ExiledGeordie

Ok so apart from naming someone you think might come in and do a job, do you have any faith in Ashley appointing someone decent??? Secondly despite his recent errors don't you think that a great proportion of the reason we're in this situation can be attributed to a tight fisted chairman who won't recruit players. Pardew deserves criticism but everyone knew we needed strenthening in the summer and everyone has known for a while that the likes of Simpson, Williamson and others simply aren't up to the job. I'd like to see what some of the names people are throwing about on here could do with this current squad and basically zero transfer policy. People need to look at the bigger picture ffs

Ridiculous thread at the end of the day. Knee-jerk nonsense and totally unrealistic given Ashley wouldn't give any new manager money to spend anyway thereby limiting who he'd physically be able to bring in or who'd want to come.

Well on the transfer front we just don't know what happened in the summer. It seemed pretty clear to me given the interviews that Pardew did such as the phone in up that he/they (Carr et al) had identified key targets such as Douglas and Debuchy. Given Ashley's trend in refusing to spend a penny recently you'd have to lay the blame at his feet and his lapdog Llambias. Pardew has his faults re the team and they way they play but I'd say he has barely any say on who comes in or goes out.

He opted not to bring any new faces in in January when we were last relegated. That undoubtedly contributed to our downfall that season. Relegation although still highly unlikely simply isn't an option because of the mega premier league money world deal coming in............you'd like to think this will force his hand. I mean finishing higher up the table warrants decent prize money as it is, say 6-8m if we finished up in the top 8 compared to where we are now? Throw in just how much money each club gets with this new deal in the summer and surely parting with say 10-15m in January is peanuts compared to what is at stake?

Well said Mick. The way some people carry on on here its almost like they're desperate to see him fail

Spot on above, SIGN SOME PLAYERS YOU CUNT

He's a championship player, always as always will be but thats all we've got until Jan (christ) if indeed the board are even thinking of signing anyone It's ridiculous the hatred of the guy though, well said above

I think given the injuries and lack of confidence that wasn't a terrible performance. Not quite sure why Marveaux wasn't out there? It's going to be a fucking long time with Williamson at the back though christ........ The complete ineptitude of the board showing through here. Atleast they battled a bit ffs

Tough to take that, work rate has been much better and been much better shape. Sadly the glaring weaknesses of the team shining through

Alright not much creativity but work rate and closing down far far better

Players simply HAVE to be signed given the latest injury set backs just to keep us affloat. Will they be signed, will they fuck

Krul Simpson Williamson Colo Santon Anita Tiote Jonas Marveaux Ba Sammy Something like that, sorry it's the best I could come up with. I just don't see the point in playing Cisse, he's nowhere at the moment. Marveaux has a little bit of quality and Sammy seems to be our only other option really? Ahead of Obershite I'd say. Nailed on defeat, christ they'll be smelling blood for this one like a hyena sniffs out a wounded infant gazelle on the serengeti,

In my opinion I always doubted our ability to finish 5th again, in fact I pretty much wrote it off when we didn't strengthen in the summer. That said I fully expected a top 8 finish and strong performances in the cup competitions. I thought we might come unstuck in the league because of the size of our squad but the manner of our play this season and just how disjointed, laboured and downright ugly its become is a real worry.

Whats bemusing is that our play seems to mirror the managers inability to identify a plan B in all this. It's like "well we'll just keep plugging away hoping for some luck to come our way" .....which means floating useless high balls into the box again and again and again Alright he's got his limitations but he's better than this ffs. Change things up and fast

And here is the real issue

You were probably one of the ones with your cock on your hand wanking over him last season . Lets not live up to the cliched football fan image, please :lol: Wind your neck in you cretin

Ridiculous thread

And who is going to replace Pardew ffs? I fully recognise the bloke needs to take a serious look at himself and sort things out with the team but this is his first poor run as manager. And you lot want him out straight away, ridiculous. Do you reckon things would be this bad if a normal board had given him the funds to strengthen. Pardew's got issues but seems to me like people are throwing the book at Pardew without looking at the bigger picture and those above him,

Why are people talking about a new manager?? It's not going to happen. Personally I don't think he should be sacked, he needs more time given what achieved already but the problems at the club to go the top. The board aren't going to sack him because they won't give a new manager any money to spend.

Too many excuses in there for me. A poor performance today and the type of result we're all expecting and the pressure will really be on.

O'Neill is a manager left in the dark ages and no amount of intellectual post match piss and wind can disguise that. For some reason the media never seem to cotton on to his limitations given that he's a media darling. His mangaerial reigns follow exactly the same pattern wherever he goes, it always peters out in the end..............

Just shows that 3-1 result last week was entirely because Fulham went down to 10 men. Absolute turd this side but then we're not much better at the moment.

Needs to stop the rot and fast

I think Pardew knows the fact he's on an 8yr contract is insignificant regarding a Chelsea-esque payout Pardew won't get a bigger club than this and Ashley won't fund the ambitions of other managers who'd fancy a shot at us. Pardew does need to wise up and quick on aspects of the team but lets be honest if he'd been given the funds to address key areas in the summer he wouldn't be quite in the position he's in now in terms of poor team form. You put Debuchy, a new centre half a new attacker into the squad and that's a massive improvement. Sure he deserves criticism for the top 4 comments nonsense but he's obviously not going to come out and say "my squad is s***" is he. I'd hedge my bets he knows exactly where our limitations are but he's hamstrung to a certain extent by a bloke whose transfer kitty is what he finds down behind the sofa on a sunday night.

People were wanking off over Pardew last year and now they're slaughtering him. Sure he deserves criticism for his flawes and needs to address things like the formation/attitude or whatever is going wrong this season. There's nothing wrong with having a go but some of the stuff bordering on "Pardew out" is ridiculous He's staying, nobody else will work under this regime so you might as well stop thinking about wholesale changes.