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Can tell from your avatar. Wonder what bimpy has to say to that.

We should have been safe and watching the match popcorn in hand. Yet now this is a crucial game for us whichever way it pans out.

I don't think he will be sacked now but I hold onto the hope that he will be let go once we are safe or when the season ends. Can't see Ashley's business philosophy change by rewarding failure at all, especially after a huge investment in January. Meanwhile, I pray for 'moments of magic' in the 3 remaining games to carry us over the line.

What was the multiple-season ST deal like, and how was the take up rate? Can't imagine Ashley being too worried if he already has the matchday revenue tied up for the next few seasons.

I can. At the moment Pardew is not a neutral presence, he's having a visbly negative effect. Sacking him might give the players the uplift required to get us out of the s***. We are heading one way. That 6-0 was as clear an indication as anyone could possibly want that he's lost the dressing room. The only uplift in morale we can get from Pardew staying is him offering to resign once we are safe. That won't happen though.

No F*CK YOU Quisling!!!! '5 mins later'

I would love it if he is indeed stupid enough to issue a 'back me or sack me' ultimatum to Ashley.

Yeah, a league whether there's next to no Englishman in every team to bring out the 'weak Frenchies' argument. Not implying that nationality is a definite factor in more fight, more determination fwiw. Just that you have to take into account whether the players are allowed time to settle down and buy into the team ethos. Wenger has done a great job in this aspect for instance. In short, the new players have come in at a rough time and haven't really been allowed to bed into the team/league and that affects their performances rather than nationality per se being a factor. Given more time, they will come good.

Not the best example, Arsenal. They had a strong English backbone in their defence and the French chaps were allowed to assimilate into the team's work ethnics. Not excluding the fact that Wenger is way beyond what Pardew ever will be as a manager, and that helps in the integration of the foreign lads into the team.

Ferguson must walk. He's already on a rolling contract. Thankfully we didn't give him an eight year deal while the record was achievable. Ah, alright we get it. Go pop your champagne for a little celebration while we drown in our tears.

Just Fergie was going about beating that record. Rather a more remarkable team gets it tbh.

JFT96. Man U can't beat the PL points record now.

Agent van Percy.

'Not nineteen forever'

And a better goal difference. Salt on wound if we go down on GD.

This. They might just find some remaining motivation to go out with a bang. Especially now the heavy weight of relegation is confirmed.

Villa v Wigan. Yeah, but say Wigan win every game and get out of trouble. Say Villa lose every game (including the Wigan match), and one of QPR or Reading wins every game and improve goal difference....could they not stop up and send Villa down? I feel really thick as I still don't get it. Max QPR and Reading can get = 34 Villa win = 37 Wigan win = 35 Draw = Villa 35, Wigan 33 Mathematically impossible to catch them.

Villa v Wigan.

Anyone seen enough of Ketsbaia's teams to know his playing approach?

If they don't change their recruitment criteria, more than likely one of the candidates.

Don't care what his passport says i just want the best man for the job, can be f*cking Korean for all i care. Oldtype will do a better job than Pardew.

Imagine Zeman at the club man. The players won't know what hit them with the style shifting from one end of the spectrum to the other.

who's that? Dragan Stojković http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragan_Stojkovi%C4%87 http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/876897/arsene-wenger-lines-up-dragan-stojkovic-as-arsenal-successor?cc=4716