapless England pushed for an equalizer they shouldn't have needed. The net result was England becoming a laughing stock and replays of Ozil pissing past Barry. The Lampard goal was dismissed as an irrelevance, which it wasn't 43 minutes or whatever it was from the start.

I would normally dismiss this question out of hand but I reckon the McManaman tackle (and non-punishment) and obvious handball in the Wigan game for the game-winning goal right at the death were unlucky enough to give this matter some consideration. The handball goal enough was a three point swing to the team who needs them most to push us into a relegation spot and was late enough in the game to be called a deciding factor. Before anyone jumps down my throat, this has been a shit season and Pardew needs to go. I also know we had lucky incidents in other games, but some incidents are more important than others. The "poor decisions even themselves out" idea is nonsense, as shown by the major teams surrounding the ref at every opportunity they think they can get an advantage. Decisions affect results and results affect league placings. When the margins are slim, every advantage helps. If it does come to relegation, expect the Wigan game to be completely forgotten, like the Viduka disallowed goal the last time. We may have been turboshit, but that goal would have had us finishing in 17th. 17th doesn't go down. I'll repeat that Pardew is a clown and has us in a precarious position where the big incidents in the Wigan game are looking far far more calamitous than they should be. That said, if we play shit against QPR at least and don't get a result, then I doubt we'll deserve any sympathy at all.

Well said Nixon. I couldn't believe Waddle even chiming in on it after he played in France. He is a mackem c*nt though who slags us at every opportunity. Someone should remind him that we've had two French wingers that are more fondly remembered than him. Pardew's tactics are terrible and he's lost the dressing room. The "long balls played" stat is a simple indicator of why. Its more than Stoke with Crouch and Cameron Jerome ffs! The demoralization of the team means that they are more likely to disappear as they did at 3-0 on Saturday.

Another Chopra next week Andy lad! For your drinking mates in the Toon! http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/01/article-2123735-126CE85B000005DC-777_468x286.jpg Given the length of time it took Pardew to get a come from behind win, we'd have probably lost that game if he'd scored.

Clueless and has evidently lost the dressing room. No way back, I reckon.

Come back Colo!

Might save us a red but otherwise pointless.

For someone who played in France, Waddle doesn't have a good word for them.

Jonas and Tiote off. Gouff and HBA on. Perch to full on shielding DM, Sissoko back onto Coutinho to stop distribution.

Johnson should be off for the Tiote one. 10 vs. 11 and we might get away with 2-0!

Aye, his luck might run out today. A three game ban would be massive like.

I might go and watch that Big Match DVD with the Supermac debut and Jimmy Hill talking to Brian Moore while smoking a pipe. It's miles better than this.

Completely shit header, but better lads! Come on! We may have bored them to sleep.

This is worse than the first half of the 4-4. I think they had three by now in that one.

Aerial shot of the Toon the clear highlight so far.

Given Spurs performance, that's two points lost for Wigan. Spurs barely had a chance second half.

About ferking time!

Wigan keeper's been a spectator second half

Sorry if its Giggs but weren't they in line for Europa League qualification through the Fair Play League?

I just took it off this with Barton. I didn't realise it was discretionary. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19514515

Whoever buys him is still going to have the ban, so that'll knock a bit off the price as well.

Really wouldn't amaze me tbh. They've tried to get him before, and he's a cockney wideboy prick. They like those. 'Arry wouldn't come,man. We wouldn't give him the dough or control he'd want. Thank f***. I think he's more bothered about being close to his pad at Bournemouth or wherever it is. Didn't Golfmag say he signed a pre-contract (I've forgotten the legal term).

Souness was in charge of recruitment and brought the likes of Boumsong and Amdy Faye. He also froze out Bellamy and Robert. I dunno if the league is better or worse now ("poor league" is often stated with regard to ManU's big lead) but Pardew has us down in the same position with much better players. Even if you give him 10 points off for injuries, we're still way below where the squad should be. HBA, Cisse, Cabaye, Krul, Sissoko, .... that's some poisoned chalice for our next manager. They mightn't be queuing up, but plenty will be keen. If anything, its a no-lose situation because whoever comes in can just blame the running of the club and the expectations of the fans if things go wrong and the media will lap it up.