ExiledGeordie

Complete waffle

There has to be a tipping point though surely? If the football is dour like it is now and people start to walk away because that's combined with a criminal lack of ambition at board level. Alright it might not be a mass walk out but the tide surely will start to turn. It's clear he's not bothered one iota about the fans, the region or how the team does but I just can't see how that can last. If theres no impetus to push the team on whatsoever and now that the above has become apparent then the enjoyment and hope has been removed from the team. Surely people will ask themselves, well what's the point? I'm hardly a mode for fan movement but I would've gone to West Ham and Fulham. Right now I'm partly disinterested and partly deciding to vote with my feet by not going. Just my stance anyway, each to their own ofcourse.

I hope he was fucking watching this match today the arsehole

As it stands with this squad and manager I'd put us at about a 7/8. Some signings might bring that down to a 5/6 i guess but we're really in trouble IMO.

And this is the folly of Ashley at Newcastle. That for 4m he'd risk potential relegation or simply lose that money on the final league position by it signing a striker now.

That's a shocking stat

Yeah that's definitely true, I've heard a few people mentioning this. It might have only been talk sport but it was good hearing them pulling him up on the West Ham long ball accusation, as in "he's got problems of is own before he starts throwing that accusation out"

Says it all when the first thing he rolls out in the interview is about West Hams long ball tactics Embarrassing

Exactly how I feel

Do you think its fine for him to refuse to play (if it is true)? I think the club have been like a market trader all summer trying to get rid of him and I think they create a smear campaign whenever a player leaves to make them look hard done to. None if that would surprise me with this lot. It's got to the point where I've come to the conclusion that I just don't go, it's the one way I feel I ca exercise my right.

Can't stand him, full of complete waffle

I agree but the problem is the cretin who runs the club will hand the reigns over to Kinnear rather than a quality appointment. It's like choosing between being drowned or burrnt at the stake,

beggars belief doesn't it

Yep fairly dour 1-2 loss. Nolan and Jarvis for them.

Given we've only signed 1 player on loan who is currently injured I'd say that has dented much of the excitement. I guess people will probably be excited about the match day routine but hoping rather than expecting changes on the pitch in terms of playing style. Lad at my running club who is a season ticket holder summed it up well "I'm looking forward to the drinks before the match and the banter afterwards but not the stuff in between" I won't be going whereas in the past if there were spares I'd probably have gone on opening day. Might watch it in a pub I guess.

I can't take anything he says on transfers seriously because he has absolutely zero say in what happens. I'm already expecting the "well it's difficult to get players over the line and we have a strong squad as it is". He's already been peddling the line about having to make do and life is tough sometimes. Just constant tedious waffle.

Unbelievable isn't it.

Basically we can deduce that Pardew has no say or idea what's about to happen to the squad of players he works with?

I just hope we see in the next two home games a positive approach and really have a go at West Ham and Fulham. I'm not holding my breath but if he reverts to the same negative tactics we've seen before then it'll show he's learnt nothing and will confirm what many of us already think. Desperate to see some positive changes otherwise he's only inviting on the inevitable shit storm that will come his way.

I'm sorry but the whole "we're getting a game plan together for the last week of the window".......we've heard it all before endless times and it very rarely if ever amounts to anything. We then have Pardew saying "this is a strong squad" once signings dont come in. Talk is cheap, action is what is needed.

Something clearly happened behind the scenes but I find the whole "his heads been turned" so he doesn't have his head in the game a load of bollocks. Maybe he refused to play? Either way it was used as an excuse for the performance which wasn't good. Pardew spent the whole summer saying how well Cabaye was dealing with speculation and praising him then suddenly he couldn't play him because he'd had sme kind of mental breakdown after the Arsenal bid

I hope so mate but when was the last time we actually turned in a decent performance at home? Cisse bagging a last second winner doesn't constitute a proper performance. I hope we start to show what he's talked about over pre season but im not optimistic. I guess the proof will be in the pudding over the next two home games but the signs weren't good at City were they.

Diame totally bossed things lat season at St James. We were also utter pants too mind.

I don't see what's wrong with measuring ourselves against West Ham and Fulham either. The problem is our display on Monday was utterly inept, we still have a weak squad, confidence is a major factor and the pressure going into West Ham already feels like a game towards the end of the season not the 2nd game. West Ham and Fulham have both strengthened and will be coming here confident of getting something. I'm not saying we we won't or can't win but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see two poor results.

Is Marveaux fit? Needs to play in Saturday