Jack Flash

His goals are papering over a few cracks again. Long may it continue.

3 points on Sunday and we're back in the proverbial mixer.

http://i50.tinypic.com/16ly2v4.jpg Sums up our performance in the second half.

http://i45.tinypic.com/53pmap.jpg Sums up our performance so far.

Being efficient with money doesn't mean being tight, which we clearly are. Simpson, the first choice right back, is probably leaving in January or for free next summer so replacing him this summer was a must. Considering he rejected the "final" contract months ago we would have known this was a priority. It all boils down to us continuing to be cheap, which is a scandal considering our net spend in the last few years. You call it "tight", many would call it not being moronic with money. It makes little sense to spend money on a player when the prospects of a much better signing soon becoming available are there, its a pretty simple concept to understand tbh. Just because you WANT something to happen doesnt mean its possible, situations sometimes have to be revised. You're talking with vague disatisfaction moreso than any well reasoned argument. Enough with the Q&A. We spent about £3million this summer If you think this is acceptable then you need to ask yourself where all the money goes we make. Like i said before, there is a considerable middle ground between being "moronic with money" and signing players we need, when we need them. You refusing to acknowledge this is bizarre and very blinkered to fit your/Pardew's agenda. Another injury or 2 tonight might wake you up? Does Mike trouser the cash? We're no longer the poor, little "bankrupt" club they claim we are.

Clyne signed for Southampton in July for about £2million. Would that have been a "moronic" use of money? Or can we possibly stretch to that if we sell a few more players? Pinning all our January hopes on a player we didn't try very hard to sign in the summer is counter-productive. What if we don't get him then?

Being efficient with money doesn't mean being tight, which we clearly are. Simpson, the first choice right back, is probably leaving in January or for free next summer so replacing him this summer was a must. Considering he rejected the "final" contract months ago we would have known this was a priority. It all boils down to us continuing to be cheap, which is a scandal considering our net spend in the last few years. You call it "tight", many would call it not being moronic with money. It makes little sense to spend money on a player when the prospects of a much better signing soon becoming available are there, its a pretty simple concept to understand tbh. Just because you WANT something to happen doesnt mean its possible, situations sometimes have to be revised. You're talking with vague disatisfaction moreso than any well reasoned argument. Enough with the Q&A. We spent about £3million this summer If you think this is acceptable then you need to ask yourself where all the money goes we make. Like i said before, there is a considerable middle ground between being "moronic with money" and signing players we need, when we need them. You refusing to acknowledge this is bizarre and very blinkered to fit your/Pardew's agenda. Another injury or 2 tonight might wake you up?

Being efficient with money doesn't mean being tight, which we clearly are. Simpson, the first choice right back, is probably leaving in January or for free next summer so replacing him this summer was a must. Considering he rejected the "final" contract months ago we would have known this was a priority. It all boils down to us continuing to be cheap, which is a scandal considering our net spend in the last few years.

You're believing the Pardaganda. There is a middle ground between signing a very good player and wasting millions on a stopgap. Such as who? At only 20k a week you're into millions a year + an initial fee. Id suggest its harder/more expensive to upgrade a premiership RB for example than you imagine & doesnt make sense financially if you have the prospects of a much better player wanting to join in the near future. A young player? A loan signing? Andy Griffin! It impossible to believe that there was only 1 right back in the world who would be an improvement on Simpson. Who else was on this magical list that Pardew kept referring to? It looked like Debuchy was our only hope and even then we didn't try hard enough to get him.

Yet nobody did... Have you visited an alternate universe were all our players were put up for sale like? Every player is available to buy. Being "up for sale" means nothing these days.

You're believing the Pardaganda. There is a middle ground between signing a very good player and wasting millions on a stopgap.

Williamson has longer FGS odds than Hibbert on some sites Cisse 17/2 Ba 10/1 Ben Arfa 14/1 Cabaye 20/1 Taylor 40/1

This is even funnier now. The only team above sunderland have just sacked their manager...

He's a rat who jumped off our ship onto the Titanic. Him and Carroll need to be forgotten about.

Exactly. Does he genuinely expect us to roll over and be "thankful"? Seeing as our recent long term improvement completely outweighs that of not signing a few backup players, id imagine he does expect people to be thankful for that yeah. I am. I really enjoyed last season myself, dunno about you. Its almost as if hes actually suggesting people stay positive? Weird. We're more positive than they are. Most of us were hoping that a few good signings would push us into 4th. They're clearly hoping for a top 6/8 finish.

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The two go hand in hand. If we'd have signed the few players we needed there would be no "defensive crisis", for example, and no desperate reliance on 2 strikers who can't play together.

Villas Indot pls

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How many Southern managers have been successful with a Northern team? I can't think of too many besides Pardew.

Books "written" by hooligans and the hooligans making money from them. There's so many of them on Amazon and it just looks like the same book with a different fat, bald idiot on the front. Why would anyone give their money to these people?

Dont recall anything of the sort from the odious dastardly Derek. Feel free to prove me wrong though. Certainly nothing sincere.

So we won't be seeing him complain about squad depth then? Even though he already has? Spineless and patronising. Good interview.

Yup, would walk into the team. He can't get into the worst Liverpool team possibly in my lifetime. Made his bed, now he's sitting on it.